http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/04/what-will-it-take-to-keep-adrian-gonzalez/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 07:09:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/04/what-will-it-take-to-keep-adrian-gonzalez/comment-page-1/#comment-95325 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:56:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29449#comment-95325 Oops, wrong thread, isn’t it? Now how the hell did that happen? It’s either getting late or I’m getting old(er). Okay, use your imagination and transpose the above to the “Joey Votto is in No Hurry” thread.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/04/what-will-it-take-to-keep-adrian-gonzalez/comment-page-1/#comment-95324 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:55:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29449#comment-95324 All it takes to keep Friendo, my pet baby pygmy rattlesnake, is a plexiglass slide-top terrarium for about $26, a bag of coconut fiber chip substrate for about $7, a water bowl for $4, a masonite hiding cave for $9, an under-tank heating pad for $11 and a mouse fuzzy for two bucks once a week. They ought to let Votto walk – he blows off children looking for autographs if they’re not wearing a Reds cap anyway, the asshole – and get themselves a pet baby pygmy rattlesnake.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/04/what-will-it-take-to-keep-adrian-gonzalez/comment-page-1/#comment-95279 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:09:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29449#comment-95279 If he’s asking for 5/125, I give him that. I mean, I try to negotiate him further down, but if that’s what it takes, I’m definitely willing to pay him a fair price for his late 20s and early 30s, if it keeps me from committing to too much of his mid-30s.

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