My wife and kids live about 3 miles from Steinbrenner Stadium in Tampa. I can't wait till my boy is old enough for me to take him over there to pee in the outfield.
BTW, you know baseball's starting up for Mariners' fans when Felix's elbow is about to fall off as he signs a 175M contract
The contract hasn't been signed as far as I know. I love baseball, but the M's are a disaster. I'm usually depressed about the team by the time May rolls around.
He's leaving town. You can't put an offer like that on the table, and pull it out. It's something the Mariners should had thought of before. It's not like they are dealing with Mike Napoli. Someone will throw that contract at Felix when his current deal expires. If he signed it, and is hurt, he'd lose the money anyway. He's better off waiting now to get that contract from the Mariners or someone. Petey
That's dream talk. He'll sign by the end of the week, and there'll be something in there like an opt-out for the M's after year 3 if his right elbow has caused him to miss 35 starts or something, and he'll have his money. What do you mean "they should've thought of it before?" When they did the physical they got "red flags". Should they have said, "Well, crap. We can't renege on this now." With 175M on the line, you can do whatever the hell you want. Or else end up like the Yankees and A-Fraud.
Frankly -- I don't know that they should invest that kind of money in Felix. He's a world class pitcher, but that's a lot of money to invest in one pitcher for a pretty crappy team. On the other hand, if you don't hold on to your team assets it probably does not excite many FA's to come to Seattle.
They probably know that they're going to have at least 3 cheap starters over the next 4 years, so the rotation costs is still below average.
SF Giants: 2 World Championships in 3 seasons. And yet, this is the first time they're mentioned in this thread? Y'all don't know baseball.
Wow, you are way off base on that assessment. As a Cubs fan, this is the one time of the year we're tied for first and can have hope.
How is that way off-base? Aside from the Yank-Mes run from 1996-2000 and the BJ's back-to-back championships in 1992-1993, I don't believe any other team has won two WS in three seasons since the 1970's. There's a lot of parity in MLB, so two championships in three years is the bomb diggity. Coming from a Cubs (and Blazers - I feel your pain on this) fan, I can see how you might be confused.
I love playing baseball, but find it very boring to watch for the most part. Not as bad if at a game, but to watch on tv very much just to boring.
