QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 07:54 PM)
According to Nikkan Sports in Japan, five teams made formal offers -- nearly all of them worth more than $100 millio
NEARLY. Key word.
QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 12:16 PM)
This makes a ton of sense as it spends $50 million to deal with the fact that Tanaka is deathly afraid of having white people around him.
Hey, whatever it takes to get him here, right?
If I'm the White Sox-
1. Tell Tanaka there's a whole (very nice) town of only Japanese people 5 minutes from The Cell
2. Pay 100 Japanese $25K each to move into this town
3. Pay 100 non-Japanese $25K each to move out of this town
4. Build a mansion right in the center of the town
5. Sign Tanaka
6. Move Tanaka into that mansion
PROBLEM SOLVED.
Is it just me or have dicks and balls been discussed in every topic this week. This is a f***ing White Sox site. If you're looking for a place to chat about the sex organs, gtfo
QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 12:38 PM)
Joe Ostrowski @JoeO670 7m
Cubs are now the favorites to land Masahiro Tanaka on @BovadaLV.
Cubs 3/2, Yankees 2/1, Dodgers 5/1, White Sox & Mariners 10/1.
DBacks?
QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 08:16 PM)
Somebody should send Tanaka and his people one of those racist Fukadome T-shirts that were being sold outside Wrigley during Fukadome's first year in Cubbie land. That would give Masahiro some food for thought regarding the Northside.
What did those shirts say?
QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:36 PM)
Because De Aza has all of those World Series AB's to be able to compare against... And Pods numbers are still not what De Aza's are there.
I suppose I meant to say base runner, not stealer. Remember how many bonehead plays ADA made on the basepaths this year?
QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 07:23 PM)
.281 vs .274 isn't a big deal.
RISP
De Aza .309/.515/.864
Pods .289/.396/.750
.289 RISP is acceptable. As for clutch, aside from his Yankees walk-off, I don't recall a De Aza moment as clutch as either the Pods Dodgers walk-off or Game 2. Podsednik is also faster and a better base stealer.