tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post5947119004327744292..comments2024-02-13T12:15:22.447-05:00Comments on Off Hiatus Baseball: Goodbye and Good Luck to you, Jean SeguraTony Lehmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05204647806905827474noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-21528006506579527082016-02-01T18:46:18.853-05:002016-02-01T18:46:18.853-05:00I'm right there with you, although I never PC&...I'm right there with you, although I never PC'd Segura I did pick up some nice autos of his, of course they were cheap though. I have a feeling when the dust settles this spring Lucroy will be gone as well and Braun will be the old man on the team. I probably won't even recognize the team, but after last year that's probably a good thing. It'll be interesting to see if all the moves Sterns has made pay off. And you'll never have to worry about me competing for those printing plates I'm too cheap and I've concentrated my team collecting to base sets, until I get caught up in that. Great post by the way. cynicalbuddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459221069829023793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-7173181940046247912016-02-01T13:01:06.413-05:002016-02-01T13:01:06.413-05:00With the change in free agent compensation -- with...With the change in free agent compensation -- with having to offer arbitration, essentially, to get a draft pick -- more teams are embracing the idea that paying another team half the guy's salary or throwing in a higher end prospect just to get him off the roster is worth it. <br /><br />With Braun, I suppose it's possible that he could be traded if he starts out hot. I doubt it, though, with his steroid background and the five more years remaining on his contract to take him to the age of 37. For Lucroy, well, if they don't think he'd be worth keeping to work with the young pitching staff, then they need to trade him soon.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-61312622971352407562016-02-01T12:58:28.037-05:002016-02-01T12:58:28.037-05:00Thanks, man. I agree -- I hope that the return we ...Thanks, man. I agree -- I hope that the return we got will help return the team to winning in the future. Perhaps the team can flip Aaron Hill after he has a monster first two months of the year.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-72023561749174515782016-02-01T12:57:39.587-05:002016-02-01T12:57:39.587-05:00It's funny how, as kids, we follow everything ...It's funny how, as kids, we follow everything and everyone. It would be nice to have that kind of time again.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-73153031821528271362016-02-01T12:57:14.639-05:002016-02-01T12:57:14.639-05:00I have to be honest -- this trade was a relief to ...I have to be honest -- this trade was a relief to me. Segura was such a negative in the lineup, yet I felt compelled to keep him as a PC as long as he was on the team in hopes that he'd develop. Now that he's gone, I can cut bait too.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-4497399580683855222016-02-01T12:56:25.410-05:002016-02-01T12:56:25.410-05:00I have thought about drawing that line with a few ...I have thought about drawing that line with a few player collections. The line I've drawn is between all the parallels and autos and relics and the base cards from major releases. It keeps me happier and more sane that way.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-59579278776084314842016-02-01T12:55:20.125-05:002016-02-01T12:55:20.125-05:00You can always hope that Pineda becomes a lifer. N...You can always hope that Pineda becomes a lifer. Never know -- it could happen!Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-75309245836896086072016-02-01T08:43:08.590-05:002016-02-01T08:43:08.590-05:00It seems like baseball is becoming more and more l...It seems like baseball is becoming more and more like the NBA in that these old expiring contracts are getting traded. Guys like Swisher, Bourne, Arroyo and now Hill. <br /><br />After what Segura went through I was hoping he could turn it around. I'm not really sure what the Dbacks are thinking, but it seems like a really good deal for the Brewers. Now all they need is for Braun to have a really good first half and to find the right deal for Lucroy. BobWalkthePlankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011292576523365641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-86110039652052005052016-01-31T21:46:18.068-05:002016-01-31T21:46:18.068-05:00That's a nice Segura collection, dude. I just...That's a nice Segura collection, dude. I just hope that his departure will play a part in the Brew Crew being competitive a few years down the road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-24907011133714402122016-01-31T20:08:48.544-05:002016-01-31T20:08:48.544-05:00I haven't followed Hill since he left Toronto....I haven't followed Hill since he left Toronto. <br /><br />I know what you're saying though. There was a time I'd digest everything baseball related. Now it seems I'm more interested in the Jays first.. Mike Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423029196949506523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-64503094994173130412016-01-31T15:52:18.262-05:002016-01-31T15:52:18.262-05:00I really only stuck with a player collection once,...I really only stuck with a player collection once, when I decided to collect Gary Carter cards back in the 1980s. I went back and got all of his Expos cards, and of course I wanted all of his Mets cards. But when he left for L.A., San Francisco, and a "farewell year" in Montreal, I kept getting his cards anyway. I only stopped when he retired... and I have very little interest in his post-career cards, whether they show him as a Met or an Expo.<br /><br />I can't imagine trying to be a player collector in the age of a million serial-numbered parallels and overpriced autograph and relic cards.Paul Hadsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886355050567035004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-61607974883962401842016-01-31T13:35:45.818-05:002016-01-31T13:35:45.818-05:00Being a player collector of a current guy is tough...Being a player collector of a current guy is tough. I've already decided that when Pineda leaves the Yanks I'll be done collecting him. The Lost Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281282785351456790noreply@blogger.com