Which Road Do The Jays Choose?

December 15, 2008

Total Pro Sports - The baseball winter meetings have come and gone. Carsten Charles Sabathia decided to accept the 7 year 161 million dollar contract from the New York Yankees, only a couple days after telling Dodger GM Ned Colletti that he wanted to play for them. If anything it shows how much pressure the Players Union puts on players to take the most money no matter what. Further proof is that Sabathia’s contract is worth 100,000 dollars more per year than the one Johan Santana signed last year, hence why that extra million is thrown into that contract.

AJ Burnett decided to sign with the Yankees. He signed a contract for 9 million dollars less then Carlos Zambrano’s contract, which is truly mind boggling. K-Rod signed with the New York Mets for only 4 million more than he was offered before his 62 record setting save season. This signing was more about being on the big stage of New York than anything.

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A.J. Burnett Signs With The Yankees

December 12, 2008

Total Pro Sports - The New York Yankees are at it again! Trying to buy a World Series Championship, instead of doing it old school like the Tampa Rays developing from their draft picks and the farm team.

First it was C.C Sabathia and now it's former Toronto Blue Jay, A.J. Burnett. In one week the New York Yankees have spent over $240 million on 2 starting pitchers, and word on the street is that they are not even done yet with adding to their starting rotation.

The report is that Burnett has reached a preliminary agreement with the Yankees for 5 years and $82.5 million. Burnett is set to earn $16.5 million a year after basically producing one reasonable season his last year as a Jays. A.J. did the same thing when he was in his last year of his contract with the Marlins. He had an outstanding final year and then went on to sign a large lucrative deal with the Jays.

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How I ruined Raul’s night

June 10, 2008

It was a normal day at the Rogers center yesterday. The Jays were playing the last place Mariners and there were less than 10,000 people in the stands. This did not deter me and a friend of mine form having a good time, watching those loveable losers known as the Toronto Blue Jays. Our night started out in the 100 level outfield, it was so hot and humid there I felt like I had a flood in my underwear. The section that we were in was full of annoying preteens, none of which paid much attention to the game or cared for my loud mouth antics. During the fourth inning my friend and I decided to move down to better seats. We spotted a couple on the third base line directly beside the wall, so we made the move.

Once we made our way down the game seemed a lot better, we had moved from the kiddy section to a relatively quiet, mature, viewing area. It was that way until the Jays went up to bat and Mr. Raul Ibanez, the left fielder, became the target of my many vocal barbs. You see I like to think of myself as someone who always takes the opportunity to use my voice and sarcastic comments to make live sporting events more enjoyable for the people around me. I have been practicing my whole life and I feel that only recently I have entered my prime. I must say that last night was perhaps the pinnacle of my entire career.

It was in the sixth inning when one of the Jays hit a pop fly to left field; it was the kind of fly ball that every major league outfielder should catch. Just as the ball was the flying through the air, Ibanez made an attempt to catch it, and I yelled “RAUL YOU FOOL” distracting him just enough that he dropped the ball. I’ am sure that my loud yell in what was once a quiet area of the ball park caused Ibanez to drop the ball. In fact, he was so close that if you were watching the game on T.V. you most likely saw me. I won’t take all the credit because Raul Ibanez is no gold glover, but last night I felt closer to the game than ever before.

I would like to encourage anyone who goes to live sporting events to always be as loud and as annoying as possible to the opposing players, because you never know when your time will come. Even though the Jays lost, which was not really a surprise, I felt like a winner as I left the park last night. To Raul Ibanez, next time keep your eyes on that ball, son.

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