Tuesday, February 03, 2009

REALLY SILLY SEASON 2-03

***ABREU GETS OFFER FROM WHITE SOX***
A fellow in a bar once said, "I'm not waiting for Miss Right, I'm waiting for Miss Right-Now." Sounds an awful lot like Abreu's agent. A week ago, the Mariners were interested and his agent said Bobby would love to play for the Mariners. Then the rumor was the Mets were going to pick him up and the comment was, "What a great fit. Bobby would love playing for the Mets. Now, Chicago is in the mix. What's he going to say now? "I hear they have great pizza there"?

***MANNY GETS AN OFFER***
Finally. From the Dodgers: one year, $25 million.

***MANNY REJECTS OFFER***
That didn't take long. I really don't understand what is in Scott Boras' head (if anything). This is exactly the offer Picasner thought would end the stalemate and here we sit. If that won't fly, I can see Manny not signing until the end of spring training.

***SOMEBODY IS GETTING PAID***
Who do you think was the 4th highest paid member of MLB in 2007? Would you believe Bud Selig. $17.5 million, plus $400,000+ in benefits and another $400,000+ in expenses. He is under contract thru 2012. Hey, Bud, kick in a few bucks so we can get Manny off the front page. Yeah, right.

***THE FREE AGENT STANDINGS***
We started with 171 free agents. 5 of them retired but there are still 80 still unsigned. That's a hair under 50%. I don't understand why a few big names are still there: Ben Sheets, Adam Dunn, Abreu, Orlando Hudson and the enigmatic Manny (sorry Annie, Doug Mientkiewicz doesn't count). Something has got to break loose soon.

***9 DAYS TILL PITCHERS AND CATCHERS***

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