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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tellem, Tellem, Tellem, Tellem right now…in the Huffington Post!
No hitter had ever done more damage in the Fall Classic in such a limited role. Matsui posted the third-highest average for a player with at least 10 at-bats in the Series, and the second-highest slugging percentage to Lou Gehrig. After Godzilla’s thunderous footfalls helped level Philly, hundreds of Yankees fans converged on Go! Go! Curry to pay tribute to the first Japanese-born Series MVP. The Neagari native who became everybody’s all-American accomplished all this in New York, the melting pot where immigrants come to pursue a better life. By embracing Matsui, New Yorkers have once again shown that though ball clubs are named for cities and states, they transcend geography. Teams may not be where we find our heroes today, but, as Matsui has demonstrated, it’s where we find heroic situations we can all dream of, argue about or simply watch together in amazement. That’s the game’s unifying force.
Matsui filed for free-agency on Monday, and sportswriters have speculated that he doesn’t figure into the Yanks’ future plans. A 35-year-old DH, they argue, doesn’t make sense for such a veteran team.
As his agent, I take a different view. The ageless Matsui has shown not just that he can still hit, but that he can hit with consistency and aplomb. During the regular season, he ranked second among DHs in homers, and third in slugging percentage, on-base percentage and walks. No left-handed hitter homered more off southpaws. Matsui combines the late-inning heroics of Yankees great Tommy (Old Reliable) Henrich and the superb professionalism of Paul O’Neill. He’s a complete player who always has taken pride in contributing to all facets of the game.
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1. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless LeaderHE'S A ############# DH YOU SHITHEAD. HE'S BARELY A ####### PLAYER!
Except for fielding and throwing and baserunning.
And he's uglier than Posada's glove. Notice I can't say he's uglier than his own glove, because he doesn't have a ####### glove.
(I'm only fake outraged. This annual bleating of the agents is actually pretty entertaining.)
Well, CNNSI lets Boras do it every day. At least Huffington is up front with it.
Yes...and it's worth its weight in silva.
Doubtful.
Really? Go for it Hideki. If Boston wants to overpay you, take the money and run, I mean hobble.
Boston would really enjoy the Hideki Matsui LF experience.
Matsui can still cut-off a throw from center field, can't he?
My suspicion is that Tellem has a lot of leveraging to do to keep Godzilla's base salary at what it was in year three of his original contract. There are only four-five markets available to him--New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas and Boston, in rough order of likelihood--who might pony up some sizable $$.
He knows he's got his work cut out for him. No reason to be subtle about it...
Zero chance of that. No one is giving him $13M. He's lost all defensive value, can't play everyday, and his knees are a timebomb.
He'll be very lucky to get $8-10 on a one year deal. I don't think I'd go above $8M, and I'd want some of that to be in playing time incentives.
He just has to hope Dayton Moore reads the Huffington Post...
Agreed on Cashman, I think he's using the World Series afterglow as a breathing space to get the team younger. New LF, Joba and Hughes as the #4/5 starters, Cervelli and Pena on the bench.
As for Seattle, I think they made a big mistake. Matsui is a prefect fit for them.
Hey, Snap, go to Matsui's BB-R page and look at his salary for year three of his deal with the Yanks.
You'll see that it was: $8 million.
We agree about Griffey vs. Matsui vis-a-vis the M's. But there's clearly an incompatibility between the two Japanese players that precluded it from happening.
You'll see that it was: $8 million.
Don,
I think you're looking at 2005. BRef has 2009 at $13M. Cots also has $13M.
Dusty Rhodes says "Konnichiwa."
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