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  1. Rob
    I mostly agree with this. The only thing that makes me wonder is that it seems pretty obvious to me that Blanco is going to retire after the year. If Blanco retires, Kendall will likely be signed back, and then it will probably be an open competition in ST next year. Do you think so? Clearly he should, and there does seem to be some signs that he will. I'm just not sure I see any reason for him to throwaway that money though. Guys usually wait until they no longer have any guaranteed money coming to them before they retire. And while I could see the Cubs and Henry agreeing to some sort of buyout, I could just as easily see Blanco stick around to keep drawing the check. He'd likely stick around on the 60 day DL, though.
  2. Rob
    I'd like to know who the opposing offense is too. Are they heavy on righties? Lefties? Do they walk a bunch? Hit a ton of home runs? Play small ball? Facing the Yankees with the wind blowing in? Hill. Wind blowing out? Z. Facing the Red Sox with the wind blowing in? Lilly.
  3. Rob
    Semantics aside, you most certainly did call people dumb in this thread. If you see an axe swinging, it probably won't be aimed at others in this thread. What if I fly completely off the handle? I think I could probably do something worth banning me for.
  4. Rob
    We've got a lead in the division and what should(Key word)be a cake-walk schedule the rest of the way. Oh yeah, and it's mid september. I think it's about time that we can start talking about this stuff. with a one game lead and a week of games against teams we haven't been able to beat much? Regardless; it's september 17 and we're in first place, it's time to think playoffs. I am thinking about playoffs. I'm thinking about how one slip and a Crew sweep of a series would be all it might take to flip it in their favor. Seems like it's pretty much up for grabs still. But hey -- I don't want to tell anyone what to discuss. I'm just commenting that it still seems a bit presumptuous. It'd be presumptuous to be skipping starts to begin putting our postseason rotation the way we want it. Talking about who might make the roster seems pretty reasonable though.
  5. Rob
    You really think so? I'm not sure Hendry is thinking the same thing, and I know Kendall said he'd be very interested in returning.
  6. Rob
    I wonder what they were at last monday. They were at 8.75646% chance. They had peaked at a 21.50100% chance on Sep. 5th when they had climbed up to a 68-67 record.
  7. Rob
    Cards are down to a .04609 chance to make the playoffs, according to the BP playoff odds report. They were at 3.something percent when I left to go to St. Louis on Friday afternoon.
  8. Rob
    I'm just worried that Lou is going to insist on making Marquis the 3rd starter in the playoffs, just so that we don't have Lilly and Hill going back to back.
  9. Rob
    But if he's traded in the middle of his contract doesn't he have the right to declare for free agency? I'm pretty sure they took that out of the new CBA. Did they really? Well that would help things. IMO, the O's would want Hill, Pie and Marmol. I'm not sure I'd trade any of them straight up for Tejada. I certainly wouldn't. We've got control of the lot of them for another 4 or more years... Any one of them is likely to put up more value in four years than Tejada would over two.
  10. Rob
    Correct. Add Tejada or ARod to this lineup and you have: Soriano Theriot Lee ARod/Tejada ARam Derosa (RF) Kendall / Soto Pie / Jones Looks quite a bit different, IMO. Even considering Murton's early year-slump, his numbers are much much better than Theriot's. Why on earth would you sit him and move DeRosa to right just to get Theriot in the lineup? Also, why throw Tejada in at 4th in the order? He's not a better hitter than Aramis.
  11. Rob
    Hanley Ramirez is good I'm soooooo glad Furcal decide Chicago wasn't good enough for him. Well for what it's worth, Furcal is 23 runs better with the glove than Theriot, if you believe FRAA. Those two full wins would have come in pretty handy right now.
  12. Rob
    But if he's traded in the middle of his contract doesn't he have the right to declare for free agency? I'm pretty sure they took that out of the new CBA.
  13. Rob
    EqA for NL starting shortstops. (min. 250 PA) Hanley Ramirez - .320 Edgar Renteria - .302 Jimmy Rollins - .290 Jose Reyes - .285 Troy Tulowitzki - .275 Jack Wilson - .267 Khalil Greene - .263 Alex Gonzalez - .262 David Eckstein - .262 JJ Hardy - .262 Mark Loretta - .254 Rafael Furcal - .245 Ryan Theriot - .243 Felipe Lopez - .236 Stephen Drew - .231 Omar Vizquel - .216 He'd look much better in the AL, where teams can afford to hide below-average bats thanks to having a DH... but he's not even a pretty good bat for an NL SS.
  14. Rob
    Depending on what happens this inning, I can see Lou leaving in Trachsel to bunt, and then to head back to the mound to start the 6th.
  15. Rob
    If you ask any teams' announcers, players, coaches, gms, or owners, the problem with the team is that they aren't hitting in the clutch. Any team.
  16. Rob
    Wow. This is a huge blow to the Twins franchise. Hopefully we get new management fast enough that he's not off the market yet.
  17. Rob
    I'll be out there Saturday for the night game. Probably be at the sports bar in the Harrah's to watch the day game (plus all the football).
  18. Rob
    We'd be a game up in the win column, but still tied in the loss column. We could win out after a win tomorrow, and we might still have to have a one-game playoff if the Brewers do the same. Looking at that stuff this early is meaningless.
  19. Rob
    Hindsight being 20/20 and all. I've listed the three most popular choices, but I know a few people were clamoring for Dierker and a couple others.
  20. Rob
    He's not nearly as clueless as Dusty. His over-enthusiastic usage of the sac bunt tonight seems to indicate otherwise.
  21. Rob
    Maybe Riccardi learned from DePo to fear the media...MacDonald should send a check to Plaschke. Ricciardi and Depooooo wouldnt know a prospect if it were Babe Ruth in front of them. DePo gets no credit for Kemp, Loney, and Martin? . Not at all period, they were all signed and drafted by Logan White who should be getting some considerations for a Gm, all three of these guys were drafted and signed before Mr Personality came to the Dodgers and White is still with the Dodgers.Tell the truth, did DePo sleep with your wife? People need to know the scoreboard and the fact is Logan White had everything to do with Kemp, Loney and Martin and Depo had nothing to do with them! DePo is the one who didn't trade them off for marginal veterans.
  22. Rob
    Piniella is the white Dusty Baker. He's clueless.
  23. Rob
    Maybe Riccardi learned from DePo to fear the media...MacDonald should send a check to Plaschke. Ricciardi and Depooooo wouldnt know a prospect if it were Babe Ruth in front of them. DePo gets no credit for Kemp, Loney, and Martin?
  24. Rob
    Jim Hendry? Hendry wont be surprised until he realizes it. This was just "bad luck."
  25. Rob
    If it'll make ya feel better, you can be the one to point out they were all earned runs. But yeah. I didn't have a huge problem if we skipped Marshall once to rest his arm, but continuing to rely on this piece of junk? Unforgivable. We should just cut him, but I don't see Hendry admitting to a mistake like this anytime soon.
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