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baseball#### did me a solid back in the day by hooking me up with an Andre Dawson autographed baseball. All he charged me was shipping and the cost of the ball. Still one of the best purchases I've ever made.

I got one for rubbing the NFC Championship Game victory in your face. Totally worth it.

1908 is long gone, too. Hasn't been here in ages.

NOMAAAHHHHHH!!! oh, wait.... THEEEOOOOOOOOO!!

Vance didn't post his cat crap pics again, did he?

In order to win your division I think you need to beat the teams in your division. I have no problem with 18 games a year with the Brewers, Cardinals, Pirates, and Reds.

Loving the even leagues and the interleague year round. And it's the Astros, so nothing of value was lost. Will this be in 2013 or will they quick move for next season and re-do the schedule for next year?

Please be true. I know it's probably the right move to give up a player like Jackson for Theo, but it just doesn't seem right to me to trade a player for a front office guy. I don't think trading one of our best prospects to release Theo from one year of his contract is necessarily the right move. I wouldn't mind trading them a B-level prospect or two, but if they want Cashner or Castro or Jackson they can forget it and we'll sign Theo next year.

I don't think Theo will back out if he's already agreed to terms. My concern is that the Red Sox will demand too much in compensation and we'll either pay it or the Sox will back out of negotiations.

After the Tampa game in 09, I haven't taken a single game for granted against any opponent. I'm not doing anything different with this one. Oh god, that game. :banghead: :banghead: Thankfully this one is at home, though.

I don't know if I want to take a chance on a 31 year old starter with two good years under his belt. Has he been good in his limited starting time? Absolutely? But enough for me to be comfortable as the highest bidder on a 4-5 year contract? Probably not.

Thinking about things critically, I'm confident he will come, but the Cubs fan in me is saying this is all an elaborate tease. Pretty much this for me. I'm certainly hopeful Theo comes to be our new GM, but I won't believe it until it actually happens.

This is correct.

This is a really bold prediction. Wow. FAIL on me. That was supposed to be Rays, btw. But it was wrong anyway.

Just die, baby?

I'm not going to believe Pujols will leave STL till it happens. Both the Yanks and Sawx are set at first base, and the Sawx are set at DH too. Neither are really in a position to bid on Pujols unless they also decide to make a trade. STL will offer Pujols somewhat close to what others offer and Pujols will probably just take it. Maybe - hopefully - I'm wrong. Please don't ever do that again.

I'm hoping for a Detroit (same reason, Verlander's the man) vs. Milwaukee WS. It'd probably be ignored in the ratings, but it'd be one hell of a series. Verlander possibly as many as 3 times vs. the Fielder/Braun duo would be sick to watch. Detroit also has great depth. Great offense, including one of the best hitters in baseball. Solid rotation including the best starter in baseball and a solid bullpen. Any word on if Delmon Young will miss any time because of injury?

I actually don't mind the Brewers. I liked them as a kid when they were in the AL and I've never really grown to dislike them. I'll root for the Tigers in the AL because I have a friend in Michigan who's a big Tigers fan, but if Texas wins it won't bother me a bit. Right now, my stance is "Anyone but the Cardinals." These playoffs have been amazing so far, and I hope it continues.

I hope not. If we hire Theo, I want him being the GM. Period. He can be "President and GM" if that's what they want to call it. Or call him President and don't have a GM. Whatever works. Just as long as he's the one assembling the team.

And now we're back to the line of thinking that makes no damn sense to me. You're trying to phrase it so it sounds like he's potentially doing something wrong...for getting money from writing a biography. It's not a slam job or an attempt to slander Payton. It's a documentation of his life and some of the things that happened in his life are "negative." The caveat of it being about a "a guy who can no longer defend himself" is clearly an effort to paint the writing and publishing of this book in a negative light and is a completely redundant and ridiculous thing to say. Again, most biographies are about dead people. Pointing out that this one is also about someone who is dead isn't a negative mark against Pearlman or the publishers, and if you think it is, well, quite frankly, you're wrong, and it's a wholly unrealistic expectation. Yes, I get that you don't want to read the book, and that's great. But stop trying to make it sound like the author did something wrong. Your line of thinking appears to be that because others do it, it's OK for Pearlman to as well. I disagree. There are levels of "wrong." I'm not saying Pearlman should be brought up on charges or anything. I am saying that I personally would never do something like this, and it definitely feels wrong/bad/not good -- whatever -- to me. So is it wrong because the author is revealing flaws in a person you admire? What if a biography comes out that would reveal something disparaging about a historical figure, like Abe Lincoln or Ben Franklin? Would that person be wrong for doing so? What about the person years ago who discovered Thomas Jefferson fathered children with a slave? Was that guy wrong for doing so?

One of the best arms I've ever seen on a catcher. I remember seeing him throw out runners while on his knees. He was also one of the ugliest mf'ers I've ever seen in baseball.

Oh god if Castro turns out to be a Cano-type hitter.... Tigers gotta work the count better though. That 9th against Rivera was disgusting.

Very few things make me happier than Yankees postseason losses.

God this is just an incredibly stupid non-statement. Well, is it factually incorrect? You DON'T have to. My point was that even though you may disagree with a lot of the things in the book or the motivation for writing it, there are enough people out there interested in the life of Walter Payton to make this book worth writing.

Well that settles that then. Better lock up Carlos Pena. He said that while Chicago is a great place to play, these guys want to win and are not going to want to wait around for any type of rebuilding process that could takes years. Which is absurd. This team doesn't need a multi-year rebuilding process. You're right. It doesn't. But that doesn't mean it won't happen. Unless we sign a really great GM, then I retract.