After getting totally frustrated playing Guitar Hero III with my son, I decide to take a look at some baseball stories on the web. I saw this one from the Minneapolis-Star Tribune on Johan Santana turning down a 5 yr/$96mil deal from the Twins. The story states that Santana is looking for a Barry Zito type deal of $126 mil for either 5 or 7 years. I don’t blame Santana and his agent Peter Greenberg for asking that much since Santana is a better pitcher than Zito but it looks like that price may be too rich for Carl Pohlad. Pohlad is so rich is shits out twenty dollar bills. Someone should explain to the eighty plus year old Pohlad, that his family will not be lining his coffin with his billions, so maybe with a new stadium on the way it would be wise to spend some dough on a dominant pitcher like Santana.

But hey, if not I’m sure the Skill Sets will spend the dough. In the article the writer says how the Mets drew a line in the sand on Zito and would go above $75 mil that’s true but there is a big difference between Zito and Santana. Santana is a bona fide ace a stopper something the Mets need desperately and you can bet that Omar will make his case to the Skill Sets that the $126 or $130 mil they spend on Santana will be well worth it.

I have come to the realization that when $iti Field opens  a middle class guy like me will not get to as many games as I did at Shea. With less seats the demand will skyrocket and with that the price of the ticket will as well. So that knocks out a lot of the real fans of the team. Figure every game could be like a postseason game when the corporate slobs grab all the tickets, leaving the great unwashed to watch on TV. So with the Skill Sets making money like Saudi Prince’s  let them spend the dough on talent or buying out non producers (yes you Carlos Delgado) What the hell, it ain’t our money.   

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