Official Offseason Thread...Around The Majors

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Originally Posted by waldo7239117

Phew ... the Cubs will not re-sign Ortiz, he signed with the Giants.

This is the part where you provide a source.

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This is from MLBTR:

Giants To Sign Ramon Ortiz: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

There's a Twitter link attached which is where I think Waldo got the information from a few minutes ago, but it isn't that hard to say where you heard it from.

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A.J. Burnett Rumors: Friday: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

I guess it's happening.

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Renderings of Citi Fields new Outfield walls







Should Be a lot more easy to hit HRs their now.

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Miami Marlins being inexplicably sued - CBSSports.com

Hey everybody, it's frivolous lawsuit time!

Apparently, back in February of 2008, there was some sort of awards banquet with an auction in Miami. Marlins president David Samson -- who doesn't own the team, mind you -- said the first item up for bid was the Marlins and he'd sell them for $10 million, seemingly as a joke. And a man said he'd bid the $10 million, which was surely seen by everyone in attendance as furthering the joke.

Instead, Omeranz and Landsma Corporation in Florida is now suing the Marlins, believing it bought the Marlins for $10 million and that the Marlins have breached contract. Seriously, here's the court filing PDF, via Sportinlaw.com.

Too many things annoy me about this. First of all, I understand it takes time to file lawsuits, but it's quite the coincidence that the lawsuit is filed now that the Marlins have their new home, a shiny new payroll -- with new free agents Jose Reyes, Heath Bell and Mark Buehrle -- a high-profile manager (Ozzie Guillen) and some solid young up-and-comers (Mike Stanton, Logan Morrison, etc.). Why wasn't this filed in 2010? It took more than two years to put together this case, when a nine-figure profit hangs in the balance (if the plaintiffs win the Marlins)?

It seems rather obvious the main intent is to get the Marlins to pay a lump sum settlement to make this go away as quickly as possible. Here's hoping Jeffrey Loria (the Marlins actual owner) refuses to do so and the court just throws this thing out. Not to get all preachy, but we don't need to start suing companies over jokes, especially when the person making the joke doesn't have the right to sell.

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Marlins should be sued for a great many things

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I'm gonna get my local homeless man to sell me the Cardinals for 10 bucks so I can relocate them to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Buster Olney ‏ @Buster_ESPN

Terrible luck for A.J. Burnett; out with a broken orbital bone around his right eye.

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That's one hell of a bad bunt.

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Via MLBTR...Phillies might not have Chase Utley for Opening Day and are also looking to upgrade their backup catcher.

Trade speculation?