butt ignorant

[SCUDSBROTHER]

"Bill Mueller became the highest-paid special assistant to the general manager in Dodgers history Friday when he was forced to retire as a player and joined the front office.
A year ago, Mueller was one of Ned Colletti's first signings, inking a two-year, $9.5 million contract that pays him $4.5 million in 2007, guaranteed whether he plays or not. He was signed to play third base and fill the black hole left by the departure of Adrian Beltre.

But Mueller's already balky right knee broke down in late April and didn't respond to a third operation in early May. The knee is irreparably crippled with arthritis and likely will need to be replaced.
... Mueller played in only 32 games for the Dodgers.."

Schnook

PRONUNCIATION: shnk
VARIANT FORMS: also shnook
NOUN: Slang A stupid or easily victimized person; a dupe.
ETYMOLOGY: Yiddish shnuk, snout, schnook, from Lithuanian snukis, mug, snout.

[timmgirvan]

Scuds: Dodgers were realistically 3 arms short this year and so Little used him too much. What's the deal with you and Muellar? He was a hardnose player before he got hurt,so his year was crap. He made a move upstairs cuz his knee is shot....and the Dodgers don't seem to mind...they're keeping him around!

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Scuds: Dodgers were realistically 3 arms short this year and so Little used him too much. What's the deal with you and Muellar? He was a hardnose player before he got hurt,so his year was crap. He made a move upstairs cuz his knee is shot....and the Dodgers don't seem to mind...they're keeping him around!

I don't have a problem with Nomar,or Muellar.I have a problem with piss'n away 8 million or so(Muellar played a total of thirty some odd games..I will be charitable n' say we got 1 mil $ in work for what will end up being 9 mil that we gave him.)Now,we are attempting to repeat the same mistake with Nomar.Won't surprise me one bit if we get just 80 games played for the 18.5 mil/2 year guaranteed contract.)Irritates me when people repeat their mistakes like this.You can not give a guy (with various physical problems)
an 18.5/2 year guaranteed contract.I can not believe this G.M. is this stupid.I have no problem giving the guy this money,but he would have to stay injury free to get it.He has shown he can not avoid injuries.You gotta give him a base salary with incentives.I would not mind him making 15 mil salary+incentives/year if he were healthy enough to play the games.When he gets hurt,what's he gunna say? Sorry? That hip won't hold up.The legs won't hold up.It is an absurd contract.Could easily end up being an expensive bench coach.I will say I fully expect that will happen.I hope for different,but have nothing to base that hope on.HOPE(ALONE ) IS AN IMMATURE EMOTION.

[timmgirvan]

Well, apparently the Pads and Giants aren't gonna stand pat this winter, so the division will be harder to clinch. How about Matthews/Angels deal? If he hits leadoff,does that mean they're shopping Figgie(bad move I think).

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Well, apparently the Pads and Giants aren't gonna stand pat this winter, so the division will be harder to clinch. How about Matthews/Angels deal? If he hits leadoff,does that mean they're shopping Figgie(bad move I think).

Figgy will play 3rd(I guess.)He messed up a lot in center this year.This signing will set an example of defensive excellence that will hopefully carry over to the rest of the team.They can't be giving teams 4 outs like they did last year.They can't go wrong with this Matthews .Even if he were to slump at the plate,his defense is incredible.I like the signing of the set up guy(Spier) Too.Atleast somebody is thinking.Can't believe Bochy left the Padres.Cost the Angels their pitching coach.Not happy about any of that.

[pmayjr]

I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say the Dodgers won't miss J.D. Drew. Throughout his MLB career, he's only had 1 year worthy of being the 1st overall pick in the MLB draft. Kinda reminds me of another former Dodger- Adrian Beltre lol. Drew gets hurt too much, so you guy won't miss him too much.

With Normar- if he stays healthy enough to play 135 games, he could be worth that $$$$. But that's the question. The good news for you Scuds, is there's no salary cap (yeah yeah yeah... bs luxury tax only Steinbrenner pays), and once you get past the Skanks and the Sawx, the Dodgers are a big market team that can afford to pay that kind of $$$ to a guy like Nomar and still go out and spend in free agency.

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

pierre got paid how much? LOL

[Scav]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Well, apparently the Pads and Giants aren't gonna stand pat this winter, so the division will be harder to clinch. How about Matthews/Angels deal? If he hits leadoff,does that mean they're shopping Figgie(bad move I think).

ANYONE that gets to hit ahead of Texiera and Blaylock are going to be studs, I can't believe the Cubs signed DeBullsa and Angels forked over that cash to Mathews...

Scuds, not only are you in for an awakening with Sarge Jr, but EVEN YOU could hit .280 in front of those two guys in Texas

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Scav

ANYONE that gets to hit ahead of Texiera and Blaylock are going to be studs, I can't believe the Cubs signed DeBullsa and Angels forked over that cash to Mathews...

Scuds, not only are you in for an awakening with Sarge Jr, but EVEN YOU could hit .280 in front of those two guys in Texas

To be honest,the Halos can probably get by with him being just o,k, on offense.See the Halos need that guy making big plays in center.It is a must.Santana,Lackey,and Escobar usually have a couple innings in each start that make or break them.They typically have guys on base with an out or 2,and the ball game is usually won or lose right there.If they get a big defensive play,they can usually shut that team down late for a W.If they don't get the defensive play,they are the type of pitchers that will give up that 1 hit that will really hurt them.Defense is very important for the Halos,and they didn't get it done last year in that area of the game.