BJ you ignorant slut!
You would choose to deprive this power-starved team the opportunity to land the player who will most likely wear the crown of greatest home-run hitter of all time, simply because he has yet to dominate the playoffs, or is not the gregarious, media-charmer that your beloved Kobe is? That is just dumb. I will break this down for you real simple so you understand how this is a no-brainer.
A. The Halos will receive about $30 million from a previously untapped revenue source, MLB.com, which is pouring about that much money into each team’s coffers. This money, which is new money and should be around this amount each year would cover the team for the cost of signing A-Rod. Thus, A-Rod could be signed without the Halos extending beyond what they already took in from last year.
2. I agree that it would be nice to bring in a proven championship caliber player, but look at the success Vlad has brought to the team and he has never won a title and has performed even worse than A-Rod in the postseason. And, the whole A-Rod sucks in the postseason argument is all myth, sham, balderdash, hooey, and crap. While in Seattle, A-Rod played in 15 playoff games had 53 ABs and hit .340 with 3 HRs and 8 RBIs. His first season with NY in the playoffs A-Rod hit .320 with 3 HRs and 8 RBIs. Clearly, he has performed exceptionally well on the big stage and could very well do so again. Basically, he has had just as many exceptional post-seasons as he has bad ones, so the potential is there for him to be dominant again.
Finally, the best part about signing A-Rod is the fact that, although he will cost us a lot of dinero, he will not cost a single prospect. Currently, the Angels are rumored to be in the running for Miguel Cabrera. Undoubtedly, Miggy is talented, young, and fat. The Marlins are looking at picking up top-notch, major league ready talent in exchange for him. According to rumors, the Fish want Howie Kendrick plus either Weaver, Saunders, or Adenhart, plus either Napoli or Mathis or maybe even Brandon Wood. That’s a lot of young, cheap talent to throw to another team in exchange for a player who is eating his way to a Hall of Fame bid from Sizzler. Not to mention, Cabrera will be a free agent in 2010 and will entertain offers merely a notch below those A-Rod is searching for. Whereas, with A-Rod, you shift Brandon Wood to shortstop, keep Howie, keep your young nucleus of starting pitchers and catchers and be a legitimate World Series contender for the next 8 years. I think that would pay for A-Rod.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Point/Counter-Point: A-Rod Sign Him or Deny Him (loads of cash)?
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Wow, are we going to havr to bring Judy in to separate you two???
Wow, mlb.com is so loaded they can pay for A-rod? They must have a lot of google links.
Did you just quote SEATTLE MARINER statistics for A-Rod? I'm sorry but recent statistics (a la the past 4 seasons-which btw represent 40% of his major league career) speak much louder. Here's a thought, could it be possible, just maybe, that when he was at Seattle he didn't have the same kind of pressure that comes with a $28M salary and playing for a contender? Hmmm, maybe THAT is why he can't come through NOW in the clutch. I guess signing him to an even bigger salary will just revert him back to his strong playoff hitting ways 10 YEARS AGO! Good call.
As for this mysterious MLB.com Fund, why wouldn't every team just pay A-Rod if there is all this money coming to them? Hey maybe I should field a team next year. Yeah why not! MLB.com will pay for it. PRAISE MLB.COM OUR SAVIOR! MLB.COM WILL SAVE US ALL! You really need to quit drinking the kool-aid bobbaganush.
And you clearly missed the point of my post (as you often do-stemming from the fact that you never learned to read), as the bulk of my comments regarding signing A-Rod were not monetary reasons. Intangibles Robert, you know those things that you cannot pay for, those things that make a team special. These Intangibles of Team Chemistry are so negatively effected when you bring in a guy like this, that I wouldn't do it. It is not as though the Angels are THAT FAR off from winning a title as is. No pink eye for GA and who knows what happens.
And finally, as a fan who cheers for teams based on players and how they compete on the field, I noted that character and heart are factors in my enjoyment as a fan. Points that clearly are of no concern to you and your teams (someone who's favorite player is barry bonds). I think you should make a push for the Angels to go grab him too. More homers, more selfish egos, no heart. Sounds perfect. Just call up the MLB.com Fund.
Ouch Bob! You've been called out! The gauntlet has been thrown down. This argument is definitely a little spike of excitement in my otherwise mundane Friday. Hey, if MLB.com brings in 30teams*$30million extra revenue per year that they can just give away, how much extra revenue is respect-the-streak.blogspot.com bringing in, and can I have some?
I hate to say it, but I don't want to give up a lot of the young talent to get an overweight Cabrera. I do think that ARod has been a team player. He believes he is a talented shortstop, but agreed to move to third base so that Jeter could remain at shortstop. That seemed to be a nice gesture on his part.
On the other hand, I have a hard time believing that any baseball player is worth $30 million a year. It would be a bold move for the new, inexperienced GM to make.
I look forward to seeing which way he goes.
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