http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7316606/miami-marlins-agree-six-year-deal-jose-reyes Han-Ram to move to 3rd I guess? AND make a push for Pujols? Man, what a turnaround that would be.
For baseball to be the so-called 3rd sport, it sure does pay well. In basketball, you might have 8 or 10 hundred million dollar contracts that that is for the best of the best - generational talents. In baseball you just have to be really good at one thing to get these kinds of deals. If I could hit a ball, and I was a good athlete baseball would be my sport of choice. Basketball might be a more fun game, but baseball is where it is at.
You say you only have to do one thing, but you just mentioned two things that gets these guys 100 milllion dollar + contracts. First of all, just hitting a baseball isn't the challenge. Its hitting for average as well as power. Secondly, being a good athlete involves both elite baserunning as well as plus fielding (which Reyes does). I know they make it look easy sometimes, but the day-in/day-out grind can take a toll on these guys. Finally, they play more games in baseball, hence they get paid for it. Basketball is a much easier sport to "pick up", and doesn't require years of development before you're ready. The learning curve is MUCH higher in baseball... and you see that at each of the minor league levels these guys play at.
lol baseball is the hardest sport to learn and become good at it. Just because you're a good athlete won't mean you will be a good baseball player.
And just because you are a good baseball player doesn't mean you have to be a good athlete. Just look at John Kruk.
3rd sport? Basketball is not ahead of Baseball on a national level. And FWIW, the average salary in the NBA was $5.15 million last year compared to $3.34 for MLB. The superstars make more in MLB because there is no salary cap. What if you didn't become a superstar?
He's a rarity... and he still possessed tremendous hand-eye coordination that simply can't be picked up on the fly. Also, there are plenty of uncordinated fat-asses in the NBA as well, simply because they're big.
Of course, you also have to spend many years in the minors making nothing in baseball. In the NBA, you get your millions from day 1.
Sorry - you have to spend many years in the minors, and then potentially another 6 years in the majors under club control and making relatively little. If you're still good after all that, then you'll get your big pay day.
http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?...oing-to-get-you&catid=26:editorials&Itemid=39 SEC investigating the marlins.
No way Pujols signs with the Marlins. Jose Reyes, as talented as he is isn't taking the Marlins to the World Series unless he can pitch too.
Super sketchy... and we are the ones who "have" to move to the AL??? The Marlins have a "natural" rivalary with Tampa... nobody goes to either team's games... let them suffer together.
So the Marlins got Heath Bell and Reyes. That's some big improvement provided Reyes can stay healthy enough to be a consistent factor.
ehh..they dont have the pitching to compete in that division. best they'll do is 3rd. phillies/braves will still rule, even the nationals are improving...strasburg and i read tonight they offered cj wilson 6 yrs...might be the only team do so, which might make them the favorites. if marlins somehow get pujols though...look out. though that SEC investigation could get interesting, i'd laugh if that turns up something and they get screwed.
The Marlins are clearly trying to make themselves over in hopes of finally getting some support in south Florida. They have a new stadium, new logo and uniforms and they are going to blow tons of money to bring big names to the team. I can't see Pujols ending up in Miami, but stranger things have happened I guess. Not only because he would rather play elsewhere, but because I don't think the Marlins can truly afford it. I forgot who posted this on Twitter, but supposedly the Marlins are aiming for a $100 million payroll. If they signed Pujols for around $25 million per year, that would put them at about $90 million spent.....on six players. That would mean that the other 19 guys on the roster would have to be making an average of $526,000. Last year, the league minimum was $414,000.
I can absolutely see Pujols ending up in Miami...and it going for Miami the same way signing A-Rod did for Texas. Pujols has been linked to cities with large Hispanic populations....the Marlins just offered up a 10 year deal. Probably should be a new thread...but google SEC and Miami Marlins. The SEC is investigating, among other things, whether politicians were bought off to support the new ballpark. Ugly stuff.
The Cardinals just won a WS with Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Lohse, & Edwin Jackson. Carpenter is the only one who even pitched well in the postseason. Josh Johnson & Anibal Sanchez are a very good 1-2. If Nolasco or Volstad can step up, they will be fine pitching wise.
