Yep, these stories are like that.
Furcal spurns Braves, choose Dodgers and their $30 million offer.
"From our perspective, we reached an agreement Monday night," Braves general manager Frank Wren said. "They asked for a term sheet for us to sign on Tuesday morning, and we sent over the signed termed sheet. It was then that his agent [Paul Kinzer] informed us that [Kinzer's] partner had been in contact with the Dodgers.
While trying to decide whether to use a Federal bailout joke on the Braves (tortured, but had potential) or on the agent (spot on, but making fun of the avarice of agents is expected), I re-read the story. Yep, the Dodgers are giving a big contract to an over-30, injury-prone ballplayer whose OPS+ is just under the league average and whose OBP is .352.
Don't worry though, it's the Dodgers. They're usually good about who they give big contracts to.
Hansbrough sets UNC scoring mark
The 6-foot-9 senior needed nine points in the top-ranked Tar Heels' game against Evansville on Thursday night to pass Phil Ford for the record. He tied Ford on a jumper from the left wing with 14:05 left, then set the mark by banking in a turnaround shot with 7:41 left in the first half.
Duly noted and filed under "he's still going to be crap in the NBA." Next.
Sabathia says Yankees Best Place to Try to Win a Title
"I think this is the best place for me to try to win a championship," Sabathia said Thursday, on his way to the news conference where he was formally introduced, along with right-hander A.J. Burnett.
Forget about loser teams like the Phillies or the Red Sox. The Yankees are the team where winning championships is most likely. Of course, they are also the team most likely to give him a seven-year $161 million deal. But it's really about winning.
"Everybody had speculated about me staying in California. I had always talked about winning a championship, and you look at the Yankees, it's something they contend for" just about every year.
Judicious use of "just about" since, you know, last year was one of those years they weren't contending for a championship.
Sabathia was phoned twice during his negotiations by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter -- recruiting calls -- and Jeter told him about how much fun it was playing in New York.
It's all fun and games until you're mercilessly booed beginning in the second for hanging a slider to Dustin Pedroia with men on base and you have to spend the next five days with the papers questioning if you're cut out for New York, yahoo radio talk show hosts saying that you'll never be a real Yankee and enraged callers to those radio shows threatening to put you in the foundation of whatever stadium has the remains of Jimmy Hoffa and Carl Pavano.
The day after he reached his agreement with the Yankees, he called Jeter, and the friends talked again about what it would be like to play together.
Jeter: "It will be better than Cleveland or Milwaukee."
Sabathia: "Gotta be honest, D, I need more than that."
Jeter: "You'll make $161 million dollars."
Sabathia: "Can't wait to play with you. Can you introduce me to Mariah?"
2 comments:
Re: Furcal -- What's up with the divide-and-conquer approach of his agents? Coordinate much? They get commissions on multi-million dollar contracts but they can't spring for a text messaging package for their Blackerrys?
Re: Sabathia -- I think making the playoffs 13 out of the last 14 seasons qualifies as a good chance to win a championship.
Nobody likes you.
That being said, that exchange between CC and Cap'n Jetes was fairly humorous. It's good to have you back in the fold.
Re: Sabathia. Sure, he has a good chance to win championships there, nobody is questioning that. I am questioning, however, his truthfulness in stating that winning was the sole consideration, especially with $161 million of offer.
Let's be realistic here.
And let's also hope that his first season in pinstripes ends like Santana's first with the Mets.
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