It would be nice, and perhaps by the time you see this reply he will
have. Three and a half hours to go, and he's still mulling his
decision the AP says. But I wonder, what makes you think the Yankees
aren't in the running? They've got the money, if he's willing to go
to the Mets, why not the city's other team?

--- In houstonsbrandofbaseball@yahoogroups.com, Jim Hekel
<jhekelcubs@y...> wrote:
> I don't believe the Yankees are in the running. It's a
> three team race between the Astros, Cubs and Mets. My
> gut feeling is that he resigns with Houston.
>
> jim in indiana
>
>
> --- texas_musician <texas_musician@y...> wrote:
>
> >
> > Astros: Final offer made to Beltran
> >
> > by Fanball Staff - Fanball.com
> > Friday, January 7, 2005
> >
> > News
> > The Astros made one last attempt to re-sign free
> > agent outfielder
> > Carlos Beltran on Thursday. "The offer on the table
> > is our final
> > offer,'' general manager Tim Purpura told the
> > Houston
> > Chronicle. "We're not interested in going any
> > higher.'' Beltran
> > rejected the Astros' arbitration offer so under
> > major league rules
> > their deadline to re-sign him is this Saturday at
> > 11:00 p.m. CST.
> > After that, the Astros wouldn't be allowed to sign
> > him until May 1.
> >
> > Views
> > Houston's final offer probably won't be enough to
> > land the biggest
> > prize of this winter's free agent market. It looks
> > like this race is
> > boiling down to two teams: the Mets and Yankees.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Updated on Thursday, Jan 6, 2005 10:38 pm EST
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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