Your lineups
Yes, it's time to dust off that title. Here are the lineups for Game 2 of the World Series:
Colorado Rockies:
Willy Taveras - CF
Kazuo Matsui - 2B
Matt Holliday - LF
Todd Helton - 1B
Garrett Atkins - 3B
Brad Hawpe - RF
Troy Tulowitzki - SS
Yorvit Torrealba - C
Ryan Spilborghs - DH
Ubaldo Jimenez - P
If I have a son, I'm naming him Yorvit or Ubaldo. But I digress...
Boston Red Sox:
Dustin Pedroia - 2B
Kevin Youkilis - 1B
David Ortiz - DH
Manny Ramirez - LF
Mike Lowell - 3B
J.D. Drew - RF
Jason Varitek - C
Jacoby Ellsbury - CF
Julio Lugo - SS
Curt Schilling - P
Comments
Roch,
Is there ANY chance at all, that the O's even negotiate with A-Rod and then sign him. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense, and is basically beneficial in every possible way. Would they even consider a 300 milliong dollar contract? Any hope at all?
Posted by: KG | October 25, 2007 5:13 PM
Ubaldo Kubatko has a nice ring to it.
Posted by: Dylan | October 25, 2007 6:17 PM
KG, Why would Arod consider coming to Baltimore? He is going to have, at last count, four 2007 playoff teams interested in him (Boston, NY, CAA, maybe Chicago). What could Baltimore offer him? He tried the take more money to be on a bad team thing once already, he didn't care for it.
Posted by: Jeff V. | October 25, 2007 7:19 PM
Personally I am a fan of Roch Spilborghs.
Posted by: lefty | October 25, 2007 7:23 PM
Jeff V:
Because Boras is his agent and if no one offers him the contract he is looking for the O's could step in with the highest offer and try to snag him. I'm not saying it is likely, or probable, but it is within the realm of possibilities.
Posted by: KG | October 25, 2007 9:01 PM
The only possible way Rodriguez would come here is if the O's sell him on the possibility of being the franchise savior, "The Team That A-Rod Built." Not just in a baseball sense but in the business end as well, which coincidentally is how Boras has been trying to justify the $30MM/year figure.
Strictly in terms of field performance there is no way to justify that kind of money. But in terms of presence and credibility, who knows? MASN would catch fire for sure, at least for the first couple of years. The it would be up to the Orioles to provide a winning team on the field.
Probably next-to-zero chance that it will happen.
Posted by: PhilF | October 26, 2007 1:10 PM