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He never wanted to leave. Said he was always gunna give the Dodgers a chance to match an offer. This is my favorite player. I was really dreading him leaving. I'm relieved it's done. We got the
on the treasure for (hopefully) 4 years. I don't think Atlanta had a clue what Furcal really wanted. Said he was always gunna give the Dodgers a chance to match their offer. Sounds like the agent used at Atlanta a lil unethically. Told them to send an offer sheet, and then Furcal says (later) that he was always gunna let the Dodgers try to match it. It would appear his agents wanted to bait a 3-year-guaranteed offer from us. It's obvious he wanted to stay here. It wasn't that obvious during the last 4 or 5 weeks. Dodgers and Furcal pretty much used the A's and the Braves like their own personal ragdolls. Pretty interesting to see how both sides were playing games like a couple using other people to make the other jealous. Maybe this should be a lesson to teams that are both cheap, and not making the post. Most likely, a competitor with this much heart isn't gunna give a damn about playing for you. When he signed with us, it was like a horizontal move(neither his old, or his new team was any good.) Now you're expecting him to go to 2 tightwad teams that aren't making the post much? What would have been interesting is if the Braves had countered with a guaranteed 4 year/ 40 mil contract. Seems like as soon as Furcal's agent got a decent offer(at all) from the Dodgers, then he acted like he didn't know the Braves anymore. These 2(Furcal n' Kinzler) had a definite plan. When they hooked the Dodgers in, they weren't looking anywhere else. Maybe, Ralfy should stay away from Atlanta in 2009..LOL..NOT GUNNA BE PRETTY! This whole damn thing got ugly because this idiot signed Andruw last Winter. Now the owners are pssd off about it, and getting cheap, and it caused this whole p.r. flap for one of our best players. That's the big difference between a team like Boston and some others(they've got a lot better management.)