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Is it worth giving up three prospects for a one-year rental?

Yup. In addition, I bet if his mechanics were not right, he wouldn't be such a jerk and refuse to change them. (sarcasm)

I'm a fan of getting good players without overpaying. Thats what we need.

No, not really

YES!

Thank you defense. Who is next in line to return punts? Azumah? Vasher?

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

lets stop them and force a FG attempt please

We should never let facts get in the way of a good argument. Agreed. Lets just agree with whatever sportswriters/broadcasters say.

Ok so who should he have signed? Beltan? Lowe? Pavano? Let's face it, last offseason looked promising on paper, but most of them have been busts. And expensive busts at that. I'm d#$@ grateful we didn't get tied down to someone who can't hold their weight now. EDIT: I'm sure glad we got rid of Sosa somehow though. He would have been a nightmare in RF this year. Let Walker walk and sign Kent... Let Nomar walk and sign Eckstein. Deal off Sosa and sign Dye instead of Burnitz and the Cubs offence would have been quite good. Howevah, I'm sure most were thrilled w/ bringing back Walker and Nomar last offseason. Yet they want to nitpick once things don't pan and disregard that their boys (Walker & Nomar) were the big reasons for failure. It's funny that they want to bring both back too! Having the worst OF was probably a bigger reason. Also having a manager who doesnt play the best players nor can put a consistent lineup together didnt help anything. So Hendry was supposed to deal off Patterson and not give DuBois a shot?? I recall that many were content w/ giving DuBois a shot in LF, as part of a platoon. Unfortunately, DuBois & Holla flopped big time. Also, there weren't many options for RF. There was Drew, who they didn't have the money for and who only played 72 games. There was Sosa, who some on this board wanted back. There was Burnitz, who had a better season than Sosa. There was Dye, who was coming off a .793 ops season w/ Oakland. Contrary to nitpicking history, the pickings for RF were slim. Not really, they wanted Dubois as the full-time LF. I don't remember anyone clamoring for a platoon.

He throws both

You're the one saying that Pierre distracts pitchers. Where's the proof? And again you've completely missed the point about injuries. Hairston when healthy is Pierre's equal, yet no one is looking at his production and sees "leadoff man extraordinaire, if only he could stay healthy". Who cares about "when healthy." He rarely is, which is the bigger point. No, because the point isn't that Hairston would be a better option. The point is that nobody has suggested that Hairston, when healthy, would be a good leadoff option. So why is Pierre, a similar hitter, considered a good one? Let me ask you this directly. If Jerry Hairston could stay healthy and put up numbers in line with what he has done for the past four years, would you consider him the answer to our leadoff problems? If Mookie Wilson was still 28, I'd want him. Sorry, I'm not playing fantasy baseball w/ you guys, and if someone is going to give me a .350 obp leading off they better be pretty fast. Hairston isn't that player. He might get hurt on his way to second. It's a simple yes or no question. Do you consider yourselve "above" answering it? You couldn't tell that my answer's no? Well, then, good. Then you'd agree that Pierre isn't a viable option either. Cmon man. YOu should be able to tell that I was saying that Pierre's a viable option even though his obp over the past 3 years and his career (.350-355) aren't stellar. He's viable cause he's really fast, and he gets on base at a good clip. Anaheim, CWS, Houston, St. Louis, Atlanta have done well w/out stellar obpers. They'd done well because of their great pitching, not because they have guys with speed in their lineups. Anaheim, CWS, and Houston didn't have good offenses this year, why use them as an example?

Hopefully they'll improve that crappy arm of his

If Bruce Miles says that we wouldn't trade Rich Hill for Adam Dunn straight up, what makes us think he'd trade Hill and Patterson for Pierre?

I think I could have hit that pitch out, what a horrible throw It'll be hard to overcome Clemens and Oswalt though

Didn't Hendry say he would have called up Pie in an interview with Len and Bob towards the end of the year?

Bulls start in November.

No way man, at least his .276 BA isn't a soft one.

Say Yes to Dunn (and No to Navin)

I think Navin has shown how he celebrates in his new avatar

Why would we give up Novoa and Williams for a centerfielder in his 40's?

Poor kid gets applause then boos...

Aardsma in

Still no score...

pretty much the bottomline there