Rest of Baseball Thread 2008

[Geowhizzer]

The Phillies are willing to not trade for him and not pay him market value.

Yeah... you can imagine the two teams that were first reported to have interest.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Devil Rays and Patriots?

[BigEd76]

Mattingly and Bowa are going to the Dodgers too

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Bowa toats deserves the bold!

[DH]

Mazzilli on the way too...

[MDS]

MLB on XM reported that the Marlins are willing to trade Miguel Cabrera.

I'd give up the farm for him, then knock him out and get him liposuction.

[Rome]

Bonds says he'll boycott the Hall of Fame if an asterisk is included on his home run ball.


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3090631


He doesn't belong there anyway.  Here's hoping he dies before the mandatory five year waiting period concludes.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You seriously want to contend that Barry Bonds doesn't even belong in the Hall of Fame?

That's hilarious, hippie.  Steroids or not, he's one of the 10 best baseball players ever.

[ice grillin you]

yankees kicked joe torre out and picked up bobby abreus 16 million dollar option

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

yankees kicked joe torre out and picked up bobby abreus 16 million dollar option

lollerskates

[SD_Eagle5]

A-Rod is on crack. No team in their right mind is going to pay him what he thinks he's worth. Its pretty bad when the Yankees - who spent $28 million on Clemens for 3/4 a season - say you're too expensive. That doesn't even factor in how pathetic he is during the post season.

[BigEd76]

Schilling re-signed with Boston....1 yr, $8M + $2M in incentives

[reese125]

According to Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams of the San Francisco Chronicle, Jose Guillen "bought thousands of dollars of steroids and human growth hormone" from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center between May of 2002 and June of 2005. Former big leaguers Matt Williams and Ismael Valdes are also implicated in the report. In an ESPN The Magazine story back in February, Guillen denied using steroids. "That is something I never considered in my life," Guillen said. "You're ruining your whole career. You're ruining your reputation. This really is hurting baseball right now, the image of the game." However, the newspaper details Guillen's orders, which reportedly totaled $19,000. Nov. 6 - 9:54 am et

[BigEd76]

The Boston Globe reported that 11 current free agents are on the Mitchell report

Bonds
Sosa
Clemens
Jose Guillen
Eric Gagne?
Mike Lowell?
Javy Lopez?
Armando Benitez?
Paul Lo Duca?
Troy Percival?

[Geowhizzer]

[conspiracy]Lowell won't be if he stays with the Red Sox.[/conspiracy]