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  <title>Dodgers now heavy favorites to acquire Wolf</title>
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          <body>Dodgers... NED... you **** morons... with Andruw off the books, you took off over $60 mill from last seasons payroll, and you do not have a #1 or #2 pitcher.  You have a 3,4,5... and crap.  Man up and go get Sheets and Manny.  How about turning into the Angles of the NL West and stop settingly for .500</body>
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        <quoted-text> Man up and go get Sheets and Manny. How about turning into the Angles of the NL West and stop settingly for .500</quoted-text>
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        <body>Wolf would be a good addition-  I liked him when he was in LA.  An innings eater with a decent ERA, not a No. 1 starter, but steady.  I, too, think the Dodgers should take a flyer and sign Sheets, although I can understand why Ned would be reluctant to sign another pitcher with a health history (see Jason Schmidt).  And, of course, the Dodgers WILL sign Manny once Boras comes to his senses.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-01-28T22:39:47-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>The Cardinals could use him, but they're too cheap and commited to a third place finish.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-01-28T20:29:01-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>as a dodger fan i agree with the direction of the team. we should of done it 2 years ago without albatross deals for schmidt 3yr./51mil. and jones 2yr./36 mil and a season pass to hometown buffet. play the kids(ethier, kemp, loney, martin, billingsly, kershaw, broxton etc..,) and plug in a couple of vets (wolf?,blake, furcal) to play until the kids(de jesus jr, mcdonald etc..,)  on the farm are ready. overspending on free agents every year would turn us into a mercenary type team like the yankees are now, a overpriced team that is doomed to fail. if you remember the yankees won while the core of the team was homegrown 1996-2001? since then nothing.</body>
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          <body>They've drawn 3.5 million for years and he's trying to turn them into a small market team, almost sounds like their going on the market.</body>
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        <quoted-text>almost sounds like their going on the market.</quoted-text>
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        <body>..well, he needs to pay for all the construction on the Stadium so he can sell the team (which the Stadium comes with) and make enough money to clear all the debt he incurred when he bought the team....</body>
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        <body>They've drawn 3.5 million for years and he's trying to turn them into a small market team, almost sounds like their going on the market.</body>
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        <body>Dodgers... NED... you **** morons... with Andruw off the books, you took off over $60 mill from last seasons payroll, and you do not have a #1 or #2 pitcher.  You have a 3,4,5... and crap.  Man up and go get Sheets and Manny.  How about turning into the Angles of the NL West and stop settingly for .500</body>
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        <body>LOL @ 315Livin!!!  You're right, i think 2 year $40 million plus incentives sounds better, but if they offer that, he'll probably take LA's offer because theirs is guaranteed money!!  Boras and Ramirez both need to realize we are in a recession and accept the Mets offer once they finally do offer it!!</body>
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        <body>Wasn't it reported a couple of days ago that the Astros pulled their offer to Wolf for economic reasons, and that Wolf didn't decline it?</body>
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        <body>Dodgers really should sign Wolf. I think he's gonna be a force this year, since its been one and half (or maybe it was two and a half) years since his Tommy John Surgery.</body>
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        <body>No reason to pay ManRam that much money.  Give him what he deserves, a shampoo bottle and one way ticket to the Australian League.</body>
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  <body>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/21681/randy-wolf-blog128.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Randy-wolf-blog128&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Randy Wolf has a 4.26 ERA over 10 seasons.&lt;br /&gt;AP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With &lt;strong&gt;Jon Garland&lt;/strong&gt; going today to the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers emerged as the heavy favorites to land free-agent lefthander &lt;strong&gt;Randy Wolf&lt;/strong&gt;. Both pitchers were being pursued by both NL West teams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wolf, a native of Canoga Park, a Los Angeles suburb, appears fairly likely to return for a one-year deal. He pitched for the Dodgers in 2007, going 9-6 with a 3.73 ERA. The Mets also showed some interest but appear focused on &lt;strong&gt;Oliver Perez&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wolf might have some regrets if he does sign a one-year contract, as he was reported to have turned down a lucrative three-year offer from the incumbent Astros that was reported to be anywhere between $22 million and $29 million -- though he took less to pitch for L.A. two years ago, as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wolf went 12-12 with a 4.30 ERA for the Padres and Astros last year.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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  <intro>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/21681/randy-wolf-blog128.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Randy-wolf-blog128&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Randy Wolf has a 4.26 ERA over 10 seasons.&lt;br /&gt;AP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;With &lt;strong&gt;Jon Garland&lt;/strong&gt; going today to the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers emerged as the heavy favorites to land free-agent lefthander &lt;strong&gt;Randy Wolf&lt;/strong&gt;. Both pitchers were being pursued by both NL West teams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wolf, a native of Canoga Park, a Los Angeles suburb, appears fairly likely to return for a one-year deal. He pitched for the Dodgers in 2007, going 9-6 with a 3.73 ERA. The Mets also showed some interest but appear focused on &lt;strong&gt;Oliver Perez&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wolf might have some regrets if he does sign a one-year contract, as he was reported to have turned down a lucrative three-year offer from the incumbent Astros that was reported to be anywhere between $22 million and $29 million -- though he took less to pitch for L.A. two years ago, as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wolf went 12-12 with a 4.30 ERA for the Padres and Astros last year.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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