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That's It! We're Done!

Evidently, we've maxed out our budget.  I just now saw it on MLBTR, who took it from CTrent.  According to the Fay, it's about the same last year's $74MM, maybe a touch higher.  So we can more or less bank on this being the team that shows up in Sarasota.  I think most of us were assuming as much, though perhaps just many were hoping we'd be wrong.  In my mind this blows for one reason: I now have zero motivation to check the Reds hot stove for the next couple months.  I appreciate the Reds newfound openness to the media, but I wouldn't have minded being strung along till pitchers & catchers in hopes of a new signing.

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Now we know why Gomes was 'stoked'

It’s because he’s just about guaranteed a roster spot. He’ll platoon in left with Dickerson and probably be the primary backup to Bruce in right. Oh no, I just had a vision….The Reds outfield against a “tough” lefty, like Cole Hamels or something….

LF Hairston
CF Taveras
RF Gomes

With Keppinger playing shortstop.

Ugh, not a good thought with which to start the day.

You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Jan 22, 2009 10:54 AM EST reply actions  

I think it's the smart way to

go right now. The economy just gets shittier by the minute – check out Fifth Third’s latest. I would rather the Reds play it ultra conservative this season and let other teams make any big moves.

"I'm standing at the plate thinking, Where are my hands? Where's this, where's that? Before I know it, the pitch is there and I'm completely out of rhythm." -
-- Adam Dunn

by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Jan 22, 2009 11:36 AM EST reply actions  

You think that's bad?

The London Telegraph just ran a quote that called my employer a “Dead Bank Walking”

Maybe I’ll get to meet Annie Savoy?

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

by "Red" Moskau on Jan 22, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

HSBC?

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jan 22, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Barclays

Good guess.

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

by "Red" Moskau on Jan 22, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions  

It's pretty scary

what’s happening to British banks. My best friend is trying to talk me into going to England with her in April. On the good side, the pound may reach parity with the dollar by then. On the bad side, they might be rioting in the streets like in Iceland. :-P

Our banks aren’t doing that much better. I gotta think this is going to affect sports. So many ballparks have banks in their names. Fifth Third Field, PNC Field. etc. Even the Yankees and the Cowboys are having trouble finding sponsors for their new facilities.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 22, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Don't forget the NY Mess

and Citi Field

(Are they gonna’ keep playing that annoying “Everybody clap your hands”?)

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

by "Red" Moskau on Jan 22, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Banks

Check out this graphic. It’s a comparison of market value, 2007 vs. now.

(If Blogger is blocking hot-linking, go in through the front door.)

HSBC isn’t doing too bad, but Barclays looks just as bad as RBS. And Citigroup is not looking so good, either.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 23, 2009 6:13 PM EST up reply actions  

You a horrible person

Instead of watching baseball why dont you just read the Wall Street Journal for entertainment

by Reynard on Jan 22, 2009 6:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Possibly

but I’ve been called worse by better

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

by "Red" Moskau on Jan 22, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions   2 recs

Is that?

The middle aged comeback version of “I`m rubber you`re glue”?

by Reynard on Jan 22, 2009 8:57 PM EST up reply actions  

why?

why whyw hyw is my reply not working

by Reynard on Jan 22, 2009 6:31 PM EST up reply actions  

it is working

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by BubbaFan on Jan 22, 2009 6:58 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Cramer

featured Fifth Third in his opening rant. He was pretty scathing.

Seems like only a couple of months ago that regional banks were pointed to as the bright spot in the banking industry.

Oh, wait, it was only a couple of months ago…

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by BubbaFan on Jan 22, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Michigan and Florida

are sloberknocking all the banks there.

I dont take Cramer too seriously, he’s entertainment fodder.

i dont care how hungry ive been i can always throw down applesauce

by obc2 on Jan 22, 2009 8:18 PM EST up reply actions  

I think he's annoying.

And they ripped off the name of his show from Seinfeld.

by Daedalus on Jan 23, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions  

and he's racist!

Made from 100% recycled awesome,

by chandrathan on Jan 23, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions  

well . . .

at least we only have about 13 months before ST 2010

by saboscork on Jan 22, 2009 7:22 PM EST reply actions  

Eh

World ends on December 21st 2012 anyway right?

by Reynard on Jan 22, 2009 8:58 PM EST up reply actions  

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