Archive for November, 2006

Crazy Times - Crazy Contracts

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I’m not saying we could save you. But we could put you in a place where you could save yourself.
The Hold Steady
Following the first prolonged in season work stoppage in 1981 the off-season was highlighted by a plethora of signings that shook the baseball world, these include Reggie Jackson and George Foster signing with the […]

More Monday Minutia

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Most off-seasons are spent fixing holes in the roster, in the Reds case as mentioned earlier in the year one of the holes that would be addressed this off season would be the shortstop position, currently rumor has it that the “Bad” Alex Gonzalez was inking a contract with the Reds, perhaps it’s true and […]

Each Journey begins with a single step - 21st Century

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Today we’ll wrap up the single step series.
November 16, 2000
Traded Eddie Taubensee to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jim Brower and Robert Purgmire.
On September 8th of 2000 Taubensee had back surgery, the Reds held 500K buyout on his contract and a 1.8 million dollar option, they took the salary option oddly enough and dealt Taubensee to […]