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Travis Hafner from 2009-12 and the four-year, $56 million deal ($14 million AAV) to which the White Sox signed Adam Dunn last offseason. Red Sox GM Ben Cherington and Ortiz’s agent, Fernando Cuza , met in the Vinoy Hotel (where the
2007 season, covering 2008-09; at the time he signed that contract, Sheffield was still primarily a position player Adam Dunn , White Sox : 4 years, $56 million ($14 million AAV) - signed after 2010 season; Dunn had been a first baseman
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relatively how dollar figures. Even when it comes to the one player who inked a significant deal to be a DH, Chicago's Adam Dunn , the man who signed him ( White Sox GM Kenny Williams) insists he wasn't brought in solely as a DH. Ortiz is solely a
GM to target anything close to a full-time DH on the free agent market was the White Sox ' Kenny Williams, who inked Adam Dunn to a four-year, $56 million deal in early December of last year. And while Williams insists the plan was to have
Sox : In an offseason where they appear to be trying to shed payroll, they are stuck with three remaining seasons of Adam Dunn ’s four-year, $52 million contract. VERDICT: Not happening. Royals: Kansas City already has a DH for 2012 and
That was far more than the $13 million a year over four seasons conferred upon a perennial 40-home run hitter such as Adam Dunn (prior to his disastrous 2011). The sport is placing a premium on players whose athleticism allows them to contribute
tilt more dramatically to DH (with a few games at first base) as his contract progresses. --The initial returns on Adam Dunn ’s four-year, $56 million deal with the White Sox likely have been terrifying for Chicago. The 31-year-old has
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eighth-best in all of baseball, the market for designated hitters has taken a downturn in recent years. The White Sox' Adam Dunn 's four-year, $56 million marked the last significant deal for a full-time DH (although White Sox' general manager
White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf after several of his moves as GM have not worked out recently, most notably bringing in Adam Dunn in the offseason, who is hitting just .159 with 11 home runs this season. The White Sox will miss the playoffs for the third
The Nationals, they signed Jayson Werth and he wasn't worth the money that they paid for him. The White Sox got Adam Dunn and he's got 161 strikeouts. And then we got Crawford, and we overpaid for Crawford. That was a lot of money that
explained Beltre, who is hitting .276 with 20 homers and carries a .823 OPS. “Look at [Jayson] Werth. Look at [ Adam ] Dunn . It’s always the first one. When you sign a contract like those in a city where they expect a lot of things from you
Crawford still has a ways to go, as his .168 average against lefties might suggest. (Only four left-handed hitters – Adam Dunn , Carlos Pena, David DeJesus, Jason Heyward – are worse against southpaws this season.) But for the outfielder, it’s a much
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Jim Callis of Baseball America joins Minor Details to look at his publication's ranking of the top 30 prospects in the Red Sox farm system. This year's rankings featured dramatic changes, particularly among the top 10 prospects in the system, and Callis explores what that means for the Red Sox going forward -- not only in terms of the state of their farm system, but also from the standpoint of the team's ability to make trades and build its roster in 2012 and beyond.
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Merloni listen in to some of the highlights from the Randy Moss U Stream experience where he said he was coming back to the NFL, talked about Myra Kraft, and Tom Brady's legacy.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
We play the soundbite from the NFL Network from Super Bowl 46 where Bill Belichick is telling his defense 'this is still a Cruz and Nicks game'. The Patriots of course were then burned by Mario Manningham on the Giants game-winning drive. We discuss whether it was the right decision or not.
Glenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
We talk about Tim Thomas refusing to speak to reporters about his political ramblings on Facebook, and about whether or not this is a media driven controversy, or a genuine distraction for Thomas' Bruins teammates.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey talks to some Patriots fans who are still looking at the loss and breaking down what went wrong but are also looking to the future for the franchise.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Live from Hurricane's... not Cocaine's which is where Oil Can Boyd wanted to be broadcasting from. Plus the Cranky Yankee Bitch reaches her tipping point.
Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
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More from this showHeidi chats with D&C to talk about the Project Cupid Date Auction she will be participating in this Saturday in Boston.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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