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MartyFan
12-14-2006, 01:29 PM
From FoxSports Rumor Section


Ex-Rays catcher Toby Hall, nontendered by the Dodgers, said several teams called and he expected better options (Phillies? White Sox? Yankees?) than a minor-league contract the Rays might offer. "That was funny," Hall said. "I guess it would be a minor-league contract because they're a minor-league team."

Here's a link to the story...
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/14/Rays/Rays__Iwamura_confide.shtml
savafan
12-14-2006, 01:30 PM
Hahahaha...yeah I saw that. Good times there Toby!
Chip R
12-14-2006, 01:31 PM
I wonder if Wayne is going to pick him up?
Team Clark
12-14-2006, 01:51 PM
:laugh: :laugh: Nice. So, I'm guessing he turned that deal down?
BRM
12-14-2006, 02:22 PM
Rotoworld fires back at Toby.


Way to burn those bridges, Toby. The club gave you more than 2,000 at-bats even though you never once managed a 700 OPS. Your OBP for the club was under .300, and you never came close to matching the 19 homers you hit at Triple-A Durham in 2001. If the Rays weren't much more than a minor league team during your tenure, well, it's in part because you weren't much more than a minor league player.
Team Clark
12-14-2006, 02:29 PM
Rotoworld fires back at Toby.

:duel:
cincyinco
12-14-2006, 02:38 PM
lol.. rotoworld..

what a great burn!
traderumor
12-14-2006, 02:48 PM
Rotoworld fires back at Toby.Not to mention his current team did not find him worthy of a contract.
BRM
12-15-2006, 01:10 PM
HALL, NO?: The Yanks are interested in free-agent catcher Toby Hall (who was non-tendered by the Dodgers) as Jorge Posada's backup, but a person familiar with Hall's thinking said he'll first pursue a job with a club promising the opportunity for more playing time. Philadelphia, which recently lost Mike Lieberthal to L.A., is considered a strong possibility....

LINK (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/480178p-404016c.html)
Dracodave
12-15-2006, 01:34 PM
Funny he calls them a minor league team, after they offered him a minor league contract.


Worst case sencario..He's not even a minor league player..why? He said so himself.:thumbup:
klw
12-15-2006, 01:48 PM
http://www.monkeymondays.com/02-24-02.jpg
Ron Madden
12-16-2006, 12:19 AM
Burning bridges are forevermore.
Jpup
12-17-2006, 01:39 PM
Toby Hall signed a 2 year contract w/ a club option for 2009 with the Chicago White Sox today.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox and free-agent catcher Toby Hall agreed Sunday on a two-year, $3.65 million contract that includes a club option for 2009.

Hall, 31, will earn $1.75 million in 2007 and 2008 and likely will back up A.J. Pierzynski. The White Sox hold a $2.25 million option with a $150,000 buyout for 2009.

Hall combined to hit .259 (72-for-278) with 17 doubles, eight home runs and 31 RBI in 85 games for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers last season.

The 6-foot-3, 240-pound Hall -- who debuted with Tampa Bay in 2000 and was traded to the Dodgers in late June -- is a career .265 hitter with 116 doubles, 44 home runs and 259 RBI. He has thrown out 116 of 359 attempted base stealers.
tomred
12-18-2006, 03:29 PM
I can not understand why give this clown 2 million he is the poster child for medicore
savafan
12-18-2006, 03:32 PM
I can not understand why give this clown 2 million he is the poster child for medicore

Who's Medicore?
Team Clark
12-18-2006, 04:01 PM
I can not understand why give this clown 2 million he is the poster child for medicore

He's an upgrade from Widger. Not by much. 2 Million.... I need to get to the gym. I know I could catch 45 games and hit .215
klw
12-18-2006, 04:54 PM
Who's Medicore?

Medicore is a Miami based medical products company.
http://www.medicore.com/index.html
Jpup
12-19-2006, 04:06 AM
He's an upgrade from Widger. Not by much. 2 Million.... I need to get to the gym. I know I could catch 45 games and hit .215

:laugh: :help:
savafan
12-19-2006, 09:45 AM
Medicore is a Miami based medical products company.
http://www.medicore.com/index.html

Interesting. I wonder why they chose Toby Hall to be their spokesperson. ;)
asboog
12-19-2006, 01:56 PM
He's an upgrade from Widger. Not by much. 2 Million.... I need to get to the gym. I know I could catch 45 games and hit .215

He is mostly there to give AJ a rest and to hit against lefties which he has a career batting average against around 290. The sox got what they were searching for in a back up i like the signing.
Blind Melon
12-19-2006, 09:24 PM
I'm assuming Sandy Alomar Jr. will retire...