Guest Johnny Dickshot Guests Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Hey, guys. Time for a 2006 update.OK. Are we all here?Here.Aqui.Down here in Florida still.I’m here but wish I weren’t.I’m still here.Here.Yup.Good then, How’re y’all doin?Rough start for me. I’m 3-2 but my ERA’s 5.35.I haven’t won yet. Oh and 2, 5.63.Neither of us pitch in the big series this week. What does that say?That you suck, obviously. I’ve stopped sucking.That’s cuz you’re on the DL. 0-3, 6.90? The Dbags are lucky you’re hurt.I’m also hurt! I had knee surgery last week.I’m hurt too.What else is new?I am also hurt – but only my feeeeelings. Mi madre is hospitalized and I’m on the Bereavement List. I want to go back to my team so as to improve my 6.90 ERA.Um, Odalis. You may not be coming back.Ay Caramba!You’re gonna be traded?To Los Mets!Mets?!? Good luck! Lousy cheapass backstabbing lying motherfu---Hey, time out, Kris.What?Maybe they did you a favor.How do you mean?Look around you. You’re surrounded by the biggest group of spazzes and losers I can imagine. Look at me. I’m a total bust at 12 million a year! And Leiber? Sure he had a good year last year, but look now: 2-4, 6.60.Hey!Well, I don’t suck this year. 1-1, 3.15.Yeah well, that makes one of you.I don’t completely suck this year: I’m leading the Bunch in victories with 4!But your ERA is almost 5. They’d be killing you in New York with that.Maybe so. But I’m still turning out to be a better deal than the rest of you! And I’m happy the Mets have to take on of you on cuz they were too dumb to keep me.Maybe they just got rid of you at the right time.This whole group sucks.Hey Kris. Can I have your old locker?Bite me.That's OK. I’ll post pictures of your wife in it anyway.
Willets Point Old-Timey Member Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Ah the Benson Bunch!http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/6099.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/5801.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/2006_1/6167.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/6088.jpghttp://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/brady-bunch-alice.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/5945.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/5235.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/5944.jpghttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/5/5839.jpg
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Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Wondermints.Link's broken, but wondermints.
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Centerfield Old-Timey Member Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Ever notice how these amazing coincidences always involve Yancy?
Guest Johnny Dickshot Guests Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Something screwy in my code (imagine!) the url is in there somewhere
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 I surprised none of them abused Leiber on the length of the HR he gave up to Balco-boy last night.Holy Shit that thing went a long way!!
Willets Point Old-Timey Member Posted May 8, 2006 Posted May 8, 2006 Frayed Knot wrote:I surprised none of them abused Leiber on the length of the HR he gave up to Balco-boy last night.Holy Shit that thing went a long way!!Maybe they'll get to that after the commercial break.
metirish Old-Timey Member Posted May 31, 2006 Posted May 31, 2006 Bump for updates...if you have time JD.
seawolf17 Old-Timey Member Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 And Russ Ortiz becomes the most expensive player ever cut.
Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Two things1) It's probably not true, relative to the rest of the league, but it seems like the Mets have really been greasing the skids for some of these guys.2) The Diamondbacks --- like Seattle --- really seem unafraid to cut a guy and move forward. Move on, anyhow.
soupcan Old-Timey Member Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Edgy DC wrote:2) The Diamondbacks --- like Seattle --- really seem unafraid to cut a guy and move forward. Move on, anyhow.Even so, that's a lot of money to eat.A lot.
Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 A whole lot.Although the link actually says he's been DFA'd and not cut He won't be cliamed, but they may try to flip him for somebody else's white elephant. They'll probably fail, but they may well re-assign him to AAA in ten days rather than releasing him outright.
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 I didn't like that deal when it was made - but man that one turned into about a big a disaster as can be."The Diamondbacks --- like Seattle --- really seem unafraid to cut a guy and move forward. "Who was Seattle's big ticket cut-ee?The biggest dollar-eating fests I can remember was when the Angels dumped Appier and also the Tiggers w/Damian Easley. Both were owed somewhere in the mid-teen$ IIRC.The trouble with swapping him for someone else's white elephant of a contract is that there just aren't as many of them around these days. Even with the jump in contracts - both $$ & length - over the last two years, the situation isn't back to where it was during the '98-'01 'dot-com' era boom time when there were bloated deals all over the landscape.
Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Sure, but I was thinking there was maybe another leftover fringe Benson Buncher, or some bum from the Yankees that has faded into the woodwork and we had all forgotten had left the Yankees on the hook for 8.7 million. But, obviously, I said they'd probably fail, so I share your attitude about a possible deal being out there.The one I was thinking of with Seattle was Bret Boone. There may have been another release also that helped that impression along.
The Big O Old-Timey Member Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Also Rich Aurilia around that time. Not sure if he was high-dollar, but definitely a Name Player they were willing discard.
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 All of those though were 'last year of the contract' guys cut with only a partial year remaining.This Ortiz DFA, along with the Appier/Easley ones are the real nut-crunching cuts.
A Boy Named Seo Old-Timey Member Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Odalis Update:Odalis Perez garnered press recently for retaking his starting spot from Jae Seo. That's not all he was recognized for. Here's this snippet from Dodger Blues' Asshole of the Moment feature: ]It was reported on Saturday by the Press-Telegram that since losing his starting spot, Odalis Perez has also stopped his O’s 45’s program, where he bought 45 tickets for inner-city school children to attend his starts. He said he wouldn't re-instate the program now that he's starting because he felt he never got enough credit for his charitable contributions. “When you spend your own money, you want to be recognized for that,” Perez said. “I don’t want to be a hero, but just pay more attention to what I’m doing. People don’t want to give me the recognition for it.” You want recognition, Odalis? Well, we all recognize that you're a dickhead. How's that?
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