Silver & Gold: Matt Kemp Wins Silver Slugger Award
by Eric Stephen on Nov 2, 2011 3:08 PM PDT
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The Matt Kemp trophy case continues to grow, as the center fielder and National League MVP candidate was awarded on Wednesday with his second career Silver Slugger Award. Much like the Gold Glove Awards, the Silver Slugger is voted upon by managers and coaches, with the caveat that one can't vote for a player on their own team.
This is the second Silver Slugger for Kemp, who also earned a commemorative silver bat in 2009. Just like two seasons ago, Kemp won a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger in the same year, joining Dusty Baker (1981) and Russell Martin (2007) as the only Dodgers to do so.
Kemp has had quite the offseason:
- Baseball America MLB Player of the Year
- National League Hank Aaron Award
- Sporting News National League All-Star
- National League Gold Glove Award
- National League Silver Slugger
Up next for Kemp is The National League Outstanding Player in The Players Choice Awards, to be announced on Thursday night. Kemp is a finalist along with Ryan Braun and Justin Upton.
The big prize is NL MVP, which will be announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday, November 22.
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Do you collect things
By the bushel, or by the bushel basket?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I collect things by the martini glass.
Rule of thumb: if it doesn’t fit in a martini glass, I probably don’t need it.
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Of course, this is my martini glass
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proportionally it is large
but realistically its just a normal martini glass?
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I wanted to gussy it up
but words escape my brain today
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Props to Rawhide Blue on enjoying Christmas in November
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So if MLB PreApproves
Bill Shaikin tweeted that there will be no minimum price for the Dodgers, but potential buyers will be approved by MLB before bidding starts. So, in effect, MLB will have final pre-say in WHO can potentially own the Dodgers. It’s not just a highest bidder take all but a pre-approved by MLB winner take all. Right?
From what I’ve heard so far, that sounds about right. MLB will pre-approve the bidders, then highest bid wins. I assume the winner would still have to meet certain other requirements, such as % leveraged.
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Also: MLB is probably lying when they say there is no minimum price for the Dodgers. Frank and MLB had an agreement. MLB had to give something up — that is the definition of an agreement — and the thing they gave up is probably money.
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And are they still saying Cuban can't
be a majority owner? Like with the Texas bid? I’m guessing yes.
WHAMMY!
Frank’s last slap in the face to the commissioner should have been some provision in their agreement that allowed for someone who fits Mark Cuban’s profile (without naming him specifically) to be allowed to bid.
It would be awesome if my future wife loved the Lakers (or Dodgers) this much
but even I wouldn’t get a wedding cake like this:
That’s not a wedding cake. It’s a groom’s cake.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
my sister got my brother in law a redskins one
dude was so happy. too bad his team sucks.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Nov 2, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure if I have ever been to a wedding with a groom’s cake.
You learn something new every day.
I didn’t know about it until I started watching Ace of Cakes a couple years ago.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’ve been married almost 20 years, and if I had it all to do over again, I’d have a Dodgers “groom’s” cake. Skip the tradition.
If that was a Disney logo
They’d be getting sued
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
A carpenter is at
Kemp’s house as we speak, building new shelving.
Anybody else get a phone call and/or email from Terrence Murphy at Camelback, trying to drum up business?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Nov 2, 2011 3:58 PM PDT reply actions
I got a call from Terrence Stamp, but I think it was the wrong number. He kept asking for the Son of Jor-El.
You tell him, you tell him I’m coming. Tell him I’m fucking coming!
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
The Limey is one of my favorite movies
Really quotable.
I’d tell you to blow it out your ass, but my dick’s in the way
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I got a call from Papa Murphy wanting to confirm my order of 30 anchovy pizzas for delivery.
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Now would be a good time to make Camelback reservations before Gilbert signs Pujols
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I just hope a) I have a job by then, and b) whoever it is lets me take a week off a couple months after they hired me.
Gary, did you get laid off in last Thursday’s Very Bad Day?
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I got the “you’re contract labor and we don’t know when we’re going to let you go, but we’re going to let you go, and we’re definitely not renewing your contract at the end of the year”.
So yes and no, I get to work for up to 6 more weeks, but I’ve been applying t any Financial Analyst and Business Analyst and entry level business position I’ve found in the last 72 hours.
That is a huge bummer. I’m really sorry.
If you want to work for Sony Pictures, look at the jobs site — and if there are any jobs there that float your boat, I can get your resume in front of someone who will review it.
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very much appreciate the offer. I tooka look but I don’t think I’m a fit with what they have open. I’ll check back in a week or so.
I actually have a buddy who works here in a business analysis role. Probably quite different from what you’ve been doing… I’ll shoot him a note to ask if there’s anything entry-level opening up.
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As we say
Knowing someone doesn’t get you job but it can get you the chance to get the interview to get the job.
So far, that’s all I’ve needed. I’ve interviewed for two actual jobs (I realize that isn’t much experience), got one and made the second manager seriously consider whether or not she really wanted to promote the person that opening was slotted for.
If I had only interviewed for jobs I was qualified for I’d never have interviewed for a job. As Marty said, rarely does anyone have all the qualifications these people write up.
Then again I only had to interview once when I was 23 right out of college, and then again when I was 48 when I went back to work.
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Apply anyway
If you are a 2/3 fit for any job, it’s worth a shot. Most job postings are describing the “purple squirrel” that they know they’ll never find.
I just saw a BA position on the Sony site you could apply for. Try to get an interview, if nothing else it’s experience in interviewing
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Oh wow you’re right. That one sounds like a good opportunity. Todd, I’ll send you the req# in an e-mail right now.
also
for what it’s worth, i LOVED when my wife worked at Sony. lots of fun perks with working there, plus, as i mentioned, it was a quick walk to and from so if I was at home, i could meet her for lunch and what not
Maddz aint moving to Culver City
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The Valley rots your brain.
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I must have been a fucking genius as a young man then.
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Really sorry to hear that
Spruce up that resume. I’ll start asking around
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there might be an opening for that
at my company, if you don’t mind working in Brea. I’ll check
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Maddz is still in college?
Lucky guy! Is it bad that I’m not looking forward to my girlfriend finishing up her Master’s because I wouldn’t be sleeping with a college girl anymore?
don't remind me
I’ll be 32 next year, but I didn’t graduate from college until last year. Teenage fatherhood tends to delay things.
Awesome, but that seems like a really long spring training trip.
by Michael White on Nov 2, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
she’s off that week, so I just included the weekends before and after. In reality, it’ll probably be fewer days but still within that timeframe.
Fair enough. I need to get out there this year. Still hoping to line it up with a Clippers game in Phoenix, but with the lockout and shortened season (requiring a new schedule) not sure if that’ll happen.
by Michael White on Nov 2, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha Ha
Fangraph Column on team odds:
In the same fangraph column , this comment:
Bodog also posted odds of a particular player signing with a particular team.
Who will sign Albert Pujols to his next contract?
Chicago Cubs 7/4
St. Louis Cardinals 2/1
Los Angeles Angels 9/2
Washington Nationals 7/1
New York Yankees 12/1
Boston Red Sox 12/1
Los Angeles Dodgers 12/1
San Francisco Giants 12/1
Texas Rangers 15/1
Toronto Blue Jays 30/1
.
Too bad the Jays can’t put 25mil on Pujols signing with them, then give him 50mil/yr.
Dodgers are 30 – 1 to win it all. I like the Rays at 18 – 1.
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If 215/8 with aopt out after the three highest paying years of the deal doesn’t do it, I’ll be surprised.
Maybe the opt out helps but I think he’s leaving a good chunk of guaranteed money on the table.
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Which QB would you start?
Cutler vs. Eagles, Freeman vs New Orleans, or Flacco vs. Pittsburgh (barf)
by Michael White on Nov 2, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Added a small new thing to Minor League Central, a page that lists the youngest players in each league.
Javier Solano is the youngest guy in the Dodgers organization relative to his league, he’s the 8th youngest player in the Southern League. Surprisingly Zach Lee didn’t make the top 20 of the Midwest league.
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Where do you rank Lee as a prospect in the system?
by Michael White on Nov 2, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
As the winter progresses are you going to be filling in historical data?
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Dickson at Ogden
Rates as being relatively young on the leaderboard for top 20 in OPS – he wasn’t old for the league at all.
I’d have to redo my rankings since we promoted a lot of guys but the only guy I’d definitely put above him is Webster. Withrow, Lee, Gould, Baldwin, Pederson and Eo are all in the mix for number two.
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I mostly put him on there to deflect “where’s Eo” questions.
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Southern League, would be curious how he ranked in MLB this year
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7th youngest pitcher to throw in the majors this year. B-R’s report, but the months are not sorted.
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Garcia is number 19, thought he’d be higher up the list. Any chance you could add plate appearances so we could see how much time these kids are getting?
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It’s a little harder than you’d think it be because of the way my database is laid out, but it’s possible.
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Seems easy enough to whittle down.
Lee or Gould or EO
Baldwin or Pederson
No way is Withrow really in the running for number two.
Pederson has to be the choice over the contactless Baldwin
Lee seems to be the scouts choice over Gould but Gould has the better stats.
EO was still quite young for his league and did dominate. Problem is, we have seen Eovaldi and I’d have to hope that Lee is better.
Webster
Lee
Eovaldi
Gould
Pedeson
Baldwin
Withrow
Off the top of my head.
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Reg – you should write a weekly minor league central column here pointing out interesting factoids you’ve found while tweaking your system. This page you just created is quite useful.
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First interesting factoid – there is a player named Rougned Odor. It’d be a nice little bullet point list.
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Youngest Dodger per League using Reg’s page
AAA – Nobody
AA – Solano (8), Eovaldi (11), and Webster (12)
A Cal League – Arismendy Ozoria (20)
A Midwest League – Jon Garcia (19)
Rookie Ogden – Joe Pederson (10),
Rookie Arizona – Kyle Castro ( 12)
Pederson did start in the MWL and he would have been 9th in that league.
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Bryce Harper – two full years younger then the next youngest person in AA Eastern League.
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TWO years. Huh. Jamey Carroll is probably happy about that.
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They gave Geoff Blum two years last year.
We lost badly to this team.
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Peter O'Malley wants back in
per Shaikin. Maybe should have thought about that before selling to Fox.
Yes, just how interesting would our history be if Peter had not felt that corporate ownership was going to be the future of baseball. Or if he had stood behind Al Campanis.
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What’s the story behind O’Malley and Campanis? I was but a teenager back then and didn’t think much of it
I think Phil is referring to O’Malley firing Campanis, or asking him to resign, after the “necessities” debacle.
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Huh?
Is Michael J. Fox going to be the GM? Biff as head of security?
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the #6 Org(asm) Plan
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Aha.
Trade RHP Michael Pineda, RHP Brandon League, OF Greg Halman, 3B Chone Figgins (with Seattle absorbing $16 of remaining $17 million on Figgins’ contract), and SS Carlos Triunfel to Cincinnati for 1B Joey Votto and C Yasmani Grandal.
I think I saw Keith Law replying today to tweets about trades like this.
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Why would you say that? Votto is from Canada. It would be much more like home than Cincinnati. He may not like Seattle, but it is hardly something that should be assumed out of hand.
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The Dodgers do not need Fielder or Albert
Since they already have Kemp
The Dodgers need a bat similar to Holiday to complement Kemp
Matt Holliday has a higher career slugging percentage than Fielder and oddly enough, the exact same career OPS
Holliday’s years in Coors probably help, but Milwaukee is a hitter’s park too.
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career ops+ is a 6 poitn difference
Matt Holliday is basically a prince fielder who can play the outfield, which is arguably more valuable
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Bats similar to Matt Holliday
OPS + between 137 and 157 over the last three years, at least 1200 PA:
Rk Player OPS+ PA
1 Jose Bautista 156 1742
2 Prince Fielder 156 2125
3 Adrian Gonzalez 156 2088
4 Ryan Braun 148 2021
5 Matt Holliday 147 1861
6 Joe Mauer 143 1523
7 Lance Berkman 142 1630
8 Carlos Beltran 141 1210
9 Kevin Youkilis 141 1540
10 Paul Konerko 138 1891
11 Evan Longoria 138 1906
So is it Carlos Beltran that you are advocating to add to the Dodger roster?
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i’d do it. Rivera as a backup/platoon guy, Sands waiting in ABQ in case of an injury. Hate to do that too him though
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You know Beltran won’t be insulted to play LF when the other two spots are manned by Gold Gloves!
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zactly
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Beltran would look great in LF for the Dodgers
by 68elcamino427 on Nov 2, 2011 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Beltran will be 35 in April. I wonder how many years he’s expecting to sign for. At that age he’s not exactly great insurance for Ethier and/or Kemp leave as FAs after 2012.
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That is a great point
1 year with an option year
He hasn’t been the healthiest the past few years
At least it will be better weather for his knees in LA
As compared to some other cooler climes
by 68elcamino427 on Nov 2, 2011 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
he’d get more than that somewhere
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
oh well
if it’s that easy :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
what do you think would be fair?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
they were talking about this on Intentional Talk
Rose said: 3/45
Millar said: 3/33
Rose had him going to the Braves, Millar said Red Sox
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, folks
Congrats on Kemp awards, and (assuming it makes you happy) McCourt news.
Quick question, don’t mean to hijack the thread, but do you think the Dodgers will make Billingsley available this off-season as a trade candidate? Listen to offers?
Thanks, and best of luck finding the best owner possible!
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Would you want to do a quick Q&A about a possible Billingsley deal for Pinstripe Alley? I was going to email you if the users here said he may be traded, but you just happened to answer the comment! Haha, regardless, thanks for the answer.
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Thanks, I’ll email you in a little!
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Don't take it personally if it's short. "Eric, do you think the Dodgers will trade Billingsley?"
“No.”
“Okay, thanks.” j/k
At least you guys aren’t asking about Kershaw or Kemp — I still see those popping up around the blogosphere.
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I thought it goes without saying that those two are in the deal!
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But of course! But only if we get Cory Wade and Andruw Jones back, and maybe Nick Swisher!
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I love Cory Wade, never take him back!
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Shane Victorino loved him too. :’(
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Shane Victorino seems like the type of guy that loves everyone!
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My guess, and only my guess, is not likely.
(Though so many things depend on what the actual budget is for free agency, who else they’re eying, etc…) But right now they are already a bit shorthanded on starting pitching going into next year. Hopefully they can re-sign Kuroda for one more year. Buut that would give them Kershaw, Kuroda, Bills, Lilly and (?). Removing Bills from that equation, with Kuroda not sure he’s coming back for another, is very risky. Or, what Eric said, they’ll listen, but…
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That’s it?
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There would be more
But I coached him in high school (well, I was a lower level coach), so I’m trying to follow him as he hopefully works his way up to the majors
Ha, I do have a long sig.
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and Jesus Montero!
Sold! ;)
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I don’t think the Dodgers would consider any offers for Billingsley until they find out whether Kuroda will sign for next year.
If Kuroda signs soon…they have more flexibility with pitching. But it’s not like the Dodgers have a surplus of reliable starters. They would need a low cost young player in a trade, and could use the money saved on Billingsley’s salary to sign a free agent starter.
Kuroda is likely LA or Japan, right?
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yes
those are the two choices he’s stated
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
Also, a lot of other people forget this but a painful wrinkle that changed Dodgers 2012 plans was Rubby De La Rosa needing TJ surgery this season. He was looking good and like a good shot at rotation next year. It happened earlier enough this year where maybe he makes a Strasburg like return in September but can’t count on anything. Which was a bummer and also makes Bills less tradeable.
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Do not mean to sound naive, but I had no idea about De La Rosa. That’s tough, he looked great in his time in the bigs.
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Well, I’ll still probably predict you to go waaay too far. I’ll sound stupid here, but I predicted a Dodgers over Yankees World Series before last season.
Predicted Yankees over Giants in 2010, but fell just short….2011…not so great.
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wow really?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I figured the rotation would be great, the pen would fix itself, and I (hopefully correctly) picked Kemp for MVP.
The big flaw? Loney would have a great season…
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it was a terrible blow
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
probably would've been a much better chance if Rubby didn't go down
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some tidbits
By agreeing to sell the team, McCourt extracted two significant concessions from MLB. The league agreed to let McCourt’s chosen investment bank conduct the auction, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, and to preapprove any bidders, according to a person familiar with the settlement but not authorized to discuss its details.
The league did not guarantee McCourt a minimum sale price, the person said. Nor did the league surrender any of its approval rights. However, the process enables McCourt to get as much money as possible, as fast as possible.
In a typical sale, the league conducts a preliminary examination of prospective bidders before allowing them to review a team’s confidential financial data. Once a sale agreement is reached, the league then conducts a more exhaustive investigation of the proposed buyer, followed by a vote of the owners.
In this case, the approval process would be completed in advance for each party that qualifies to participate in the auction, so that the winning bidder can conclude the purchase promptly, according to the person familiar with the settlement.
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Give me a new owner by my birthday!
That gives you….holy crap…I must be getting old because I just now realized my birthday is in less than 2 weeks.
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because a chance of keeping your job with the Dodgers
is better then having to work for Angelos
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Remember when we all thought Holliday was being overpaid by the Cards?
lot of years left but so far he is living up to it
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I never thought that.
But I thought Carl Crawford was a great signing.
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mabye I'm misremembering
but as I recall the Cards basically bid against themselves for his services.
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don't believe you are
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 2, 2011 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
They kind of caught one on the nuts there
by 68elcamino427 on Nov 2, 2011 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
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