Update: HOLLIDAY A CARD 7yr/120 million, p178

[sighyoung]

Rumors, smoke, and innuendo.

Someone wake me when we have something a little more concrete.

Speaking of concrete, heyzeus' breakfast taco should be holding a press conference shortly.

The tweet I posted on the fate of that taco has mysteriously disappeared. Let the speculation commence.

Heard back from Ringolsby yet?

The tweet detailed the Orioles' offer of 10 years and $200 million for the breakfast taco.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Anyone pass a taco at the airport? I passed a stone once during a layover and man that was painful!

[StatmanCrothers]

Doc Holliday died of consumption and alcoholism at age 36.
Billie Holliday died of cirrhosis of the liver at age 44.
British crooner Michael Holliday died at age 38, of suicide after a mental breakdown.
Oscar-winning American Actress Judy Holliday died of cancer at age 43.

Matt Holliday will turn 30 in January. I don't like his life expectancy.

[Swirls]

That actually leads me to a question - if someone has a large contract and they pass away in the middle of it (i.e. DK), is the front office still on the hook for the money? Would it just go to his beneficiaries? Or would it void the contract? I know for a lot of major contracts the front office will take out insurance so that if the player is severely injured and misses years of it then they can recoup some of the lost money - I don't know if that holds true for if the player passes away.

Any thoughts?

I'm not trying to be a jackass or anything - I'm genuinely curious as to the answer.

[jim]

That actually leads me to a question - if someone has a large contract and they pass away in the middle of it (i.e. DK), is the front office still on the hook for the money? Would it just go to his beneficiaries? Or would it void the contract? I know for a lot of major contracts the front office will take out insurance so that if the player is severely injured and misses years of it then they can recoup some of the lost money - I don't know if that holds true for if the player passes away.

Any thoughts?

I'm not trying to be a jackass or anything - I'm genuinely curious as to the answer.

I don't know, but I like where you are going with this. Mo ... 8 years and load 'er up on the backend.

[cards2468]

That actually leads me to a question - if someone has a large contract and they pass away in the middle of it (i.e. DK), is the front office still on the hook for the money? Would it just go to his beneficiaries? Or would it void the contract? I know for a lot of major contracts the front office will take out insurance so that if the player is severely injured and misses years of it then they can recoup some of the lost money - I don't know if that holds true for if the player passes away.

Any thoughts?

I'm not trying to be a jackass or anything - I'm genuinely curious as to the answer.

the organization gets the contracts insured, especially for large contracts, that way if the player dies the insurance company will take care of it, and even in some instances where a player goes on a long period of time on the DL insurance will cover that time... that way when you're hurt and miss work, it doesn't hurt to miss work

I think some players teams have a hard time of getting insured, tho, like perhaps JD Drew would be tough to get his contract insured bc he's injured more often than most players

[Swirls]

And a contract pays you cash, which is just as good as money.

[picasso]

I know Lymon Bostock died shortly after signing a big contract with the Angels. Don't know the results.

[sighyoung]

I know Lymon Bostock died shortly after signing a big contract with the Angels. Don't know the results.

The Angels saved a bundle.

[Mary1966]