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All good things have to come to an end. It was a great ride at home. Time to start another streak by beating the Kings at home.

I would not mind the Rangers losing their first. Although they would get a comp pick back when Cruz signs somewhere.

Done. Up next, Garza signing elsewhere while holding the Angels hostage.

Passan is reporting 5 players involved. So it'll be interesting to see who. Maybe the Rays don't think Torres can cut it as a starter? Value of a player really goes down from a starter to a reliever.

Jelly Belly debuts first beer-flavored jelly bean

That would be a major LOL moment. Come Friday if he decides to just stay in Japan. Haha.

Question is. Who pays the refunds? Credit card companies could just say prove it to the retailers. and since most retailers don't even ask for id, could pass the buck down to the retailers. Or even to the credit card authorization companies.

After watching Jack Ryan,

Full circle isn't it?

Candy Crush Saga makers want to trademark the word ‘candy’ Candyland is not impressed.

Even if it wasn't. $23,725 a year in union dues. When the minimum salary is what, over $500,000 right now. I don't know unions dues are like. But 5% seems about right.

Now that's March Madness: Buffett, Gilbert offer $1 billion for perfect bracket

Showcase for a trade. i hope I hope I hope.

If you believe the politicians. They would probably tell you that the other 80% is from second hand smoke.

Ducks wonder about weather for Kings game at Dodger Stadium What a bargain.

Actually looked at Cot's and it wasn't Iwakuma. I know someone had it. Just can't remember who.

you can put an opt out to free agency in a contract. a few npb players had that. i believe iwakuma had that clause.

IMO, one thing that the article missed on was comparing of stats among the pitchers. They only used their last year in NPB, instead of an average of the last 3 years. IMO, the last 3 years is a more accurate comparison because players can have a fluke year. See RA Dickey. If you look at the last 3 years of Diaske, Darvish, and Tanaka. Left out Kuroda and Iwakuma because we all know they didn't come to the US as highly touted as those three. Diaske 547.1 IP, 437 HIts, 125 BB, 146 ER, 44 HR, 553 K 1.027 WHIP, 2.40 ERA, 0.72 HR/9, 9.09 K/9 Darvish 616 IP, 432 Hits, 128 BB, 112 ER, 19 HR, 665 K 0.909 WHIP, 1.63 ERA, 0.27 HR/9, 9.71 K/9 Tanaka 614.1 IP, 499 Hits, 78 BB, 98 ER, 18 HR, 593 K 0.939 WHIP, 1.43 ERA, 0.26 HR/9, 8.69 K/9 So definitely had better stats than Matsuzaka. But the WHIP and the K isn't there with Darvish. Which is concerning since Darvish hasn't had great control at the MLB level.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/43651/a-closer-look-at-masahiro-tanaka

If I give him an opt out after 4 seasons. I would say backload the contract. Say $14/16/17/18/19/20.

Yup. And most of it was not his fault. It was not his fault that MLB and NPB screwed Rakuten with the new posting process that took forever to agree on. And it was not his fault that the owner wanted to keep him in Japan and tried their hardest to retain him. If it was still the old posting system, he would have been posted early November, and none of this unneccessary drama would have occurred.

Dipoto should just put this offer in front of Tanaka. 6/$102 + 2 club option years at $20 million. He was asking for $17 million a year, and that's what we will give him, so it's not a slap in the face. On paper, looks like a 8/$142 million deal which satisfies the took the most money. On the west coast. CBT of either $17 or $17.75 million a year, forget how it's calculated. And the $17 million a year is the same as what Weaver makes, for those that get butthurt about that.

Can it be that GM's are getting smart? Really, going into this offseason, I think the consensus among most here was that the starting pitching class was really weak. But because of supply and demand, they would be paid handsomely because of the limited supply. But now, it seems like GM's are only willing to pay what they are actually worth. And not the amount, like in the Santana case, where his agent made a case where he should be paid like an ace.

3 days before the deadline. Time for the Angels to get active and hit Del Taco. Wait there are no Del Taco's in Japan. No wonder we are no where to be seen.

96 out of what, 10 million. It's an Obamacare like success.