Friday, February 13, 2004
MADDUX AND SCHMIDT?
The Giants have apparently had heightened talks with Scott Boras about Greg Maddux. If you would have asked me two weeks ago where I thought Maddux was going to end up, San Francisco probably would have been fourth or fifth on the list. I thought Maddux was a near-lock to go to San Diego. If Maddux picks SF, it's a big loss for the Padres, I think. They seemed to be frontrunners in the Maddux sweepstakes for quite a while. Now they might lose him within the division. They wouldn't have Maddux to help fill the seats at the Dog Pound either (anything but Petco...Scratching Post, Kennel, Dogloo, Bird House, anything).
In a somewhat related note, how bad is it that one of the better things to happen in the season is the fact that Miguel Tejada didn't end up in Anaheim? A good thing in the Mariner offseason couldn't be "oh, we filled that hole with that guy, who consistently does a great job at that position" or anything like that. It's "hey, we bought out Mabry's contract" or this Tejada thing I just brought up.
Of course, the interval of time when we were glad Tejada didn't go to Anaheim was more than negated when Vlad Guerrero actually did go to Anaheim.
Hopefully the Tribune has some postworthy material, because I'm not seeing any out of the Times and P-I tonight.
[Edit ~1:25a -- Vlad note]
In a somewhat related note, how bad is it that one of the better things to happen in the season is the fact that Miguel Tejada didn't end up in Anaheim? A good thing in the Mariner offseason couldn't be "oh, we filled that hole with that guy, who consistently does a great job at that position" or anything like that. It's "hey, we bought out Mabry's contract" or this Tejada thing I just brought up.
Of course, the interval of time when we were glad Tejada didn't go to Anaheim was more than negated when Vlad Guerrero actually did go to Anaheim.
Hopefully the Tribune has some postworthy material, because I'm not seeing any out of the Times and P-I tonight.
[Edit ~1:25a -- Vlad note]
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