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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I also find it hard to believe that that lineup will produce the way it did this past year. But, we'll see.
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agreed. many of the guys had career years. regression to the mean. yanks' problem too.
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And they should have been treating Nomar like Jeter. The guy is fucking money and all of Boston knows it. He had a few bad games in the playoffs (and was almost the goat in Game 7), but he's the man and deserves better than he's getting.
TM
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If they fuck up and end up having to trade Nomar or see him walk, and don't get A-Rod, I will not for the life of me understand why.
While negotiating with A-Rod/Rangers, they should give Nomar another contract offer that's reasonable, and tell him that he needs to accept by Dec. 16, the date set by the Rangers for A-Rod. In other words--if you want to be in Boston, prove it and sign, and we'll bail on A-Rod. Otherwise, we assume your posturing is BS, designed to piss us off and that you want out. Right now, Nomar has no leverage. He gets it all back once the A-Rod deal falls through, which is what Gammons is reportedly saying will happen.
The biggest joke in all this is that none of these moves can happen because 1) agents' pride and need for "respect" (i.e., $$) for the players and 2) the players union's insistence that contracts not be renegotiated downward. Who the fuck to the players think they are: greedy associates? Yeah, I demand my $135k a year, and if you want to lower it, you should just fire me. Smart.
