The thing is, you can't change the rules because they're working too well. We talk all the time...

The thing is, you can't change the rules because they're working too well. We talk all the time about the Law of Unintended Consequences. This ain't that; this is the Law of Intended Consequences. Free-agent compensation rules are designed to lessen the demand for free agents. Well, this is what less demand looks like, and while it isn't fun for Orlando Hudson or Juan Cruz or Orlando Cabrera, to make a change now would have effects that we can't see, while also being unfair to those free agents and teams that reached agreements under the current understanding.

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Good thoughts...

…if it’s broke, fix it before NEXT offseason or in the next CBA.

We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.

by Chad Crudup on Feb 17, 2009 4:52 PM CST reply actions

Couldn't agree more.

But it’s Bud Selig, one of the most aggressively stupid men on Earth.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I hate Michael Young.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.

by thedirkatron on Feb 17, 2009 5:07 PM CST reply actions

Obviously you don't follow Texas A&M sports...

…because our athletic director rivals any and all men in positions of power for any sport on any level.

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by FuturePants on Feb 18, 2009 10:03 AM CST up reply actions

Billy Gillispie was a great hire.

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Feb 18, 2009 10:22 AM CST up reply actions

Yes

And extending his predecessor (Watkins) was horrible, not to mention lying to Gillespie about facilities being forthcoming didn’t help Gillespie wanting to stick around. Bill Byrne is a fool and a jerkoff.

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by FuturePants on Feb 18, 2009 3:23 PM CST up reply actions

Thank you

finally someone agrees with my first reaction to this yesterday. Change it during the next CBA negotiations.

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by t ball on Feb 17, 2009 5:11 PM CST reply actions

I had no argument with your first reaction.

by octoberty on Feb 17, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions

hmm

why not change it whenever. like pushing back the “big switch” to digital

Omar Vizquel: your starting shortstop for the 2009 AL all-star team.

by gossamer on Feb 17, 2009 5:24 PM CST reply actions

OT. Audio of Kinsler on with BaD Radio:

The Ticket

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Feb 17, 2009 6:09 PM CST reply actions

I'm glad he admitted he needs to cut out the half-ass defense.

You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?

by oc on Feb 17, 2009 6:14 PM CST up reply actions

+1

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Feb 17, 2009 6:18 PM CST up reply actions

Hah, great quote

“Last time I felt anything in my groin was probably December…”

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by t ball on Feb 17, 2009 6:36 PM CST up reply actions

Mark!

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Feb 17, 2009 6:45 PM CST up reply actions