Magglio Ordonez
« Canseco Implicates McGwire | Main | Does anybody speak Korean? »It appears that Magglio Ordonez has signed a five-year, $75 million deal with the Detroit Tigers. The Hampton and Dreifort deals were probably worse, but this is up there, even with the "out" the Tigers have in case Magglio's knee acts up. Let's put it this way: If the Tigers are lucky and Magglio stays healthy, then an option year will vest and six seasons of Magglio (age 31-36) will cost the Tigers a bit more than eight years of Rolen (age 28-35) will cost the Cardinals.
In other news the Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years. I continue to feel a little better about my odd habit of yelling "LaRussa, you idiot" whenever Michigan coach Lloyd Carr left Tom Brady on the bench in favor of Drew Henson.
Posted by Rob at February 7, 2005 12:57 AMI don't get it... just last year, the players were talking about collusion. Now this year, the market goes nuts. Most say it all started with the Kris Benson deal, but how can one contract cause that much of a market shift? I would think the GMs would be able to explain to all the remaining players that the Mets are obviously out of their minds, and wait around for the players to realize that and accept reasonable offers.
Posted by: John at February 8, 2005 11:52 PM