Thursday, December 11, 2003
IT'S NOT EVEN 11 YET...
Usually I've been waiting until midnight to read the new P-I articles, but the ones for Friday have come in before 11pm the night before. Both are John Hickey's doing.
First off is that Randy Winn apparently likes the moves the Mariners are making. Not too much to work with in this article except for contractual details and a little blip at the end saying Dave Niehaus is one of the top 10 finalists for the Ford C. Frick Award from the Hall of Fame. Go Dave!
Second off is the more important article about the Tejada sweepstakes. Hickey takes three teams out of contention for Tejada -- the Angels (they overpaid Colon), the A's (the money they're spending is going to Foulke), and the Dodgers (slow transfer of power in the ownership ranks). I tell ya, if Hickey is right and the Dodgers will be late in the sweepstakes, that eliminates a big competitor for the Mariners. The one big team not taken out by Hickey, though -- Baltimore, who will surely offer more than the Mariners. The Detroit part of the article is weird too, though, saying that Tejada's reps asked Detroit for some stupid money in the neighborhood of $12-15M/yr. Either that's just posturing, or going nuts, or saying Tejada better be damn well compensated for having to play in Detroit...I don't know what the hell that means. I'm just hoping that Tejada's agents really hate Peter Angelos as much as I think they do.
Times and Tribune articles to come...along with me studying for my 8am final.
First off is that Randy Winn apparently likes the moves the Mariners are making. Not too much to work with in this article except for contractual details and a little blip at the end saying Dave Niehaus is one of the top 10 finalists for the Ford C. Frick Award from the Hall of Fame. Go Dave!
Second off is the more important article about the Tejada sweepstakes. Hickey takes three teams out of contention for Tejada -- the Angels (they overpaid Colon), the A's (the money they're spending is going to Foulke), and the Dodgers (slow transfer of power in the ownership ranks). I tell ya, if Hickey is right and the Dodgers will be late in the sweepstakes, that eliminates a big competitor for the Mariners. The one big team not taken out by Hickey, though -- Baltimore, who will surely offer more than the Mariners. The Detroit part of the article is weird too, though, saying that Tejada's reps asked Detroit for some stupid money in the neighborhood of $12-15M/yr. Either that's just posturing, or going nuts, or saying Tejada better be damn well compensated for having to play in Detroit...I don't know what the hell that means. I'm just hoping that Tejada's agents really hate Peter Angelos as much as I think they do.
Times and Tribune articles to come...along with me studying for my 8am final.
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