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Cuban baseball star Kendry Morales defects to US
Topic Started: Aug 5 2004, 11:51 PM (92 Views)
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Cuban slugger Kendry Morales obtains Dominican residency, making him eligible for free-agent status

Cuban slugger Kendry Morales obtained residency in the Dominican Republic, making him eligible to negotiate a free-agent contract with a major league team, he said Thursday.

Morales, a 21-year-old switch-hitting outfielder and first baseman, left Cuba in June on a boat with 18 others, a few weeks before the wife of White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras defected.

Morales landed in Miami and was granted asylum in the United States. He later left for the Dominican Republic, where authorities granted him residency earlier this week.

The move allows him to avoid a special U.S. baseball draft for Cuban players that would have prevented him from negotiating contract terms. A Cuban player that acquires residency in a third country is eligible for free-agent status.


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I say we give him a 4yr/32 mil dollar deal with a no trade clause.
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Aug 6 2004, 12:07 AM
I say we give him a 4yr/32 mil dollar deal with a no trade clause.

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3yrs 15mil? Lets say he's really 23 years old, I could live with that. It all depends on if he does well in front of the scouts, but if he turns out to be anything good, he could be the Yankees' first baseman.
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Aug 6 2004, 02:36 AM
3yrs 15mil? Lets say he's really 23 years old, I could live with that. It all depends on if he does well in front of the scouts, but if he turns out to be anything good, he could be the Yankees' first baseman.

I'll pass.
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I found three articles that I've been reading that sound really good. He's supposed to be Cuba's most promising athlete. I'd give him a shot.
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Aug 6 2004, 02:54 AM
I found three articles that I've been reading that sound really good. He's supposed to be Cuba's most promising athlete. I'd give him a shot.

I thought that was Maels Rodriguez. Oh right that didn't work out.
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Yeah, but there had been reports that he had lost his velocity. When he has a try out everyone will see(well, the scouts will see) if he's any good.
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Aug 6 2004, 03:01 AM
Yeah, but there had been reports that he had lost his velocity. When he has a try out everyone will see(well, the scouts will see) if he's any good.

When Duque retires he should be a scout for us in South America. I trust him to scout latin talent a helluva lot more than Gordon Blakley. I bet Blakey is a fruitty vegeterian.
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the mets are reportedly interested in him!!! :ph34r:
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Maybe this is the real Morales? :serious:
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Aug 6 2004, 10:23 AM
Maybe this is the real Morales? :serious:

Vin's already walking around saying, "Kendry's my boy".
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3yrs 15mil? Lets say he's really 23 years old, I could live with that. It all depends on if he does well in front of the scouts, but if he turns out to be anything good, he could be the Yankees' first baseman.

I'll pass.

Agreed.

(This does not mean I am racist against Cubans.)
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Aug 6 2004, 10:56 AM
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Aug 6 2004, 02:48 AM
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Aug 6 2004, 02:36 AM
3yrs 15mil? Lets say he's really 23 years old, I could live with that. It all depends on if he does well in front of the scouts, but if he turns out to be anything good, he could be the Yankees' first baseman.

I'll pass.

Agreed.

(This does not mean I am racist against Cubans.)

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Aug 6 2004, 10:56 AM
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Aug 6 2004, 02:48 AM
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Aug 6 2004, 02:36 AM
3yrs 15mil? Lets say he's really 23 years old, I could live with that. It all depends on if he does well in front of the scouts, but if he turns out to be anything good, he could be the Yankees' first baseman.

I'll pass.

Agreed.

(This does not mean I am racist against Cubans.)

:lmao:
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Aug 6 2004, 12:07 AM
I say we give him a 4yr/32 mil dollar deal with a no trade clause.



:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Fu<k him. We don't need a bat anyway.
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