Counsell turns down the Padres

by jbox on Nov 29, 2006 8:41 AM PST in News

This is how bad it's gotten, Counsell is turning us down.
UT:

As for who will play second base for the 2007 Padres, it won't be Craig Counsell, who yesterday backed out of a preliminary deal with San Diego and moved the Milwaukee Brewers onto his front burner, apparently because of family concerns.

No second rate, second basemen puts us on the back burner!

Counsell said he wanted to be closer to his family in Wisconsin. But then the Padres make a kinda strange comment:

However, a Padres official said that at a certain juncture, the club will pull a deal if an agent attempts to ?shake the money tree? after terms have been agreed upon. Meister told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that it was ?premature? to say a preliminary agreement had been reached. The Cleveland Indians also were deep in negotiations with Counsell, 36, who could choose Milwaukee as soon as today.

Was Counsell trying to shake the money tree? Good luck with that! Here in the Padres organization we like to save our money, for some player in the future who we will deem too expensive and decide to save our money again. The Padres are a miserable old Christmas miser like Ebenezer Scrooge. We need to be visited by three ghosts.

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Too funny!

Maybe he was reading some of the complimentary things we were observing about his posture here on GLB!

"...first the shit must always hit the (hard core) fan." - Nico, AN

by ABY on Nov 29, 2006 8:49 AM PST reply actions

Oh well

Let the Tony Graffanino era begin!

by Winfield's Ghost on Nov 29, 2006 8:59 AM PST reply actions

AGAIN

Why did we trade Barfield for some lugnuts and a used Zamboni battery?

by Russ @ Gaslamp Ball on Nov 29, 2006 9:04 AM PST reply actions

Kouzmanoff

Was just named mlb.com's Minor League Offensive Player of the Year.

by Wonko on Nov 29, 2006 2:06 PM PST up reply actions

OK

I am officially starting to not hate this trade so much. I certainly like his quote where he says he can only go 100% all the time. Reminds of the Caminiti/Giles mentality which I really do like in a player.

Christina

by Christina on Nov 29, 2006 3:50 PM PST up reply actions

One Speed, Full Speed

A former pro football player friend of mine likes to say, "One speed; full speed."

Good slogan.

by Enzo Hernandez on Nov 29, 2006 3:59 PM PST up reply actions

Counsell

just signed with the brew ha ha's.

"...first the shit must always hit the (hard core) fan." - Nico, AN

by ABY on Nov 29, 2006 9:40 AM PST reply actions

by Enzo Hernandez on Nov 29, 2006 1:06 PM PST reply actions

I was thinking...

the same thing. Couldnt have put it better myself. Seems the mentality is to save this year because salaries are inflated blah blah blah. Like they arent going to be next year?

35 million....

by Mikegedup on Nov 29, 2006 6:02 PM PST up reply actions