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Yeah, I had no reason to bring that up. None at all, I mean nobody had just challenged the validity of my opinion. You're totally clean here.
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Yeah, and your opinions, like the Vikings will be pretty much the same team they were last year, and that the Patriots would be worse off without Moss, are holding up so well to this point. I'm dismissive of your points because they fall flat when the games are played. I'm not excusing anything, which is why there is no double standard. You were the one who smugly suggested you knew the reason Brady experienced any difficulty throwing the ball well. I offered another "possible" and reasonable source of the problem but didn't portray it as the only reason.
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Ranaudo available after 2012? That's a bit optimistic, IMO. Kelly I could see, as that gives him 2 more years on top of the 2 already under his belt. Ranaudo is probably starting in low-A in 2011. Your expectation is that he masters low-A / high-A in year one and AA/ AAA in year two. For that to happen, there are no bumps in the road, and history suggests, for most prospects, there's a bump or two.
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The entitlement also includes free TV, apparently.
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Like that would have made a difference. If anything, it would have given them more leverage due to it being the provider's fault for not closing a deal for a large group of very upset customers. The subscription rates for the providers from the networks is very small, small enough that most subscribers would pay the negligible difference in their bill without a care in the world. The networks are expanding their reach, what they cover. It isn't just Fox, but Speed Network, the regional Fox Sports Network channels, Versus, and a couple of others, and this is what the viewers want, more sports coverage. Now it's time to pay for it.
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Both....and neither, maybe?
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Will Yankee fans play a role in Cliff Lee's free agency?
ORS replied to CanadianSox's topic in Other Baseball
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His second half does not remove the risk that teams are likely to want to avoid. There's a good chance he earns twice as much next year staying with the Yankees vs. offers from other teams. I'll start believing players will turn their heads from that when I see it happen, chances to close or not.
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And nobody else will want to either at that price, meaning he won't get offers close to that much, and he'll know that by the time the deadline to accept arb comes up, so he's a strong risk to accept. Oh what am I thinking, clearly the Yankees will get a concession to throw out the arb rules and get him for whatever the market is willing to bear....plus a supplemental pick. Cash is that good.
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If they don't want him back for $11M, why would they offer arb and make the choice to earn about that much up to him?
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Favre doing something for his own glory, consequences for the team be damned? Never, never.
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...then it ends. (Witten)
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You have to get up pretty early in the morning to trump my bad luck. Those things happened because you are playing me. I'm in 3 leagues, and I lead in points against in all of them. In one of them, I'm #2 in points scored and about to be 2-5.
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It's no double standard. Ask yourself, do you consider their defenses good? Would you consider them capable of being top-10 by season's end, after they've had a chance to face some more difficult passing offenses? I would, which is why I threw it out there as a "perhaps" in the face of your overly confident assertion that there was one and only one reason (losing Moss). It's why your 0/2, 3/1 comparison is irrelevant.
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One, I'm not quick to say anything. I don't think they are a more talented team without him, nor do I think they are more explosive offensively. I do, however, think there is some merit to the idea that they may play more consistent and cohesively as a team without him due to him taking plays off and his impact to team morale. Yes, you did miss the point, because you compared games with/without him like it was an apples to apples comparison. Your point was basic, 0/2 good/bad without him, 3/1 good/bad with him. No consideration of the quality of opponent. No, #9 is not elite, but when his bad games all come against the 3 toughest pass defenses he faced, with or without Moss, the correlation I mentioned cannot be dismissed as cavalierly as you are doing it.
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You missed the point. The correlation of crap performance to playing a good defense looks like it is stronger than the correlation of crap performance to "no Randy Moss" at this point, since he hasn't played a weak defense without him. Although, to some degree you could say he has played a weak pass defense without Moss, and played well, because Moss was apparently not present, depite being on the roster, against Miami, which only makes the defense/performance correlation look stronger.
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I care if his acquistion cost comes at the expense of improving other parts of the team (again, assuming the reports of a "budget" in NY being true). I know his salary is irrelevant when it's just about him and his performance, but connecting the dots and considering the impact on roster construction adds relevance, IMO.
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The 80% minimum club offer rule applies to players who are not eligible for free agency. This is not the case with Wood. Essentially, the Yankees can submit whatever figure they want, but given the rules for making comparisons in arbitration, they are unlikely to get away with a figure lower than what he made last year.
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He made $10.5M in 2010, so there's the floor for arbitration. Given how volatile his performance is and how injury prone he is, that's a risky proposition. For one, I'd love it if they picked up his option or offered arbitration (the two moves look like a wash at this point), because when that is coupled with the task of resigning Jeter, Rivera, and Pettitte, that limits their other moves they can make if the talk of them being somewhat budgeted is legitimate.
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Baltimore's D and the Charger's D, perhaps? SD is #1 against the pass this year, Baltimore is #9. He had a crummy game with Moss against the Jets who are #12, as well.