<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: A-Rod &amp; the Miami Marlins: How Much of the $114 Million Would the Yankees Have to Eat?</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:42:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: RH12</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1796025</link> <dc:creator>RH12</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:16:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1796025</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Letting Ibanez hit at the end of Game 3 was hysterical, Leyland was at the top step of the dugout ready to make a pitching change since he assumed there’s no way Girardi would let a guy who can’t hit left-handed pitching stand in there to face Coke…shoulda consulted the binder there Joe&lt;/em&gt;Ibanez hit a game winning in the 12th inning against Brian Matusz, a lefthander, of Baltimore, Does that count?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Letting Ibanez hit at the end of Game 3 was hysterical, Leyland was at the top step of the dugout ready to make a pitching change since he assumed there’s no way Girardi would let a guy who can’t hit left-handed pitching stand in there to face Coke…shoulda consulted the binder there Joe</em></p><p>Ibanez hit a game winning in the 12th inning against Brian Matusz, a lefthander, of Baltimore, Does that count?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Diesel</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795660</link> <dc:creator>Diesel</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:35:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795660</guid> <description><![CDATA[Absolutely no way A-Rod breaks the HR record]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely no way A-Rod breaks the HR record</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: heldover</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795653</link> <dc:creator>heldover</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:25:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795653</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;he’ll reach the record of &lt;strike&gt;762&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strong&gt;755&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;FIXED.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>he’ll reach the record of <strike>762</strike> <strong>755</strong></em></p><p>FIXED.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Patrick Division</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795617</link> <dc:creator>Patrick Division</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:56:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795617</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Can we at least wait until the offseason to talk about this? There are actual meaningful baseball games taking place and all anybody wants to talk about is what’s going to happen to a bench player&lt;/blockquote&gt;You must be new here. There&#039;s never a bad time for rumor-mongering or bad-mouthing athletes and teams. And dong. 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Can we at least wait until the offseason to talk about this? There are actual meaningful baseball games taking place and all anybody wants to talk about is what’s going to happen to a bench player</p></blockquote><p>You must be new here. There&#8217;s never a bad time for rumor-mongering or bad-mouthing athletes and teams. And dong. 1/3 &#8211; 1/3 &#8211; 1/3.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sir Spicious</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795610</link> <dc:creator>Sir Spicious</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:52:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795610</guid> <description><![CDATA[TBL, you know he&#039;s one of the best players you will ever see, right?  A-Fraud and A-Roid make you sound like a jilted girlfriend.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TBL, you know he&#8217;s one of the best players you will ever see, right?  A-Fraud and A-Roid make you sound like a jilted girlfriend.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: cleet</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795608</link> <dc:creator>cleet</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:51:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795608</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;One of the things I liked about Citi field is that it was not a band box.&lt;/blockquote&gt;It isn&#039;t all that much more of one now.  I mean of course the Mets aren&#039;t hitting it out of the park, but opponents aren&#039;t either really.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>One of the things I liked about Citi field is that it was not a band box.</p></blockquote><p>It isn&#8217;t all that much more of one now.  I mean of course the Mets aren&#8217;t hitting it out of the park, but opponents aren&#8217;t either really.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: johndewar</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795606</link> <dc:creator>johndewar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:49:27 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795606</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I HATE that everyone wants bandboxes nowadays.&lt;/blockquote&gt;One of the things I liked about Citi field is that it was not a band box.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I HATE that everyone wants bandboxes nowadays.</p></blockquote><p>One of the things I liked about Citi field is that it was not a band box.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: phillymantis915</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795605</link> <dc:creator>phillymantis915</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:49:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795605</guid> <description><![CDATA[Correction, even Yankee stadium according to ESPN Park Factors is now neutral. Comerica is 9th, but I&#039;m sure that&#039;s because of Fielder/Miggy.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Correction, even Yankee stadium according to ESPN Park Factors is now neutral. Comerica is 9th, but I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s because of Fielder/Miggy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: johndewar</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795603</link> <dc:creator>johndewar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795603</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;That’s why I just pee on the ficus plant in the conference room.&lt;/blockquote&gt;You&#039;ve just saved your company money.  Now they don&#039;t have to hire anyone to water the plants.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That’s why I just pee on the ficus plant in the conference room.</p></blockquote><p>You&#8217;ve just saved your company money.  Now they don&#8217;t have to hire anyone to water the plants.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jayhawk88</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795604</link> <dc:creator>jayhawk88</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:48:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795604</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;But does Yankee ownership listen?&lt;/blockquote&gt;You get the feeling that Yankee ownership will sign off on whatever gets them back to the country club the quickest.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>But does Yankee ownership listen?</p></blockquote><p>You get the feeling that Yankee ownership will sign off on whatever gets them back to the country club the quickest.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: phillymantis915</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795600</link> <dc:creator>phillymantis915</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:46:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795600</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I HATE that everyone wants bandboxes nowadays. Offense sells tickets I guess. Remember when Fenway and Wrigley were (by far) the best offensive parks in the game?&lt;/blockquote&gt;Of the four teams in this CS, only the Yankees have a offensive-advantage park. The other 3 are either neutral or pitching parks.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I HATE that everyone wants bandboxes nowadays. Offense sells tickets I guess. Remember when Fenway and Wrigley were (by far) the best offensive parks in the game?</p></blockquote><p>Of the four teams in this CS, only the Yankees have a offensive-advantage park. The other 3 are either neutral or pitching parks.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795597</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:45:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795597</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Related: anyone else see where Seattle is being in its fences at Safeco?&lt;/blockquote&gt;Worked so well for the Mets this year.  Hadn&#039;t seen the news. How far are they bringing them in? No more Cy Youngs for King Felix?I HATE that everyone wants bandboxes nowadays. Offense sells tickets I guess. Remember when Fenway and Wrigley were (by far) the best offensive parks in the game?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Related: anyone else see where Seattle is being in its fences at Safeco?</p></blockquote><p>Worked so well for the Mets this year.  Hadn&#8217;t seen the news. How far are they bringing them in? No more Cy Youngs for King Felix?</p><p>I HATE that everyone wants bandboxes nowadays. Offense sells tickets I guess. Remember when Fenway and Wrigley were (by far) the best offensive parks in the game?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: The Wayne Fontes Safari</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795595</link> <dc:creator>The Wayne Fontes Safari</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:44:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795595</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt; Nothing worse than walking back to the office looking like someone just took a spray bottle to your crotch.&lt;/blockquote&gt;That&#039;s why I just pee on the ficus plant in the conference room.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> Nothing worse than walking back to the office looking like someone just took a spray bottle to your crotch.</p></blockquote><p>That&#8217;s why I just pee on the ficus plant in the conference room.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: phillymantis915</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795593</link> <dc:creator>phillymantis915</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:43:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795593</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Hmmm. Is that true? He’d be facing mostly right handed hitters, presumably avoiding the short porch in right field and playing into the big part of the ball park.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Buehrle periphals were all going in the wrong direction this year (HR/9, HR/FB &amp; BB/9), however his K/9 was up. This was in the easier league with a much better ballpark. His numbers against lefties were among the worse of his career this year. I wouldn&#039;t want that in Yankee stadium.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Hmmm. Is that true? He’d be facing mostly right handed hitters, presumably avoiding the short porch in right field and playing into the big part of the ball park.</p></blockquote><p>Buehrle periphals were all going in the wrong direction this year (HR/9, HR/FB &amp; BB/9), however his K/9 was up. This was in the easier league with a much better ballpark. His numbers against lefties were among the worse of his career this year. I wouldn&#8217;t want that in Yankee stadium.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RexKramerDangerSeeker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795588</link> <dc:creator>RexKramerDangerSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:41:27 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795588</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;If I’m Brian Cashman, I’m listening to whatever Miami is selling.&lt;/blockquote&gt; But does Yankee ownership listen?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If I’m Brian Cashman, I’m listening to whatever Miami is selling.</p></blockquote><p>But does Yankee ownership listen?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: somewhereoverthedwaynebowe</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-2/#comment-1795585</link> <dc:creator>somewhereoverthedwaynebowe</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:40:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795585</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marlins park is actually pretty cool. The neon green walls are a bit much, but everything else about that park is fantastic if you&#039;re just talking about the fan experience. I&#039;m sure that power hitters are annoyed with the deep fences though.Related: anyone else see where Seattle is being in its fences at Safeco? Haha. It&#039;s not the players.. It&#039;s been these damn dimensions all these years! ( Ignores that year they won 116 games in that park)]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marlins park is actually pretty cool. The neon green walls are a bit much, but everything else about that park is fantastic if you&#8217;re just talking about the fan experience. I&#8217;m sure that power hitters are annoyed with the deep fences though.</p><p>Related: anyone else see where Seattle is being in its fences at Safeco? Haha. It&#8217;s not the players.. It&#8217;s been these damn dimensions all these years! ( Ignores that year they won 116 games in that park)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Career High</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-1795584</link> <dc:creator>Career High</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:40:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795584</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Where I work this is an everyday occurrence and I think the same thing everyday. Bad aim or are men over confident on the size of their units that they stand too far back?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;The only logical reason I can think of is the threat of splash back.  Nothing worse than walking back to the office looking like someone just took a spray bottle to your crotch.Really though, adult men should already know where to shoot.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><br /><blockquote>Where I work this is an everyday occurrence and I think the same thing everyday. Bad aim or are men over confident on the size of their units that they stand too far back?</p></blockquote><p></em></p><p>The only logical reason I can think of is the threat of splash back.  Nothing worse than walking back to the office looking like someone just took a spray bottle to your crotch.</p><p>Really though, adult men should already know where to shoot.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: PeerLessPrices</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-1795582</link> <dc:creator>PeerLessPrices</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:39:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795582</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;It’s actually a really pretty park in person. Gorgeous from the outside, too. And it’s really, really simple&lt;/em&gt;Figured as much. From most of tv time, all you see is the outfield and even backstop just lacks, something.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>It’s actually a really pretty park in person. Gorgeous from the outside, too. And it’s really, really simple</em></p><p>Figured as much. From most of tv time, all you see is the outfield and even backstop just lacks, something.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: VladimirCrouton</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-1795580</link> <dc:creator>VladimirCrouton</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:39:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795580</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Can we at least wait until the offseason to talk about this? There are actual meaningful baseball games taking place and all anybody wants to talk about is what’s going to happen to a bench player&lt;/blockquote&gt;If the Yankees were up in this series. There would&#039;ve already been 3 or 4 posts on the ALCS today.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Can we at least wait until the offseason to talk about this? There are actual meaningful baseball games taking place and all anybody wants to talk about is what’s going to happen to a bench player</p></blockquote><p>If the Yankees were up in this series. There would&#8217;ve already been 3 or 4 posts on the ALCS today.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/10/18/a-rod-the-miami-marlins-how-much-of-the-114-million-would-the-yankees-have-to-eat/comment-page-1/#comment-1795577</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:38:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=215676#comment-1795577</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;As for the puddle of piss in front of the urinals, I’ve seen that in every office environment I’ve ever worked in. I’m convinced that people come to the office and act like pigs because they don’t have to clean it up.&lt;/em&gt;I find it so bizarre that I almost want to catch someone in the act of doing it just so I can judge them on the spot and they feel shamed about doing something worse than the average house cat.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>As for the puddle of piss in front of the urinals, I’ve seen that in every office environment I’ve ever worked in. I’m convinced that people come to the office and act like pigs because they don’t have to clean it up.</em></p><p>I find it so bizarre that I almost want to catch someone in the act of doing it just so I can judge them on the spot and they feel shamed about doing something worse than the average house cat.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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