By: Matt S.

Matt S. — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:23:13 +0000

Is this where Florio stops by to talk about the Rooney Rule?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:40:04 +0000

I would spring for a fat four year deal any day, even with the Prince of Pikerdom as my boss, just on the probability that I’d spend the last eighteen months of it playing golf with Don Shula and Jeff Conine.
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I would think, though, that Valentine is a guy who could stimulate this team to overreach itself. I don’t think that without some serious augmentation of the boolpen and some key trades to plug the horrifying holes in the infield defense (especially if it imports some good situational hitters with speed at the expense of the sometimes-power the Feesh overdepend upon) this team is going to contend seriously in this division this year, but they would probably finish more respectably than they’re going to finish without some key moves. Mike Stanton, even if he blossoms this year, isn’t going to be enough by himself.

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By: Matt S.

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