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Oh man. I forgot about that quote. Hahaha.

Yeah that is for sure. I really don't get Anaheim. I don't think they have a game plan at all. They never gave McPherson, Kotchman, Morales, or Mathis 500 abs to see what they can/can't do. Yet they have no problem playing crap like Rob Quinlan, Darin Erstad, and to a lesser extent Chone Figgins everyday. Personally I would have kept Wood at SS. I mean McPherson was good enough they let a 25 year old Troy Glaus walk and then never gave him a shot. Why are any of us to believe they will ever give Wood a fair chance? Sorry for the rant. That Cabrera signing was horrible. Cabrera blocks Wood and Aybar. You could probably move either one of them or both to a different position, but why not just use Figgins at SS until one of these guys was ready? Another position you could put Aybar is in CF. With GMJ there for the next 5 years, what becomes of Aybar? Anaheim's gameplan hasn't been very good. I will agree with you on that.

He does K a lot. I haven't seen him in person, but I'd take a guy at SS with his ability all day long. Especially considering the mess we currently have at SS.

When Cameron Maybin has a 101 XBH season at age 20 in 134 games, I'll give Maybin the nod over Brandon Wood. Wood had 71 XBH's last year in 118 games in a bit of an off year at the plate.

You do know that they moved him to 3b because he's blocked at SS by Cabrera, right?

Wait, when did the Angels get Cameron Maybin? :D Wait, when did Cameron Maybin learn to play SS? :wink:

Just release a guy who is owed money for this year and next? Ain't happening. I'll have faith that Hendry can move him. He moved Todd Hundley. I don't remember who traded for what, but some team was willing to trade for Terrence Long a few years back and he had a somewhat comparable contract to Jacque Jones, and Jones is a far superior player than Long ever thought of being. Nevermind, I looked it up. Long was traded among three small market teams. While I don't see any of the above moves being made, Jones has value in trade. If not right now, a little farther down the line when some teams lose players to injury. How much longer is Juan Rivera out? If he is back anytime soon, I don't see LAA trading for Jones. Between Rivera, Anderson, GMJ and Vlady, they really have no need for another outfielder. If Rivera is going to miss significant time, then I suppose it's a possibility that they would have interest in Jones.

While I would love to have A-Rod, I'm thinking the better deal would be Santana and Wood. Wood is going to come very close to the production of A-Rod in the next year or two, and Santana is on his way to becoming an ace. Aramis, Wood, Patterson and Lee will be one of the best infields in baseball. An outfield of Soriano, Pie and Murton and eventually Colvin will make this team very exciting to watch. I just don't see LAA trading for Zambrano. He has no contract beyond this year and they'd be giving up the best prospect in baseball and a pitcher who could end up being as good or better than Zambrano, and a guy who they control for a few more years at a minimal cost compared to Zambrano. And if Zambrano doesn't get things straightened out soon, nobody will want him.

A 20 year old kid in the 21st century isn't ready to be a husband and a father. These are just two more added pressures to what is a very difficult time in someone's life. I watched a sports special on Josh Hamilton and it was very well done. Josh's parents traveled with him to every one of his minor league games until they got into a horrible car accident. It was at that time that he was alone for the first time in his life and made poor choices. He's paid for those choices. Addiction will never go away. He has to fight off the urges for the rest of his life. If he overcomes that, he will have overcome what most addicts never overcome. Many go right back to the source of what ruined their lives. Because they are addicted. I don't expect anyone to change their opinion of the guy, but I don't expect anyone to look down on me for hoping he overcomes addiction, keeps his family together and becomes a superstar major league baseball player. The guy is a top notch athlete that we all deserve to see play in the major leagues. What would really be unfortunate is if he never turned his life around and no teams took a chance on him and we never got to see him play. The Cubs certainly could have taken a chance on him, but I certainly understand why they wouldn't. First off, it would require looking into the future to know he would already have 5 home runs in his first 30 at bats. No one would have imagined he could do that, not even Cincinnati. What Cincinnati did have was room on their roster for a guy they felt they could stash away at the back of the bench for an entire season. If he got back on the "stuff", they could send him back to Tampa, where he probably would have been released to never be seen or heard from again. If he couldn't hit major league pitching, they could have offered him back to Tampa. If Tampa didn't want him back, then Cincinnati would have been free to send him down to the minors for more conditioning. I'd be shocked if he continued the success he's had so far. For a guy to have played as little as he has for such a long period of time while overcoming such a difficult addiction and repairing his relationships and continuing the success he's had so far would be an incredible accomplishment.

Yay. Recognizing and fixing problems as they happen. What a concept. You go Lou!

doubtful. They still produce far too few baserunners and make tons of silly mistakes, walk too many batters, and generally don't look too good. I do like Hill a lot though despite the above post. I would disagree. I think if the Cubs realize that Theriot and Derosa is the best 2b/SS combo, Zambrano gets on track, and we get any production from Prior/Wood, then we will be pretty good. Perfect, no..., but can we win our division, definitely yes. Yeah, I can't believe the slow start is a sign of things to come. This team will get it going. I can't explain the hot Aramis start, but I think a lot of the dominican/latin american players typically get off to slow starts in the cooler weather. This team as assembled is a division winning team. I think they just need to run off a string of wins to build a little extra confidence in themselves.

yes. nice job cursing felix hernandez Brian. Glad I could be of service. :P

My hitters are now hitting .050 on the day at 1-20 Ugh.

But hey, our fine glove shortstop sure is getting it done with the bat, eh? I believe he's below the Mendoza line now and looks more clueless up there than Jacque Jones, which is very hard to do.

I think I'll just take up drinking full time.

I hope Urlacher was paid $200,000 to wear the hat and drink the drink. He nets $100,000. :D

Huh? Here's another amazing factoid. JJ Putz has had zero save opportunities so far this year.

So are mine, even though they are actually playing. My hitters are 1-17 on the night.

I really liked hair metal, but wasn't a big fan of "Cherry Pie". Warrant's first album "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" is actually a pretty good album. "Cherry Pie" was not on that one. With that said, Nirvana was WAY better than Warrant dreamed of being. Totally different genres. Zambrano is not walking anyone today. :wink: "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" also had a VERY cool album cover. Hidden in different parts of a drawing of a very dirty rotten filthy stinking rich guy's mug shot are silhouettes of a woman's body.

funny since that is what a lot of people refer to the giants as - the gnats. the new rules help you as that event does not affect cain's score. I don't see how it would have affected his score differently under the old rules, unless you meant that he lost out on the chance at a win? I was browsing the stats and the pitching is in line with the offense. Halladay and Rollins are both neck and neck as my point leaders and it would be a strong argument which one of those guys has been more valuable so far this year. King Felix is another story. You may need to create special rules for that guy if he continues to dominate.

Matt Cain throws a gem with 7 innings pitched and 2 hits and 0 runs AT Colorado. He left the game with a 3-0 lead. Colorado wins 5-3. Have I mentioned that the Nats are not alone in their hunt to be the worst team in baseball? The Giants are jealous and want in on that action.

Thanks Juan.

It is quite possible I am the only one that is having issues with these rules. But, maybe I'm not. It doesn't appear as though everyone is posting in this thread or on Roadkill. Only 9 managers have voted on the poll. I'm having a real tough time understanding what rules are what and I've been here for over a year now. We have several other managers that haven't been around as long as I have. When I see I'm assuming that these are the only exceptions to the roster you can make. I'm probably not the only one assuming these things. Last week, Eric Gagne came off the DL on Friday. I didn't put him in my line up until Sunday night, because I didn't realize I could take a guy off my DL midweek and insert him in my line up. He would have been replacing a guy who was injured besides that (Jesse Crain). The problem here is that you have rules in one place, rules in another, rule changes somewhere else, discussion of changes to a rule that may or may not have been changed, rules changes that were changed again in another discussion that isn't even about rule changes, etc.... It would be convenient for everyone to have all the rules in one place for quick reference. I'm also still waiting for you to point out to me where I can find the discussion to allow daily pitching changes and no offensive changes. Why am I having a problem with this stuff? Week 1: My opponent added a free agent pitcher midweek and inserted him into his line up to collect points. Week 2: I had a guy on my DL who came off the DL and I wasn't aware that I could insert him into my line up midweek. Week 3: You state very clearly in the quote above what offensive roster moves are allowed, and proceed to make a roster move that isn't listed as a roster move that is allowed. I'm probably making a bigger deal out of this than I should, but I think I'm pointing out very valid concerns about what rules everyone is playing by. I'm just asking that the rules be clarified. If I've been around for over a year and still can't grasp what rules we are playing by, how do you think our Newbs must feel? Are they all aware that you could bring a DL player back into the line up midweek? Because I wasn't. Clarify the rules in one easy access thread.

Can you show me where it says during midweek you can take an offensive player out of your line up and insert someone who came off the DL? Because it doesn't say anything about it in the paragraph above.

Hey Juan. Why have you switched out an offensive player? I'm not aware of any injuries to the benched player.