Tuesday, November 18, 2003
GIVE ME A BIG BAT OR GIVE ME DEATH
OK, I won't go THAT far, but you get the point...
Let's be serious here for a moment. Yes, we can be serious here at Sports and Bremertonians, so don't scoff at that.
Miguel Tejada is better than Kazuo Matsui. He is more proven than Matsui. He has AL West ties. He's a shortstop. And he's an MVP-candidate year in and year out.
So what's the deal here?
Oh, it's because Tejada isn't Japanese. You know how the Mariners have their little ceramic money pig set away for foreign players? Well, use some of that "pig money" for Tejada.
Tejada is rumored to want a 5-year deal. I can understand the M's theory of not giving contracts to players for 4 years or more. But for some players, just forget about that little rule.
We all want Vladimir Guerrero, but it isn't going to happen. So they might as well go after Miguel Tejada. Let the Dodgers overpay for Matsui and his 15 homers a year. Yes, he will only hit 15 homers in 2004.
For once, I would love to see the Mariners act like the big market team that they are. When you're in the Top 5 in revenue, and draw over 3 million fans, you're a big market team, like it or not. The fans deserve to see a championship team out on the Safeco Field stage.
Go get Tejada. And if the M's get Tejada, Oakland is worse off for it.
Matsui = Shinjo
No Ibanez!!!
Let's be serious here for a moment. Yes, we can be serious here at Sports and Bremertonians, so don't scoff at that.
Miguel Tejada is better than Kazuo Matsui. He is more proven than Matsui. He has AL West ties. He's a shortstop. And he's an MVP-candidate year in and year out.
So what's the deal here?
Oh, it's because Tejada isn't Japanese. You know how the Mariners have their little ceramic money pig set away for foreign players? Well, use some of that "pig money" for Tejada.
Tejada is rumored to want a 5-year deal. I can understand the M's theory of not giving contracts to players for 4 years or more. But for some players, just forget about that little rule.
We all want Vladimir Guerrero, but it isn't going to happen. So they might as well go after Miguel Tejada. Let the Dodgers overpay for Matsui and his 15 homers a year. Yes, he will only hit 15 homers in 2004.
For once, I would love to see the Mariners act like the big market team that they are. When you're in the Top 5 in revenue, and draw over 3 million fans, you're a big market team, like it or not. The fans deserve to see a championship team out on the Safeco Field stage.
Go get Tejada. And if the M's get Tejada, Oakland is worse off for it.
Matsui = Shinjo
No Ibanez!!!
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