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they are paying him the money. it s amazing. the dodgers have now five players in that club making more than $20 million a year. their payroll is so swollen with clayton kershaw. yes, he is worth it. the lefty. if he hit the free agent market he probably would have gotten more than than that if you can believe that. would you want your team to pay that much for anybody? no, i would not. especially not for a pitcher. he can impact at 35 at most of 152 games played but that is the way the business of baseball is these days. we learned that really last year. we dumped $250 million from our payroll. to the dodgers. to the dodgers. i thought, i m sure you thought, too. i m glad we dumped that. we will slowly build up over two or three years and three years be a contender again. the next year, the sox win the
houston where he s expected to take a little time in center field. by the way, mariano rivera may not be the only yankee to play his last game at yankee stadium. espn reporting pending free agent robinson cano is seeking a 10-year, $300 million contract. that sounds staggering, but cano is the top talent in the off-season free agent market in both the yankees and dodgers, who both spend a lot of money, they both need a second baseman. he said he would like to stay in new york, but he would probably like to get the contract even more. let s get 0 to other baseball, minnesota indians leading the twins, bottom of the ninth. pinto hits a two-run shot. but the indians squash the minnesota rally. ericsson leading off for texas, boom. walkoff home run.
and then they were let down in the most horrific way by their superstar josh hamilton. mike barnicle, i ve never seen a player look like he cared less about the outcome of a playoff game. than josh hamilton who i ve got to believe is i m not suggesting anything, but this guy is not in a good place right now. josh hamilton and cost himself millions of dollars. he did do that. he did do that. horrible. he hit the free agent market after the world series was over. that team, texas rangers, of course, they finished so closely to winning the world series title for two years in a row. and this year, they went into almost total collapse. hamilton appears to have no plate discipline when he s up, swings at anything, very lackadaisical from that missed fly ball in one of the games. and doesn t give a damn. in the interviews afterward, he s like, what you going to do?
espn. he took the colts to the playoffs 11 times, won 7 afc south titles in eight years, won 2 afc championships, a super bowl and super bowl mvp award. he didn t play it down last season. the 35-year-old would have been allowed a $28 million bonus had the colts decided not to let him go. he limped to a 2-14 season without manning under center, putting them in position to draft manning s successor. it could be qb andrew luck or the kid from baylor, the heisman winner, griffin. things seem amicable between jim irsay and his former quarterback as they drove off in the same car together after landing at an airport in indianapolis. we re good. we re good. we re going to talk tomorrow. we ll do it the right way tomorrow. there will be no shortage of suitors for manning. once he hits the free agent market. players around the league