Yankees Sign Texiera

Slightly off topic here but this has been bugging me lately. Where did the term "hot stove" come from? I was a pretty big baseball fan back in the day and I never remember hearing it back then. Is it something new?

yup baseball needs a salary cap BAD. im an Os fan and what really pisses me off is that the NYC kids already have arod, jeter, rivera and others to look up to, they dont need Tex. while Os kids have nick "lets get drunk n screw" markakis. that scumbag asked my girl to go home with him, she didnt but one of her friends came home and found nick banging his girl. the last thing bmore guys needs is money bags markakis trying to steal our girls.

the yanks and what they are doing to baseball might just kill the sport for any young fan not in NYC or boston.

go skins!

LOL! I'm sorry your girl's friend was cheated on, but I can't help laughing at your nickname for him. Too funny. And with his new $66M contract, he'll be around Baltimore for 6 more years taking chicks home from the bar.

Slightly off topic here but this has been bugging me lately. Where did the term "hot stove" come from? I was a pretty big baseball fan back in the day and I never remember hearing it back then. Is it something new?
Hot stove league - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_stove)
The Hot Stove League is a baseball-related term, referring to the off-season. Therefore, it is not actually a "league", but the term instead calls up images of baseball fans, anxious for the start of the new season, gathering around a hot stove during the cold winter months discussing their favorite baseball teams.

I didn't know what it meant either, so I looked it up. I had heard the term many times before, but never bothered to learn.

Yeah I've looked it up before too, I guess it's an old term I just don't recall ever hearing it until the past few years.

When are the Nats going to spend some money? Nevertheless, I think they're going about it the right way. i stand behind them now more than ever...they tried to get Texiera, but he chose the Yankees.

when is anybody gonna spend some money besides the NYY?

the MLB FA market is just like everything else in this country right now.
Pettite originally turned down a 10 Mil 1 year deal, now he has to settle for a 1 year 5 mil because he misplayed the market like most of the good talent available.
any other year these guys would have been signed already...
Manny Ramirez
Bobby Abreu
Orlando Hudson (a great fit for your Nats JLEE)
Orlando Cabrera
Ben Sheets (even w/injury risk)
Juan Cruz

its crazy.

I think it's a case of teams not wanting to spend top dollar for guys, and the longer these guys wait, the less money there will be for them. The Yankees are the exception in this economy, but I really don't see any decent money being thrown at anyone else left except Manny.