Oops. Memory slip. I meant Brian Anderson!
Oops. Memory slip. I meant Brian Anderson!
Josh Fields have a place to play in the 'nati?
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
“Everything that happens before Death is what counts.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Anderson and Patterson in the same lineup.
*shudder*
This and the 2500 post have to have the biggest sack of **** about the Junior trade to have been spouted on this thread. Junior did not handcuff the REDS with his contract. If you read the articles about the deal at the time Juniors contract was the biggest bargain the REDS could have hoped for. It was well below market and had defferred payments which gave the REDS maximum flexibility. As others have said - the REDS handcuffed themselves by not wanting to add payroll and when they did there was some stranger contracts than Juniors. On top of that to blame Junior for bringing his injuries to the REDS is just assinine. Junior suffered those injuries playing all out in the field. Giving his all so the REDS could try to win.
I knew they would come out of the woodwork. I sometimes think Gallagher just changes screen names and still lives on this board. Oh well.
I hope he accepts, but a little bit of me will go with him to the Sox. It was always my dream that he would play for the Reds and though it was not as much as I wanted, it still was a pleasure to watch him for 8 years and I'll miss him.
Now, much of RedsZone will have to find another whipping boy to call the worst defensive outfielder in MLB. That should be fun. I look forward to the discussion.
Something inside me says he will not OK this deal, but I hope he does. He deserves to play on a winner--something he didn't do for 8 years.
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The Louisville Bats are playing the ChiSox AAA team today, fwiw. I plan on attending the game so Junior discussion should bbe prevelant.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Since techincially what is being traded is the contract, the buyout would remain in force. As for what cash goes between the teams, it's hard to say how these will come down. It could be any number of splits and I have no idea how you handle the deferred money.
Some of these contracts end up with multiple teams paying the tab. I think the Rockies and the Marlins are still covering some portion of Mike Hampton's deal. I won't go into it here, but you can see the breakdown (no pun intended) at Cot's (http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/200...braves_15.html).
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Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
“Everything that happens before Death is what counts.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
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