Kaz Matsui is a Met!
2003: Kazuo Matsui, a Japanese seven-time All-Star shortstop, agrees to a three-year $20.1-million deal with the Mets. Twenty-eight year-old 'Little' Matsui hit .305 with 33 home runs while driving in 84 runs last season with the Seibu Lions.
A couple of trades and signings noted today in baseball history:
1982: In what will turn out to be a pair of unwise deals, the Yankees sign free-agent OF Steve Kemp to a 5-year contract, and trade OF Dave Collins, pitcher Mike Morgan, and minor leaguer Fred McGriff to the Blue Jays for P Dale Murray and minor leaguer Tom Dodd.
1992: The Braves sign free agent Cy Young Award and Gold Glove winner Greg Maddux to a 5-year contract, and then trade pitchers Charlie Leibrandt and Pat Gomez to the Rangers in exchange for 3B Jose Oliva. Leibrandt (15 - 7) saw his star fall in Atlanta when he gave up 11th-inning extra base hits in the 1992 World Series and the 1991 NLCS. Maddux, who turned down a $28.5 million contract extension in mid - season with the Cubs, signs for $28 million, $6 million less than the Yankees offered. (This One is for Mike Silva - Who says history can be repeating itself when it comes to CC Sabathia)
2000: At a Coors Field's press conference, the Rockies announce the signing of free-agent starting pitcher Mike Hampton to a eight-year, $123.8 million contract. The southpaw will compile a 21-28 during his two-year tenure with Colorado before pitching for the Braves in 2003 (He loved the schools).
Original Story:
http://www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2008/12/...
2003: Kazuo Matsui, a Japanese seven-time All-Star shortstop, agrees to a three-year $20.1-million deal with the Mets. Twenty-eight year-old 'Little' Matsui hit .305 with 33 home runs while driving in 84 runs last season with the Seibu Lions.
A couple of trades and signings noted today in baseball history:
1982: In what will turn out to be a pair of unwise deals, the Yankees sign free-agent OF Steve Kemp to a 5-year contract, and trade OF Dave Collins, pitcher Mike Morgan, and minor leaguer Fred McGriff to the Blue Jays for P Dale Murray and minor leaguer Tom Dodd.
1992: The Braves sign free agent Cy Young Award and Gold Glove winner Greg Maddux to a 5-year contract, and then trade pitchers Charlie Leibrandt and Pat Gomez to the Rangers in exchange for 3B Jose Oliva. Leibrandt (15 - 7) saw his star fall in Atlanta when he gave up 11th-inning extra base hits in the 1992 World Series and the 1991 NLCS. Maddux, who turned down a $28.5 million contract extension in mid - season with the Cubs, signs for $28 million, $6 million less than the Yankees offered. (This One is for Mike Silva - Who says history can be repeating itself when it comes to CC Sabathia)
2000: At a Coors Field's press conference, the Rockies announce the signing of free-agent starting pitcher Mike Hampton to a eight-year, $123.8 million contract. The southpaw will compile a 21-28 during his two-year tenure with Colorado before pitching for the Braves in 2003 (He loved the schools).
Original Story:
http://www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2008/12/...
