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sixto · 05-10-2003, 01:31 AM

They do?

Barry Bonds: 1 team since 1993. 2 teams total.
Mark McGwire: 2 teams total.
Sammy Sosa: 3 teams, but one since 1992.
Greg Maddux, 2 teams, one since 1993
ARod, Jeter, Nomar: 1 team apiece.
Tom Glavine: Just joined team #2 after 124 years with team #1.
Barry Larkin, Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith: 1 team apiece.
Pedro Martinez: 3rd team, 2nd team since he became a superstar.

At any rate, you can find players like Randy Johnson who have moved around...I suppose you or I can twist it however we like. The NFL on occasion does manage to keep certain skill players in place. However, all the other guys gotta keep moving. Nate Wayne, Rosevelt Colvin - these are really talented guys who can't stay with their teams because of the salary cap.

The point is not that one team values Tedy Bruschi more than seems natural. The point is that sometimes a team is motivated to keep or jettison a Tedy Bruschi for reasons other than their desire to keep the player and their financial capability to do so. Such manipulation is wholly, totally, completely and in all other ways artificial.

Like TV.

05-10-2003, 01:31 AM	#52
sixto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,271	They do? Barry Bonds: 1 team since 1993. 2 teams total. Mark McGwire: 2 teams total. Sammy Sosa: 3 teams, but one since 1992. Greg Maddux, 2 teams, one since 1993 ARod, Jeter, Nomar: 1 team apiece. Tom Glavine: Just joined team #2 after 124 years with team #1. Barry Larkin, Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith: 1 team apiece. Pedro Martinez: 3rd team, 2nd team since he became a superstar. At any rate, you can find players like Randy Johnson who have moved around...I suppose you or I can twist it however we like. The NFL on occasion does manage to keep certain skill players in place. However, all the other guys gotta keep moving. Nate Wayne, Rosevelt Colvin - these are really talented guys who can't stay with their teams because of the salary cap. The point is not that one team values Tedy Bruschi more than seems natural. The point is that sometimes a team is motivated to keep or jettison a Tedy Bruschi for reasons other than their desire to keep the player and their financial capability to do so. Such manipulation is wholly, totally, completely and in all other ways artificial. Like TV.