Archive for 23. July 2008

Childress Goes to Greece!

23. July 2008 by rich.

Josh Childress, a promising young talent who has played for the Atlanta Hawks his entire career thus far,  is following a slow moving trend, and heading overseas to play ball.  He has signed a three-year contract with Olympiakos of Greece.

It started slowly, and it has been both basketball and hockey.  The promise of tax-free money (or the team paying the taxes for you), has enticed some players to leave.  In the NBA the likes of Primoz Brezec, Juan Carlos Navarro, Carlos Delfino, and Bostjan Nachbar have already departed the NBA for greener pastures…Surely a trend the NBA would like to see fade fastly, like a fad…

Notes: No huge names have left the NBA yet, but of note, in the NHL, former Rangers Jaromir Jagr (now of the Avangard Omsk in the Continental Hockey League) and Martin Straka (now of the Czech team HC Lasselsberger Plzen) and former Islander Josef Vasicek (now of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League). Others have left recently, with these being the locals.

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Are you kidding me?

23. July 2008 by Glendo.

3 outs. All the bullpen needed to get was 3 outs. Instead they give up 6 runs on 5 hits. Another great Santana performance wasted. 3 outs man, 3 outs.

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Around the majors…

23. July 2008 by gchacko.

  • The Diamondbacks on Tuesday acquired righthander Jon Rauch from the Nationals for infielder Emilio Bonifacio, as reported by Yahoo.com.
  • The Astros acquired pitcher Randy Wolf from the Padres on Tuesday in exchange for minor leaguer Chad Reineke, according to an Associated Press report.
  • According to the Washington Timesthe Nationals signed shortstop Cristian Guzman to a two-year extension today.  The amount is not known yet.
  • According to Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun, Jay Gibbons is expected to sign a minor league deal with the Brewers.  He had been playing for the Long Island Ducks.
  • The Rockies and Braves will wait until right before the July 31st deadline to decide whether to trade Matt Holliday and Mark Teixeira.  The Rox have been more active calling around about Holliday, though.  Heyman notes that Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd has spoken to the Mets, Angels, Phillies, and other teams about him.  The Rockies are seven games out, while the Braves are six back.

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