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CaptainP wrote:The first big FREE AGENT signing of the off-season....


Jeremy Affeldt signs with the Giants for 600,000.

Sounds like the kind of splash I'd expect from the Giants

When is the Yankees/Sabathia presser?

chippewa wrote:

CaptainP wrote:The first big FREE AGENT signing of the off-season....


Jeremy Affeldt signs with the Giants for 600,000.

Sounds like the kind of splash I'd expect from the Giants

When is the Yankees/Sabathia presser?

From what a friend of mine overheard a few weeks ago, when he was at a bar that Sabathia showed up at (and drank a ton of whiskey at)....

Sabathia doesn't want to sign with the Yankees. His agent wants him to, because the money will be the best, but CC would rather avoid the Bronx.

Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP. No Big Surprise.

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AL MVP
Dustin Pedroia, BOS

Complete Article from BBWAA

chippewa wrote:Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP. No Big Surprise.

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And deservedly so!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Dustin!!!!

CaptainP wrote:

chippewa wrote:

CaptainP wrote:The first big FREE AGENT signing of the off-season....


Jeremy Affeldt signs with the Giants for 600,000.

Sounds like the kind of splash I'd expect from the Giants

When is the Yankees/Sabathia presser?

From what a friend of mine overheard a few weeks ago, when he was at a bar that Sabathia showed up at (and drank a ton of whiskey at)....

Sabathia doesn't want to sign with the Yankees. His agent wants him to, because the money will be the best, but CC would rather avoid the Bronx.

I wouldn't be so surprised if a West Coast team (Giants) makes an offer.
He's from the Bay Area, he's expressed a desire to come home, and you can always find him at the Raiders games

Unless I'm adding wrong, the totals on that voting table look like one writer left Pedroia off his ballot. I only count 27 votes for him.

LIPH wrote:Unless I'm adding wrong, the totals on that voting table look like one writer left Pedroia off his ballot. I only count 27 votes for him.

That's right. From baseballwriters.org:

"Morneau and Youkilis were the only players named on all ballots."

crazy

Interesting. 2 pairs of teammates finished in the top 5!

Yay Pedroia!!!

Lightning Bolt wrote:

CaptainP wrote:

chippewa wrote:

CaptainP wrote:The first big FREE AGENT signing of the off-season....


Jeremy Affeldt signs with the Giants for 600,000.

Sounds like the kind of splash I'd expect from the Giants

When is the Yankees/Sabathia presser?

From what a friend of mine overheard a few weeks ago, when he was at a bar that Sabathia showed up at (and drank a ton of whiskey at)....

Sabathia doesn't want to sign with the Yankees. His agent wants him to, because the money will be the best, but CC would rather avoid the Bronx.

I wouldn't be so surprised if a West Coast team (Giants) makes an offer.
He's from the Bay Area, he's expressed a desire to come home, and you can always find him at the Raiders games

I heard this morning the Giants were talking about making a run at Manny or him, but they'd have to get rid of Zito first. I'd rather have CC.

Congrats to Dustin....

Who won the World Series this year?

Dempster, Cubs agree to $52 million, 4-year deal

CHICAGO (AP)—Pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs agreed Tuesday on a $52 million, four-year contract that includes a player option to 2012.

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oph wrote:Dempster, Cubs agree to $52 million, 4-year deal

CHICAGO (AP)—Pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs agreed Tuesday on a $52 million, four-year contract that includes a player option to 2012.

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Good to be Ryan Dempster, thanks for the update....

oph wrote:AL MVP
Dustin Pedroia, BOS

Complete Article from BBWAA

I just have trouble believing that Josh Hamilton didn't get more support. Sure, he faded in the second half, but his overall numbers were every bit as good as the guys ahead of him. He just played on a crappy team. But so did Pujols, and he won the NL award.

Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik is naming A's bench coach Don Wakamatsu as the Mariners new manager.

The immediate impact of the move is that nobody in Seattle will be calling into Sports Talk radio to complain, because nobody knows how to pronounce Zduriencik or Wakamatsu...

LIPH wrote:Unless I'm adding wrong, the totals on that voting table look like one writer left Pedroia off his ballot. I only count 27 votes for him.

In winning the MVP award, Dustin Pedroia was named on 27 of the 28 American League MVP ballots. The one writer to leave Pedroia off? That was Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, a well-respected member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the organization that votes on awards.

Grant voted for Kevin Youkilis first, followed by the Angels' Francisco Rodriguez and the Twins' Justin Morneau.

"I think the best way for me to sum it up is, in retrospect, obviously I was wrong," Grant said by phone.

C-Dawg wrote:

LIPH wrote:Unless I'm adding wrong, the totals on that voting table look like one writer left Pedroia off his ballot. I only count 27 votes for him.

In winning the MVP award, Dustin Pedroia was named on 27 of the 28 American League MVP ballots. The one writer to leave Pedroia off? That was Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, a well-respected member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the organization that votes on awards.

Grant voted for Kevin Youkilis first, followed by the Angels' Francisco Rodriguez and the Twins' Justin Morneau.

"I think the best way for me to sum it up is, in retrospect, obviously I was wrong," Grant said by phone.

Remember, in 1947, Ted Williams lost the MVP voting by a single point. The writer from BOSTON, Earl Webb, who had a famous feud with the Splinter, did not even include Williams on the ballot. A 10th place vote would have won Williams the MVP over Joe DiMaggio.

Red Sock trade Coco Crisp to Kansas City.

Frank4 wrote:Red Sock trade Coco Crisp to Kansas City.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... &fext=.jsp
..at least he won't be platooned

Lightning Bolt wrote:

Frank4 wrote:Red Sock trade Coco Crisp to Kansas City.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... &fext=.jsp
..at least he won't be platooned

I have a feeling getting Ramon Martinez is setting up another trade for a catcher!!!....but not a bad trade!!!...listening to WEEI out of Boston...Coco's value wasn't that high!!...but they did get a quality reliever for him!!