D-Mat's value

645 · November 29th, 2006, 12:26 AM

It's a crazy thing that hype. It makes you do crazy things.

Like say, potentially pay $51.1 million dollars just to hold a 30-day dialogue with the agent who drives the hardest bargain in the business, Scott Boras. Or pick a 26-year-old rookie from Japan too early in a Fantasy Baseball draft next spring, Daisuke Matsuzaka, who might be trying on his new Red Sox next spring.

It's not that we don't like Matsuzaka. Anyone who throws in the high-90s, has good offspeed pitches and has a trademark breaking pitch with a flashy name (the "gyroball"*) has to be marked "intriguing" or better in our book.

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November 29th, 2006, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
645 Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,349	D-Mat's value It's a crazy thing that hype. It makes you do crazy things. Like say, potentially pay $51.1 million dollars just to hold a 30-day dialogue with the agent who drives the hardest bargain in the business, Scott Boras. Or pick a 26-year-old rookie from Japan too early in a Fantasy Baseball draft next spring, Daisuke Matsuzaka, who might be trying on his new Red Sox next spring. It's not that we don't like Matsuzaka. Anyone who throws in the high-90s, has good offspeed pitches and has a trademark breaking pitch with a flashy name (the "gyroball"*) has to be marked "intriguing" or better in our book. Sportsline