Kershaw Is Great, But $300 Million Is Too Much, The Red Sox Are Going To The World Series!

Hello,

Rumors came out yesterday that the Dodgers had offered Clayton Kershaw a contract for $300 million dollars to virtually lock him down to being a lifetime Dodger. Do the Dodgers know how to negotiate? If it was me, I would start him out with a 8 year- $200 million dollar contract. That shows Kershaw the respect he deserves and also gives room for both sides to negotiate. I love Kershaw as much as the next Dodgers fan, but $300 million for one player? Are you kidding me, that's crazy? It's nice to have deep pockets, but that doesn't mean you need to overpay players. Look how well that's worked out for Jerry Jones- who's Cowboys are projected to be $31 million over the 2014 salary cap.

I liked that ESPN called the Kershaw offer an Arod type contract, yeah how well is that working out for the Yankees? At this point it's not working at all for the Yankees. Despite the lies of Brian Cashman, the Yankees are desperately hoping that Rodriguez gets suspended for at least one season. That would be a savings of $25 million for this season alone. Where else could you find a .244 hitting drama queen for that much money? Nearly anywhere. They could probably find 2 or 3 very good players for that kind of money and get those players without the drama.

I'm a little bit sad today that my Dodgers are no longer in the playoffs. They put up a valiant effort but ultimately lost to a team that frankly was better than them. The St. Louis Cardinals advanced to the World Series which starts Wednesday.

They'll be playing the Boston Red Sox, who dispatched of the Tigers last night. Boston eliminated the Tigers in 6 games last night, they were powered by Shane Victorino's clutch grand slam in the 7th inning. Koji Uehara came in and closed out the Tigers, getting his third save of the season. He has turned out to be a pretty good third choice reliever. With both Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Miller having season ending injuries, the Red Sox were quite lucky to have found Uehara. He's also the ALCS MVP.

I'll be cheering for Boston all the way, go Red Sox! With there not being another game until Wednesday I plan on writing a music blog tomorrow. I could write about the ineptness of the Cowboys and Jerry Jones. However I've become tired of writing that blog for so many years now.

themusicaddict