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Originally Posted by guccilvr
so it looks like Manny isn't so dumb after all.. looks like the Dodgers are to blame for the newest disaster. They said 2 years at 45 million but it was 10 million for '09 10 mil for '10 (if player option picked up and then 10 mil for '11 and '12 and 5 mil for '13.
Now if I was a player I would take deferred money but the kicker in all of this is that the dodgers said there would be no interest. So yeah that is kind of crappy. Plus Boras and Manny said yes to the contract at first because they thought it was 45 mil guaranteed for 2 years but it ends up they may have been trying to screw him after all
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I saw somewhere that deferred money was part of every Manny offer from the Dodgers.
Methinks they really screwed up here, because they look like liars here.
Anyone watching the "30-in-30" shows on MLB Network? I watched tonight because they were discussing the Orioles (for 59:30 longer than ESPN will the entire rest of spring training
), and I really liked their format, with the interviews and discussions.
Plus, I got the added bonus of calling Harold Reynolds a moron and a genius within ten minutes of each other!
(Going from saying Melvin Mora is a good base stealer/runner (he sucks on the bases) to saying Matt Wieters should start from day one (as opposed to leaving him in AAA for contract reasons).)