How the Red Sox failed to sign Alex Rodriguez

[ThePresence]

ctually John Henry never signed Manny, he was left that deal from Dan Duquette when he bought the Red Sox.

He said same organization, not same guy.

 

[Regs]

*wonders what the hell the Mets are doing*

My team. I guess they dont want to spend a nickle. Only on players that perform half of what they should be for their pay rate.

Know what happens at work if I don't perform to their expectations? Guess!

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Maddux signed with the Cubs, so that's all moot.

Anyway, the bitterness towards the Yankees and how they "buy" players (as if other teams are too poor lol) is just too funny. Please pass the sour grapes. 😉

John Henry's crying for salary cap...the same organization that signed Manny to the second biggest deal...and too cheap to spend an extra 12M on arod.

"look who's calling the kettle black..." rofl.

ps: i am for a salary cap on mlb, just find this amusing 😉

To quote Henry: "Revenue sharing can only accomplish so much. At some point it becomes confiscation. It has not and it will not solve what is a very obvious problem."
Do you disagree with this? How is this "crying"? Henry is trying to FIX the overspending by previous ownership, he realizes that Manny isn't worth that much... which is why he was trying to get ARod for what he was worth, which is NOT 25 million. Why should Boston overpay for someone who will only *slightly* increase their offensive production? Magglio Ordonez and ARod will only slightly increase the run production over Manny/Nomar (not to mention they would not have been able to afford Schilling if this deal went through) , but how much more would Boston have had to pay? 15 million more on top of last years already overinflated salary cap? Saying that it's the "Pot calling the kettle black" proves that you are misinformed of the current financial situation of the Boston Red Sox management, and the fiscal policy/initiatives regarding overpaying for a player/s when he/they would not help the team that much...