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San Diego trades Adrian Gonzalez to Boston

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Blanket

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Dec 4, 2010 1:48 PM
San Diego will be getting a package of top prospects including one that is said to be "major league ready."
Dec 4, 2010 8:48am
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Al Bundy

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Dec 4, 2010 1:51 PM
That week you took off went by rather quickly.

It is a good pickup for Boston. Baseball needs some type of salary cap to get competitive teams year in and year out.
Dec 4, 2010 8:51am
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Blanket

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Dec 4, 2010 1:53 PM
He is going to crush the ball in Fenway.
Dec 4, 2010 8:53am
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Dec 4, 2010 2:33 PM
big deal for Boston.

I thought San Diego would have tried to pony up some money to keep Gonzalez around, but apparently not so
Dec 4, 2010 9:33am
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jordo212000

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Dec 4, 2010 3:15 PM
Wow what a move!
Dec 4, 2010 10:15am
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Hb31187

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Dec 4, 2010 3:30 PM
Another big name player to a team with deep pockets bc the team withotu deep pockets knows they wont be able to pay up when the time comes....Im shocked.

Seems like 5 or 6 out of every 10 good free agents or soon to be free agents in baseball go to the Red Sox or Yankees lol. Im with Bundy, baseball needs a damn salary cap
Dec 4, 2010 10:30am
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Dec 4, 2010 3:40 PM
Another big name player to a team with deep pockets bc the team withotu deep pockets knows they wont be able to pay up when the time comes....Im shocked.

Seems like 5 or 6 out of every 10 good free agents or soon to be free agents in baseball go to the Red Sox or Yankees lol. Im with Bundy, baseball needs a damn salary cap
How did that work out for Boston last year? Haha. Teams who are acting like the little sisters of the poor, have money and plenty of it. Go check the Pirates financial statements. Those teams care about turning a profit. Not winning.

I always love when NBA fanboys get up in arms about the parity of baseball. Obviously none of them actually look at the stats, because they'd see that over the past 10 years when the clamoring for a cap has been loudest, the mlb has had more parity than the NBA.

Go take your pitchforks and torches after Stern
Dec 4, 2010 10:40am
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Dec 4, 2010 3:43 PM
I just said id like to see a salary cap(like obviously many people have said), unbunch the panties. Or are you a Yankees or Sox fan is that why u got "up in arms about it".?
Dec 4, 2010 10:43am
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Dec 4, 2010 3:48 PM
jordo212000;587143 wrote:How did that work out for Boston last year? Haha. Teams who are acting like the little sisters of the poor, have money and plenty of it. Go check the Pirates financial statements. Those teams care about turning a profit. Not winning.

I always love when NBA fanboys get up in arms about the parity of baseball. Obviously none of them actually look at the stats, because they'd see that over the past 10 years when the clamoring for a cap has been loudest, the mlb has had more parity than the NBA.

Go take your pitchforks and torches after Stern
Still doesn't change the fact that MLB is played on a very uneven field. Small market teams are ML teams for the Sox and Yankees. (Teams with endless pockets) Something needs to be done, period.
Dec 4, 2010 10:48am
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jordo212000

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Dec 4, 2010 3:52 PM
Nah I'm a Reds fan.

The point remains the same. Baseball has recently had more parity than the NBA, but nobody wants to acknowledge that.

Why do rich people keep lining up in droves to buy the Pirates and Marlins of the world? It isn't so they can burn some extra cash that they have. They make a killing
Dec 4, 2010 10:52am
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Dec 4, 2010 3:54 PM
How did that work out for Boston last year? Haha. Teams who are acting like the little sisters of the poor, have money and plenty of it. Go check the Pirates financial statements. Those teams care about turning a profit. Not winning.



I always love when NBA fanboys get up in arms about the parity of baseball. Obviously none of them actually look at the stats, because they'd see that over the past 10 years when the clamoring for a cap has been loudest, the mlb has had more parity than the NBA.



Go take your pitchforks and torches after Stern


Still doesn't change the fact that MLB is played on a very uneven field. Small market teams are ML teams for the Sox and Yankees. (Teams with endless pockets) Something needs to be done, period.
Giants, Rangers, Rays, Reds all made the playoffs this season. Red Sox did not
Dec 4, 2010 10:54am
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Dec 4, 2010 4:02 PM
Rays made the playoffs yes, had one of the best records in baseball yes...and are still gonna lose multiple players because the team doesnt have the deep pockets to keep them around.

Hell Crawford will probably be batting a spot or 2 in front of Gonzalez this year
Dec 4, 2010 11:02am
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Dec 4, 2010 4:07 PM
The Rays will be fine. Their minor league system is the best in baseball. They already have somebody to replace Crawford (Jennings) and the other big hole (Pena) hit below .230

It is no different than the NBA, guys who get drafted by small market typically leave as soon as the clock hits midnight on their first deal. The good players migrate to big markets
Dec 4, 2010 11:07am
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Dec 4, 2010 4:19 PM
Yes but in the NBA the teams at least have a chance of matching the offer made by the bigger market team
Dec 4, 2010 11:19am
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Dec 4, 2010 4:31 PM
Yes but in the NBA the teams at least have a chance of matching the offer made by the bigger market team
They can match offers the MLB too, teams just don't.

The Yankees rarely turn a profit. That's the key. Some owners care about lining their pockets, some want to win
Dec 4, 2010 11:31am
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Dec 4, 2010 4:40 PM
I know theyre allowed to match, wasnt trying to say theyre not allowed. Didnt word that right

Theyre allowed to match, but when the Sox or the Yankees ect give someone an outrageous contract, the smaller market teams sometimes have no chance in hell at matching it because they cant afford it. In the NBA with a cap, at least if a bigger market team offers, the smaller market team has more of a chance to match bc the salary cant be THAT over the top
Dec 4, 2010 11:40am
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Dec 4, 2010 6:57 PM
baseball is a joke, and will continue to be until a salary cap is put in place. IMHO
Dec 4, 2010 1:57pm
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trep14

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Dec 4, 2010 7:30 PM
Hopefully San Diego's GM didn't go to the Mark Shapiro school of managing a team and trade away A-Gone for peanuts.
Dec 4, 2010 2:30pm
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Dec 5, 2010 12:38 AM
just because you have the best players doesn't mean you always win the title.
Dec 4, 2010 7:38pm
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Dec 5, 2010 12:59 AM
darbypitcher22;587700 wrote:just because you have the best players doesn't mean you always win the title.


no but it keeps the small market teams from winning the division. they prouduce players from their farm system. in four or five years they are studs, the big market teams gobble them up. stupid. MLB is a joke.
Dec 4, 2010 7:59pm
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Dec 5, 2010 4:38 AM
keeps small market teams from winning divisions?

That's why Minnesota and Oakland both won divisional titles multiple times during the 2000's
Dec 4, 2010 11:38pm
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Dec 5, 2010 4:53 AM
darbypitcher22;587947 wrote:keeps small market teams from winning divisions?

That's why Minnesota and Oakland both won divisional titles multiple times during the 2000's

Reds, Rangers, Giants, Rays all this season. Some people who don't watch baseball are obviously talking out of their butts
Dec 4, 2010 11:53pm
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Dec 5, 2010 6:55 AM
The part about them winning divisions is completely false.

But the part about them bringing up big name players from the minors and developing them into stars onlyt o have them snatched away by big market teams is pretty accurate. And that cycle continues to repeat
Dec 5, 2010 1:55am