The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 The "Fish" are "fishing" for a new "pond" to play "baseball" in. Sounds like a real "gamble," or at least a "big fish story!" Florida team president David Samson wants to finalize a new stadium deal in South Florida by the end of the year. (Wilfredo Lee/AP) ANAHEIM -- Marlins officials traveled to Nevada this week to meet with Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman, who is pushing to land professional sports in the city. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Marlins vice chairman Joel Mael and P.J. Loyello, the team's vice president of communication and broadcasting, had a 90-minute meeting Wednesday with Goodman. The meeting in Las Vegas, which is seeking a Major League Baseball team, took place at a time when talks for a new Marlins stadium have slowed. The Marlins are negotiating with the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County for a $420 million retractable-roof stadium next to the Orange Bowl that would open in 2007 at the earliest, or possibly 2008. The team has been hopeful of completing the deal with South Florida before the year ends. Team president David Samson continues to work to that end, which includes contributions from the team, city and county. Once local funding is finalized, Samson has repeatedly said the team would seek the final $30 million from the state Legislature in the form of a tax rebate. The Legislature resumes early next year. Bruce Rubin, the spokesman for Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, told the Review-Journal: "Jeffrey is committed to Miami. At the same time, it's appropriate for Jeffrey and Joel Mael to examine all of their options in light of something that's taking much, much longer than anybody anticipated." "They called me and asked if they could see me," Goodman told the Las Vegas newspaper. Goodman didn't offer many specifics on the meeting with Marlins officials. But he made it clear that Las Vegas is striving to land a professional team. "This is going to happen," the mayor told the paper, adding that nothing about relocation was mentioned. "Las Vegas is very interested in getting a baseball team, the Marlins are in baseball and there was an open invitation from the mayor," Rubin said to the paper. "The meeting was a social, get-to-know-you sort of meeting." Goodman is expected to be at the Winter Meetings, which begin Friday in Anaheim. According to the paper, Goodman could meet again with Marlins officials. Asked by the Review-Journal if the Marlins are looking to relocate, Rubin said: "The Marlins are in discussions about building a stadium in Miami, and those discussions are taking much longer than anyone anticipated." Since their inaugural 1993 season, the Marlins have shared Pro Player Stadium with the Miami Dolphins, who receive a bulk of all stadium revenues. http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/...s_fla&fext=.jsp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Jeff Kent is now a Dodger. The Dodgers will most likely non-tender Alex Cora and have Kent play second, even though he could play some first base too. Angels are close to signing Steve Finley to a 2 year deal worth $20 million. Evidently a nice shipment of marijuana recently hit the Anaheim area for them to even consider giving that much to a CF in his late 30s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Damn. The Tigers missed out on three of their options; Glaus, Finley, and Kent. Maybe they're saving up for Beltre or Pavano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 9, 2004 The Tigers are the heavied favorites to land Beltre They'll probably bring in Michigan native Derek Lowe along the way too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Fuck! I wanted Kent in pinstripes! As for the Marlins rotation: Beckett, Burnett, Willis and Leiter, I think most teams in the league would take that over what they have. Pavano would just be the cherry on top. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Fuck! I wanted Kent in pinstripes! You got Tony Womack. Don't be greedy. By the way that was a signing right out of Tampa Bay from what the area sports radio was saying. Evidently somebody was whispering into George's ear about how well he did last year while the rest of the front office in NY was "NO" quite loud and clear. Still, Sheffield and Lofton were George's choices last year while Cashman went with Vasquez and Brown. George doesn't think highly of Cashman right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJordan23 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Fuck! I wanted Kent in pinstripes! As for the Marlins rotation: Beckett, Burnett, Willis and Leiter, I think most teams in the league would take that over what they have. Pavano would just be the cherry on top. ? Where would he play? You guys already signed Womack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 You guys are being sarcastic about Womack, right? There's no need to rub it in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 10, 2004 There's no need to rub it in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 10, 2004 The Tigers are actually the favorites for Beltre? hmm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Since when are you a Tigers fan, Banky? I thought you were a fan of the Bay Area teams? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Since when are you a Tigers fan, Banky? I thought you were a fan of the Bay Area teams? And Michigan teams. I've grown up with Detroit TV. They are my NBC, ABC, and CBS affiliates. I watched Tigers games with Al Kaline since as long as I can remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Saskatoon gets the Detroit stations? That's random. Maybe if you lived in Windsor or something. I would think you'd get...nothing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Saskatoon gets the Detroit stations? That's random. Maybe if you lived in Windsor or something. I would think you'd get...nothing Yep. CBS recently turned into Toledo from Detroit. And Fox is from Rochester. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Weird, I get all those same stations (although I had two CBS affiliates until a month ago, but they took the Detroit one away). I even had a Detroit PBS for a bit, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Weird, I get all those same stations (although I had two CBS affiliates until a month ago, but they took the Detroit one away). I even had a Detroit PBS for a bit, too. Yea I have Detroit pbs, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 10, 2004 barring a last minute change of events, the Diamonbacks are on the verge of signing Russ Ortiz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 10, 2004 barring a last minute change of events, the Diamonbacks are on the verge of signing Russ Ortiz. Where are you getting this info? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted December 10, 2004 hey if anybody gives Ortiz lots of money, it'll be the Diamondbacks. Or the Mets. EDIT: he got it from Rotoworld via an Arizona paper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 White Sox also signed Jermaine Dye. So instead of going out and getting a big upgrade, they went and got a guy who hasn't been the same since that injury that took him out a couple seasons back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Why haven't we signed Carlos Beltran yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Because we aren't gonna. Honestly, there's no reason to even get optimistic about it since there's never been any indication that the Cubs were gonna make a serious run at him. Everyone thinks because the Cubs are going to be contenders and Beltran's hitting like .850 at Wrigley, that it's a natural fit. And I think it would be, but that doesn't mean he'll wind up here. Resigning Nomar and still having that Human Payroll Eating Machine in rightfield basically ties up all the major coin the Tribune is willing to shell out. You'd imagine that with all the bad signings the Yanks have made, they're bound to try and make at least one good one, i.e. Beltran. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2004 This should further illustrate my point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 10, 2004 EDIT: he got it from Rotoworld via an Arizona paper. Actually I got it by talking to somebody I know in Arizona who heard it on their ESPN Radio affiliate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 10, 2004 Also I just flipped it to the rebroadcast of the late local news and they're saying Pedro will be staying here in Boston. A 3 year deal is suppose to be finished soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted December 11, 2004 After being directed to a certain thread here by a friend and seeing this post it makes the signings of Jaret Wright and Tony Womack along with the aquisition of Mike Stanton all the funnier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted December 11, 2004 After being directed to a certain thread here by a friend and seeing this post it makes the signings of Jaret Wright and Tony Womack along with the aquisition of Mike Stanton all the funnier. Where the fuck did he get the notion of Barry Zito going to the Yanks? Thats fucked. Fucking Yankees fans. I almost hate you as much as Red Sox fans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cartman 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 RUMOR: Boston gets: Tim Hudson Oakland gets: Bronson Arroyo, Kevin Youkilis, Doug Meintkewitz, and Willy Mota. Also, according to Boston Globe Wells deal is offical. Pedro should be this weekend also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 Looks like ol' Billy ball found a way to get Youkilis after all. That would certainly be an interesting trade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike546 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 Acorrding to the NY Post: http://nypost.com/sports/yankees/32658.htm Yankees are close with Pavano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
