The White Sox
took a gamble over the winter by signing 27-year old Cuban exile Jose Abreu to
a six-year, $68-million contract. So far,
it looks to be a steal for the Sox.
Abreu has set records for the most homers (10) and rbi’s (32) by a
rookie in the first month of the season.
The Cubs tried
to do the same thing with Kosuke Fukudome when they signed him to a four-year,
$48 million deal in 2008. That one was a
bust, and one the White Sox were lucky to avoid. They wanted the Japanese outfielder, but he
wanted to be the first Japanese player on the team he signed with; thank you,
Tadahito Iguchi, for choosing the Sox in 2005.
The point here is that teams gamble on talent all the time.
Except, that is,
if the talent belongs to a female. If
just a fraction of the money spent on free-agent busts went into developing
women baseball players, Cooperstown would be a lot more interesting place to
visit a few years down the line.
Oh, and rain has
washed out the last three games of my daughter’s college career.
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