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Sunday, August 22, 2004
Ordonez To Return; Condition Serious?
From today's New York Newsday:
At this point I don't see how Ordonez doesn't return to 35th, it's too much of a win/win situation for the Chairman for Ordonez not to. This is a chance for the Chairman to look like a good guy. Never mind that Ordonez's knee condition might be serious, it's more than offset by the short term risk. Besides, the Chairman can't pass up any opportunity to dust off his pay-for-performance scheme. MLB would be better today had Dave Gallagher accepted the Chairman's generous offer back in '89.
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"Magglio Ordoñez might not be the best Mets target after all. Word is his knee
condition is quite serious. Reinsdorf is a fan and might try to keep him with an
incentive-laden deal now."
At this point I don't see how Ordonez doesn't return to 35th, it's too much of a win/win situation for the Chairman for Ordonez not to. This is a chance for the Chairman to look like a good guy. Never mind that Ordonez's knee condition might be serious, it's more than offset by the short term risk. Besides, the Chairman can't pass up any opportunity to dust off his pay-for-performance scheme. MLB would be better today had Dave Gallagher accepted the Chairman's generous offer back in '89.
Monday, August 16, 2004
Bossard on The Industry Today and Tomorrow
From 2003. Enjoy.
Sunday, August 01, 2004
Waving the flag
I'm sitting here trying to figure out this outfit's angle on the Loaiza deal. As usual that cagey bunch over at 35th and Veeck has me completely flummoxed. At first I thought it might be a case of a team dumping a free agent for a younger, more promising player. Nope, both players are 33. Then, knowing how this bunch loves to keep one eye fixed on the bottom line, I thought it must be a money thing. Contreras, in only his second season will surely come cheap. Wrong again, after this season Contreras is owed $16 million through '06. Loaiza could have been inked for less than that. Adding to the mess is that Loaiza has been a much better pitcher than Contreras this season. This might be just me, but downgrading your starting pitching in the middle of a pennant race seems like a strange thing to be doing.
This must be a case of one of the geniuses in the braintrust thinking he's spotted something in Contreras's mechanics that can be fixed. A flaw that no one with the Yankees caught. A kink that a few sessions with Coop will take care of. Why is it these things always end up as expensive mistakes, like Navarro and Ritchie?
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This must be a case of one of the geniuses in the braintrust thinking he's spotted something in Contreras's mechanics that can be fixed. A flaw that no one with the Yankees caught. A kink that a few sessions with Coop will take care of. Why is it these things always end up as expensive mistakes, like Navarro and Ritchie?
