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  • karen lotz
    The NBA thread has been pretty solid so we might as well have one for baseball season. Art Modell will probably start threads for Pirates discussion daily, so for fans of every other team or baseball fans in general can have a place to talk about baseball.
  • karen lotz
    Pujols and the Cardinals have reached an agreement...
  • karen lotz
    ...that noon on Wednesday will be the deadline for contract talk.
  • justincredible
    If they don't reach an agreement by Wednesday that just means he won't talk about it again until after the season, right?
  • karen lotz
    Yeah but I think if the Cards don't pony up now, he will likely head elsewhere after the season. At least that's what most of the "experts" think. I think he has also said that he will waive a trade to any team during the season.
  • Tiger2003
    The Cards better pony up....
  • karen lotz
    Orange tents were added behind the right field fence at the Braves complex to protect cars from Jason Heyward. Last year he did some damage to a couple of the Braves brass' cars.

  • justincredible
    Hopefully they don't and it leads to a very distracting season.
  • like_that
    karen lotz;677992 wrote:The NBA thread has been pretty solid so we might as well have one for baseball season. Art Modell will probably start threads for Pirates discussion daily, so for fans of every other team or baseball fans in general can have a place to talk about baseball.

    No, Capone will only start threads about Cleveland and only post in Cleveland threads.
  • justincredible
    Capone has been MIA since the Super Bowl. I don't expect him back for a long, long time.
  • wildcats20
    I expect a repeat win of the NL Central for the Red Legs.
  • Commander of Awesome
    justincredible;678098 wrote:Capone has been MIA since the Super Bowl. I don't expect him back for a long, long time.

    What a bitch. You keeping track to make sure he doesn't just create a new username so he doesnt have to man up?
  • like_that
    wildcats20;678178 wrote:I expect a repeat win of the NL Central for the Red Legs.

    It will be tougher. I think the Brewers are going to be tough with their additions to their pitching staff. It seems like when good AL pitchers make the transition to the NL, they start to dominate.
  • Laley23
    The Indians will suck.

    ...and Im done with this thread for the year :D
  • Commander of Awesome
    Laley23;678230 wrote:The Indians will suck.

    ...and Im done with this thread for the year :D

    No way! I heard Adam Miller might actually be healthy enough to pitch in spring training this year before he breaks his thumb again and is IRed for the whole season.
  • justincredible
    Commander of Awesome;678194 wrote:What a bitch. You keeping track to make sure he doesn't just create a new username so he doesnt have to man up?

    Not really, but it won't be hard to figure it out if he starts posting with a new name.
  • september63
    karen lotz;678014 wrote:Yeah but I think if the Cards don't pony up now, he will likely head elsewhere after the season. At least that's what most of the "experts" think. I think he has also said that he will waive a trade to any team during the season.

    To clear what you said up. He has a no trade clause and many times players waive their no trade clauses, allowing them to be traded. Pujols has said he will not waive his no trade clause and accept a trade to any other teams. In other words, he will reject a trade to any team during the season, not waive a trade.
  • Mulva
    Pujols is the best player in the game now and has been for years, but he isn't going to be the best player in the game in 6, 8, 10 years. If I'm the Cardinals there's no way I even consider paying him upwards of $30 mil a season until he's 40.
  • Heretic
    justincredible;678233 wrote:Not really, but it won't be hard to figure it out if he starts posting with a new name.

    Yeah. You just have to keep track of whether any new accounts have a bunch of posts that can be summarized as "BLAH BLAH BLAH Cleveland sux BLAH BLAH BLAH hahahaaaaa".
  • BR1986FB
    Heretic;678302 wrote:Yeah. You just have to keep track of whether any new accounts have a bunch of posts that can be summarized as "BLAH BLAH BLAH Cleveland sux BLAH BLAH BLAH hahahaaaaa".

    More like "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." He's like the "anti-Shelbucks" (ex. "SPOT ON!!!!!!!!!!!$$$$#####????ROFLMAO"...except he hates Cleveland sports where shel was a fan). Capone is more retarded though.
  • justincredible
    Mulva;678251 wrote:Pujols is the best player in the game now and has been for years, but he isn't going to be the best player in the game in 6, 8, 10 years. If I'm the Cardinals there's no way I even consider paying him upwards of $30 mil a season until he's 40.

    I bet he's a good 2 or 3 years older than he says he is, too.
  • karen lotz
    september63;678244 wrote:To clear what you said up. He has a no trade clause and many times players waive their no trade clauses, allowing them to be traded. Pujols has said he will not waive his no trade clause and accept a trade to any other teams. In other words, he will reject a trade to any team during the season, not waive a trade.


    Yeah that's what I meant just worded it poorly. He will veto any trade by not waiving the no trade clause.
  • karen lotz
    Mulva;678251 wrote:Pujols is the best player in the game now and has been for years, but he isn't going to be the best player in the game in 6, 8, 10 years. If I'm the Cardinals there's no way I even consider paying him upwards of $30 mil a season until he's 40.


    I agree with this. For comparison, how old was ARod when he signed his huge deal with Texas? He was much younger than 30 wasn't he?
  • gorocks99
    ARod was, I think, 24 or 25 when he signed that deal w/ Texas. Much younger.

    And I agree, if the Cards give Pujols $30 mil for 10 years, they're idiots. If it's a 6 or 7 year deal, that's much more plausible.
  • darbypitcher22
    Cards need to pony up and keep the franchise in St. Louis... right now he IS that club