by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:44 pm
chris wrote:I'm hoping that the Yankees use this as an excuse to get rid of Giambi....I think they'd be better off with Olerud at 1st and Tony Clark (or Tino Martinez, if they get him back) as his backup.
You can cut Giambi, but you still have to pay him. That contract is guaranteed and he is utterly unemployable. Nobody else could take even a portion of it.
This would have, by the way, CRIPPLED the A's, if they had signed him to the deal they offered him. Beane is a genius. He wanted to "come in second" towards signing Giambi because while he loves fat guys that can mash, their shelf life is very, very short. (Which is why I'm perplexed that Delgado hasn't had an offer yet -- a first baseman who will give you a top-five MVP season every year who is actually in shape? Who doesn't have rolls of goo hanging off him? What a concept!)
The A's would have been in last place for the next seven years if they played ball with that cheating, mindwashed loser. The Yanks'll just write it off, no big deal.
What's your right field fence at these days? 230? 210? Olerud was made for that park. He's gonna be fine.
[quote="chris"]I'm hoping that the Yankees use this as an excuse to get rid of Giambi....I think they'd be better off with Olerud at 1st and Tony Clark (or Tino Martinez, if they get him back) as his backup.[/quote]
You can cut Giambi, but you still have to pay him. That contract is guaranteed and he is utterly unemployable. Nobody else could take even a portion of it.
This would have, by the way, CRIPPLED the A's, if they had signed him to the deal they offered him. Beane is a genius. He wanted to "come in second" towards signing Giambi because while he loves fat guys that can mash, their shelf life is very, very short. (Which is why I'm perplexed that Delgado hasn't had an offer yet -- a first baseman who will give you a top-five MVP season every year who is actually in shape? Who doesn't have rolls of goo hanging off him? What a concept!)
The A's would have been in last place for the next seven years if they played ball with that cheating, mindwashed loser. The Yanks'll just write it off, no big deal.
What's your right field fence at these days? 230? 210? Olerud was made for that park. He's gonna be fine.