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Post by Harnett Co. HEEL on Jan 10, 2013 10:27:33 GMT -5
I must admit I was a little surprised to see Josh sign with the Angels. I thought we might choose to stay closer to home (I was hoping to see my Orioles make him an offer). Oh well, one thing I do know is that him, Pujols, and Trout make one nasty lineup. Its going to be hard to beat the Angels when they are all at their best.
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Post by Marty Da Hungry Wolf on Jan 10, 2013 18:39:20 GMT -5
Selfishly I was hoping to see Boston get him (not sure how much the Red Sox actually helped themselves this offseason), but as long as the Yankees didn't get him I'm good.
I think you're right about the LAAoGAaOC, though Harnett - they look to me to be the early odds-on favorite.
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Post by mattncsu02 on Jan 10, 2013 22:46:28 GMT -5
That's going to be a very nasty lineup! Best of luck to him. It will be interesting to see what the Angels do this year.
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Post by Harnett Co. HEEL on Jan 11, 2013 11:24:56 GMT -5
I agree with Marty. Thank goodness he didnt go to the Yankees. I can't stand the way they open that deep wallet for any big name free agent that comes along. It would have been hard to pull for him in pinstripes even if he is a local guy!
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Post by Marty Da Hungry Wolf on Jan 11, 2013 18:28:49 GMT -5
Seriously, what's the point of any "salary cap" if you're going to have a "luxury tax" that "penalizes" teams that break the salary cap?
Only the richest teams (yes, I know Boston is one of the richest teams) can break the salary cap to begin with, so they can still pull in the best free agents (pricing the small market teams out of a good player). The "luxury tax" does what, exactly, for the small market teams?
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Post by mattncsu02 on Jan 11, 2013 21:52:04 GMT -5
It does nothing but let teams like the Yankees conduct business as usual and pay a little extra to do it. Screw the Yankees! Never liked 'em, never will.
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