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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:06 pm

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Torre to manage the Dodgers . . .

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs ... /710300403

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:07 pm

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So was this....

Kenny Williams on signing ARod:
''When I heard the number ... put it this way: I heard that number, and I haven't spent one minute thinking about it,'' Williams said. ''For our purposes, we would very quickly run the average fan out of our ballpark ... our economic situation wouldn't allow for something like that.''

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:12 pm

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BD wrote:

Whatever, Its not like they play in a big market or anything....

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:19 pm

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I really don't understand Kenny's reasoning, nor do I understand the "running the fans out of the ballpark" comment. But whatever. Our loss will be somebody else's gain.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:22 pm

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Kid Cairo wrote:

I really don't understand Kenny's reasoning, nor do I understand the "running the fans out of the ballpark" comment. But whatever. Our loss will be somebody else's gain.

it means $50 box seats.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:34 pm

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Kid Cairo wrote:

I really don't understand Kenny's reasoning, nor do I understand the "running the fans out of the ballpark" comment. But whatever. Our loss will be somebody else's gain.

I think he's saying he'll have to double the ticket prices.

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The Original Kid Cairo

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:40 pm

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Well, that does make sense.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:43 pm

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Kid Cairo wrote:

I really don't understand Kenny's reasoning, nor do I understand the "running the fans out of the ballpark" comment. But whatever. Our loss will be somebody else's gain.

He's saying that they would have to raise ticket prices if they signed A-Rod.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:55 pm

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Doug's right,
The White Sox market wouldn't support the ticket price increase required to afford A-Rod. Unless you want average prices like Boston which is double the league average.

In 2007 the White sox were about 600,000 tix short of selling out the season. At current pricing those sales would translate to ~15Mil in incremental revenue, the other $16mil would have to come from an average price increase of ~$5 per ticket.
Would you do all this just to break even on A-Rod?

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:57 pm

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I will let bigfan interpret it for me.

I am really hoping that ARod goes to the Dodgers. Then the Dodgers come looking to the White Sox for pitching and trade the Sox an MLB ready OF and SS.

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good dolphin wrote:

I will let bigfan interpret it for me.

I am really hoping that ARod goes to the Dodgers. Then the Dodgers come looking to the White Sox for pitching and trade the Sox an MLB ready OF and SS.

Or an OF and a bullpen arm.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:03 pm

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$25-30 million per year for one player is crazy, i dont care who he is. nobody is worth that, and im glad the sox will not go after him.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

$25-30 million per year for one player is crazy, i dont care who he is. nobody is worth that, and im glad the sox will not go after him.

He had $25 he's looking for $30-32 for 12 years :shock:

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Mustang Rob wrote:

But wait- isn't Boras argument for giving A-Rod 30mil+ that the TV revenue, ad space, gate, etc. will INCREASE and therefore he'll be worth the asking price?

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:11 pm

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is your sig a forrest gump quote?

i thought soriano's contract was nuts. and it is, but "thats the market." MLB needs a salary cap

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Baku wrote:

Mustang Rob wrote:

But wait- isn't Boras argument for giving A-Rod 30mil+ that the TV revenue, ad space, gate, etc. will INCREASE and therefore he'll be worth the asking price?

Boras was soo off with his projections on A-Rod in Texas, DiceK in Boston & various other clients, that noone takes him seriously.
His $20mil annually for Boston came in at $2.5mil for 2007. :roll:

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is your sig a forrest gump quote?

Me or Baku, Frank?

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:25 pm

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yours

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:27 pm

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Mustang Rob wrote:

Baku wrote:

Mustang Rob wrote:

But wait- isn't Boras argument for giving A-Rod 30mil+ that the TV revenue, ad space, gate, etc. will INCREASE and therefore he'll be worth the asking price?

Boras was soo off with his projections on A-Rod in Texas, DiceK in Boston & various other clients, that noone takes him seriously.
His $20mil annually for Boston came in at $2.5mil for 2007. :roll:

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is your sig a forrest gump quote?

Me or Baku, Frank?

Dont let the Grand Slam blind you, dont forget about JD Drew

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:31 pm

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Mustang Rob wrote:

Me or Baku, Frank?

Mine's a quote from Tom's myspace page (via gizoogle)

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

:lol: yours

Kinda,
It's his distant relative Manny Gump when asked about the curse of the bambino after the 2004 ALCS comeback. It's widely speculated that he really meant to say "destiny", but what came out is so much better.
It right up there with Tyson's "fade to bolivian".

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:39 pm

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FavreFan wrote:

Mustang Rob wrote:

Baku wrote:

Mustang Rob wrote:

But wait- isn't Boras argument for giving A-Rod 30mil+ that the TV revenue, ad space, gate, etc. will INCREASE and therefore he'll be worth the asking price?

Boras was soo off with his projections on A-Rod in Texas, DiceK in Boston & various other clients, that noone takes him seriously.
His $20mil annually for Boston came in at $2.5mil for 2007. :roll:

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is your sig a forrest gump quote?

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Dont let the Grand Slam blind you, dont forget about JD Drew

Come On FarveFan, gimme at least a week to soak it in.
As Bill Simmons coined it "the $14 million dollar grand slam" was a nice surprise, but it still doesn't make me feel good about the next 2,000 ab's from Drew. I'm hoping for a gruesome injury and an insurance settlement to take him off the books.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:48 pm

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He had the injury BEFORE theo signed him.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:03 pm

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Joe Torre not in pinstripes will look weird to me. Follow the $ I did not think he would do.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:16 pm

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Baku your anniversary is on Thursday...

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:18 pm

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HappyHour Jason wrote:

Baku your anniversary is on Thursday...

Wow. Didn't even notice. I can never get that year of my life back :lol:

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:30 pm

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good dolphin wrote:

He had the injury BEFORE theo signed him.

Hoping for a twofer

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