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I'm not sure why they started using that designation, but as far as you're concerned, the "-3" meaningless. Are you sure it doesnt say 212-3?

How much are we signing ARod for?

The Cubs should be favorites to go to the series because they have the best #2 and #3 starters and a #1 starter that can be utterly dominant and negate the other teams #1 starter. Additionally, they have a pretty good pen and a pretty good lineup. They don't have the best Ace, the best pen, nor the best lineup, but they do have depth and balance. All the other NL teams have glaring flaws, mostly #2, #3, and #4 SPs.

Interesting, they are planning on having the Cubs win at the DBacks game by winning their 3 games by 1 run each and having the DBacks score more runs overall in the series with a blowout in game 2. Pythagorean Karma...man those Redeye writers are smarter than I thought.

Man, its amazing what you guys remember from your dreams. I don't really remember anything specific from mine, but I do know that nearly every night for the last few weeks the cubs have been in my dreams somehow...including lastnight.

or if he lets Fontenot punch him in the face Amen. I don't want him anywhere near my team. Not even for free. Renteria was 3rd in the NL in OPS as a SS, Theriot was 3rd from the bottom (over 200 points lower). Its not like he raped your mother.

I don't think Wilson is going to get traded. First of all, Istzirius's (sp?) option is not going to be picked up. And, as for the flirting with trading Wilson to Detroit, I'd still like to know what was going on there. Supposedly, the Pirates asked for Monroe on top of everything else offered and the Tigers said 'No'. Then, a couple of weeks later the dfa Monroe. So, why was he a sticking point? The reality is that Wilson, while not an all-star, is still a pretty darn good short stop. He hit .296 this year, and he fields the ball very well, generally has a very good glove, decent range and quick hands. He makes around 7 mill per year. Guys who do that much better are going to get 12-13 mil a year. Depends if you are getting a 2004 or 2007 Jack Wilson, or if you are getting a 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, or 2006 Jack Wilson. Oddly enough, the majority of his bad years, hes slightly under eBABIP, and his good years hes right around it, so from an eBABIP perspective its not like he got really lucky in his good years. But with so much underperformance of eBABIP, maybe he just falls underneath it. Theres nothing really significantly different in his peripherals from year to year, quite weird.

Stay away. Even when hes good, hes not that amazingly great. Wrong side of 30, not that great defensively (anymore), one season since 2000 of OPS over 900...sounds like Alfonso Soriano (aww crap).

Ronny Woo Woo's cousin? Also...anyone....plz... an online clip of CSN's coverage. I know I was at the end of it. And apparently I was on CSN Sports Night too cause a friend called me and told me he saw me. That was a great phone call by the way: *phone rings* Roast: Hello Friend: YOU $%^&* SUCK. YOU'RE ON SPORTS NIGHT NOW!? Roast: hahahahahahhahaha Between me being on the front page of the Trib, and you being on Sportsnight, us NSBBers are finally getting the recognition that we deserve. Don't forget Vance in the 7th inning stretch competition. My vying for Derrek Lee's home run ball on Friday went from the coolest NSBB poster moment of the month to a distant third on coolest NSBB poster moments of the last 4 days pretty quickly. :) I was interviewed one on one by Gail Fischer in the bleacher box seats before the first pitch of the 2006 home opener... I was interviewed with a female Sox friend of mine at a cubs/sox game this year in the bleachers by Josh Mora on CSN...I said she was lucky that I was her friend.

Yeah well didn't BP predict the White Sox would have a terrible year this year? I didn't even see that one coming. So I'm going with BP on this one. If memory serves, they predicted the Sox to go 72-90. The Sox record? 72-90. Will Carroll wrote them a big F U yesterday.

16 intentional walks, compared to 4 this year. He and Zimmerman were the only two decent players on the Nats in 06. Also, there probably were a ton of unintentional intentional walks.

16 intentional walks, compared to 4 this year. He and Zimmerman were the only two decent players on the Nats in 06.

If the Mets blow it, it will be the 2nd biggest collape in baseball history. 500-1 odds. They had a 99.8% chance of making the playoffs on Sept 12th.

Does anyone think Hendry is smart enough and Coletti dumb enough to do Lee, Jones and Blanco for Kemp Loney and Martin. That would open up roughly $20 mil next year to sign Arod. Soriano LF DeRosa 2B Arod SS Ramirez 3B Kemp RF Loney 1B Martin/Soto C Pie CF Not too bad of a lineup. Heck, take Blanco and Martin out of it and it's still a great deal both short term( fixes salary situation to go after Arod) and long term, two great young players at lower salary. Plus the Dodgers get their coveted veteran leadership. Hendry could sell it as Lee for Kemp, with Jones and Loney throw ins to fill positions opened by the trade. No GM could be that dumb. I wouldn't wanna part with Lee, but if we could pull that off, it would go down as one of our one of our best trades this decade, right up there with Bobby Hill, Jose Hernandez and Matt Bruback for A-Ram and Lofton. While I don't disagree that Hendry wouldn't trade Lee, and I realize my post is complete daydreaming, I've seen GM's do things that make both sides of this seem like common sense. There's some pretty stupid people running baseball teams. Look at the example you used. Man, if DePo gets out of the NL West, I can see him trading an aging highly paid vet for someone in the Loney/Ethier/Kemp faction and taking out sweet sweet revenge on the Dodgers. This proposed trade is very similar to the Penny/Choi for LoDuca/Mota/Encarnacion deal.

The NL Central winner has about a 1/2 chance of getting out of the first round.

Our % of making the playoffs increased by nearly 4% yesterday. We now lead the NL at 89.84160%.

BP Interview

Wright ironically benefited greatly by Reyes struggling lately. They had a real chance at hurting each other in MPV voting a month or so ago.

Really? Huh. I submit that Pudge Rodriguez has much more of a defensive impact on a game than any second baseman in baseball. MUCH more. To be able to single handedly shut down the other team's running game is incredibly important. Pudge only gunned down 30.3% of runners, 9th in the game. I don't know where to get C-OBP, but if you simply divide SB attempts by Innings, Pudge is second best at 6.5%, but to Meph's point, the vast majority of catchers have a ratio around 7.5%. Kendall had by far the worst ratio at 11.5%. Pudge in comparison to Kendall, completely shuts down running games. But Meph is right, compared to the rest of the league, hes one of the best, but not far from the majority of catchers. The variance isn't that large (the majority of catchers were within 20% of his SB attempts/IP ratio). In previous years, you'd have a more valid point. Now, if you said Yadier Molina, you'd have a point. No one is within 20% of his SB attempts/IP ratio.

But do you think he'll want to come back as a backup?

Milton Bradley-OF- Padres Sep. 23 - 6:36 pm et Milton Bradley was ejected and left with a right leg injury in the eighth inning Sunday against the Rockies. This might be the most bizarre incident of the season. First, it wasn't clear at all what he was arguing about after he singled with the Padres down 6-1 in the eighth. It looked like the game would proceed without incident, but with a 1-2 count on the next batter, Bradley kept jawing with first-base ump Mike Winters and then he decided to go after him. The first base coach held him back initally, and manager Bud Black went out to restrain him. Black ended up having to almost throw him to the ground, and he collapsed to the ground holding his right hamstring. It looked like a serious injury, one that could keep him out if the Padres reach the playoffs. Scott Hairston would get the majority of the playing time in left field.

...and they are sold out. Sorry folks. Any details on SROs?

Most people have 30+ windows open on multiple computers.

AND he hit 313...thats amazing. If you look at the peripherals, they are really interesting. 363 BABIP, was really lucky, but if you look at his batted balls, its not SO unjustified. He had a high LD% of 21.9%, so his eBABIP just based on LD% is 339. But also look at his GB% of 41.9%, which is pretty high, and would account for a higher BABIP (more grounders go for hits than FB). BUT then you look at his FBs and even though they are a relatively low % (36.2), his HR/FB is an insane 39.5%. Hafner finished second last year at 30.2%. Howard is again first this year with 29.3% (AROD is second with 27.4%). If you look at 2005 players with over 300 ABs, guess who lead the league in HR/FB. Thats right, Ryan Howard (34.9%). Tony Clark and Wily Mo, were the only other players with over 300 ABs who were above 30%.

Better than facing Jay Bruce. Thanks Wayne, for being completely incompetent!!!!