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Josh Hamilton Free Agency (UPDATE: Signs with Angels)

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by CometsWin, Oct 7, 2012.

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  1. Major

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    I wouldn't touch Hamilton for a long-term deal, but Nolan Ryan's comments are pretty crappy.
     
    #21 Major, Oct 12, 2012
  2. justtxyank

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    So Nolan Ryan is mad that Hamilton didn't wait to stop doing something that can kill him until the offseason?

    Yikes. Tobacco is terrible and chewing it is so horrible for you. Ryan is a donkey for calling him out on this. I've never heard an owner actually say that his team's success is more important to him than the health of his players.
     
    #22 justtxyank, Oct 12, 2012
  3. MadMax

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    I'm not sure there's another guy in sports like Nolan for me. Really liked that guy...now I absolutely can't stand him.
     
    #23 MadMax, Oct 12, 2012
  4. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    Brewers Eyeing Josh Hamilton

    http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/343757-brewers-eyeing-josh-hamilton?xid=cnnbin

    08:21 AM ET 10.26 | Milwaukee hasn't been shy about making plays for big-name players in recent years, and the franchise may be ready to pitch to another. [The Brewers] are seriously considering a run at superstar free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton, according to people familiar with their thinking. The Brewers believe Milwaukee is a viable market for Hamilton, and it doesn't hurt that their hitting coach is Johnny Narron, who is very close to Hamilton from their days together in Cincinnati and Texas. Narron was Hamilton's original "life coach" with the Reds and Rangers. In Texas he generally thrived and is credited for having only two relapses. Brewers owner Mark Attanasio declined comment on a possible try for Hamilton.
     
    #24 CometsWin, Oct 27, 2012
  5. leroy

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    Something seems wrong about him playing for a team called the Brewers.
     
    #25 leroy, Oct 29, 2012
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    They could use him thats the break we need.
     
    #26 edwardc, Oct 29, 2012
  7. Air Langhi

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    The astros should offer him 2 years 50 million. Not a crippling contract and I mean we are fielding a triple A team out there. We need someone.
     
    #27 Air Langhi, Oct 29, 2012
  8. MadMax

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    i'd rather them put $50 million in 50 $1 million contracts to prospects at this point than to sign Josh Hamilton.

    but doesn't matter anyway, because someone will offer him a stupid 5 year deal, and he'll play about 2.5 years worth of games under it.
     
    #28 MadMax, Oct 29, 2012
  9. juicystream

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    You can't spend that $50M on prospects now. Draft & International spending pools.
     
    #29 juicystream, Oct 29, 2012
  10. MadMax

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    I understand...just making the point. I'd spend that money virtually any other way than simply adding Josh Hamilton.
     
    #30 MadMax, Oct 29, 2012
  11. J.R.

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    Mariners, Orioles look like players in the Josh Hamilton sweepstakes

     
    #31 J.R., Nov 7, 2012
  12. Buck Turgidson

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    Nolan was historically just in the background, an icon, so we just thought of him as "good ol' Nolie". He was always an egotistical *******, but he was OUR egotistical *******; now he's in the forefront, getting quoted in the paper all the time and it's there for all to see. This isn't new behavior, many of his outside business cohorts don't speak glowingly of him at all.
     
    #32 Buck Turgidson, Nov 7, 2012
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    Hamilton to the Angels!:eek: (5 years)
     
    #33 J.R., Dec 13, 2012
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    Trout Pujlos Hamilton :eek:
     
    #34 rocketfan83, Dec 13, 2012
  15. juicystream

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    Hopefully the Angels will be saddled with those bad deals.

    Of course, Trout hits FA the year Hamilton's deal expires. That was smart of them.
     
    #35 juicystream, Dec 13, 2012
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    good thing we're not in the AL.....


    ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
     
    #36 conquistador#11, Dec 13, 2012
  17. Nook

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    5 years and 125 million
     
    #37 Nook, Dec 13, 2012
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    Crazy amount of money and years, Angels becoming the Yankees of the west....
     
    #38 GRENDEL, Dec 13, 2012
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    **** the AL west
     
    #39 BigBird, Dec 13, 2012
  20. FlyerFanatic

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    angels and dodgers....tv contracts have gotten out of control for baseball. which is odd..weren't there articles as recently as a few years ago about how less people were watching baseball?
     
    #40 FlyerFanatic, Dec 13, 2012
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