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  1. BigbadB
    A coup is getting a gold-glove shortstop for an aging pitcher with an 82 mph fastball. Viva la Hendry! That is awsome! :D :D That is awesome, but should be tossed in there somewhere in case Hendry is watching. :D
  2. BigbadB
    Who is Vernon Wells' agent?
  3. BigbadB
    I'm not interested in Ward, but would definitely like to see Church.
  4. BigbadB
    It can't be ruled out altogether, but it's certainly much more difficult for the Cubs to get A-Rod than many other teams if A-Rod is truly on the market. The Cubs would need to send all their top prospects to the Marlins, Dontrelle Willis would have to go the Yankees, with A-Rod to the Cubs. That's about the only way it happens.
  5. BigbadB
    Even with new management, Tampa always asks for way too much in return for their players. My prediction is Baldelli and Crawford will still be Rays next year and Upton won't have a job. They can't go super cheap all the time. Baldelli and Crawford are no longer super cheap. And because they are no longer super cheap, their value is no longer two frontline starters with 3 or 4 cheap years ahead of them. I'd love to have either guy, but it's definitely not worth overspending to get them.
  6. BigbadB
    The White Sox are in a much better position than the Cubs to land A-Rod. What do we have to offer that could beat the White Sox offers. The Sox have a good 3b prospect. We don't. The Sox have a solid pitching core, the Cubs do not. As much as I'd love to see A-Rod in a Cub uniform, I'm afraid it would take a 3rd team to make something work, and even then I'm not sure we would have the prospects to offer that other teams have. The Angels seem like the best trade partner for A-Rod, or possibly even the Dodgers. Penny, LaRoche, Loney would suit the Yankees nicely. A 1b, a 3b and a starting pitcher. Furcal, Nomar, Kent and A-Rod in the infield. :shock:
  7. BigbadB
    If he was 28, I'd be all for it. However, his best years are way behind him.
  8. BigbadB
    Good post. The order in which I evaluate the pitching talent available this offseason is: Schmidt, Jennings, Westbrook, Padilla, Suppan, Lilly, Meche, Batista I don't have an issue with Lilly if he's considered a 4th or 5th starter and they still plan on getting one of the top 3 in that list, preferably Schmidt. If Hendry is grooming him as his big signing, the pitching staff is in big trouble.
  9. BigbadB
    The extended year takes a ton of the talent that would normally be available this year and bumps them to next year, would be my best guess.
  10. BigbadB
    The Cubs traded the entire roster for Miguel Cabrera? I'd guess something to do with a stadium/relocation or a celebrity ex-Cub coaching hire. They just put in a brand new state of the art stadium. Sandberg as manager would be super cool. I might just have to get back to P-Town sometime this next Summer.
  11. BigbadB
    Murton can run circles defensively around Moises Alou.
  12. BigbadB
    I think it's awesome this game is on Monday. My Vikings fan friend who lost the bet will have to wear my Urlacher jersey and Bears face paint that Monday night. Didn't know the Bears were actually playing that night, which makes it even more awesome!
  13. BigbadB
    The Giants are going young. Young? How about a younger version of old? Durham and Aurilia are not spring chickens.
  14. BigbadB
    Izturis at SS or Sexson at SS......Hmmmm. I'll take Sexson.
  15. BigbadB
    Lee looks way more athletic than Richie Sexson.
  16. BigbadB
    Now there's a team going places. Rich Aurilia, Ray Durham, Bengie Molina, while letting Alou, Bonds and Schmidt walk. Hurray for beer! Giants fans are gonna need it.
  17. BigbadB
    I'm going to answer this as truthfully as possible. The Bears defense definitely has some weaknesses. However, most of their weaknesses take place between the 30's. Between the 30's, the Bears give up yardage. Their pass rush isn't what it should be these days. In the red zone, the Bears are still one of the best, if not the best, in the league. The Bears coughed up 4 turnovers in the first half, yet the defense gave up a mere 3 points off those turnovers. Stellar considering. Rex was horrible yesterday. I saw Kyle Orton play better than that, and Orton was horrible. To have as many weapons as Grossman has and play that miserably makes it even worse that he has such a bad day. He's got 4 respectable to excellent receivers in Moose, Berrian, Davis and Bradley. He's got a TE that can catch the ball. He's got running backs that found holes that should have opened up the passing game, but Rex just didn't have it. I was all in favor of letting Griese get some snaps yesterday. The Bears defense didn't allow the Vikings to score with good field position on many occasions. They were the better defense yesterday.
  18. BigbadB
    IBL! But, just barely. :D
  19. BigbadB
    I, for one, don't mind this method too much. If you miss something in a 40-page thread it's hard to get caught up. Well, it's a concise 11 in premium format. hmmm . . . so Premium hides the worthless comments? :D Yes! Sign up today! :D
  20. BigbadB
    He does K once in a long while, too. :D
  21. BigbadB
    Texas ought to just spend the money they have saved up for Zito on a construction company to move the fences out in Arlington.
  22. BigbadB
    Nothing to see here folks, move along. Oh, and sign Jason Schmidt!
  23. BigbadB
    Because Jacque Jones cannot hit lefties? If Soriano was at 2b and in a dream world far away, JD Drew was signed to play CF, would a platoon of Jacque Jones/Mark DeRosa not make sense? Between the two of them, they'll make approximately 9m. If for 9m, I see: .342 .394 .589 .983 (DeRosa) .303 .358 .528 .886 (Jones) production out of RF, I can't say I would complain. The combined production of those two would match or quite possibly be cheaper than any single player who could provide that type of production (outside of the top young players in the league that haven't gotten their big payday yet and are usually not available). Even better, is the fact one of them makes for a very decent guy coming off the bench in games the other guy started. It's bench depth besides being called a platoon.
  24. BigbadB
    The move from the AL East bashers to the hitter friendliest division in baseball scares me. Wrigley is fairly neutral, for the most part, but Busch, PNC, Minute Maid, GAP and Miller all are good parks to hit in, which is where most of Lilly's starts will be when he isn't pitching at home. I think I like Lilly more than some of the other options out there, but I'm not so sure we can expect him to much better than what he accomplished in the AL East.
  25. BigbadB
    Colorado was able to move Hampton. The list goes on of bad contract pitchers (and it's not even a safe argument that Schmidt would be a bad contract for year 4 at this point) that were moved. But, if a team can throw 8 years at a position player, why can't they throw 4 years at the premium free agent starter on the market?
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