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Wheelimus

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In case someone is left still capable of coherent sentences, I dug up this contact info for the radio station.

 

680 STUDIO: 808-KNBR

(to talk with show hosts on-air, from area codes

415, 408, 650, 510, 925 or 707)

 

FAX: (415) 995-6867

 

BUSINESS: (415) 995-6800

 

Free cellphone line for MetroPCS

subscribers in the Bay Area:

*KNBR (or *5627)

 

 

1050 STUDIO: 808-1050

(to talk with show hosts on-air, from area codes

415, 408, 650, 510, 925 or 707)

 

FAX: (415) 995-6867

 

BUSINESS: (415) 995-6800

 

Free cellphone line for MetroPCS

subscribers in the Bay Area:

*1050

 

 

KNBR WHINE LINE: (415) 995-6998

 

E-MAIL THE SPORTS LEADER

(click on the text links below)

 

General Questions: sports@knbr.com

 

Could probably just call them and ask if they made this report or not.

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Schmidt would be great, though I don't think he is a necessity. Most people seem to be thinking if Prior is healthy he will be a #4 or #5, which I don't really understand.

 

Either Prior is not healthy, makes a couple of starts with poor results and gets re-shelved, or he recovers and is good to great. I don't see him starting 25 games with mediocre results.

 

That said, I am not counting on a healthy season from Prior. Of course there is always the possiblity that Wood reenters the rotation mid-season if Dempster regains his form, but I'm not counting on that either.

 

I think there is a good chance that the #2 we are looking for is going to be Carlos Zambrano.

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Schmidt would be great, though I don't think he is a necessity. Most people seem to be thinking if Prior is healthy he will be a #4 or #5, which I don't really understand.

 

Either Prior is not healthy, makes a couple of starts with poor results and gets re-shelved, or he recovers and is good to great. I don't see him starting 25 games with mediocre results.

 

That said, I am not counting on a healthy season from Prior. Of course there is always the possiblity that Wood reenters the rotation mid-season if Dempster regains his form, but I'm not counting on that either.

 

I think there is a good chance that the #2 we are looking for is going to be Carlos Zambrano.

 

I dont think anyone thinks that if Prior is healthy he'll be the 4th or 5th best starter. Its just that most dont feel confident penciling him in as the #2 starter. But I agree, if he's healthy he'll be really good.

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The station made the report, but you have to take it context - Barbieri is a host, not a newscaster. Thus, the "FWIW" in my original post.

 

No one is more suspect of sports talk radio than me - in fact, Barbieri's show is the only one I listen to. But he's a pretty connected guy - pretty much the dean of local sports radio and very well-respected. I like him because he takes the view of an extremely knowledgeable fan. He went on fishing trips with Baker, but wasn't afraid to knock him when it was merited (in fact, that ended their friendship eventually - ironically due to Barbieri calling Dusty out for not taking criticism well). He likes Sabean and pretty much has him to himself interview-wise, but rips him when he deserves to be ripped. He generally only reports rumors when they're credible. When Dusty was rumored to be leaving SF after the '02 series Ralph had the story scooped every step of the way, from the departure to the terms of the Cubs' contract.

 

As for Robinson, Ralph always says he loves to talk to him becuase he's so "well-connected" in baseball circles (unlike his regular co-host Tom Tolbert, who pretty much knows nothing about the sport). Ted seemed to back up Barbieri's info on this deal. You have to understand - losing Schmidt to the Dodgers would be like losing Zambrano to the White Sox - in a Giants town, it's a big deal. They already lost out on Pierre to the Dodgers (lucky though that may be) so the Giants are smarting already.

 

So there you go. Is it fact? No - but a pretty credible source for hearsay. Again, the "FWIW". Barbieri is more often right than wrong on local stuff, so I suspect this is probably good info. We'll know soon enough.

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There is chatter about the report on the Dodgers Scout site...

 

Link? I'm far too lazy to go digging through a bunch of crap.

 

 

http://mb9.scout.com/flosangelesdodgersfrm1.showMessageRange?topicID=3775.topic&start=5881&stop=5887[/url]

 

The guy who made the post there has sixteen total posts. It could be a dubious source.

 

Well if he heard the story and Deeg heard the exact same story I think its a safe bet that it was an actual report.

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NorthsideAvenger

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There is chatter about the report on the Dodgers Scout site...

 

Link? I'm far too lazy to go digging through a bunch of crap.

 

 

http://mb9.scout.com/flosangelesdodgersfrm1.showMessageRange?topicID=3775.topic&start=5881&stop=5887[/url]

 

The guy who made the post there has sixteen total posts. It could be a dubious source.

 

Well if he heard the story and Deeg heard the exact same story I think its a safe bet that it was an actual report.

 

I'm not doubting anything, just yet....but all we have to go on in the "Schmidt" talk is what is said on the radio. Now, I won't be surprise if Schmidt indeeds signs with the Dodgers, but I'm confident when I say this.....before Schmidt signs with the Dodgers, Hendry is going to want to have atleast a conversation.

 

We're still in the "what I heard on a radio" theory. So right now...this is a preliminary report, and nothing is closed to being final, until we heard from MULITPLE sources (aka Rosenthal/Espn/Fox/ etc all pretty much saying the same thing). So, I take it right now that Schmidt is still a FA.

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There is chatter about the report on the Dodgers Scout site...

 

Link? I'm far too lazy to go digging through a bunch of crap.

 

 

http://mb9.scout.com/flosangelesdodgersfrm1.showMessageRange?topicID=3775.topic&start=5881&stop=5887[/url]

 

The guy who made the post there has sixteen total posts. It could be a dubious source.

 

Well if he heard the story and Deeg heard the exact same story I think its a safe bet that it was an actual report.

 

What, Pistol - you don't think I'd make up a story about a guy signing in Los Angeles and attribute it to a San Francisco source to piss off people in Chicago? Seems perfectly logical to me! :roll:

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Pistolcub42

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There is chatter about the report on the Dodgers Scout site...

 

Link? I'm far too lazy to go digging through a bunch of crap.

 

 

http://mb9.scout.com/flosangelesdodgersfrm1.showMessageRange?topicID=3775.topic&start=5881&stop=5887[/url]

 

The guy who made the post there has sixteen total posts. It could be a dubious source.

 

Well if he heard the story and Deeg heard the exact same story I think its a safe bet that it was an actual report.

 

What, Pistol - you don't think I'd make up a story about a guy signing in Los Angeles and attribute it to a San Francisco source to piss off people in Chicago? Seems perfectly logical to me! :roll:

 

 

Deegster, I'm sure ya got nothing better to do than plant this story all over the internet.... :P

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I'm not doubting anyone. But we also only have one source that it is close. It is likely true that the report was on the radio. But there is a liklihood that the "closeness" reported on the radio isn't all that close.

 

If Olney really is the source, one would expect it to be somewhere on the ESPN page.

 

Right now, it is mere speculation.

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I'm not doubting anyone. But we also only have one source that it is close. It is likely true that the report was on the radio. But there is a liklihood that the "closeness" reported on the radio isn't all that close.

 

If Olney really is the source, one would expect it to be somewhere on the ESPN page.

 

Right now, it is mere speculation.

 

That's good. I know it's unlikely that everything works out perfectly this offseason, but what kind of Cubs fan are you if you don't hope/dream? :wink:

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Frankly, if its going to take 4/$60 - which I would guess is about right - I'll be pleased if the Dodger report is true. Schmidt isn't nearly the pitcher he was a few years ago, and might regress a lot further in four years time.

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