The unicorn to stay?

by mrfox on Oct 19, 2008 4:10 AM PDT Comment 24 comments

According to Susan Slusser Mark Ellis is to re-sign!

Unlike many of the team's prominent free agents in recent years, Mark Ellis will be staying in Oakland. The second baseman is set to sign a multiyear deal with the A's, and an announcement is expected in the next day or two.

It will be interesting to see the size/length of the contract and the impact it might have on the A's prospects particularly Cardenas

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AHHHHHH!

UNICORRNNNN YES YES YES!

by schmifty on Oct 19, 2008 7:02 AM PDT reply actions

I just read this at ESPN

Looks like we get ellis back. THis is huge, being that it would be a huge black hole next year. i wonder what we are going to do with all the 2b prospects we have been piling up?

"If people don't know who he is, they'd better turn on the television and check him out."

by jacobo2u on Oct 19, 2008 7:15 AM PDT reply actions

get rid of them somehow?

or convert them to different positions?

We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis

by #14fan on Oct 19, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay how exciting! Go Ellis!!!

by ilovegregsmith on Oct 19, 2008 7:26 AM PDT reply actions

Multiyear! That's terrific news!

by Englishmajor on Oct 19, 2008 7:57 AM PDT reply actions

Though he said it might be looking too far ahead, Ellis said, “To play in Oakland my whole career would be great. Not a lot of people get to do that in this game.”

by Englishmajor on Oct 19, 2008 7:59 AM PDT reply actions

no one gets to play in oakland their whole mlb career, unless it’s a REALLY short career.

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by xbhaskarx on Oct 19, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions

pessimist.

We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis

by #14fan on Oct 19, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Clearly you've never heard of Dick Green, or you think that KC isn't Oakland

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Oct 20, 2008 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's hope this deal goes better than Beane's other multiyear deals

also from Slusser’s article:

Instead, he will be just the third player in the Billy Beane era that the A’s have signed beyond his first free-agent season, joining outfielder Jermaine Dye, who got a three-year deal with an option year in 2002, and third baseman Eric Chavez, who signed a six-year, $66-million extension in 2004.

by OaklandSi on Oct 19, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations to a player who was as valuable as Derek Jeter was last year.

Yay!

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Oct 19, 2008 9:51 AM PDT reply actions

You have no sense of grit

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Oct 19, 2008 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Ellis has grit to burn. He reeks of grit.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Oct 20, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!

MY UNICORN IS STAYING!!!!!!!!!!!! {does happy dance}

We're in a team-wide funk. ~Mark Ellis

by #14fan on Oct 19, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions

Excellent

I can almost guarantee it’s for a $$ amount less than his true market value.

by CapgrasDelusion on Oct 19, 2008 10:25 AM PDT reply actions

Cardenas will move to SS or 3B

No worries there.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 19, 2008 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

Man this is good news!

And if anyone on this A’s team deserves some loyalty-reward, it is most certainly Mark Ellis. Thank you Billy………..we love you! And congrats to M.E.!
go A’s!!!!

by mrod on Oct 19, 2008 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

It's official, according to MLBTradeRumors.com

$5 mil next year, $6 mil the year after, and a $6 mil (i think club) option for the last year.

Apparently there are another couple million dollars in incentives.

by NateHST on Oct 19, 2008 4:47 PM PDT reply actions

This just made my day! I’m so excited to see Mark in green and gold for a little longer!

by justarebelheart on Oct 19, 2008 5:48 PM PDT reply actions

by Poppy on Oct 20, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I just realized that

“unicorn” is an anagram of “Nico run” – woo hoo!

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Oct 19, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions