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Originally Posted by EEich
I did do my research... the Red Sox never got the option to match because they alienated Damon so much with the low-ball offers and talk about trading for Jeremy Reed... .
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That's sheer speculation, which goes to my point - it's debatable. To call a thread foolish because you don't agree with a debatable premise is, well, ...
FWIW, I think you are wrong. He left because he knew that Steinbrenner would pay him more than anyone else could afford to. He's a decent bat with an average arm. $40 million isn't lowball for that - nobody outside NY would offer him that much. The fact that they did, doesn't mean he's worth it or that the Sox offer was lowball.
He's an upgrade for the Stankees - no argument there. But he's another sign of what's wrong with FA in baseball.
12-22-2005, 08:42 AM
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