AL EAST 2009
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REM-DOG IS BACK!!!!! All is well in the world!!!!!!
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Welcome back. Jerry. NOW a Red Sox game sounds like one!!!!!
:k::clap Welcome back. Jerry. NOW a Red Sox game sounds like one!!!!!
Looks like it's not gonna happen after all...
Source: Wagner to use no-trade clause, stay in N.Y. - MLB News - FOX Sports on MSN
He's more interested in accumulating saves than trying to help a team get into the postseason and beyond. What a tool.
Wagner has conditions for trade- The New Haven Register - Serving Greater New Haven, CT
He's not even the Mets closer now, is he??
He's making the right move by refusing the deal unless the Red Sox agree to cut him after the season is over.
He is entitled to the remainder of his salary this year ($2.5 million?). Then, there is a team option of paying him $8 million for next year or buying him out for $1 million.
The way he sees it is, if he comes to the Red Sox now, he will be just another set-up man for the next five weeks (and possibly the playoffs, if the Red Sox have a better record than Texas), but because the Red Sox have the bucks to spend, they would pay him $8 million a year to be the back up closer if Papelbon is moved to starter and if Bard fails as closer. He is 38 or 39 and isn't willing to sit on someone's bench or to set up next year just to make $8 million. He wants to close for someone, and now he has pitched two, one inning stints striking out two each time, giving up no runs and hitting 96 MPH on the radar gun. He feels he is entitled to a better 2010 situation than he would otherwise have with the Red Sox
He is entitled to the remainder of his salary this year ($2.5 million?). Then, there is a team option of paying him $8 million for next year or buying him out for $1 million.
The way he sees it is, if he comes to the Red Sox now, he will be just another set-up man for the next five weeks (and possibly the playoffs, if the Red Sox have a better record than Texas), but because the Red Sox have the bucks to spend, they would pay him $8 million a year to be the back up closer if Papelbon is moved to starter and if Bard fails as closer. He is 38 or 39 and isn't willing to sit on someone's bench or to set up next year just to make $8 million. He wants to close for someone, and now he has pitched two, one inning stints striking out two each time, giving up no runs and hitting 96 MPH on the radar gun. He feels he is entitled to a better 2010 situation than he would otherwise have with the Red Sox
Looks like Wagner has had a change of heart:
Wagner on the verge of coming to Boston - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog
His situation would have been the same in NY, at least in Boston he'll have a chance to make the playoffs....
Wagner on the verge of coming to Boston - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog
His situation would have been the same in NY, at least in Boston he'll have a chance to make the playoffs....
Make is the key word. The SOX are done as a result of doing nothing early to improve themselves. Yanks get CC and the SOX go after SMoltz? Anyone that stupid deserves to lose the wildcard. The SOX are my team but they have really pissed me off this year.
Gotta make room for Wagner...
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4425741"]Boston Red Sox release struggling right-hander Brad Penny - ESPN[/ame]
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4425741"]Boston Red Sox release struggling right-hander Brad Penny - ESPN[/ame]
"You can't fire me, (pick one: Mr. Slate, Mr. Cunningham, Mr Spacely, Mr. Tate), because I QUIT!
Common 1950s-1960s sitcom retort from Fred Flintstone, Chester Riley, George Jetson, Darren Stevens and countless others.
Common 1950s-1960s sitcom retort from Fred Flintstone, Chester Riley, George Jetson, Darren Stevens and countless others.
Not a bad line for an MLB pitching debut:
IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
N Green 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 35-13 0.00
N Green 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 35-13 0.00
agreed.
It still would have been slapping a bandaid on way too late instead of proactively planning to win a championship before the season started.
