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| Hockey [message #17] |
Wed, 13 July 2005 10:34 |
 Jared_Klein
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Does anyone but me care that the NHL reached a labor agreement? The Salary Cap is going to make the game much more competitive and give teams from the south an actual shot at winning the stanley cup like the Predators. Goodbye to the Red Wings, Maple Leafs and all the other teams that traded away their young players to get veteran talent. Hello to farm systems and home grown players like Tuomo Ruutu, Mark Bell, Kyle Calder, Tyler Arnason (all players that are under 25 that play for the Blackhawks) No more 80 million dollar payrolls. The league will become much more competitive especially if they make some of these anticipated rule changes (shootouts, no two line passes, touch up offsides) I'm very excited to see the shake up of players and this salary cap come into play. The draft is going to be ten times more important then it was. Thats what teams like the Predators and the Blackhawks have been preparing for. It'll be interesting to see how this affects free agency.
It's an exciting time for all hockey fans (me and another guy down the street)!!
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| Re: Hockey [message #18 is a reply to message #17 ] |
Wed, 13 July 2005 10:35 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The NHL and the players' association reached an agreement in principle Wednesday on a new labor deal, ending a lockout that wiped out last season.
The sides met for 24 hours starting Tuesday afternoon to hammer out the collective bargaining agreement that will return the NHL to the ice. In February, commissioner Gary Bettman canceled the season, making the NHL the first North American sports league to lose a year because of a labor dispute.
Both sides still need to ratify the deal, which is expected to contain a salary cap. That process is expected to be completed next week, the league and the union said in a joint news release.
It took all night and then some for the final round of negotiations to produce an agreement.
The sides met for 10 straight days in New York, and it became clear Wednesday morning -- the 301st day of the lockout -- that they weren't going to leave the room without an agreement in hand.
The expected salary cap will likely have a ceiling approaching $40 million and a minimum somewhere between $20 million and $25 million.
Player salaries will not exceed 54 percent of league-wide revenues.
Some players in recent days have voiced their displeasure over what will be included in the new agreement.
Bettman warned in February when he canceled the season that the offers the union passed up were better than any it would see once a year of hockey was lost.
Just days before the season was wiped out, the players' association said for the first time it would accept a salary cap if the league dropped its desire to link player costs to revenues.
Bettman promised ``cost certainty'' in the form of a hard salary cap to the owners and he has gotten it.
The landscape of the NHL will be quite different than it was back in June 2004 when the Tampa Bay Lightning skated off with the Stanley Cup in the league's last game before the lockout.
Now when the league relaunches in the fall, it will do so with a brand new salary structure that keeps high-spending teams such as Toronto, Philadelphia and the New York Rangers in line.
The first order of business after the deal is ratified will be to get a majority of the players signed. The belief is that last season's contracts will be wiped from the books, leaving many players without deals.
Those who are still under contract will have their salaries reduced by 24 percent, a concept first proposed by the union last December.
There will also be several rules changes that could run the gamut from the size of goaltender equipment to the installation of a shootout to eliminate tie games.
A draft will also have to be held soon, replacing the June event that was the last casualty of the lockout.
Canadian phenom Sidney Crosby is the consensus choice to be the No. 1 pick. Where he goes will be determined by a draft lottery that will give each team an opportunity to snag him.
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| Re: Hockey [message #24 is a reply to message #17 ] |
Tue, 19 July 2005 19:26 |
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| Jared_Klein wrote on Wed, 13 July 2005 13:34 |
It's an exciting time for all hockey fans (me and another guy down the street)!!
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Welcome neighbor....The new CBA and rule changes will make the last 301 days worth the wait. It's going to be a wild summer and a whole brand new world in October.
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| Re: Hockey [message #37 is a reply to message #24 ] |
Mon, 25 July 2005 09:26 |
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So it's me and you as far as caring about the hockey season! Fall was so empty I think we're the only two that care. I really think it's going to be a great season. It's also going to take a lot of work to handicap considering 300+ players are going to be free agents.
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| Re: Hockey [message #38 is a reply to message #17 ] |
Mon, 25 July 2005 10:26 |
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Heard a good story last night about the #1 pick....
John Ahlers,voice of the Ducks was in a crouded room along w\ about 12 Duck bigwigs....watching the draft live on TV....seconds before the #1 pick was announced.... one of them relized that you could see the silloette of the teams logo through the card......The room of Duck bigwigs went nuts as the could plainly see the triangle logo through the card......
Not this time.......Pitts logo also is a triangle!....
For about 20 seconds they had won the first pick...But....
B.JONES
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| Hockey on TV ???? [message #27] |
Wed, 20 July 2005 18:04 |
VegasVic
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NHL going live with draft lottery
Posted: July 20, 2005
Well, what do you know? ESPNews is going to show live segments of the NHL draft lottery between 4 and 4:30 p.m. ET on Friday - including the live selection of the top two picks. The NHL draft lottery results in their entirety will be shown live on Canadian television network TSN, which will be airing the entire half hour without interruption. The live announcement of the order of this much-talked about draft is good for publicity and eliminates some of the possibility for conspiracy talk -- the idea that in some back room, the league leaned on the Board of Governors to decide it was in the best interest of the league and, therefore all teams, for Sidney Crosby to go to the Rangers, and then have the NHL quietly release some announcement about the order. The Rangers, by the way, deserve their extra shot at Crosby by the nature of their terrible play and lack of success over the last few years. And it isn't unfounded to say the league would be better off if the Rangers got Crosby, but cheating is wrong and certainly not being advocated here.
The Rangers, Penguins, Blue Jackets and Sabres will have three balls each in the lottery, giving them better odds at Crosby. Ten teams (Mighty Ducks, Thrashers, Flames, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Oilers, Kings, Wild, Predators and Coyotes) will have two balls each, and each of the remaining 16 teams in the league will have one. And the winner is ...
[Updated on: Wed, 20 July 2005 18:06]
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| Re: Hockey on TV ???? [message #29 is a reply to message #28 ] |
Thu, 21 July 2005 05:14 |
VegasVic
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Welcome!...finally paid that dues?
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| NHL on OLN, HBO......... [message #32 is a reply to message #27 ] |
Mon, 25 July 2005 06:30 |
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NHL, in search of cable deal, draws interest from many outlets
As the NHL seems ready to play games again, it has no national U.S. cable TV deal. An idea: Put games, with players and coaches miked live, on ad-free HBO, where anything goes with on-air expletives.
"That's intriguing," HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg says. "The only issues would be how much (money) they'd want and the games' significance. I'm not sure regular-season games would have the heat we'd need. But if they gave us an open book, we'd fill the pages."
Don't laugh. The NHL, which got microscopic national U.S. TV ratings before it shut down, needs TV for more than money. It needs TV to climb out of its hole.
ESPN, in May, passed on renewing its NHL TV rights for $60 million annually and proved it could live without hockey by averaging 0.8% of U.S. cable TV households for hastily assembled shows that replaced the NHL playoffs — which had averaged just 0.7% in 2004.
"We're interested in doing a deal," says ESPN senior vice president David Berson, adding ESPN wants the NHL to change its rules so games can't end tied. "But we're proceeding with alternate plans. If we're going to do a deal, it needs to be sooner rather than later."
Berson won't rule out ESPN paying a rights fee to get the NHL. But it's hard to see why it would need to pay much. NBC got a package of regular-season and playoff games, including Games 3 through 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, via revenue-sharing.
And since sports programming on cable's USA Network is under NBC Sports' corporate guidance, it's possible NHL games might show up on USA. Says NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer: "We're actively looking at it."
Remember, however, that network programmers almost always (publicly) say they're interested in picking up whatever TV rights are in play. In the inbred world of big-time sports, there's no point in dissing anyone unnecessarily. And besides, showing interest in a TV property might prompt a rival network to overpay to win it.
TNT, like USA, already gets higher prime-time ratings than the NHL draws. But Turner Sports President David Levy says TNT might explore an NHL revenue-sharing deal "with risks on both sides." Spike TV has shown interest in the NHL, an option the league might consider if it craves greater public anonymity.
George Greenberg, executive vice president of Fox Sports Net, says FSN isn't interested since its regional sports networks already carry lots of hockey, which doesn't leave much for national TV games: "For FSN, hockey is a regional product."
Then there's a TV wild card whose interest in hockey might signal something bigger. Comcast, the USA's top cable operator with 21.5 million households and four regional sports channels, might someday create a national sports channel — a prospect delighting sports league executives who carp privately that ESPN is too bossy.
Comcast owns the Philadelphia Flyers. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday that sources inside and outside of the company say Comcast might bid for TV rights. Flyers Chairman Ed Snider told The Inquirer this week the NHL is better off without ESPN. It hasn't done "a good job for hockey," Snider said. "I'm glad they're gone."
Sounds like gauntlet-throwing. The obvious Comcast outlet for NHL games would be its Outdoor Life Network. Going to OLN wouldn't help the argument, if anybody wants to make it, that the NHL is a sort of major league. But maybe Comcast could use the NHL as a building block for something bigger. Comcast spokesman Tim Fitzpatrick won't play along: "We won't comment on speculation or rumors."
Neal Pilson, a TV industry consultant, suggests NHL rights could be split up. ESPN could pay "less money and get fewer games and the NHL could create another national package, possibly for OLN."
So, in what seems like a violation of the law of physics, the NHL is attracting TV interest. Says NHL spokeswoman Bernadette Mansur: "We're talking to several parties. We do have interest." And maybe HBO could work The Sopranos into games.
USA TODAY......
B.JONES
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| Re: NHL on OLN, HBO [message #104 is a reply to message #32 ] |
Wed, 27 July 2005 18:17 |
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I like the HBO idea but it might be more interesting might be watching in on dads at home watching with their young sons explaining why Darren McCarty just called Darcy Hordichuk a sumabitch or cocksucker.
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| Yanks scraping the bottom of the pitching barrel [message #99] |
Wed, 27 July 2005 14:54 |
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Yankees sign Nomo to minor league contract
July 27, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees claimed right-hander Hideo Nomo off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday and signed him to a minor league contract.
The acquisition of the 37-year-old Nomo marks the second time this month the Yankees have picked up a veteran pitcher that was discarded by the team he started the season with to help fill a hole in the Yankees' beleaguered rotation.
Al Leiter, who was set to make his third start for the Yankees on Wednesday night against Minnesota, was acquired on July 16 from the Florida Marlins.
Nomo was released by Tampa Bay July 25 after being designated for assignment on July 16. He was 5-8 with a 7.24 ERA for the Devil Rays.
The first Japanese-born player to appear in the majors after playing at the top level in Japan, Nomo has a record of 123-109 in a career that began when he was the 1995 NL Rookie of the Year for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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| Re: Yanks scraping the bottom of the pitching barrel [message #101 is a reply to message #99 ] |
Wed, 27 July 2005 16:13 |
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You know it's bad when you claim a D-Ray starter off waivers... What a vulnerable position this team is in...
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| Re: Yanks scraping the bottom of the pitching barrel [message #108 is a reply to message #99 ] |
Wed, 27 July 2005 22:26 |
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Nono, lol ya that is pretty sad. But then again, it is alwasy nice to see georegie and his hall of fame team struggle. Latest trade runor I heard was winn and meche to the yankees?
"Lets get it on!"
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| Re: Yanks scraping the bottom of the pitching barrel [message #109 is a reply to message #99 ] |
Wed, 27 July 2005 22:49 |
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More brutal bullpen work from the Yankees tonight in loss to the Twins...
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
F Rodriguez 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20-11 3.94
T Sturtze 1.0 3 3 3 2 2 0 34-15 4.04
S Proctor 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 17-12 5.62
A Graman 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 20-12 13.50
And Yankees starter Al Leiter escaped numerous jams, while the Twins went 2-14 through six innings with runners in scoring position.
Leiter walked five, hit a batter and struck out two. The Twins loaded the bases in the first two innings but came away without a run.
After the game, Yankees team doctor Stuart Hershon said he spoke with injured pitcher Kevin Brown's doctor in Denver but he wasn't ready to discuss the team's plan for Brown, who is out again with a bad back.
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| Re: Yanks scraping the bottom of the pitching barrel [message #129 is a reply to message #99 ] |
Thu, 28 July 2005 12:23 |
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Nomo has been so bad this year that I called him Hideke Irabu on air this morning by accident (34-35 in six MLB seasons, career ERA over 5.00)
Nomo had two good stints with the Dodgers since arriving in the majors in '95, but his last two seasons have been nothing short of awful.
'04 with LA, Nomo went 4-11 with an 8.25 ERA, a 1.75 WHIP and a .312 batting average against.
'05 with Tampa Bay, Nomo went 5-8 with a 7.24 ERA, a 1.77 WHIP and a .314 batting average against.
When you get outright released by Tampa Bay, you've got no business pitching for a playoff contender.
Then again, if Nomo makes it back to the big leagues at least the Yanks won't have to get Tim Redding involved in another meaningful ballgame....
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| Oakland A's Notes [message #117] |
Thu, 28 July 2005 07:59 |
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Kotsay may need more time to heal
• Harden is cleared to start Friday; Zito and Saarloos to follow
A's notebook
OAKLAND -- Center fielder Mark Kotsay's back problem has become more than a one- or two-day sabbatical, and there's a possibility he could miss a few more days despite today's off-day that precedes a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers.
"He's slowly getting better, but not as fast we we'd like," A's trainer Larry Davis said.
Kotsay missed his third straight game Wednesday after he hurt his problematic back while sleeping in an awkward position on the flight home from Arlington, Texas. Kotsay, who has had a history of back troubles, underwent an MRI on Tuesday.
"It showed exactly what he's had, a muscle strain," Davis said. "We're just going to give him a little more time. This is the second event (this year), and we're going to make sure there's nothing else and he's 100 percent."
Davis said the MRI was compared with one taken in 2003, when he played in only 128 games for the San Diego Padres, and there was no change in his condition.
Davis said Kotsay could be available Friday but "if he's not ready we'll give him a couple more days."
"What we want to do is knock this out and not have to deal with it every two or three weeks," Davis added. "Ever since he had it (in early June) it's been nagging him. We want to give him more rest before we put him out there."
Instead of reporting to the Coliseum for Wednesday's game, Kotsay was sent to a San Ramon rehabilitation center for treatment.
Rotation update
After throwing a side session before the game, Rich Harden was cleared to pitch Friday night. Barry Zito and Kirk Saarloos will start the next two games.
The A's had the option of starting Saarloos on Friday if Harden was unavailable to pitch. Harden's arm was a little cranky after he threw 111 pitches in only 5-1/3 innings Sunday in Arlington.
"Yesterday he said he was doing great," manager Ken Macha said.
Zito was scheduled to throw his side session today.
Goofy schedule
The A's are finished with their season series against Chicago, Tampa Bay and Toronto, but they still haven't played Detroit, Minnesota and Kansas City. They'll visit the Twins and Royals on their next road trip.
The A's have a legitimate beef about the schedule this season. They fly the most miles of any team, and seven of their 10 trips of two or more cities have at least one stop in the Eastern time zone.
"We fly 57,000 miles this year," Macha said. "The Cleveland Indians fly 28,000 miles. Oh my goodness."
Short hops
Dan Johnson had a career-high four hits. He's hitting .396 with five doubles, three homers and nine RBI in his last 12 games. ... It wasn't a good day for Danny Haren, who allowed 12 hits (the most by an A's starter this season) and four runs in 5-1/3 innings. Haren's seven-game winning streak was in jeopardy before the A's rallied for two runs in the ninth. ... Jay Payton broke an 0-for-18 slump with a ninth-inning single off Bob Wickman. ... Juan Cruz had yet another terrific start at Triple-A Sacramento, allowing three hits and one run in six innings. Cruz is 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA in seven starts for the River Cats since he was demoted by the A's. ... The A's sixth annual Mug Root Beer Float Day raised $51,700 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the highest total ever. ... The crowd of 40,331 included a walk-up of about 15,000.
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| Re: Oakland A's Notes [message #118 is a reply to message #117 ] |
Thu, 28 July 2005 08:08 |
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I was listening to a solid radio interview with SS Bobby Crosby last night. A case where the losing early helped everybody come together and he said the biggest factor during the run was the newfound team chemistry. Kendall would be an interesting piece in that puzzle coming over from Pitt as he's always been known as a DOMINANT clubhouse presence.
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| Re: Oakland A's Notes [message #147 is a reply to message #117 ] |
Fri, 29 July 2005 09:15 |
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Posted on Fri, Jul. 29, 2005
This is Beane's masterpiece
Tim Kawakami
How do we know that the 2005 A's are Billy Beane's greatest masterpiece in a career of constant near-miracles?
First, Beane actually sits through most of the games now, after years spent in the weight room or driving randomly during the agony of nine innings.
And second, Beane, the ultimate roster juggler, concedes that he's wary of making any move at Sunday's trade deadline that might screw up the momentum of the his crew, which is already about a year ahead of schedule.
The A's are young, cost-efficient, smart, spirited and fun to watch, and they've won more than 70 percent of their games since May 29. What more could anybody -- even the ever-restless Beane -- want out of a ballclub?
"A couple years ago, when we got to the trade deadline, I almost felt like it was in my genetic code to make sure I got myself involved in something," Beane said, munching on postgame Chinese food and basking in the glow of yet another victory this week.
"But this year... I like this club. I think it can get better, and I don't want to do anything that's going to upset the playing time and development of the young guys. So it'll be very, very unlikely that we'd do anything the rest of the week."
That doesn't mean they'll make the playoffs, though the A's, once 17-32, have rattled off a 38-14 record since to grab the lead in the American League wild-card race.
That doesn't mean they won't make young mistakes in September, because rookies Nick Swisher, Huston Street, Dan Johnson and Joe Blanton and second-year players Bobby Crosby, Dan Haren and Justin Duchscherer are among their most important figures.
What it means is that, when nobody else saw it coming, just in time for the dawning of the Lewis Wolff ownership era, Beane built a potential dynasty-to-be, whether it blooms now, in October, or the 2006-2009 World Series.
"I don't mind saying that, you know what, it should get better, better, better from this point forward," Beane said.
Crosby has a chance to win several Most Valuable Player awards unless Mark Kotsay or Chavez cut in front of him; Swisher could be an All-Star for the next decade; Barry Zito, Haren and Rich Harden could go 1-2-3 in a future Cy Young race, or Street could sweep the MVP and Cy Young ahead of them all.
Plus, there are quality role players like Bobby Kielty, Jason Kendall and Jay Payton, and a few more premium hitters and pitchers are blossoming in the farm system.
Everybody big is under contract at least through the next three seasons. Everybody's happy. This is, singularly in the majors, a team that needs no alteration. It needs only time.
"As a general manager you never really want to say that," Beane said. "But I feel the same way. Is it a perfect team? Absolutely not. Is it a good team that is getting better? Sure, and it has."
I'm saying it now, because in December I was criticizing the trades of Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder, and because I wrote the A's off in May: With the nurturing help of manager Ken Macha and his staff, this team is Beane's masterpiece and his ticket to the Hall of Fame.
When this unit hits top form, it will be the best team of the Beane era, and that's without any production from Erubiel Durazo and Octavio Dotel (both hurt).
Forget about "Moneyball," though the philosophies described in that book still ring true. The A's have struck out fewer times than any team in baseball, have the fourth-best on-base percentage and are limiting opponents to a major-league-low .241 batting average. And in every category, the trend is up, up, up.
Beane's revamping after the 2004 season was really about the guts to trade two aces, the ability to stock his franchise with young talent, the faith to rely on his farm system to re-energize the big club and the patience to take the heat for all of it, even at 17-32, without panicking.
"We had to do something because if we looked out on the field this year and saw further erosion, it's too late," Beane said. "If you're in the middle of the year and you're saying, 'Oh gosh, we've got to rebuild,' you've waited too long."
Hmm, wonder if some other team, maybe across the bay, is facing that dilemma right about now. Too late. Oh, sorry -- back to the A's.
A side effect is that Beane, who makes such a huge target because of "Moneyball" -- the best-selling book written by Michael Lewis, not by Beane himself as some still wrongly believe -- and his in-your-face style, has regained the ability to shout down those who have taken pot shots at him.
But he never knows if there's another four-game losing streak around the corner, so Beane says that no finger-wagging is forthcoming.
"Probably a few years ago, when my testosterone level was a little higher," Beane said. "I'm a little further along in my evolution now."
After all, why gloat now, when he has built something worth savoring from until 2010?
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| Re: Oakland A's Notes [message #154 is a reply to message #117 ] |
Fri, 29 July 2005 11:35 |
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Oakland has faired pretty well the last few years come August. I will be looking to jump on them again this August. As long as they can avoid injuries I think they will fair well.
"Lets get it on!"
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| Re: Oakland A's Notes [message #176 is a reply to message #117 ] |
Sat, 30 July 2005 10:23 |
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Beane to add AJ???
If A's get Burnett, they are real deal
CREATING A NEW Big Three for the A's is as simple as adding A. J. Burnett to Barry Zito and Rich Harden.
If only Billy Beane and Lew Wolff can make it happen.
It's unlikely, yes, but it wouldn't be the first time Beane, Oakland's shark of a general manager, quietly moved in and devoured the intellect of another GM while breaking the hearts of executives in both leagues.
Burnett, the most coveted starter on the market, has been traded 643 times over the past month. Yet he continues to pitch for Florida, which has tried to attach third baseman Mike Lowell to any deal.
Still, Burnett possibly could be had if the right team offers an impressive enough package.
Who does big July deals better and more consistently than Billy?
According to one knowledgeable source, Beane has been in contact with the Marlins.
And why not? It's decision time for the A's front office. The team has sprinted into contention and developed a belief in itself. The A's think they are for real.
Manager Ken Macha thinks they are for real.
"I wouldn't sell us short," he said Thursday. "I don't discount us having a shot this year."
Beane thinks the team is legit but is unconvinced he can make a mind-blowing deal.
"It's not a particularly great trade market," he said. "There are not as many sellers because so many teams are in the race or at least believe they have a chance to get to .500 after years of being below it."
Which is why Burnett was cheaper before the Marlins won two of three against the Giants last weekend in San Francisco. Getting Burnett remains possible, though, and that's usually good enough for Beane, who last week expressed impatience — disgust? — with those teams claiming interest but unable to make the deal.
So we now await confirmation, in the form of definitive action, of the confidence Beane and first-year owner Wolff have in these A's.
Beane has until the 1 p.m. Sunday trade deadline to convince Marlins GM Larry Beinfest to send Burnett to the A's, who would be willing to part with one member of the big club and any two minor-leaguers not named Daric Barton.
Obtaining Burnett, identified by Beane as the No.1 talent conceivably on the market, hitters included, would tell everyone in the organization and in the stands that he truly believes in the 2005 A's.
If the A's can't or won't make the deal, we'll know Beane and Wolff are more committed to chasing the postseason in 2006 and'07.
Or that, maybe, they lack confidence
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