Cards Sign Matt Holliday
To a $120 million, 7-year deal with a vesting option for an 8th.
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Didn't like the ending.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
I did............
……….(spoiler alert)
………I love that Ryan Bingham didn’t end up with the girl. That would have been lazy and predictable.
Excellent film.
Meh.
I saw the ending coming from a mile away, don’t know why but I saw it coming.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
Saw it too
But still thought it was an excellent film
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
Yeah, it was a very good film
and I like Clooney. I was expecting more Zach Galifianakis though.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
I have not seen the movie yet, but I am intrigued that the main character's name is Ryan Bingham
Maybe people will google “Ryan Bingham” and find out there’s an outstanding singer by the same name. More people should know about the greatness of Ryan Bingham.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
Have you seen "Crazy Heart"?
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jan 5, 2010 10:58 PM CST up reply actions
i did
liked it a helluva lot more than up in the air, at the very least it should grab some acting nominations for bridges (maybe maggie) and not knowing much about the other films take home the award for best song
im not a country music guy but i was really diggin the music
by studcrackers on Jan 6, 2010 12:09 AM CST up reply actions
It was written by
T-Bone Burnett and the late Stephen Bruton from Ft. Worth, then Austin. Well done.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
The "Weary Kind" was actually written by Bingham
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
No shit.
I thought that was a T-Bone tune, but it doesn’t surprise me at all.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
Here’s a short interview with Bingham about the movie:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/12/crazy_heart_songwriter_and_gol.html
Here’s what Bingham says about writing the song and T-Bone’s contribution (he’s credited a cowriter). Sounds like Bingham is the man behind the song, T-Bone just helped finish it off:
“Weary Kind” plays a central role in the movie. How was it decided that this track would be “the one”?
Well, I wrote the song and I recorded it at home. Scott and T-Bone gave me a call and wanted me to come over and meet up with them. So I brought the tune over and we sat down and listened to it. Right off the bat, T-Bone looked at me and said, “That’s the song we want to use.”
T-Bone is actually credited as a co-writer. What did he add to it?
That line at the end of the song — “You are the man who ruined the world” — he came up with that. I can’t really remember all the little things he did. But that was the main thing, he helped on that last verse. I pretty much just had a couple of verses and the chorus, and we added a little more to it.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
Ryan Bingham the singer
is one bad ass! Check out his record Mescalito for a nice primer on him.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
Mescalito is probably in my top five all-time favorite albums
When I first heard it, it just blew me away. For someone like me who loves the lonesome country, Mescalito is a perfect soundtrack.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
First time I heard Southside of Heaven,
I think I got a pudgy.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
Yeah, that was the first song I heard off the album and I think I listened to it about 10 times in a row
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
i thought
it was very average, surprised to see so much praise for it
Never
lock yourself in a room with Scott Boras. Never.
by poster formerly known as ncrangerman on Jan 5, 2010 6:23 PM CST reply actions
Contract Albatross
That is a terrible deal. He is okay but that is crazy money. Boras is doing some corporate hypnosis!
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
by Spadedsnake on Jan 5, 2010 6:23 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Depends a lot on the option years and escaltors on the deal
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
@Rotoworld_BB M. Holliday -LF-STL: Holliday’s contract has vesting eighth year http://tinyurl.com/cc6gkk
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Jeez.
Cards were bidding against themselves as far as I can tell.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
I somewhat agree
But their other options were quickly disappearing. DeRosa and Bay signed last week.
And for all of the talk about Coors Field making Holliday what he is, he had a 2009 of .313/.394/.515 with an OPS+ of 139. That’s a pretty darn good year.
Plus, with Glaus, Adam Kennedy, and Khalil Greene going away, that freed up $22 mil in money to spend.
that ball actually hit him in the nuts before it hit the ground
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
by RA Dickey on Jan 5, 2010 6:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
VivaElBirdos is terrible..........
The Redbirds will always be my favorite team, but LSB blows that blog away.
So the Rangers mean what to you?
by TooLegitToQuit on Jan 5, 2010 6:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
They are the team I get to watch 162 times per year and I hope they do very well.....
….until the time comes that they play the Cardinals in a World Series.
yeah I'm pretty sure that'll never happen
not that I don’t think we’ll make it eventually…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 6, 2010 1:56 AM CST up reply actions
I knew it
He put an offer in on a house in St Louis yesterday.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
No but I am
Josey Wales born on LSB July 18, 2006 Jumped the shark--That glorious day in 2008. RIP Josey Wales.
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
No
But I heard that, and it was true. Connections are nice :)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
so what does this
mean for the Rangers? Could see Vlad or Dye sign soon.
It means.....
There is one less team looking for a bat. Means we are one step closer to getting a DH. One less team to use as leverage. May not be much, but it isn’t nothing. Now we have to hope that we don’t screw it up!
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
by Spadedsnake on Jan 5, 2010 7:06 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I guess the cards/mets could have gone with Dye as a backup to Holliday.
Vlad though seems like he should be independent of those two.
the preceding post was a great success.
agreed
Which AL teams still need a DH?
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
by Spadedsnake on Jan 5, 2010 7:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Tigers
White Sox, maybe the As, maybe the Ms, maybe the Rays.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
The Rays would need to dump Burrell somewhere first if they get a DH
Too bad we probably can’t take on 9 million bucks…
If the Rangers were in the playoffs... the soundtrack could be one long continuous fart, and I would love it. - cmkelly
by LSJ on Jan 5, 2010 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
Pat Burrell
seems like the exact sort of player that you wouldn’t/shouldn’t target.
Guy with Old Player Skills approaching his mid-30s who fell off a cliff last year.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
JD specifically said he may have to wait until the top tier signs to do something
Bay and Holliday were the top tier.
I have no idea why it would have any impact, but he did say it.
the preceding post was a great success.
7 more chances
for him to commit series changing errors.
"No regrets, that's my motto. That, and everybody wang chung tonight."
Dear Vlad
Come on down!
"There are two girls that can take a pounding!" Tom Grieve
by Spadedsnake on Jan 5, 2010 6:51 PM CST via mobile reply actions
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/1/5/1235874/randy-johnson-has-retired
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Still a bad deal
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Makes my $11.50/hr look pretty good too.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
what was the last
non yankees or mets contract that was 6 plus years? not taking longorias deal into consideration was it zito?
Wells
3 years ago, he signed a 7 year deal.
Zito also got 7 years the same month as Wells.
A month earlier, Soriano got 8 years.
Utley got 7 years the same offseason.
Cabrera got 8 years from the Tigers in March of 2008. Rios got 7 years in April of 2008.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 5, 2010 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
Last year
Teixeira got 8 years, Sabathia got 7.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 5, 2010 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
But when was the last time a non-Yankmee team ponied up that kind of commitment?
If the Rangers were in the playoffs... the soundtrack could be one long continuous fart, and I would love it. - cmkelly
by LSJ on Jan 5, 2010 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
Interesting read:
Thus far, more than halfway through the 2009-10 free agent signing period, teams have given only seven players contracts of three years or longer. In 2006-07, 31 players received deals of three or more years.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I just ordered an Albert Pujols Red Sox jersey...
…and postdated the delivery for Jan. 1, 2012.
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
Holliday...
Bad signing. Cards need that money for Alberts 9 year 200 million that’ gonna hapen ;)
"Stretch, Stretch...You can put it on the booooaaaarrrdddd, YES!"-White Sox TV Announcers HR call. Terrible Announcers, great HR call.
Ken Rosenthal...
doesn’t think this deal will get in the way of that. He said the Cards still know they need to give Pujols that type of deal and should be able to. We shall see.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
to get the best FA talent, you overpay
That’s just the way the system works. Somebody overpays, and if someone doesn’t overpay the Yanks or the BoSox get another great talent at a discount.
The Cardinals have the decade’s best hitter who is still hitting like he’s in his prime, plus two legit aces in Carpenter and Wainwright. It would be criminal for that team to cry poor on getting a needed piece of the top shelf. Wouldn’t you hate to be the GM blessed with Pujols and never put a championship team around him?
What a drag it is being broke.
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