Whatever happened to Ray Durham?

7 Responses to “Whatever happened to Ray Durham?”

1. Sports Tsar says:

   June 18, 2009 at 3:44 am

   The color scheme of the question marks suggests he can be bought on eBay. No reserve price!

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2. Seth says:

   June 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm

   It’s too bad that there continue to be players like Durham who are forced into retirement via a failed free agency.

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3. Conrad.TDI says:

   June 18, 2009 at 2:50 pm

   In an odd way, the change in baseball payroll structure looks a great deal like the NHL under their current salary cap collective bargaining agreement:

   Superstars get “theirs,” mid-level are still around, but young, cheap kids get pushed up too quickly to fill the slots older veterans used to fill.

   Not the best for either sport or the development and clubhouse disciplining of future stars.

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4. melissa says:

   June 18, 2009 at 3:30 pm

   Let me add the Cubs to your list of teams that could use Mr. Durham. For some unknown reason Jim Hendry gave Aaron Miles $5.5 million for 2 years. Miles is awful and he should be released yesterday. The Cubs should pick up Durham who could start at 2nd until Aramis Ramirez comes back at which time he could platoon at 2nd with Fontenot.

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5. Jake says:

   June 18, 2009 at 5:04 pm

   There’s some more guys we could add to this list. Where’s Jim Edmonds playing this year? What about Geoff Jenkins? I know he’s probably not starter-quality anymore, but Johnny Estrada has had some good years behind the plate. Odalis Perez could add depth to many rotations throughout the majors.

   There’s a whole glut of guys still on the free agent market that could be making an impact on the ML level.

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6. kensai says:

   June 19, 2009 at 5:57 am

   Kenny Lofton laughs at his plight.

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7. Goose says:

   June 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm

   The Twins could use him. Nick Punto is covering second base for them due to the failure of players like Matt Tolbert and Alexi Casilla there. While Brendan Harris is doing an admirable job at short-stop for the time being, and thoroughly deserves his place in the line-up full time due to his batting skills, perhaps it wouldn’t be a bad idea for the Twins to look into acquiring Durham?

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