Woohoo! Left Field is solved???

Ray DiPerna wrote:
> danfergis wrote:
> > Mr. PHP wrote:
> > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006...802029.
> > > ??
> > >
> > > Jay Payton for two years.
> > > Well, at least he bats righty.
> >
> > I wonder why Payton and not Thames? Thames only had 350 at bats last
> > year but had his best season yet especially power wise. He looks to hit
> > RH's as well as he hits lefties. He's also 5 years younger then Payton
> > and at 29 just coming into his prime. I would also suspect he's a
> > cheaper option.
> > Sori or Lee would have been nice but I wouldn't lose any sleep over
> > Luis Gonzalez.
> > This move is interesting.
>
> "Interesting" indeed. They just paid $10 million for a 34-year-old
> corner OF who hasn't managed a league average offensive performance
> since 2003 and who -- even if he does happen to hit -- probably won't
> be able to stay on the field long enough to make it worthwhile anyway.

I've got to wonder how much Thames is asking for?
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danfergis wrote:
> Ray DiPerna wrote:
> > danfergis wrote:
> > > Mr. PHP wrote:
> > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006...802029.
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > > Jay Payton for two years.
> > > > Well, at least he bats righty.
> > >
> > > I wonder why Payton and not Thames? Thames only had 350 at bats last
> > > year but had his best season yet especially power wise. He looks to hit
> > > RH's as well as he hits lefties. He's also 5 years younger then Payton
> > > and at 29 just coming into his prime. I would also suspect he's a
> > > cheaper option.
> > > Sori or Lee would have been nice but I wouldn't lose any sleep over
> > > Luis Gonzalez.
> > > This move is interesting.
> >
> > "Interesting" indeed. They just paid $10 million for a 34-year-old
> > corner OF who hasn't managed a league average offensive performance
> > since 2003 and who -- even if he does happen to hit -- probably won't
> > be able to stay on the field long enough to make it worthwhile anyway.
>
> I've got to wonder how much Thames is asking for?

Thames isn't asking for anything, if I'm correct that he's still under
contract with the Tigers. It's the Tigers that are doing the asking.

--Ray
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:26:58 -0500, "David M. Nieporent"
<nieporen.TakeThisOut@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:

>In article <1165771774.892234.212040.TakeThisOut@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
> "danfergis" <danfergis.TakeThisOut@netscape.net> wrote:
>>Mr. PHP wrote:
>
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006...802029.
>>> ??
>>> Jay Payton for two years.
>>> Well, at least he bats righty.
>
>>I wonder why Payton and not Thames?
>
>'Cause it's illegal to sign another team's player. (Payton's a free agent;
>Thames is not.)
>
>> Thames only had 350 at bats last
>>year but had his best season yet especially power wise. He looks to hit
>>RH's as well as he hits lefties. He's also 5 years younger then Payton
>>and at 29 just coming into his prime. I would also suspect he's a
>>cheaper option.
>>Sori or Lee would have been nice but I wouldn't lose any sleep over
>>Luis Gonzalez.
>>This move is interesting.
>
>Well, I'm sure this statement won't be popular with many, but if we were
>going to sign a stopgap solution, we ought to have been looking at Barry
>Bonds. By far the best hitter on the market. Actually an above-average
>player, unlike Payton.


LOL!

That is only a good idea if the O's could also sign Raffy for 1B/DH
and sign Sammy Sosa for another throw in the OF.

That would give the O's a trifecta of steroid boys.

It could only be made better if they could sign Mark David McGwire to
a one-year deal. That would be the "Grand Slam" of steroid boys!
Just think of it: Bonds, Sosa, McGwire and Raffy on the same team...

What a freakshow that would be?!?
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Suddenly Payton has value in the ASBBO Fantasy Baseball league.


- Ray Bradley



Mr. PHP wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006...802029.
> ??
>
> Jay Payton for two years.
> Well, at least he bats righty.
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GLS wrote:
> From:
> http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-orioles-payton&prov=ap&type=lgns
>
>
> Free agent Jay Payton agreed Monday to a $9.5 million, two-year
> contract with the Baltimore Orioles
>
> <snip>
>
> Payton batted .296 with 10 homers and 59 RBIs in 142 games with
> Oakland this year. He is expected to play mostly in left field, but
> he's capable of manning center and right.
>
> "Jay fits our need for a right-handed hitting outfielder," said Mike
> Flanagan


"...and he apparently breathes air, which is important in Earth's
atmosphere."
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Ray DiPerna wrote:
> danfergis wrote:
> > Mr. PHP wrote:
> > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006...802029.
> > > ??
> > >
> > > Jay Payton for two years.
> > > Well, at least he bats righty.
> >
> > I wonder why Payton and not Thames? Thames only had 350 at bats last
> > year but had his best season yet especially power wise. He looks to hit
> > RH's as well as he hits lefties. He's also 5 years younger then Payton
> > and at 29 just coming into his prime. I would also suspect he's a
> > cheaper option.
> > Sori or Lee would have been nice but I wouldn't lose any sleep over
> > Luis Gonzalez.
> > This move is interesting.
>
> "Interesting" indeed. They just paid $10 million for a 34-year-old
> corner OF who hasn't managed a league average offensive performance
> since 2003 and who -- even if he does happen to hit -- probably won't
> be able to stay on the field long enough to make it worthwhile anyway.

Don't they think they could get the same performance out of Fiorentino
for less then one-tenth the price?
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