Comments on: Head Shaking

By: Ralph Malph

Ralph Malph — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:18:20 +0000

Danny Aiella & Jose Paniagua should really try to come back into the fold.

I’m trying to figure out who this is a reference to and I can only come up with Danny Aiello the character actor. I’m not sure what he has to do with Danys Baez, though. Or Jose Paniagua.

By: Adam S

Adam S — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:48:23 +0000

Even putting on my irrational thinking GM cap I can’t get a handle on this signing.

That cap lets me think that as our bullpen sucked, let’s sign a proven closer. And I see let’s pay about $6M/year for three years to get a good, but not elite closer. But I don’t see how Baez is that guy.

He failed as the Dodgers closer so badly that they removed him from the role and threw him into a trade to be rid of him. Then he didn’t pitch the last 5 weeks of the season; I assume he was injured. There’s a 20% chance the Orioles spent $19M on a pitcher who will spend the next three years being replacement level.

By: dw

dw — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:08:34 +0000

Yeah, what the hell happened to the ol tag with the comments? Please to be changing it back.

And I think I have some of the Wordpress solutions I’ve talked about figured out. One is a plugin, one is more complicated than just a plugin, and the third… I know how to do it now (if I can just get the time to write the plugin).

By: mfan

mfan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:06:49 +0000

Seconded on the numbers.

By: shirts

shirts — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:49:07 +0000

Speaking of [non-paying] customer service here at USSM, could you please go back to numbering the comments? It makes it difficult to find where in a thread we were last reading without numbered comments. Otherwise, Dave, Derek, Jason, Jeff, and formerly Peter, you guys are great.

By: David J. Corcoran I

David J. Corcoran I — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:48:40 +0000

Thank God phor the Phillies.

By: colm

colm — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:44:00 +0000

Phew that’s a relief. It also seems positively modest compared to the other deals out there. Eaton should sack his agent; he’s easily worth 6 years/$72M in this market.

How much more valuable is Eaton than Baez? Same length of contract, only $1.66Million per year more than crap Danys.

By: Colorado M's Fan

Colorado M's Fan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:40:17 +0000

^^^ Was breaking news on ESPN, in case anyone was wondering.

By: Colorado M's Fan

Colorado M's Fan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:39:32 +0000

Phillies sign Eaton. 3 years 24 million dollars.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:09:53 +0000

We’re all about customer service here at USSM.