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i think you are confusing him Julian Tavares. :lol: I think that would be the most hated battery this side of Hitler/Bin Laden... I think people would forgive Hitler once they saw his nasty slider.

I won't go in to how pathetic I think that comment was. I will say that Kile died from irregularities due to an enlarged heart. Please do not try to imply that his death was caused by drug usage. Despicable. Better read the coroner's report again, which clearly stated different. What the Chicago police found on the bathroom counter wasn't left by the maid as Cards fans keep saying. Thanks for proving my point. Wasn't the substance pot? Are you claiming pot killed him? Not only that, but as the article I linked to points out, it was indicative of use WEEKS before. Yes, Kile smoking dope caused his heart to beat faster and with his bad heart and 90% blockage certainly contributed to it. Here's what the experts say: The article you quote talks about it being a risk the first few hours the coroners report shows the pot in Kiles system was 2 weeks old so it probably didnt do much to effect his death

I won't go in to how pathetic I think that comment was. I will say that Kile died from irregularities due to an enlarged heart. Please do not try to imply that his death was caused by drug usage. Despicable. Better read the coroner's report again, which clearly stated different. What the Chicago police found on the bathroom counter wasn't left by the maid as Cards fans keep saying. Thanks for proving my point. Maybe i dont remember correctly but what i remember is that there was a small trace amont of pot in his system but the coroner stated that it had nothing to do with his death.

That's because almost every time he's up, Pujols is already on. (unless Pujols hit a home run) With someone on base almost every time you're up, you're eventually going to start racking up RBIs. That is true but he is still hitting over .300 with RISP which is pretty good when your average is at the Mendoza line.

Edmonds has been pretty bad but at least he has hit fairly well with RISP and does have 20 rbis despite the bad average and on base

That scenario seems barely possible. Last year no team in the NL lost more than 95 games and 5 teams finished within 8 games of the WC (and none outside of 25). Still the 4 playoff teams won a combined 12 more games than what you are predicting. In 2004, one team lost more than 95 games and 5 teams finished within 9 games of the WC. A more common distributed year, 2004's playoff teams won a combined 27 more games than what you are predicting. In 2003, 31. In 2002, 42. As you can see, and you may remember, last year was full of extremely close races, which is unusual, proven by this brief lookback. I would expect a return to more stratification, probably not to the 2002 level (thank Milwaukee), but probably somewhere around the 2003/2004 levels. My prediction West: 89 East: 97 Central: 100 WC: 96 How many games will it take to win means one more win than the second place, hence, I think mine are the only ones that make sense. It looks like you are saying how many wins you think the winners will have. Since 1950 only twice has the NL leader in wins has 90 or less, not counting strike seasons. So i seriously doubt that the league leader will have onle 90 wins this year.

To really torque us Cardinal fans?? :lol: You guys got Rolen in a similar way. The Phillies at least got some serviceable players in Timlin and Polanco. Unlike the Pirates who got nothing of value

I'm not sure that his image is fake. And I don't really see any "spin". He's a high-profile athlete....... whatever he does will be srutinized by somebody (if not by the local media, then by the national media). If there's a story to tell (negative or otherwise), it's going to be told. You should know enough about our head-hunting national sportswriters to realize that. Personally, I don't think anybody has ever claimed that he puts his head down and sprints around the bases after a home run (maybe you're thinking of Rolen?). If he were overly concerned about his image, he probably wouldn't have done what he did. He clearly had time to consider what the media's reaction would be, and he did it anyway. Personally, I'm not that upset to see the "humanistic" side of him. If you have never met and talked with him in person, you have no clue. On that same notion it is not fair for Blueheart to call his image fake then. Just about everybody in the media who covers baseball and does talk to him says he is a very nice guy. Allthough I agree the bat flip was out of line i dont think it should change his public perception any. He felt like Perez showed him up and decided he would do it to him it might be wrong but it certinley dosent take away from all the charity work he has done. Plus there never has really been any reports come out about him being a jerk off the field either so, I dont think his image is fake as Blueheart has said.

Do the -3 runs come from Pujols hitting 3 homers and running the wrong way around the bases? No, there's a bench clearing brawl in which Zambrano single handedly beats up Pujols, Edmonds and Rolen at the same time. The Cardinals are penalized for 3 runs by the umps out of disgrace for their manhood. A bad pun: Lee single handedly beats up Pujols, Edmonds and Rolen at the same time. I think u guys forgot that Edmonds is juicing so I think that extra advantage will help the 3 of them take Big Z

Wow this is a tough break, I actually really like DLee he seems like a very likeable guy. Hopefully he can get back quickly and hopefully he can return to his 2005 form when he gets back.

The guy asked who was most overpaid this year. I answered. Sure it's early and not likely to stay the same, which is why I listed some different categories. Foulke was overpaid last year, he's not in a class with Manny. Yeah but there are alot of people who are off to slow starts that dosent really make them overpaid because Manny and Millwood have a history of putting up good numbers. Much like Aramis they may be off to slow starts but they will get their numbers therefore they wont be overpaid this year.

I think it is probably a little to early in the season to start calling guys who have had lots of success the past few years, like Manny, Millwood, or Foulke overpaid. People like Beltre and Chan who havent had that much success the except for their contract years are the ones who are the most overpaid.

I believe is contract expired this past off season. Yeah I couldnt remember when it was up, but that has got to be one of the worst contracts in baseball history.

Arent the Dodgers still paying Darren Dreifort like 8 million a year when he hasnt pitched in forever for them?

Adrian Beltre, what do i get for winning?

Scott Rolen for Polanco, Bud Smith, and Mike Timlin.

Hagin is gonna do most of the WB games I believe, i know that he did them the first weekend.

I think this story is getting way too much attention, when you have an 8 run lead the last thing you want to do is walk people. When you have a non-power hitter up with speed of course you are gonna groove a 3-0 fastball so you dont walk people to let them back in the game.

Well my off the wall wildcard pick of Jacobs hit his first of hopefully many today to carry me to victory in the HR contest.

I'd go for Danks over Diamond. Might be just a personal thing...I don't know. I dont know if you still count Liriano as a prospect cause he played some last year and will play in the majors this year but I would trade Pie for him, and probably Lastings Milledge as well.

We all know that if there were an all NL Central team that Neifi could play every position better then all these guys.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marquja01.shtml You're telling me, reggiemiller, that you would RATHER keep Marquis, a VASTLY OVERRATED PITCHER, and go with a Taguchi/Bigbie/Rodriguez/Gall LF instead of trading Marquis and replace him with an Adam Wainwright type young pitcher, and get an upgrade with Church? Man, if the Cards had you as a GM, then I would be supremely confident the Cubs could overtake the Cards in the division. I would say that since Mulder and Suppan are both free agents next yearI wouldnt be trading away starting pitching away. Also Marquis was maybe the Cards best pitcher the last month of the season and has a really good spring. I think he is going to have a good year this year and have an ERA in the mid 3's. Plus allthough Church is a good prospect he hasnt shown that he would be that much of an improvement of their LF platton of this year.

Polanco played quite a bit at the end of his time with the Cards and then was traded for Rolen.

I am all for getting Church but not for Marquis. I think Marquis is gonna have a really good year this year.

1- Pujols 2- Fred Mcgriff 3- Tony Gwynn 4- Scott Rolen 5- Ray Lankford