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jdub220
Ah, the first Harper hype story of the year. A sign that baseball is coming fast.
fred
it is great knowing that baseball is around the corner and considering i am philly sports fan, these phillies are the only sports worth paying to go see. its a great day for philly sports fan
mattinglyfan
I thought it was a good article, he came off a lot better in this one than the SI article, where he seemed very cocky.
darthvader87
In the beginning of the off season, I thought it would be the Nationals getting Harper, but the more moves and everything that is happening. It seems the Astros will more than likely have the number 1 overall pick.
vtadave
Harper is a National if they want him, as he’s eligible for the 2010 draft.
The Astros can just hope to grab that 2011 #1 slot.
Ferrariman
the first team to get a first overall pick with a payroll above 100million. now that would be pretty sad.
but i think its gonna be the padres or royals..maybe indians getting mr.#1 in 2011.
Ricky S.
Are we still talking about Molina?
fulky
arguably the most hyped amateur baseball player since Ken Griffey Jr., , the hard-hitting kid, … a nationally-known player Bryce Harper,of LAS VEGAS should be an example to all young players and a guide to older performers in showing what persistence will do. His game has been the talk of the “ball-park” since his 9 and under tournament travel ball days. “BRYCE HARPER” is the real deal!!
sonofkenny
Dan Cole “Common Man” at KFAN (1130 AM) in Mpls. is reporting Mauer will sign by Sunday. 8 years 22 mil…two option years…
jdub220
Are you missing a zero somewhere in there?
Triteon
That’s gotta be $22MM per year, right? Because $220MM/8 yrs is an ARod-like contract.
EdinsonPickle
I’m pretty sure Washburn is going to end up retiring. He just doesn’t seem to have an offer that he likes. As for Looper he is going to come off of his demands soon enough and take a minor league deal as Spring Training progresses.
Guest 2146
Wishful thinking on the part of Peter Gammons’ pal.
Dylan Zane
Gammons is right (sarcasm). Actually lets just make it so the rays go to the al central. Then if the yankees go to the NL East, It will be the Redsox Jays and Orioles. Then when their prospects get good, they can be moved to! IT”S PERFECT THE REDSOX WILL WIN THE DIVISION EVERY YEAR!
Guest 2147
After reading what you just wrote I really hope that the Orioles and Blue Jays dominate the Red Sox this season.
Dylan Zane
Trust me i hope they do to… and when i said prospects I wasn’t talking about any in the majors
Guest 2148
Gotcha.
icedrake523
Yeah, put the Red Sox with the weakest (financially) of those 3 teams. /sarcasm
elclashcombo
As Red Sox fan who would love to come in 1st every year, Peter Gammons suggestion has to be the most absurd thing I ever heard in my life.
philpbarnes
Yep.. amazing some of the stuff he comes out with. Break up the Sox and Yanks? Good god.
BentoBox
Peter Gammons … *facepalm*
ELPinchy
Gammons just never has been right after getting that brain aneurysm.
Big Davey
oof…
BaseballFan0707
Yes, Peter Gammons. Keep shamelessly showing your favoritism/homer-ism for the Red Sox. It makes so much sense to put them with two teams that could never keep up with the Sox financially, as well as the fact that the Sox can also develop their own talent. There is absolutely nothing unfair about that at all.
Breaking up the 18 games that the Sox and Yanks play vs. one another is pretty much a great way to utterly destroy a great source of publicity, revenue, and general interest in the game of baseball. No, the Sox/Yanks aren’t all baseball is about. But you’d be hard pressed to convince me that the intensity of The Rivalry doesn’t boost baseball’s interest level drastically.
darthvader87
Ah, Peter Gammons. You never cease to amaze me with your ability to make the most ludicrous statements, yet somehow earn a paycheck doing so. I’m still not sure if you are some form of genius or just a lucky moron. I’ll take the latter though.
MadmanTX 2
Peter Gammons…ugh. Anything to advance the cause of his precious Red Sox. How about suggesting that every AL team, except the Red Sox, be moved to the NL? That way the Red Sox can just be handed the AL championship on opening day?
wakefield4life
re: gammons – I’m not saying this is a good idea in any form. That kind of split would be bad for the red sox, the yankees, and baseball in general (typical “no the baseball world doesn’t revolve around the rivalry” disclaimer inserted here). I love the idea because it’s something that we as baseball fans wouldn’t even begin to consider. It’s one of those ideas that could never have been thought up, at least not in today’s baseball universe. Gammons did something unique here. He posed a hypothetical situation knowing all of the baseball world would reject it right out. Yet, before he posed it, I couldn’t conceive a world where the yanks and the sox don’t compete in the same division. It was something completely out of left field (pardon the pun). For that reason only, the sheer novelty of the proposition, I praise Gammons and his courage to write such a blasphemous piece. The only problem that exists now is whether Selig will catch wind of this idea and think it’s a good one…..