"Yo Owners!"


by: Don Groth

Suggestions for Major League Baseball Owners:

Hi Sports fans! I hope all of you are doing great out there! More and more pro-baseball teams are going to the lower salaries for players by promoting from the minor leagues to save money and become more profitable. For example; the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Pittsburg Pirates and Florida Marlins to name a few.

Here are my suggestions for some of the rest of the teams:

1)Baltimore Orioles; Cut Albert Belle, savings of $8.6 million!
2)Cincinnatti Reds; cut or trade Ken Griffey Jr. Savings of $75 million! The Reds will be paying Junior until 2024! WOW!
3)New York Mets; Mo "Bad Knee" Vaughn, savings of $40 million!
4)St. Louis Cardinals, closer, Jason Isringhausen, savings of $18 million.
5)N.Y. Yankees; Drew Henson, savings of $13.5 million! Henson was a better football player. He's only hitting .230 in the minors. The Houston Texans own his pro-football rights.
6)New York Mets again; catcher Mike Piazza, savings of $40 million! Mike should be traded to an American League team so he could finish his career as a DH and back-up catcher. This would also prolong his career.
7)Colorado Rockies; Greg Vaughn, savings of $6 million! Greg hit .163 last season and always leads his team in most strikeouts!
8) L.A. Dodgers; Andy Ashby, savings of $5.5 million! Andy is 1 and 4 with a 5.82 E.R.A.
9)S.F. Giants; Closer, Robb Nen. Rob had shoulder surgery, savings of $6 million/year! $15 million savings total!

Look for more and more teams in the future going this route of giving young players a chance ealier than normal. Result; saving a lot of money and making teams profitable again and creating new stars earlier than they would've before!

"Food for Thought": "It's not the size of the dog in a fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog!" Take care everyone! God Bless! Don


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Don Groth is a 45 yrs. old, x-minor league baseball player, Yankee A farm club, Ft Lauderdale, Fl. Still very active in playing baseball, softball and volleyball and coaching. Husband, father of 3, 2 girls(23 & 22) 1 boy, 18. He and Betty are loving life in too cold Minnesota. You can reach Don at; Don@boomerjournals.com