Saturday, December 13, 2003
STONED
Not me, but Larry Stone is in New Orleans...read all about it
With team president Chuck Armstrong and team attorney Bart Waldman on hand as indication of the seriousness of their pursuit, the Mariners have plans to meet here with Tejada's agents, Fern Cuza and Diego Bentz, perhaps as soon as today. The duo also represents another top free agent, Vladimir Guerrero.
Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said he doesn't have "a good feel yet" for how extensive the market is for Tejada's services.
"I don't hear a whole lot," he said. "Maybe I'm not hanging in the right corners."
Tejada's fate could wind up being linked, at least indirectly, to the resolution of the Alex Rodriguez trade saga. The Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox continued talking yesterday about the complicated deal that would send A-Rod and his mega-contract to Boston for Manny Ramirez and his slightly less-mega-contract.
The ripple effect of that deal, if completed, would be to send Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to a likely destination in Southern California, with either the Dodgers, who are said to covet him dearly, or the Anaheim Angels, whose new owner, Arte Moreno, has suddenly become a major mover and shaker.
The latest buzz in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel was that even if the A-Rod deal collapses (and many executives were predicting that because of Boston's reluctance to pay part of Ramirez's salary, and A-Rod's reluctance to restructure his $252 million deal), Boston might still trade Garciaparra.
The reasoning is that the Red Sox have so alienated Garciaparra in last week's war of words involving his agent, Arn Tellem, and Boston owner John Henry, that they would have no choice but to deal him.
I'm going to call it right now. It may be after 2 a.m. Central time, but I'm calling this right now:
Miguel Tejada to the Mariners
Nomar Garciaparra to the Angels (for Jarrod Washburn)
Rich Aurilia to the Red Sox (he is a Brooklyn native, and IMO fits the Red Sox team very well)
Alex Rodriguez stays in Texas
There's also mention of the Greg Colbrunn-Quinton McCracken POS rumor in the Times story. But I don't feel the need to rehash my thoughts on that.
McCracken sucks, that's all there is to it.
Again, stay tuned....
FIRE UP THE MIGGY HOT STOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With team president Chuck Armstrong and team attorney Bart Waldman on hand as indication of the seriousness of their pursuit, the Mariners have plans to meet here with Tejada's agents, Fern Cuza and Diego Bentz, perhaps as soon as today. The duo also represents another top free agent, Vladimir Guerrero.
Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said he doesn't have "a good feel yet" for how extensive the market is for Tejada's services.
"I don't hear a whole lot," he said. "Maybe I'm not hanging in the right corners."
Tejada's fate could wind up being linked, at least indirectly, to the resolution of the Alex Rodriguez trade saga. The Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox continued talking yesterday about the complicated deal that would send A-Rod and his mega-contract to Boston for Manny Ramirez and his slightly less-mega-contract.
The ripple effect of that deal, if completed, would be to send Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to a likely destination in Southern California, with either the Dodgers, who are said to covet him dearly, or the Anaheim Angels, whose new owner, Arte Moreno, has suddenly become a major mover and shaker.
The latest buzz in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel was that even if the A-Rod deal collapses (and many executives were predicting that because of Boston's reluctance to pay part of Ramirez's salary, and A-Rod's reluctance to restructure his $252 million deal), Boston might still trade Garciaparra.
The reasoning is that the Red Sox have so alienated Garciaparra in last week's war of words involving his agent, Arn Tellem, and Boston owner John Henry, that they would have no choice but to deal him.
I'm going to call it right now. It may be after 2 a.m. Central time, but I'm calling this right now:
Miguel Tejada to the Mariners
Nomar Garciaparra to the Angels (for Jarrod Washburn)
Rich Aurilia to the Red Sox (he is a Brooklyn native, and IMO fits the Red Sox team very well)
Alex Rodriguez stays in Texas
There's also mention of the Greg Colbrunn-Quinton McCracken POS rumor in the Times story. But I don't feel the need to rehash my thoughts on that.
McCracken sucks, that's all there is to it.
Again, stay tuned....
FIRE UP THE MIGGY HOT STOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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