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I think Chipper will stay with the Braves. While they may decline the option, I believe they will work out a deal to keep him in Atlanta. Granted he has reworked his current deal to save the Braves a TON of money, everything that is coming out pretty much leads one to believe that it ain't gonna happen this time around.

Theres a big difference between whining and gamesmanship. This is gamesmanship.

A better version of Bradley would be Chipper Jones. Doesn't look like the Braves are going to pick up his option. We'd have convince him to move back to the OF, but a really good shot at a WS might do that.

But doesn't Cuban have enough money to do the debt "sale" AND do whatever he wants with payroll?

Is this a serious post? The last sentence is the only one that's not absurd. They hit a high of 96%. Still thats missing the playoffs in about 1 in 20 sims. You go to a track for a day and a 20:1 will probably come in once.

God, sample size anyone? We aren't even talking about a month, we are talking about half a month.

I have a feeling none of this is really different from any other year.

Damn you reverse psychology...I looked.

Blech, I'll only be sitting in the 500 level for that game. :D

And I'll be sitting in the 200 level. \:D/

Wow, um, no. Look through the career leaders in PAs and find me a below average player. So then, to follow your logic, a player with a high amount of wins = an above average player, making the win statistic far from meaningless ? Yeah, that's missing the point. Yes players who accumulate a whole lot of PAs in their career are going to turn out to be good players because nobody's going to run a bad player out there that often. Players who accumulate a lot of wins in their career are going to turn out to be good players because nobody's going to run a bad pitcher out there that often. Let me know next time somebody cites PAs as proof that somebody's good. aka selection bias

The truly tragic thing for Brewers fans is that they could have played the fourth game of the Philly series on Monday. If they had, Sabathia would have gone, and the Brewers would likely still be 2 games up right now. But due to Ned, they decided to save CC for the Cubs series, and are now tied with Philly, who has by far the easier schedule from here on out. So in an attempt to catch the Cubs (which wasn't going to happen anyway), Yost may well have cost the Brewers the WC. Now if the Cubs sweep or take 2 of 3 from the Crew with Philly headed to Atlanta, Milwaukee's season may be all but over. Well done. Did the Brewers really have a choice as to whether or not they wanted a doubleheader or extend the series AT Philadelphia? That sounds odd to me. And do you think it would have been a good idea for them to give up their travel day, a day of rest, before the cubs series, so they could line up Sabathia? I find it hard to believe they actually had that choice. I also don't really disagree with trying to give his players an extra day of rest for the stretch run.

I'd go Z, Dempster, Harden. Then you can get to the WS riding only those 3 and even if you go to the max in every series, only Z and Dempster would have to go on 3 days rest (Z once in the DS, Dempster once in the CS). That way Harden will never have to go on short rest.

BP's odds report puts it at 0.76578%. On 9/6 it was over 18%. On 9/9 it was just under 11%.

There is a feature right in the middle of the page. It was the lead story on Sportscenter lastnight.

braves angels yanks giants rangers I don't think that the Yankees or Rangers have any starting pitching they could afford to trade away. Both would seem to more be in market for pitching help in the offseason than a one dimensional power hitter. I don't see how the Rangers can be included in that group. They are desparate for pitching. FYI, they have one of the best farm systems. They also have a 22-year old, left-handed hitting corner infielder in Chris Davis they could plug in at 1B regularly next year if they don't decide to use him at 3B. Not sure what Blalock's contract situation is, but he's an option for 1B, as well. I can't see them giving up much, if anything, for Prince Fielder. If they're going to use prospects in trades, it will be for pitching. Davis can play third, first, and DH all at the same time?!?!?!? Listen, I didn't say that the Rangers absolutely should trade for Prince, what I said is they could be a possibility. Wow. Lighten up, man. I didn't say he would play all those at once, nor did I even imply it. What I'm saying is they already have options at first base for 2009. When you factor in the dismal state of their pitching staff, it would make sense that they would aggressively seek out pitching for next year. Offense is the least of their worries. Does that mean they won't go after Fielder? Of course not, GMs have done dumber things than that. However, their resources would be best utilized going after pitching. I would probably take the Braves off the list, too, since they went out and got Kotchman already. Fielder's a better player, but Kotchman was a big part of the Teixeira deal. My guess is that they'll give him a full season at least. I love it when people say "lighten up" on message boards. Like you picture me sitting here slamming my keyboard into my desk, screaming that you just don't get where I'm coming from. Was it the "?!?!?!?" that pushed it over the edge? You implied that they had no use for Prince Fielder because of Chris Davis. But what you apparently fail to realize is that Hank Blalock is no lock to return with his 6.2M club option and poor health, similarly Milton Bradley is no lock to be resigned. That leaves multiple open positions (1B and DH) for Prince even taking Chris Davis into consideration. Yes, a bigger concern for them should be pitching rather than hitting, but that will all depend on how they view the pitching FA market vs trade market. Additionally, given their catching situation and minor league surplus, they have the chips to get both Prince and upgrade their staff. And its only a month, but Kotchman's 597 OPS probably isn't going to inspire a lot of hope for the Braves.

not that the cubs have been playing great, but those are the highest they've been all year, i think. actually, i think they got up to 99.9 something 99.82572 was the highest (8/30)...until today :)

A lot of the problem is with the inner workings of the stadium. It would be possible to "fix" Wrigley but it might be more cost efficient to build a new one. Plus "relatively quickly" would be at least one lost season.

I forgot to look, but doesn't comcast have all cubs games on demand (channel 999?)? Although because this wasn't a regularly scheduled game they might not have this one up. Anyone at home with comcast care to check?

Ed Wade

The guy in whose locker Zambrano wrote "CATCH THIS" in celebratory urine. Celebratory Urine would be a GREAT band name.

braves angels yanks giants rangers I don't think that the Yankees or Rangers have any starting pitching they could afford to trade away. Both would seem to more be in market for pitching help in the offseason than a one dimensional power hitter. I don't see how the Rangers can be included in that group. They are desparate for pitching. FYI, they have one of the best farm systems. They also have a 22-year old, left-handed hitting corner infielder in Chris Davis they could plug in at 1B regularly next year if they don't decide to use him at 3B. Not sure what Blalock's contract situation is, but he's an option for 1B, as well. I can't see them giving up much, if anything, for Prince Fielder. If they're going to use prospects in trades, it will be for pitching. Davis can play third, first, and DH all at the same time?!?!?!? Listen, I didn't say that the Rangers absolutely should trade for Prince, what I said is they could be a possibility.

I submit to you, one, Albert F. Pujols. 4th place. 78-71 after losing 5 in a row...

:rotfl: Wow, I could almost understand it if that letter was from when they hired Dusty. But it's from this month. How can they possibly still use this as a selling point? Entering today he was at .523, and if he stays with the Reds much longer he'll go under .500 for his career (105 games over entering today). Even if he stays on for the last two years of his contract and loses 100 games those years, he wouldn't fall under .500. If you lose 100, that means you won 62. Over the next two years, that's a net of -76 games, leaving him another 29 to go. He'd have to lose every game for the rest of this year, then lose 100 twice to get down to .500. He'll have to get extended by Cincy to fall under .500 with them, which is pretty unlikely.The record he built up before coming to Chicago was absurdly out-of-wack for what he actually is as a manager. People who care about managers W-L record make people who care about pitchers W-L record look like Stephen Hawking.

Please Please Please do not play roulette.