Understood, Mr. Bismark. I'm sure all of those other, "special" things that Carrick does are worth the 18 million. Now, if you could remind me, what are those again?
posted by 27 at 11:28 AM on August 01, 2006
That's a ton of money to pay for two goals and six assists. That Van Nistelrooy money must've been burning a hole in Sir Alex's pocket.
posted by 27 at 11:52 PM on July 31, 2006
Seconding kyrilmitch_76's first paragraph. I can't believe this article was printed. Really, it's not much of a player-to-player comparison when you have to qualify the present-day Team USA player's summary with stuff like: "He doesn't quite have Ewing's offensive moves..." (well then, he ain't Ewing, is he?) "...not as good a defender as Stockton... but has the same mindset" (I play with Rec League players that have Stockton's mindset...For whatever the fuck that's worth...) That said, give a couple of these guys 10 years and the comparisons *might* be valid. I'm never buying Stoudamire as Barkley or Joe Johnson as Bird (give me a fucking break), but Wade could become Jordon and LeBron could evolve into Magic (but there's a long way to go in both of those cases). Unlikely at best though.
posted by 27 at 11:34 PM on July 27, 2006
In other news, the Minuteman Project is outraged and heading to Miller Park...
posted by 27 at 11:08 PM on July 27, 2006
Can you compare apples to oranges?
Bird in a landslide. Ortiz is just getting started and has a long way to go.
posted by 27 at 07:27 PM on August 02, 2006