Sunday, December 03, 2006
Winter Meetings
Starting tomorrow morning, Mickey & Company won't be the most entertaining thing in Disneyworld, Florida as the owners, general managers, and everybody remotely affiliated with Major League Baseball congregates for the Winter Meetings.
It's been a long time since an off-season has created as much excitement as this one has, and thus far it appears that endless rivers of cash that have been flowing into the coffers of free agents is just the tip of the iceberg.
Expect the next few days in Orlando to become a feeding frenzy of press and franchise posturing as the 2007 offseason continues to be much more interesting than the 200 MLB season. Keep checking your local team's blog and every baseball news site you can think of, as the rumors will keep piling on, flooding the internet and pushing reputable baseball news to the furthest backburner. Expect your favorite team to be bragging on top of the highest nosebleed seat about the amazing deals they made, or facing the press and explaining why your team didn't get a slice of this pie.
I just hope I can expect a baseball season starting in April that has been filled with the mystery, suspense, and intrigue that this off-season has produced thus far.
And I have a feeling that whether or not those hopes come true hinges directly on what Bill Stoneman and Arte Moreno can pull off in the next four days.
Here's hoping that, come Friday, every Angels fan has a smile so big that their cheeks will still be sore in August.
Here's hoping that whatever they pull off, whether we fans agree with it or not, turns out to be exactly what we need.
Here's hoping.
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Okay, here's a question, maybe you can write about this in an entry... I love the fact that the Angels hoard their good pitching prospects and haven't traded Santana, but every time I hear about a deal involving the Angels - for Tejada, Ramirez, etc. - talks always include Santana and, to a lesser extent - Scot Shields, too. So my question is, do you think they should keep all their young talent? Sometimes it doesn't pan out and they might be able to get more when prospects are high than when they don't pan out (is it too soon to give up on Dallas MacPherson?), but overall I love that we're dedicated to building from within and not turning into the dreaded Evil Empire - West Coast. That's what's killed us so many times in the past: bringing in players whose best years were behind them and paying top dollar for them...
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