Grab a stick and take one at bat against K-Rod and then pop off!!! Otherwise, give credit where credit is due. And you wake up! The Angels waited until the last year of K-Rod’s contract to do something. He’s been a star since day one. Once again look at what Tampa just did with Evan Longoria? The Rays are a small market team so they gave Longoria a lot of years and more money then usual for a young star but they sealed the deal on a lot of years! If Longoria reaches his full potential he will be a grossly underpaid Superstar but he will still feel good about the Rays because they stepped out in faith from the beginning. The Angels ought to take notes because they blew it with K-Rod.

He brought a much needed looseness & fun to the Dodgers. Turned a solemn and unproductive dugout into a fun place to be and a team with little success into one that believed they could achieve! The guy is hardly a cancer or a me player. Why do you think the Dodgers are so excited to sign him again? Because he’s cancerous or a good kick in the pants!

COuldn’t agree more with this statement. Manny is an arrogant a** who needs to stay far away from the Angels team. Big, BIG mistake to bring him on….. Keep Tex!!!!!

I’m not saying K-Rod deserves a ridiculous amount of money. But he deserves to get paid along with the other top closers in the game. The sad thing is the Angels could have headed off this stalemate in negotiations with K-Rod by paying him earlier in his career and locking him up for a lot more years for less. K-Rod wanted a longer and bigger contract before last year but the Angels did a wait and see? Now that they waited they got burned and will have to pay top market. Had they in good faith done something earlier like Tampa just did with Evan Longoria they would have kept the good sentiment between the parties. K-Rod was quoted earlier this season as saying something like, “I waited 6 years to get paid what’s a couple more months”? This was in regards to free agency. What he was really saying was why didn’t they lock me up earlier in good faith? Arte needs to take some responsibility here? But with K-Rod you have to be concerned about his loss in velocity last year? Is he breaking down?

What if K-Rod had 35 saves? Would that warrant the kind of money he’s asking? I doubt it. If the Angles spend the money saved on Anderson and K-Rod they might be able to swing deals for Tex and/or Manny. If you get enough runs on the board you won’t get into as many save situations.