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    Quote Originally Posted by Thnikkaman View Post
    Considering who the winners of the last 8 world series are, it wouldn't be a surprise.
    Well...we are on pace to face Detroit. The one playoff team we absolutely suck against. Odds are slim Pittsburgh goes very far as well.

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    Maddon is a good manager, but Epstein pulled a complete dick move. Must have learned that in Boston.
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    What is this, amateur hour? It's TNF against the Jets and you didn't think you'd need extra booze?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MOtorboat View Post
    Maddon is a good manager, but Epstein pulled a complete dick move. Must have learned that in Boston.
    It's not gonna matter. I don't believe in curses, except the ones that involve Billy Goats.
    Let's Rid3!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MOtorboat View Post
    Maddon is a good manager, but Epstein pulled a complete dick move. Must have learned that in Boston.
    If you're trying to rattle me it is not going to work. I never cared for that smug little dick Theo w/ his stupid cell phone glued to his ear.

    Chicago can have him.

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    13yr $325million dollar deal.......damn

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    Insane. Seriously. When I'll this end. It's retarded.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    13yr $325million dollar deal.......damn
    Couldn't happen to a nicer guy though. I've seen a ton of interviews with Stanton and he seems like a great guy. I hate when he comes to Coors though.
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    I don't follow baseball enough to know names other than a few on the Mariners, but I saw it at halftime on ESPN and thought "damn".

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    It baffles my mind that in a sport with guaranteed contracts teams are willing to pay that long of a contract.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MOtorboat View Post
    It baffles my mind that in a sport with guaranteed contracts teams are willing to pay that long of a contract.
    Agreed. But...this is the stuff that can save the small to mid market teams. Miami locking up Stanton like that keeps him away from the Yankees, Sox and Dodgers for a long time. Other teams can do similar stuff with their young players and then the big spenders are left to throw ridiculous contracts at players when they are past their prime or to their own developed talent. Let's be honest...if Stanton hit the free agent market...there is a total of 3-4 teams that could actually bother picking up the phone to call his agent. So I think stuff like this and the deals that locked up Trout, Freeman, Simmons, etc will help keep a balance. Let the Yankees overpay for 36 year olds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoachChaz View Post
    Agreed. But...this is the stuff that can save the small to mid market teams. Miami locking up Stanton like that keeps him away from the Yankees, Sox and Dodgers for a long time. Other teams can do similar stuff with their young players and then the big spenders are left to throw ridiculous contracts at players when they are past their prime or to their own developed talent. Let's be honest...if Stanton hit the free agent market...there is a total of 3-4 teams that could actually bother picking up the phone to call his agent. So I think stuff like this and the deals that locked up Trout, Freeman, Simmons, etc will help keep a balance. Let the Yankees overpay for 36 year olds.
    But this overlooks the fact that the Marlins have still basically overpaid for an aging guy in the 2nd half of this deal... So yes, in the first half of the deal it's beneficial, but will probably damage the team longterm. So I don't see it as a salvation at all - it's a system that makes it very hard for small and mid market teams to remain competitive. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buff View Post
    But this overlooks the fact that the Marlins have still basically overpaid for an aging guy in the 2nd half of this deal...
    Stanton will opt out after the 6th year and won't ever see the 2nd half of this deal. He will get sick of losing. The dispassionate fans still won't show up and Loria will eventually trade all the decent players around Stanton when they become too expensive.

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    I'd rather pay Stanton 500 million than give Russel Martin 80!


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    Quote Originally Posted by weazel View Post
    I'd rather pay Stanton 500 million than give Russel Martin 80!
    Toronto has to overpay to attract FA's. Plus, I think the tax rate is much higher in Canada but you should know that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WTE View Post
    Stanton will opt out after the 6th year and won't ever see the 2nd half of this deal. He will get sick of losing. The dispassionate fans still won't show up and Loria will eventually trade all the decent players around Stanton when they become too expensive.
    Orr, his production will decline as it always does for aging power hitters, and the prospect of getting $25 million/yr for the next 7-8 years will be like stealing.

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