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The Hot Stove League

 
 
Dartagnan
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jan, 2004 02:03 pm
I just checked ESPN.com hoping to find something from the Boss (not yet), but I did read NYY GM Cashman whining about not having had a chance to sign Clemens and believing that he really meant to retire. Cashman will always remember Clemens as a Yankee, he says, which is rather odd considering all the years he pitched from Boston. Whatever.

Of course, if he'd managed to sign Pettitte, none of this would've happened...
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jan, 2004 04:15 pm
http://www.foxsports.com/netapp/blobs/active/3/11/2040912_18_1.jpg

The hat he wore at the press conference was given to him as a Christmas present by his sons.

So thanks are due to: 1) the Yankees and Cashman and Steinbrenner for screwing the pooch with Pettitte; 2) Pettitte, for working Clemens over while on vacation; and 3) the family Clemens for closing the deal.

Most serendipitous.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 07:41 am
whinebrenner quoted in the NYpost
http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/44820.htm
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 08:28 am
What is Roger doing in that picture PD, is that a 'Chatty Andy' talking doll and Roger is activating him Question Smile
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 10:37 am
I think he might be stroking his nipple...

I don't care what they do in the locker room as long as we get to the World Series.
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 10:56 am
Realllllllllllly Exclamation Smile
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 11:08 am
a co-worker told me clemens' goal is to win 325 games (1 more than nolan ryan).
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Dartagnan
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 03:10 pm
Wouldn't surprise me. I'm happy for the Astros and glad to see NYY look like fools, but I have to say Clemens is a piece of work. Announces his retirement before the season, so he receives accolades everywhere--even Fenway and from the Marlins during the World Series. Now he's back again.

Not the most graceful way to bow out, but Roger is Roger, I guess...
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 04:30 pm
yeah, and don't 4get the orange hummer Exclamation Exclamation
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 06:25 pm
It is all because of Pettitte - and he has always wanted to play with the Astros. There may be a little of the unconditional release as of the middle of December, if the Yankees didn't believe that Roger's retirement was a fact, Steinbrenner may have pull strings. But, as I said before, it is reflective of when he wanted to be with Nolan @ Houston at the beginning of his career. Nolan got some ridiculous offer to stay with the 'stros at that time (I believe it was either $1 mill or maybe less than that a year) and he went to the Rangers out of principle. Nolan always wanted to retire with the Astros.........
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Tue 13 Jan, 2004 07:44 pm
You know, the Angels have had a hell of an offseason.

Vladimir Guerrero, Bartolo Colon, Kelvim Escobar and Jose Guillen were all signed.

Sheesh, they're only a year off a world championship and they get all that...
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BillW
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jan, 2004 07:08 am
Yeah, PD, but what in hell happened to them last year Question
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Dartagnan
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jan, 2004 10:34 am
Now I read that the Cubs will bid for Maddux, but not at the price his agent demands. I can accept him returning to his original team, since he clearly won't be in a Braves uniform next year.

Re Clemens and his Hummers. Can't he, like, buy one for his wife? Though I suppose it's always nicer to be given one...
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jan, 2004 10:52 am
roger's only making 5 mill this year -- he can't afford to buy a hummer.
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Dartagnan
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jan, 2004 11:00 am
Well, he does have all those kids. Some of the olders ones probably need Hummers, too...
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BillW
 
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Reply Thu 15 Jan, 2004 07:55 am
All them New Yorkers all up in the air about a little hum job, I love it.......................
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Dartagnan
 
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Reply Thu 15 Jan, 2004 10:52 am
Steinbrenner continues to make innocuous statements about Clemens. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's the Boss trying to sound gracious.

We'll see how gracious he is if NYY starts badly and Clemens wins his first few starts for Houston!
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Sat 17 Jan, 2004 09:56 am
Pudge wanted 4 years and $40 million from the Marlins.

He's being offered that by a land-based animal.

Wonder if it will be about the money, now that he's won a championship and cemented a HOF berth:

Rodriguez offered 4 and $40MM by...

It won't diminish his stature to me if he does; he's earned it.

It will make me happy because the Cubs didn't get him.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Mon 19 Jan, 2004 11:43 am
albert pujols is going to arbitration, rejecting the cards' 5yr-$55mill offer (pretty ballsy for a guy who just turned 24!) he'll most likely get exactly what he wants -- his stats speak for themsleves.
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Dartagnan
 
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Reply Mon 19 Jan, 2004 03:32 pm
Given the way money is thrown around, I think Pujols deserves it.

From what I can tell, Maddux still hasn't been signed. Of course, a lack of news coverage doesn't mean things aren't moving. For some reason, even though I know he won't pitch for Atlanta, I still really care where he winds up!
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