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Re: Jeff Weaver signs a one-year deal with the Angels <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-2105">2105</a>]</b>
2/16/06, 8:53am
>I liked him when he was on the Dodgers. He was sort of
>regarded as the Ace of the staff, which is scary. He was above
>average, and now the Dodgers have Tomko to carry on the
>mediocrity. I did like Weaver's long hair, however. Saw him
>pitch against Oswalt in Houston last year. Lots of Dodger fans
>in Houston, btw. I thought I would be the only one wearing a
>Dodgers cap, but there were lots of others. Anyways, I am glad
>for Weaver that he will be staying in SoCal. Would seem out of
>place anywhere else.

Welcome to the board, squanto.

I did some quick research on Weaver from his player card, trying to find information to justify my opinion that Weaver wasn't THAT bad last year.  I couldn't find much.

I don't know what it is, but EVERYTIME I saw Weaver pitch last year, he looked great.

I might pass it off as playing on a hurting, depressing team.  For some reason, I think that this guy has a career year coming (and it just might be this year).

Still, $8.4 million is WAY too much to pay, considering what he did last year (which surprised me).  There were some very bad games thrown, there...

Weaver's Player Card:
<b><i><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?playerId=4039" target="_blank">http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?playe<BR>rId=4039<BR></a></i></b>

[Reedster from Sylmar/CA]
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