Good point. I remember hearing that Pettitte was "insulted" by a $10m one-year offer, and then he signed for $5.5m plus incentives, so we need to be careful about buying into rumors too much -- even if it's fun. -- Matt
--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Varitek To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:48 PM If it's true, because this is ACCORDING TO HOLLEY, who I'm not sure is Varitek's closest confidant, I'm surprised. I thought Andy Pettitte's low-ball contract from the Yankees would serve as a wakeup call. Steve O On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: Varitek, ACCORDING TO HOLLEY, finds the current offer insulting. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: Because sitting out will increase his value? I guess sometimes it's too much to expect people who don't live in the real world to understand the real world. He turned down the best offer he was going to get, and if he turns down the second-best offer, then it's time to move on. -- Matt --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> Subject: Varitek To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 3:37 PM Michael Holley, on EEI, suggested this morning that his "moles" tell him that Varitek would rather sit out this year than accept the Red Sox current offer. I'm fine with that. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
