Comments on: Marlins lose arbitration again, this time to Emilio Bonifacio

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:55:00 +0000

Gordon Hochhauser from Where's Papa, most likely.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:53:42 +0000

I'm not so sure Scrooge was directly involved in this. Beinfest and Samson run the day to day stuff, and I doubt if el Jefe wanted to be bothered with a measley couple of hundred grand when he's busy at the moment trying to waste a wad of money on Cespedes. If they do throw a pile of cash at him as opposed to a Matt Garza or a real third baseman, while nickel-and-diming the guys like Bonifacio who they need to perform optimally to have a chance in their very tough division, they'll deserve to watch the postseason from their living rooms yet again.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:56:05 +0000

Teams win about 60% of the time. This year, it’s 2-2, with the Marlins at 0-2.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:48:40 +0000

I am surprised that Old Gator did not bring out his phrase Scrooge McLoria. If you are going to shell out big bucks on free agents, why send a different message to the in house talent?

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:14:40 +0000

Hyper-Chicken!!!

Quote: “Your Honor, I move that I be disbarred for introducing this evidence against my own clients.”

By: dwrek5

dwrek5 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:44:30 +0000

Seriously! After reading The Extra 2%, Jonah made it sound like the player rarely wins.

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:39:17 +0000

I’m a gonna say that those guys DO NOT learn. See they think they’re smart and that they don’t make mistakes. Its a mistake to diminish the recognizability of your star short stop, saddle your new stadium with a garish display, and a high maintenance gimmick like massive fishtanks around the infield. On the one side they diminish Reyes’s worth while adding costs needlessly with the other stuff. Its entirely within the thinking of people who would do that to act jerky to a potential star and team standout by dragging contract talks to an arbitration hearing over a pittance.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:25 +0000

Who does Miami use in these negotiations, the rooster lawyer from Futurama?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:36 +0000

You think they’d learn? This was over peanuts, relatively speaking, so what do they do but alienate a key player – a guy whose game is tailor made for the Brobdingnagian playing field dimensions they have imposed on themselves, and who busted his ass for them? Way to go, Chihuahua! And, um, isn’t that a spot of mange on your flew?