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  1. a700hitter
    This doesn't take into account lots of factors. How much did his house cost? What was the upkeep and maintenance. How much did he pay his agent and other representatives? What about vacations? Tuitions? and on and on. We have no idea what his cash flow in and out is. Maybe he has $10 million left, maybe less. That sounds like easy street to most people. A college education at a top university can cost $200,000 + for each kid. Inflation will eat away at the money over decades. He should be fine unless he is a complete idiot or his advisors cheat him or are just plain incompetent, but hey, it has been known to happen. Kareem had to play into his 40's because his agent squandered over $42 million on him. He was stone cold broke. I hate to think what that $42 million is worth in today's dollars. I am not sure what he is getting out of this quitting unless he or a family member is extremely ill. Other than that, IMO it is stupidity or laziness that he can't suck it up to suit up for 1 more season for $13million.
  2. a700hitter
    I could see that as a possibility, but there are lots of former MLB windbags on line in front of him. If he has an offer to announce, I could make sense of this decision. I think Tony Kubek retired from the Yankees in the 1960's because he had an offer from NBC.
  3. a700hitter
    I don't know if the spouse would be entitled to amounts earned post divorce if the contract was entered into prior to the divorce. If the contract was valued at the time of the divorce, it would have been taken into account in either the property settlement or the alimony. If it was part of the property settlement, it is a done deal, and his quitting would have no effect. If it was part of the Alimony award, he can petition the court to lower the alimony if he has a change in income. The court might reduce it, but there is no certainty with that. If the court reduces the alimony and then he signs a new contract, the ex could sue to reinstate the original alimony award. Also, good luck to him getting a mid season contract worth $6 million guaranteed. I don't see it.
  4. a700hitter
    I don't make $12 million/yr., but I do pretty well. Maybe it is my background as any attorney, but this is stupid, because he is giving it back to a profit driven organization, not a charity. If Dempster had discoverd a new pitch and won 20 games last year and had a career year winning the CY Young, the Red Sox would not have given him a penny more than the $13.25 million in 2014 owed him under his contract. There would be nothing dishonorable or classless about that. We would be complimenting the FO on making a good deal for having an undervalued guy on the roster. So, why should he let the Sox off the hook when they would not reciprocate? As for not needing the money, people tend to live up to their means. He is 36 years old and probably has another 30 -40 years left. He may need that money somewhere down the road. All of these guys are looking for cash flow after they are out of the game for a few years. His name is not one that will generate a lot of cash flow.
  5. a700hitter
    If under-performing is the barometer for walking away from money, he owe refunds for his last several seasons. What a jackass! If he couldn't pitch due to injury-- physically unable to perform, i might think that there is some honor in that, but then again, risks to his health were taken into consideration in valuing this guaranteed contract. I am not a union guy, but I think that this guy is a huge sucker. He just compromised his family's financial future for no good reason. As a Red Sox fan, I love that he walked away. If I was his agent, I think that I would blow him up in his car. Playing out his contract and giving the money to reputable charities would be honorable and admirable. Letting the other party to an arm's length contract out of their obligations is not admirable. It's stupid.
  6. a700hitter
    How is this a classy move?
  7. a700hitter
    They will do what owners do-- put the money in their pockets. I don't mind in this case. Dempster quitting is addition by subtraction.
  8. a700hitter
    He's a young man. Unless he has been diagnosed with a fatal disease, this is an incredibly stupid decision. His divorce will take a big chunk of what he has earned. A couple of decades will erode more of his holdings and he will still be a young man with no prospects of being a big earner. Idiots like this also tend to invest their money poorly. The guy is a dope. Viewpoint has nothing to do with it.
  9. a700hitter
    I am glad that he walked, but it is an incredibly stupid decision. There is information out there that he and his wife were getting divorced in the fall. If that is true, he is an even bigger jerk. His wife will get half of what he has left from his earning up to this point. Whatever he earns going forward would be 100% his. It's no wonder that his wife is divorcing this jackass.
  10. a700hitter
    Turning your back on $13 million is unbelievably stupid.
  11. a700hitter
    Of course that is true. If Theo had not thrown his his hissy fit after 2005, we might not have traded Hanley for Beckett and 2007 would not have happened. There frequently are cascading consequences of transactions. We can't even be certain about Pedro's impact on the 2005 team. Projecting what retaining him would have done to the team's fortunes down the road is really an imprecise exercise.
  12. a700hitter
    Unless he has a fatal illness, this guy is a fool. LOL!! This guy may be the biggest fool to wear a Red Sox uniform. LOL!!
  13. a700hitter
    Mark Mulder's comeback didn't last very long.
  14. a700hitter
    Doji, 2005 Pedro would not have made us worse. We had an all-time great offense and the teams that won that year were meh. I think you are closing your eyes to the posibilities? We know what the reality was. 2005 Pedro would not have made that reality worse.
  15. a700hitter
    Wow, you have some wild crush on the guy don't you. Don't let me burst your bubble about him.
  16. a700hitter
    I have no problem with it either. He scores off the field at an admirable rate. I have been involved in quite a bit of sex and debauchery in my life, so I have no problem with it, but I would not have termed any of it as classy even if I thought to give away goodie bags. LOL!!!
  17. a700hitter
    I don't think YOTN is any of those things. LOL!
  18. a700hitter
    I think that is true. He became self-centered and complacent.
  19. a700hitter
    Why do you keep harping on this? If you were fine with giving it up for a goodie bag and a ride home, that's your business.
  20. a700hitter
    IMO Beckett strained his lat because he was not in game shape from being shut down for about a month due to his princess and the pea act. That's my opinion. His absence for the 3 weeks or a month also cost us the division title IMO. We finished 2 games behind the rays.
  21. a700hitter
    I didn't say that it wasn't the right business move. I am just saying that Pedro on the 2005 team could have brought another championship. I still believe that.
  22. a700hitter
    This is not a court of law. I don't need evidence to have an opinion about Jeter. I give him all his props as a player. The guy had an incredible career, but the whole class thing and Captain Intangibles BS is just a bunch of BS to me. That's my opinion. Stick it in your pipe and smoke it Yankee fan,
  23. a700hitter
    Not having Pedro in 2005 may have cost us a back to back championship. We had a beast of an offensive team that season. I'm not complaining with 3 championships in 10 seasons, but I do think that Pedro would have done a better job in the playoffs than Matt Cement Head Clement. Let's not forget that we played a s*** ton of money for that piece of garbage.
  24. a700hitter
    Josh Beckett and his princess and the pea routine cost us the division championship in 2008 and very possibly another World Championship.
  25. a700hitter
    Doji, I get your points, and they are mostly valid, but it was a terrible terrible trade. Arroyo has been a productive and more importantly a durable MLB pitcher for almost 10 years. Wily Mo was a trainwreck on every level. Even Theo gave a mea culpa on that trade calling it a mistake.
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