As a lifelong Browns fan who has watched the games with 100s of other Browns fans, I can say for a fact this is unequivocally false.
Browns fans of any age root for laundry. We've had many "end of career" players from rivals like Joe Flacco, Jamal Lewis, etc who killed us for a decade before...
1000% yes. He only opts out of he is good. If he sucks, you pay him for 100% of that contract. You give away all upside and keep the downside with opt outs.
Charles Johnson had an AAV lower than his contract, so at the end of the day, the Sox saved a little over a million on the luxury cap (important to them at that time) and the Rockies received a player they wanted. Win-win for both teams.
A player's AAV doesnt change, unless his actual contract does. Myers signed a 6 year, $83M contract so his AAV is $13.83M each of the 6 years.
If a team sends cash along with a player to pay his contract, they take a cap hit for 100% of that amount each year. If a team receives cash, they...
This is correct. If he retires he walks away from the money.
Most likely scenario is Boston places him on the 60 day IL. Pedroia gets his money; Boston gets a 40 man roster spot back.
That's not a problem during the regular season, but its a bigger problem in the playoffs. The league has to approve removing someone from the roster after a review by an independent doctor. So if Pom pitches 4 innings in gamed 4 and then the Sox try to take him off the roster with "shoulder...
The first major league game I ever attended turned out to be Matt Young's unofficial no hitter in Cleveland. He threw 8 no hit innings and didnt get a chance to finish it off since the Indians didnt have to bat in the bottom of the 9th.
I think he might have it with 3. Not only is he one of (I believe) 4 pitchers with multiple 4 K in 1 IP games, but it appears he is the first pitcher ever with 5 K in 1.1 IP.
Thome: 612 HR, 956 OPS, 147 OPS+, 72.9 bWAR; no steroid allegations
Sheffield: 509 HR, 907 OPS, 140 OPS+. 60.3 bWAR; tons of steroid allegations (plus "proof" in Game of Shadows)
Thome is absolutely a HoFer. Probably first or second ballot, too.
Really hard to say at this point whether is is Bonds/Clemens (started off weak, gaining votes every year) or Palmeiro (off the ballot in a few years). IMO, the two positive tests put him closer to Palmeiro as far as the mindset of the voters go.
Which one of Chipper, Thome, and Rolen are you referring to?
There are two clear HoFers in Chipper and Thome and a borderline one in Rolen. Not to mention the fact that many writers think there are more than 10 deserving people currently on the ballot (with guys like Mussina, Schilling and...
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