Its About Time!!!

Finally, the Dbacks have wised up and signed Eric Byrnes to a contract extension. The deal was for $30 million over 3 years. We probably should have gave him more years and more money, but I guess just having Byrnes for 3 more years is what is important. Unlike most people who have never heard of Byrnes until the last couple of years, I have been a fan of his for a long time going back to the Oakland days. The thing that bothered me the most during this whole ordeal, which looked like it would never get done, was the fact that people said he didnt deserve the money and he was only a career .270 hitter. I wonder if these are the same people who begging and pleading that the Dbacks keep 37 year old .280 career hitter Luis Gonzalez. Luis Gonzalez was making $10 million a year and is at the end of his career, yet people(Im not one of them) wanted the Dbacks to keep him just because he was a fan favorite and because what he had done that one steroid induced season. So let me get this straight Dback fans, you would rather keep a guy who is 37 and no longer effective and severely overpaid, but you dont want to keep a guy who is 31 and since being an everyday player the last two years has lead the Dbacks in almost every offensive category? No wonder Phoenix is a horrible sports city, the people who actually go and watch the games are idiots, and us who actually know something about sports are the minority.