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[jdcurt2]

I down to go half.

Give it a day or two to see if anyone else wants in. If not I'll go half.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

King Felix is a bad....bad man *stephen a smith voice*

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

King Felix is a bad....bad man *stephen a smith voice*

 

[651akathepaul]

King Felix is a bad....bad man *stephen a smith voice*

I was seriously feeling a no-no tonight as early as it was, but frickin' Jaso...Of course, it's him to do it.

 

[kevin cleveland]

Brett Anderson is really good, too. It would be nice to see him throw a full season one time.

 

[rawex5]

Diamondbacks might be a problem this year.

 

[651akathepaul]

Anderson definitely has some filth.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

King Felix is a bad....bad man *stephen a smith voice*

I was seriously feeling a no-no tonight as early as it was, but frickin' Jaso...Of course, it's him to do it.

I love to watch him pitch. At least once year I go to his starts at the coliseum

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Felix is doing us dirty so far smh

Here at the game now, fans are still pumped though

 

[woody2626]

Give it a day or two to see if anyone else wants in. If not I'll go half.

I'm down to put in $43.33 for 3 ways

 

[651akathepaul]

Sounds like the energy is pretty good there.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Man...

My hope was that we'd be able to drive up his pitch count enough so that Felix would be gone by the 8th. He'll be in until the last inning :smh

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Mariners bullpen is going to blow a great start by King Felix

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

That was too close

 

[HIM]

I'm down to put in $43.33 for 3 ways

I'm in if there's room for a 4th.

Paws.


Missed the Angels opener today
Gonna miss the next two games

 

[kevin cleveland]

Eight of the 12 games today decided by two runs or less, two more by four (one was scoreless through eight), and two extra-inning affairs.

Pretty successful first full slate.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Felix is great.

Gonna be at the game tomorrow too, hopefully we win that one.

 

[davidme00]

WOW! What an Opening Day Game!

Dodgers v. Giants

...

Yankees lost though

 

[kevin cleveland]

@Buster_ESPN Jay Z is starting a sports rep agency, attached to CAA, and Robinson Cano will be its first client.

So... you land a top-five player as your first client, only after he fires the best agent alive?

Respect.

 

[shannonscrooks]

But how owns the Nets, isnt that a conflict of interest?

 

[macbk]

But how owns the Nets, isnt that a conflict of interest?

It will be if he gets involved with NBA players, which he plans on doing in the future. He'll have to get up his stake in the team if he does.

Thought it was a late April fools joke .

Robinson Cano hires Jay-Z
Updated: April 2, 2013, 11:31 AM ET
By Buster Olney and Darren Rovell | ESPN.com

New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, who is in the final season of a $57 million contract, has left agent Scott Boras to sign with a company founded by Jay-Z.

Roc Nation, an entertainment company founded by Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, announced Tuesday that it is getting into the sports representation business through a partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA). The company, which will be known as Roc Nation Sports, simultaneously announced that its first sports client is Cano.

"At this point in my career, I am ready to take a more active role in my endeavors on and off the field," Cano said in a statement. "I am confident that the pairing of Roc Nation Sports and CAA Sports will be essential in helping me accomplish my short- and long-term goals. I am making this important decision now so I can keep my focus on helping the Yankees succeed in 2013, while minimizing any distractions for me and my teammates."

It remains to be seen whether this alters the trajectory of Cano's talks with the Yankees, who have been trying to re-sign him. The Yankees made an offer to Cano earlier this winter, in dealing with Boras, but hadn't gained any traction in their talks, and when Boras clients get this close to free agency, they typically play out their contracts and test the market.

It's not as if the team negotiating for Cano is inexperienced, like the much-hyped partnership between Ricky Williams and rapper Master P's No Limit Sports, which resulted in one of the worst contracts in sports history. Cano will be represented by CAA Sports baseball group, which says it has negotiated $1.1 billion worth of deals, including four contracts that exceeded $100 million, in the last two years alone.

Sources say Jay-Z himself is planning to be a certified agent, first in baseball and eventually in basketball and football. In order to represent clients in basketball, he would have to give up his small share of the Brooklyn Nets.

Jay-Z has always had a love for sports, but his passion grew through the Nets ownership and his 40/40 high-end sports bar in New York, which over the last nine years has become a hang out for athletes.

The initial launch is with CAA, but Roc Nation Sports will be its own company. Roc Nation currently represents Rihanna, Shakira and Timbaland, among others.

Buster Olney is a senior MLB writer for ESPN The Magazine. Darren Rovell covers sports business for ESPN.

- http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/sto...-new-york-yankees-switching-scott-boras-jay-z

 

[mr marcus]

Damn wanted to see Hernandez shut y'all out...angels/reds should be a good one

they might make a small impact in the nba.....but jay won't do **** in mlb...I mean Cano was getting paid if Snooki was representing him

 

[samb]

I'm in if there's room for a 4th.

Paws.


Missed the Angels opener today
Gonna miss the next two games

I'm in there as a fifth if that's coo.. PayPal ready & def. ready for this baseball season.

 

[franco23x]

I'd be PayPal down too haha

 

[woody2626]

We'll figure it out this weekend. Give it a test run to figure out exactly how many people can be on it at once(as long as it's system only I don't think it'll be an issue)