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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Don Fehr gets a severance package


Don Fehr's severance package comes in at about $11 million. He made $1 million a year for the past decade or so, which is way below his worth based on what he does and who he tangles with on a day to day basis. His work has put hundreds of times that amount of money into the pockets of the players he has represented. According to the article, the players had no problem agreeing to pay him his dough.
Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 2:02pm (11) Comments

My Morning in Exile


I don't have anything snarky to say about Steve Phillips' situation. Some bad judgment on his part has led to an ugly and possibly scary situation, and that's no good for anyone involved, whatever their foibles.

But man, if the dude was going to get kicked off ESPN for a week, you'd at least hope that it would be during a week in which he was scheduled to broadcast a game . . .

  • Manny hits the showers. Plaschke's blood pressure to soon hit 190 over 100.


  • The post in which I slipped in references to Mariano throwing a spitball and being behind the balloon boy hoax. No one seems to have noticed yet.


  • Any umpire who looks at a play with the right call in his heart has already committed adultery. Wait -- I may be mixing that quote up. And no, I don't expect many people under 40 -- hell, maybe under 50 -- to get that one.


  • Is it ironic or merely funny that the team of Chief Wahoo is thinking serious thoughts about ethnicity and stuff as they choose their new manager? Is this like a black fly in their chardonnay?


  • The Wilpons didn't lose $700 to Bernie Madoff. Which means that Larry King was wrong about something. Next thing you know we'll find out that, no, Kate Hepburn was NOT the best actress for his money, and that there was more of a class act than David Niven.


  • The Cubs hire Rudy Jaramillo and give him a bunch of money. It's OK though, because he's going to have two jobs: (1) hitting coach; and (2) Bradley-Whisperer.


    • Thanks for all of the kind words and constructive criticism in last night's thread, everyone. I try to do whatever I can to get better at this stuff, and you're all a big help in me doing so.
    Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 1:37pm (18) Comments

    And That Happened: ALCS


    Yankees 10, Angels 1: I-95 Series here we come. As the geniuses out there predicted, CC was studly on short rest. As has been the case all postseason, A-Rod was huge (3-for-4, two-run homer, three runs scored).

    Man, that umpiring. Calling Swisher out on the tagup play was an obvious makeup call. Of course, like the unwritten rules, umpires say there are no such things as makeup calls, so we should probably ignore it, right? I guess we can just be thankful that it didn't have an impact on the ultimate outcome of the game.

    Pointless day off today. Burtnett vs. Lackey tomorrow. Philly vs. New York, hell, sometime around Thanksgiving, I think.
    Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 5:35am (49) Comments