opinions on baseball stuff

Opinions On Baseball Stuff

It took me a long time to come up with such a great title for this

post, so appreciate it...

Aaron Rowand

"Bottom line, I wanted to get in a spot where I would be longterm,"

said Rowand, after signing a five year deal with San Francisco.

"That's really the thing I was looking forward to most." Yeah, that

and the 60 million dollars.

From the ESPN.com article: "Rowand said he believes the Giants will

contend in the much-improved division." Really? I seriously doubt that

Rowand actual believes that. They have two good young pitchers in Matt

Cain and Tim Lincecum, but that is about it. Rowand joins Randy Winn

and Dave Roberts in the outfield on a Giants team that will be lucky

to finish anywhere but last in the 5 team NL West. Of course, if

someone was going to give me 60 mil, I'd say pretty much anything.

I'm sorry to see Rowand go from the Phils, but I'm so very glad that

they didn't sign him to such a longterm, expensive deal. Like I've

said before, I don't think he is worth it. (Especially for a team like

SF, where he becomes their second highest paid player, next to

megaflog Barry Zito.) Rowand has had two fine years, mixed among some

other rather mediocre years. If his next two years are like '07, it

would be a great signing. If they are like '05 or '06, then not so

much. Of course, he did lead the league in intangibles last year, so

maybe he is worth it...

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[steroid.bmp] Steroids

The Mitchell Report hits the market around 1400 today. Internet

reports say 60-80 players are named in the report. 60-80? That better

be per team because I could rattle off a list of 20-40 names in the

next minute that I know did 'roids. George Mitchell has been working

on this report for a long time, and he's only going to talk about

60-80 players. Whatever, the whole thing is a sad joke anyway.

Carson asked yesterday how anyone would react if any Phillies are

listed. My response to Phils being on the list, other than Howard,

Utley, or Rollins, will be, "Ehhh." I mean, even though the list is

far from inclusive, I expect at least one Phil to be on there and I

don't think any name would be surprising except those previously

mentioned. And actually, I would be more disappointed than surprised

to see those names there because there is still part of me that wants

to think that the games' best players aren't cheaters.

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Non-Tenders

As of post time, there aren't any great names out there yet, but