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JulieAMAZING players coming right out of the As own excellent farm system, playing a year or two for the As,--and then, going to the highest bidder. Sometimes it seems like most of the best players in both leagues were originally As. It REALLY gets old...
Of course the players are demanding huge saleries, but then ALL players do. If you're going to run a baseball team, once in a while you have to shell out some big bucks. Otherwise, you can run a grocery store.
To change the subject only slightly, I've been told that the Mariners are owned by Japanese, and they are not about to let Ichero slip out....and: the Japanese players who are playing over here, to a man, turned down BIGGER OFFERS from Japan to stay there in order to play in the States.