StrikeIndicator
09-23-2007, 11:41 AM
My advise to serious Reds Fans (and who isn't on this board) and serious collectors is to rush right out and buy your signed Brad Salmon Reds Rookie Card as soon as Topps announces it
Then we (me and all of you who take this advice to heart) will have
1. Brad's rookie card
2. Brad's only Reds card, signed of course:beerme:
and in later years we can look at it and the cards of other pitchers/relivers who came up through the Reds farm system only to be traded away and rise to the top of the heap with another team.
If you don't believe that he will not be in a Reds uniform next year or after 2009 explain to me why he has not been used in Sept?
If the FO is high on him, they sure have a funny way of showing it.
There is mention on the ORG that addresses Waynes need to constantly bring in "talent" (castoffs and Rule 5 players) from other organiztions to evaluate for the bull pen while neglecting to elevate his internal talent. We saw this in spring training when Salmon and Livingston were sent down and outsiders brought in.
Yes, I know that a lot of you are going to say "that's baseball. They have options and should expect to be moved back and forth. Clubs can do that all they want".
My response is that your boss can treat you poorly and disrespect you too, because he is your boss. The difference is, at some point in time these pitchers can and will make the decision to become a free agent (or make the Reds pay dearly aka Todd Coffey) and eventually become employed elsewhere.
Name me 20 teams that "for free" would not like a have Brad and his 2.70 era at their Spring Training and their bull pen for the season opener?
Buy the cards at any price, they will be a one of a kind.
Then we (me and all of you who take this advice to heart) will have
1. Brad's rookie card
2. Brad's only Reds card, signed of course:beerme:
and in later years we can look at it and the cards of other pitchers/relivers who came up through the Reds farm system only to be traded away and rise to the top of the heap with another team.
If you don't believe that he will not be in a Reds uniform next year or after 2009 explain to me why he has not been used in Sept?
If the FO is high on him, they sure have a funny way of showing it.
There is mention on the ORG that addresses Waynes need to constantly bring in "talent" (castoffs and Rule 5 players) from other organiztions to evaluate for the bull pen while neglecting to elevate his internal talent. We saw this in spring training when Salmon and Livingston were sent down and outsiders brought in.
Yes, I know that a lot of you are going to say "that's baseball. They have options and should expect to be moved back and forth. Clubs can do that all they want".
My response is that your boss can treat you poorly and disrespect you too, because he is your boss. The difference is, at some point in time these pitchers can and will make the decision to become a free agent (or make the Reds pay dearly aka Todd Coffey) and eventually become employed elsewhere.
Name me 20 teams that "for free" would not like a have Brad and his 2.70 era at their Spring Training and their bull pen for the season opener?
Buy the cards at any price, they will be a one of a kind.