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About Halladay and Team Ownership...

The prospect of picking up Halladay for only one "rental" season sounds unappealing, and most of his suitors are obviously going to attempt to sign him to some sort of meaningful extension. This would seem to not apply to the Rays, which according to DRB are looking at winning in 2010 with Doc in the rotation. We couldn't offer him a reasonable extension compared to what he could be making, as the saying goes, but what if we made an unprecedented offer of partial team ownership along with a fair (but team-friendly) salary? Doc lives in the TB area and he has made it clear that he prefers training in FL, so he probably likes to play in Florida. Team ownership would incentivize performance and make a big splash, not to mention that if Doc is successful over a 4 year period, for example, he would receive a sizeable return on investment - right now, attendance can pretty much only improve, and with Doc we'd be looking at a cost-controlled rotation of Halladay/Shields/Niemann/Price/Davis or Hellickson, with depth in the minors to spare. If Doc would agree to a 3-year + option extension for say, $35 million, plus some ownership, why not?

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