Comments | spoondave: DO NOT WANT

spoondave

DO NOT WANT

Oct 30, 2007 10:02

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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pleasantlyevil October 30 2007, 14:23:10 UTC

Ooof. . . How many teams could afford him? I mean, if I had to guess it would be Boston, L.A., the Mets and the Yankees. Maybe Chicago, but I don't think so. Quite honestly, I don't think that the Red Sox want to change that lineup too much if they can help it. Though, replacing Lowell with someone with slightly more power might be acceptable, does Boston really want to do that? I couldn't speak about the needs of the Dodgers or the Cubs.

spoondave October 30 2007, 14:27:37 UTC

It's not just his price-tag that horrifies me. Dude is a mopey prima donna with a history of folding in big games. Besides, one overpaid Boras client on the roster (Carlos Beltran) is enough.

pleasantlyevil October 30 2007, 15:02:49 UTC

Oh, trust me, I knew where a good portion of your horror came from. It actually started to scare me as I was capable of rationalizing that, yes, they could make room for him in Boston. Now, I'm not a life-long Red Sox fan (mostly, I started following the team because Pedro was such an interesting and amusing figure, then came Schilling), but I'm a little unnerved that he could go there with a little effort. However, I'm glad to say my Phillies, even if they could pay him, are too cheap. . . :-)

lissa_ann October 30 2007, 17:26:39 UTC

No, no, no...see, we have this nifty third baseman over here by the name of Mike Lowell. You might have heard, he was World Series MVP?

Yeah. I'll bet dollars to donuts that the Sox re-sign him. There's even a petition out (supposedly at the Rolling Rally today) to keep Mike Lowell.

Besides, I'd bet that Jason (Varitek) and A-Rod would be fighting daily in the clubhouse. Which means A-Rod would be unable to play. :)

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edge33 October 30 2007, 16:40:09 UTC

...better you than us? ;)

lissa_ann October 30 2007, 17:22:05 UTC

Actually, I had heard this. I had also heard that since Grady Little is (about to be) fired, the he might go to LA since the Dodgers are considering Joe Torre for manager.

That would not be bad at all, as far as I'm concerned.

monack November 1 2007, 05:54:43 UTC

See, I read this article today:

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071031&content_id=2289325&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

And I swear - I had the same reaction you did. If they do pursue Rodriguez, it might actually make me less of a Met fan - especially if they ended up displacing David Wright in order to make that happen.