Quotent Quotables Rumors
By Tim Dierkes [June 1, 2007 at 1:27pm CST]
Came across an article on Scott Boras, via Will Caroll. One quote from Boras struck me: The Cardinals not signing Jeff Weaver is how you don’t win divisions, and my prediction is the St. Louis Cardinals won’t win their division this year. I can see the Cards missing the playoffs, sure, but not signing Jeff Weaver for $8 million won't be the reason. Now if you want to argue that if the Cardinals had signed Weaver, they'd be in last place instead of fourth and in line for a better draft pick in '08, I can buy that. Boras should've..
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By Tim Dierkes [May 30, 2007 at 5:52am CST]
When Tim asked me to cover MLBTR.com today, in exchange for 20,000 Schrutebucks my first reaction was "Sure, why not? It's not as if there is anything to write about anyway..." To many a baseball fan, it certainly seems as if there is little to no discussion of trades to be had anywhere. If you are like me, you always wonder what might be going on behind the scenes that the average fan doesn't hear about. I always assume that even though nothing is leaking out, surely MLB's general managers are scheming and exchanging clandestine phone calls and emails. After..
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By Tim Dierkes [April 10, 2007 at 1:48pm CST]
I know this is a translation, but this quote from Ichiro regarding Daisuke Matsuzaka is worth a mention: "I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul." That is a strange thing to say in any language. At any rate, it doesn't sound like playing for the Mariners excites him. Wednesday's Mariners-Red Sox game is shaping up to be a classic. Matsuzaka vs. Felix Hernandez at Fenway, plus the Ichiro angle
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