Monday, November 29, 2010

AWAITING THE WINTER MEETINGS

They start this week. It's a wonder anything gets discussed with everybody running around starting ridiculous rumors. It's supposed to be a discussion of the state of MLB and any changes that might help, but mostly it's used for teams to find out what each team's goal is: what they're looking for, who they want to dump and who's paying who, how much. But mostly it's to remind Bud Selig that he has no influence.

***VASQUEZ TO FLORIDA***
Javier has signed a 1-year, $7 million, no-trade contract with the Florida Marlins. The no-trade clause is at the request of the other 29 teams.

***IT AINT SPORTS, BUT...***
Papa John's pizza has announced a new menu item to their line: a double-bacon, 6-cheese pizza for $11.00. Their marketing slogan is, "They're going fast." So are the people who are eating it.

***ANOTHER COUNTRY HEARD FROM***
Phil Rogers of the Baltimore Sun, has listed 8 teams who could be interested in Derek Jeter:
Boston
Baltimore
Angels
Cardinals
Twins
Cubs
White Sox
Giants
It's 9, if you count the Batavia Muckdogs, who weren't too happy with their shortstop this year.
Jeter would fit in: he already runs like he's in the muck now.
Can we just quit this? Jeter isn't going anywhere but New York, and any speculation as to a new team is a waste of ink...and it's making Vod mad.

CP-

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