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Comment on Jays option Roenicke; Tallet to be activated Tuesday by dieta

dieta — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:18:27 +0000

Louis Montreal made a terrible trade with the Yankees giving away John Wetteland for some stiff named Fernado Seguignol and Grissom was shipped to Atlanta. Montreal won only 68 games in 95 and finished 5th in the NL East.The 1994 fire sale is the biggest reason why there is no longer baseball in Montreal. Without their star players the team struggled and they lost fan support.Now I understand there are some factors that made the Expos cut cost like the Canadian dollar was worth much less then the U.S dollar in the 90s which made it more expensive to pay players salaries. But people will go see a winning team it doesnt matter what sport people want to watch their hometown team win. So a better team and thus an increase in attendance would help pay players salaries.Also I believe that there would have been a very high chance that many of the star players would have stayed in Montreal if they were given the money or if they werent traded away. The best example of this is Walker who signed with Colorado in 95 and continued to put up monster numbers there. But if Montreal made him a fair offer I believed that he would have stayed with them. First is Larry is a Canadian and I think he would have loved to become the poster boy of Canadian baseball which he would have become if he continued to play there. Second the Rockies didnt overwhelm him with an offer he couldnt refuse. Colorado only payed him a little over 5 million a year from 95-99 while Montreal was paying him an average of 3.5 million a year from 93 to 94. If the Expos offered him something from 5-7 million a year I believe he would have signed.Next Moises Alou would have stayed an Expo if he was offered the money too. In December of 1996 Alou signed with the Florida Marlins and then later led them to a World Series in 1997. Florida didnt overpay for Alou only paying him around 1.5 million more than the Expos were paying him the previous two seasons. The biggest reason why Moises would have remained a Expo is because his father Felipe Alou was the manager.The John Wetteland trade to the Yankees didnt make any sense to me. I understand that Montreal was trying to save money by trading Wetteland and that talented reliever Mel Rojas would replace him as closer but why would they trade a consistent and reliable closer for only one prospect when they should have gotten multiple prospects?Thats like the Royals trading Joakim Soria for just one prospect. Its basic baseball knowledge to trade star players for multiple prospects. That was a panic move by the Expos.

Comment on Bute leery of Miranda’s punch by Flowers

Flowers — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:36:07 +0000

The question i have is regarding Haye. I’m a fan, but i cannot understand the sense in fighting Audley harrison rather than making a klitchko fight happen. Harrison has done nothing to earn a world title shot and will do nothing to prepare Haye for a unification fight. What do you think?

Comment on Bute leery of Miranda’s punch by GameSetMatch

GameSetMatch — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:32:06 +0000

I think that this should be an excellent title fight come Saturday. Miranda has proven to be a worthy contender only losing to top fighters such as Arthur Abraham(twice), Kelly Pavlik and Andre Ward. Thats 3 champions he has lost too. He also is the only man to defeat current Super Six competitor Allan Green. This will also be a real test for Lucian Bute, this is the first time he’ll step into the ring with a puncher like Miranda. If Bute puts on a boxing clinic and avoids Miranda’s power he will come out victorious. I see Bute winning this bout by decision.

Comment on Paint the Town Red, Canada! by sportsfan1

sportsfan1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:25:33 +0000

Paint the town red.. What a perfect night, mischief night.. for this blog post.. Seriously, this is a great site about the Paint the Town Red Campaign !!
http://paint-town-red.olympic.ca/

Also if you have some extra time, go visit
http://podiumpals.olympic.ca
to play around with the Canadian Olympic Team’s Winter Games app.
“Stretch, crop & rotate shrunken heads in your online photo albums for some sporty patriotic fun”

These websites are all part of the COC’s larger Paint the Town Red campaign, ramping up to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Comment on Paul Molitor – Upcoming Signing by sportsfan1

sportsfan1 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:42:31 +0000

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Comment on Halladay: Future bright, but not now by Baseballbriefs.com

Baseballbriefs.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:39:05 +0000

Baseballbriefs.com tracking back Halladay: Future bright, but not now…

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Comment on Report: Kovalev Back With Canadiens by su

su — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:30 +0000

I agreed to Ehalvorsen1 “No idea why Montreal would want to re-sign him after all the problems last year.”. Btw nice blog. Keep it up the good work.

Comment on CFL Reviewing Bruce's Touchdown Celebration by ehalvorsen1

ehalvorsen1 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:54:32 +0000

The fact this made ESPN tells you how big a deal it is, and it’s funny how it takes a gaffe like this to get the CFL some press outside of Canada. One reason why I prefer the CFL over the NFL is they are much more lenient about celebrations, and the players can actually go out and have fun, but this celebration was a bit over the top. At least when you watch the Blue Bombers or Stampeders you know you’re gonna get an entertaining TD celebration, and I am sure everyone watching gets a laugh from it.

But this was downright insulting to many people, and in all honesty, I expect no less than insulting from Arland Bruce. I still remember in Winnipeg when he got jumped outside a downtown bar by a bunch of guys he was talking smack to inside, trying to be the cool guy, pro football player. That is just the kind of person he is, very self-centred, and seems to like to be a magnet for controversy. Kudos to the CFL for taking a stand on this one, and showing the players there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed, because I don’t want to see one guy ruin it for the rest of the league, and then we’re looking at rules like the NFL has, and the game loses a lot of it’s fun factor for the players and fans.

Comment on Report: Kovalev Back With Canadiens by ehalvorsen1

ehalvorsen1 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:03:44 +0000

No idea why Montreal would want to re-sign him after all the problems last year. I don’t think anyone has ever mailed in a contract year like Kovalev did, and he still gets 4.5M? That money could definitely been better spent elsewhere.

Comment on Heatley Deal to Oilers On Hold, For Now by ehalvorsen1

ehalvorsen1 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:43:40 +0000

I don’t really see this Edmonton deal going through, and Ottawa is lucky it won’t. Dustin Penner is way overpaid, and is just gonna eat up cap space. I see the Gomez trade as a move by the Rangers to acquire some young guys to trade and clear cap space to make this deal. They really want Heatley, and Sather is good at getting what he wants. I can see Heatley in New York as early as today.