Agreed. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
> My time horizon is limited to this season. I couldn't care less if they > lose Longoria in six or seven years. > They did find the money to sign Burrell, so they ain't hurting. > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Beaudoin, John > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My extrapolated point is that they do have a good team, but it's not >> sustainable because they don't have the market for it. They'll never be >> able to pay the money NY, Boston, and other cities can pay players. But, it >> is fun to root for the underdogs with low salaries sometimes. I liked the >> Minnesota Twins 1987 team. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:06 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: The Rays >> >> >> >> Good point. I didn't realize attendance was factored into the standings. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> And just maybe they might possibly almost come close to marginally selling >> out a regular season game or two this year. >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From*: [email protected] >> *To*: [email protected] >> *Sent*: Thu Jan 08 07:40:44 2009 >> *Subject*: The Rays >> >> In my humble opinion, the Rays signing of Pat Burrell has received far too >> little attention in these parts. For my money, the Rays remain the team to >> beat this season. Not only have they added a big bat (I had concerns that >> they might have signed Manny, but they've got players who most likely will >> have better seasons this year: Longoria, Upton, Pena (maybe.) >> >> >> >> They've got the same studs in the rotation and they're tossing in Price >> who was dominant at the tail end of the playoffs. >> >> >> >> I also think they still have a fairly deep farm system. McGee is injured, >> but they have some other parts. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Check out Geek Haiku: www.geekhaiku.net I twitter daily but I have no followers do I make a sound? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
