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I'm speechless. Way to ruin my day. This whole thing better be that we are trading for Peavy, giving up Marshall and keeping Vitters and Heilman is replacing Marshall. Then MAYBE that wouldn't be so bad. Someone please make good Jim come back, not bad Jim who keeps destroying a winning team and replacing it with strange spare parts.

there was nothing fun or super about the Roberts thread Oh i disagree, I think from a retrospective standpoint its futility was quite hilarious.

Can we just unlock the other thread and merge this? They both keep getting sidetracked (and will no matter what is done) and we could atleast have the fun of having one Roberts style super thread again...go back to seeing if we can beat last years thread.

Don't get your hopes up too much. There was information he shared with mods that gave me the impression he may want to hold off on sharing that info beyond Friday. But, that's just my take. He may spill the beans tonight. Personally I hope he doesn't give it up tonight. While I don't post much, i read almost everything (including every page of this thread). From what i have read, he seems pretty reputable and I don't recall him ever just having spread rumors around. He seemed afraid that him telling may hurt the Cubs chances, so whatever it is, I think we should just respect his wishes (including those few that keep harassing him about it despite him being nice enough share what he can). DonnieD...buddy, i hope your right, but remember, no need to prove everyone right this minute. We can all wait until the time is right. And (assuming you are being truthful), thanks for sharing, I know I appreciate it.

Psh, I would cheer too if a player we released came up to try to save the game for the other team.

I got a better idea. What about Bonds? He is a free agent and is a better hitter the Griffey. He also would probably be very cheap and looking for a one year contract. Yes his defense is poor, but Fukudome and Soriano are more then fast enough to play CF and cheat over a little. And his bat more then makes up for any defensive shortcomings. I HATE the idea of Bonds in a cubs uniform, and I think the man did do some things that he should be punished for. However, in terms of playing baseball, he didn't do anything different then many other players. I probably should duck now...

Amazing. Maybe I am missing something here, but isn't this the whole principle behind the BABIP stat? I know strike outs don't hurt you any more then a regular out, so that part is a little foolish, and it is quite amazing he didn't realize the struggles.

I personally hope ESPN gives that story some coverage. I think Alou is just trying to get the blame off of the poor guy. I still to this day meet people who blame all of 2003 on him and entirely forget about Gonzalez or the rest of the poor decisions made in that infamous inning.

Happy 300! First post in this one, yet I have read just about every page of this thread...so pathetic. And we can't lock this thread. What happens midseason when this trade is brought back up again? Can we unlock it then? At 200 i thought this thread was dying. If this is brought up again, i believe we can reach 400 :good:

That was my first reaction as well. Tough call on which one is actually THE fat drunk.

Hendry is not done tinkeling? Does this mean that Hendry is going to sign Alou again?

Without turning this into a Sosa thread, Sosa was never convicted nor had as close a connection with Tejada that Palmero had.

It's been a month since the release of the Mitchell report, and i find it interesting no one is mentioning the fact that Raffael Palmero was not mentioned in the report. This has only been made more interesting by the fact that Tejada was mentioned, and now is under investigation for lying to federal agents. Looking at the facts: Palmero was never expected to have the power he developed Palmero left baseball after his failed test for steroids. Palmero accused Tejada of giving him a shot of B12 that was not B12...turns out Tejada did do steroids. Palmero was investigated for perjury charges, none which stuck because of lack of evidence. Now i know the Mitchell report is not comprehensive and did not go into details of all past users. But you would think that someone who was investigated for lying to congress would be mentioned...after all, Bonds and Giambi (not that Giambi lied to congress) are both in the report. Does this give any support to Palmero, or are the odds still stacked against him? Personally, i think he did do steroids. He never was suppose to hit for the power he gained, and the odds that Tejada gave him a bad shot are pretty slim. The timing of Palmero's failed test is interesting though. You would think that Palmero would be extra careful about what he put into his body after the congressional hearing. Any thoughts?

Viagra is still legal in MLB? I mentioned this earlier...i find it very interesting that Tejada is on the list and that Raffy isn't.

What is really interesting: Raphael Palmeiro is not on the list, but Miguel Tejada is.