Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:you forgot to mention the fat cats
Well fuck 'em. I'm a taxpayer, and I'm looking for the best deal too. And the best deal is no baseball.
No Baseball in DC?
Originally posted by pollard:LOL.
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:you forgot to mention the fat cats
Well fuck 'em. I'm a taxpayer, and I'm looking for the best deal too. And the best deal is no baseball.
and the fact that National League teams suck and are only good for some good old fashioned World Series sweepin!
The problem I have with all this is that the DC council went back on their word. Plain and simple. They approve a plan and then, thinking they could get away with it once MLB had a few more eggs in the DC basket, changed their minds.
The fact of the matter is the DC government looks really stupid once again.
I don't live in DC so my opinion doesn't really matter anyway. I'm for baseball in dc and would be even if some of my tax dollars were used to make it happen. That's just me though and I know many here don't agree.
The fact of the matter is the DC government looks really stupid once again.
I don't live in DC so my opinion doesn't really matter anyway. I'm for baseball in dc and would be even if some of my tax dollars were used to make it happen. That's just me though and I know many here don't agree.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:I wonder if Pedro will like the National League :(
and the fact that National League teams suck and are only good for some good old fashioned World Series sweepin!
Originally posted by pollard:He'll like his $50 Million though, i am sure of that. He's been OK in the NL before.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:I wonder if Pedro will like the National League :(
and the fact that National League teams suck and are only good for some good old fashioned World Series sweepin!
anyway, by next summer I will be saying "Pedro who?"
and yes, Renteria is EXACTLY what we need.
first all, the expos do not have an owner. . .and now, they will probably never get an owner. brazil really doesn't know what he's doing, but he made the final point "if you wanted to kill this thing all along, why didn't you do it when we started the meeting"- or something like that. boswell's article is scathing in its criticism of cropp, and i think he's on the mark. . .she knows exactly what she's doing, and has probably been planning this all along.
i'd like to thank herr doom for all of his knee-jerk, boilerplate statements. . .i have to wonder if you've even read anything about this, other than what you've been told to think and say.
i'd like to thank herr doom for all of his knee-jerk, boilerplate statements. . .i have to wonder if you've even read anything about this, other than what you've been told to think and say.
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:I have to wonder if you know anything about this, other than the fact that you really, really like baseball.
i'd like to thank herr doom for all of his knee-jerk, boilerplate statements. . .i have to wonder if you've even read anything about this, other than what you've been told to think and say.
http://www.nodctaxesforbaseball.org/
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:why bother with newspapers, lets just go to something unbiased like nodctaxesforbaseball.org
http://www.nodctaxesforbaseball.org/
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:are you a business that makes more than $2 million a year? then, i really wouldn't worry about this tax increase.
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:I have to wonder if you know anything about this, other than the fact that you really, really like baseball.
i'd like to thank herr doom for all of his knee-jerk, boilerplate statements. . .i have to wonder if you've even read anything about this, other than what you've been told to think and say.
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:I read the Washington Post every day, but I assume you know how to find that link?
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:I have to wonder if you know anything about this, other than the fact that you really, really like baseball.
i'd like to thank herr doom for all of his knee-jerk, boilerplate statements. . .i have to wonder if you've even read anything about this, other than what you've been told to think and say.
http://www.nodctaxesforbaseball.org/
You still have said nothing that challenges the fact that baseball players are a bunch of tobacco-chewing millionaire rednecks, the owners are a bunch of slimy no-class cologne-drenched fat cats with mobster ties, and people who think "intangible benefits" are worth squandering millions of taxpayer dollars are a bunch of glassy-eyed dreamers who've seen "Field of Dreams" a few too many times.
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:wow. . .talk about ignorant.
You still have said nothing that challenges the fact that baseball players are a bunch of tobacco-chewing millionaire rednecks, the owners are a bunch of slimy no-class cologne-drenched fat cats with mobster ties, and people who think "intangible benefits" are worth squandering millions of taxpayer dollars are a bunch of glassy-eyed dreamers who've seen "Field of Dreams" a few too many times.
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:how can you argue with this, I mean the facts are laid out right here for everybody
You still have said nothing that challenges the fact that baseball players are a bunch of tobacco-chewing millionaire rednecks, the owners are a bunch of slimy no-class cologne-drenched fat cats with mobster ties, and people who think "intangible benefits" are worth squandering millions of taxpayer dollars are a bunch of glassy-eyed dreamers who've seen "Field of Dreams" a few too many times.
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:
and people who think "intangible benefits" are worth squandering millions of taxpayer dollars are a bunch of glassy-eyed dreamers who've seen "Field of Dreams" a few too many times.Or maybe they're just baseball fans who'd like to see a team in their home town.
Look, I'm not arguing that many dc residents don't want this to happen. But this statement is just stupid.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:That's what I've been sayin' all along.
anyway, by next summer I will be saying "Pedro who?"
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:just read this on espn (but they have been wrong a bunch of times already)
and yes, Renteria is EXACTLY what we need.
Dec. 15 - According to a source close to the situation, shortstop Edgar Renteria will be returning to the Cardinals in 2005 â?? and the deciding issue was not money. Even though the Red Sox offer (about $36 million over four years) trumped St. Louis's reported final offer ($32 million over four years), Renteria chose familiarity and comfort with his surroundings â?? teammates, coaches, medical staff â?? over a few million dollars.
His agents are currently in the process of informing other interested teams of Renteria's decision that he will not entertain their offers, but instead will be re-signing with St. Louis.
Originally posted by HerrDoktorDoom:They have rednecks in the Dominican Republic, Japan and South Korea?
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Originally posted by pollard:scott boras would never have allowed mere familiarity to triumph!
just read this on espn (but they have been wrong a bunch of times already)
Dec. 15 - According to a source close to the situation, shortstop Edgar Renteria will be returning to the Cardinals in 2005 â?? and the deciding issue was not money. Even though the Red Sox offer (about $36 million over four years) trumped St. Louis's reported final offer ($32 million over four years), Renteria chose familiarity and comfort with his surroundings â?? teammates, coaches, medical staff â?? over a few million dollars.
His agents are currently in the process of informing other interested teams of Renteria's decision that he will not entertain their offers, but instead will be re-signing with St. Louis.
all you knee-jerk baseball hatahz: you and i both don't know the complexities of this deal, how it will affect our city in terms of economic growth and how it compares to similar deals in other cities … i'm not saying its a good deal or a bad one, but the reason we have elected officials is for them to make decisions like this, i sure as fuck know that we aren't qualified enough.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:i don't even think our elected officials are qualified. i was watching the debate last night, and i swear, i don't know how half of them got elected. . oh wait, yes i do. :)
all you knee-jerk baseball hatahz: you and i both don't know the complexities of this deal, how it will affect our city in terms of economic growth and how it compares to similar deals in other cities … i'm not saying its a good deal or a bad one, but the reason we have elected officials is for them to make decisions like this, i sure as fuck know that we aren't qualified enough.
espn sucks
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/12/15/renteria_signs_with_red_sox_for_four_years_40m/
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/12/15/renteria_signs_with_red_sox_for_four_years_40m/
Renteria signs with Red Sox for four years, $40m
By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff | December 15, 2004
Edgar Renteria signed a four-year $40 million contract with the Red Sox today, giving Boston an All-Star shortstop.