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Comments on: If this blog had musical accompaniment, Paul Schaffer would be singing right now: Reader mail. http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: chris http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3982 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:59:53 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3982 MD: There's no rule, but the suspicion is that the Commish could have stepped in and ruled the bid a sham, and just reposted the player. A team like the jays couldn't pull off such a strategy w/o a much more delicate approach. MD:

There’s no rule, but the suspicion is that the Commish could have stepped in and ruled the bid a sham, and just reposted the player. A team like the jays couldn’t pull off such a strategy w/o a much more delicate approach.

]]> by: djslippyb http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3981 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:29:26 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3981 Hey Seth, I have a question. At first I thought the posting bid the Sox made for Matsuzaka was outrageous. The particular rational of Henry bidding $51,111,111 seemed like a "Price is Right" strategy. Upon further reflection I see the wisdom in bidding so high (essentially the bid is riskless) and now wonder why other teams didn't bid higher. For instance, why didn't the Blue Jays bid $100 million and then not sign Matsuzaka simply to keep him off the Yankees and Red Sox without having to pay a dime? Was there some rule that you had to make at least an effort to sign the player? How would this be enforceable? -md Hey Seth,

I have a question. At first I thought the posting bid the Sox made for Matsuzaka was outrageous. The particular rational of Henry bidding $51,111,111 seemed like a “Price is Right” strategy.

Upon further reflection I see the wisdom in bidding so high (essentially the bid is riskless) and now wonder why other teams didn’t bid higher. For instance, why didn’t the Blue Jays bid $100 million and then not sign Matsuzaka simply to keep him off the Yankees and Red Sox without having to pay a dime? Was there some rule that you had to make at least an effort to sign the player? How would this be enforceable?

-md

]]> by: Ogie Oglethorpe http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3972 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:22:47 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3972 Trading WMP is a possibility but he is the perfect insurance for Manny needing a day off or going down with an injury. I also think the Sox could be grooming him to be the starting LF two seasons from now. Trading WMP is a possibility but he is the perfect insurance for Manny needing a day off or going down with an injury. I also think the Sox could be grooming him to be the starting LF two seasons from now.

]]> by: chris http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3936 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:39:49 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/16/if-this-blog-had-musical-accompaniment-paul-schaffer-would-be-singing-right-now-reader-mail/#comment-3936 I found this on Dirt Dogs: a translation of <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2006/12/lost_in_transla.html" rel="nofollow">what Matsuzaka really said</a>. He sounds like a decent interview after all. I found this on Dirt Dogs: a translation of what Matsuzaka really said. He sounds like a decent interview after all.

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