Rest of baseball thread 2006

[MDS]

What a dumb, dumb signing.

[hbionic]

I'm feeling alot better about the signing.

It's a shtein load of money...but he replaces and antique Kenny Lofton...we have the speed and the guy got 204 hits and 58 stolen bases last season.

I think he's well worth it.

Him and Furcal will make a great 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup.

...and we got NOMA too! 

[BigEd76]

$9M a year for a guy that hits singles, has no arm strength at all and wears camouflage...

[Rome]

I wouldn't have a problem with the Phillies signing Juan Pierre for a reasonable amount.  $45M isn't reasonable.  It's not even in the same universe as reasonable.

In fact, I'd say a "Pointing and laughing at the Dodgers" thread is called for here.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Morneau wins the AL MVP.

Yankee fans are pissed that their boy Jeter didn't get it.

[hunt]

mornwho?
never heard of him.


jeter was robbed.

[hbionic]

$9M a year for a guy that hits singles, has no arm strength at all and wears camouflage...

5 million of that is probaby for not being a douche like Drew is.

I'm cool with 200 hits...even if they are bunts...it would set up Furcal nicely! 

[Geowhizzer]

mornwho?
never heard of him.


jeter was robbed.

Justin Morneau

[Rome]

mornwho?
never heard of him.


jeter was robbed.

Justin Morneau

Unless a guy plays in New York, hunt has no idea who he is.  Trust me, THAT IS INCREDIBLY ACCURATE!

[rjs246]

Just for the record, Jeter completely deserved this MVP. I hate the Yankees and bask in their little failures as much as anyone, but come on.

[Rome]

Maybe baseball writers are just as sick of hearing, reading about, and seeing the Yankees as the rest of America is?

I mean how many times did we turn on baseball on Fox or ESPN during the summer and see the Yankees?  For Christ's sake, all I heard all summer was Yankees/Red Sox, Red Sox/Yankees, blah-blah-blah.  It's nauseating after a while.

I agree as a fan of the game that Jeter had a better year than Morneau, but I honestly believe the nausea factor played a role here. 

[mpmcgraw]

The one time Jeter deserved an award....

[hunt]

i have actually heard of morneau, btw.

anybody who didn't have jeter in their top 3 should be shot...damn anti-yankees bias.

[ice grillin you]

got what a pathetic mvp race in the american league...did anyone even care about it to begin with....bor-ring

[hunt]

yeah...the philadelphia area was definitely more interested in the nl mvp race.  way to shed some light on things.