said it wasn't about the money, he just wanted to play for a winner

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

That would be rich.

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Elections have consequences.

dolphin still has his A game.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Shark to be interviewed by B & B at 2:15.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

So your breaking a "sign and trade" deal to the Giants??

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

This is worse than Northside Dan's "Cubs sign Lester" thread.

That is, unless the Cubs actually sign Lester.

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shark has made a grave mistake not accepting Theo's offer.

i can't see how he receives this type of offer.

Don't the bears need a ~#2/3 receiver? There ya go!

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Didnt I just read that you think they should HOPE to get Hot and sneak in as a Wildcard???

Who Ya crappin?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Agreed. This is one of those times where a player bets on himself and loses.

We're a quarter of the way through the season. Look at his numbers. He's not gonna recover. He's not gonna get whatever Theo offered.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samarje01.shtml

I say he only gets a 3 year deal at 10 million per year. Maybe only 2 years if his ERA hangs in the mid 4s. I'll bet the Cubs were at least offering 5 years at 16 million per.

It's all about timing, though. If Shark were a free agent after last season somebody would have paid him 100 million over 5 years.

I still think someone offers him 4 years at $60 million, maybe more

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

we shall see

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

He gambled on himself and everyone else has found out what we already knew.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

What was the offer he turned down? 5/80 ?

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Lots of bad contracts get signed offered every off season.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Houston is sniffing around. You're supposed to try to get the best players possible but it would be nice if one of those players is a god damn catcher. That position has been ignored for long enough. Houston doesn't have a top minor league catcher but Toronto (Max Pentecost), New York Yankees (Gary Sanchez), Pittsburgh (Reese McGuire) and Texas (Jorge Alfaro) all do and they should all be in the market for a starting pitcher. It would be nice if Tampa got involved because they have two good catchers in Justin O'Connor and Nick Ciuffo. Zija is getting dealt and it would be nice if they can finally fill this gaping organizational hole.

That's easily turned around by saying since it's well known that there's already a glut of crap contracts, it's irrational to think anyone's going to overwork themselves for the opportunity to over-enrich him at their pay windah, baby.
(RIP Dusty Rhodes)

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George