I was kind of surprised he signes with the Royals... but, yeah,
there's always the possibility of a trade.
I guess I'll be keeping my eye out for when the Angels play KC, and
maybe go to a game.

--- In markgrudzielanekfanclub@yahoogroups.com, grudz_girl
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> ITA, it is a shame that he signed with a
> "less-than-playoff-contention" team, BUT I just read (Rotoworld.com)
> that "Grudzy should have considerable value at the trade deadline". I
> guess they're implying that he could be traded to a team that's in a
> playoff race. Maybe he'll end up in the post season after all????
>
> I am also a Cardinals fan (from STL), but now live in Omaha. KC is
> closer to me than STL...and the Royals minor league team (Omaha
> Royals) is based here. I'm also hoping to get to a few games at
> Kauffman next season to see Mark play :)
>
> ~~Stephanie~~
>
>
>
> --- In markgrudzielanekfanclub@yahoogroups.com, Brianna Rickenbacker
> <scifigeek@g...> wrote:
> >
> > Just wanted to make sure everyone's heard - Mark signed with the
Royals
> > today. He reportedly got $4mil for 2006, with a $3mil option for
2007.
> >
> > It *sucks* that he's with a less-than-playoff-contention team, but
> if he had
> > to go at least it's close (for me). The Cards are my team, but I'm
> hoping
> > to get over there to see him some next year.
> >
> > ~Brianna
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>