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Adu to Benfica is a done deal. Now we just need to get him cap-tied.

Forget about Holland. Outside of Ajax/PSV/Feyenoord/AZ things get very physical in the 'Eredivisie'. The SPL would be the worst place for Adu. Worst. Surely not worse than Salt Lake City. Well, yeah, but if you got a prized prospect like Adu, you need to put him in a league like the Erdevisie or in Spain or Portugal, so that he can develop the necessary technical skills to elevate his game. The SPL or EPL would be a really poor fit. Aside from not being very technically advanced, they're really physical leagues, and Adu's game isn't about sprinting and muscling other mids. I saw the Serie A rumor about Adu. Not sure how I feel about that.

Doesn't that depend on whether or not Jones' numbers trend up toward his career norms? For the record, if trading for Payton meant we'd actually see Pie play, I'd do it.

It would be nice if doing what's best for the baseball team on the field took precedent over PR. Sosa in RF platooning with Floyd would be a big upgrade given the cost (nothing).

If this is the best and only way to be rid of a crappy OF in 2008, sign me up. EDIT: duh, he's not in his walk year, so unsign me up.

He's been terrible all season. I don't see the point in pretending that people are making a judgement over 5-6 games. They are judging him on his numbers, all season long. He's been awful, all season long. Except June. A .326 OBP with a .295 BA is pathetic. And his June didn't budge his overall awful numbers. People need to get past the name "Jason Kendall" and realize that he isn't any good anymore.

Um...exactly what I just typed. There's nothing about Gerald Perry, or changing scenery that's going to make the 2007 Jason Kendall turn into the 2001 Jason Kendall. He's old, having a godawful season, and plays a position where we have 2 better options in house. Not only do I believe Soto is better both offensively and defensively, but I believe Koyie Hill is at least as good offensively, and much, much better defensively. So why bother to give a terrible, old, bad, broken down player we got for nothing any more chances in the middle of a playoff chase?

In the month of June he hit .295/.326/.432. And it barely put a dent in his terrible season. He hit 2 of the 3 HR he's hit in 3 years during that month to inflate those numbers. We can't realistically expect him to hit even 1 the rest of the way. And I think there's very little hope of him even putting up a .300 OBP the rest of the way. Why do you insist on pretending people are only giving him 5-6 games? He's played 86 this year with well over 300 AB and his numbers have been absolutely atrocious. Not struggling. Not off. Absolutely freaking atrocious. Old guys disappear in baseball. How many times do you have to see marginal players finish their careers in a Cubs uniform before admitting they have an awful tendency of thinking guys have more left in the tank than they actually do? Jim Hendry pays far too little attention to the negatives involved in older players. He's convinced himself that guys peak in their 30s when all the evidence indicates it's well before that. Why is it so hard to imagine that he and his scouting friends were impressed by, and fooled by Kendall's 3/3 1HR day against the Yankees and therefore mistakenly thought he could help? I don't see why anybody would want to give the benefit of the doubt to an old catcher who is obviously nowhere near the player he once was and is going through not just a slump, but a completely terrible season. Because for the last week (hell, after his first game) there has been a ton of "See, he's awful"...and that has been over 5-6 games. His hitting coach from when he was pretty solid is our current hitting coach, I give some creedence to the idea that that could play a role...he also put up quite a bit better numbers on the road than he did in Oakland...so I take that into consideration, again his June was solid, he's much better against righties than lefties so if we play our switch hitting back up against lefties his overall numbers go up and he gets some of that rest you spoke of earlier, strangely enough, he's put up great numbers the 2nd time he sees a pitcher in a game so that tells me he has a pretty good approach at the plate... To be worth while he didn't need to be better than Johnny Bench, he needed to be better offensively than Koiye Hill. I'm willing to give him the chance to do that. And what about his 2007 suggests that he should be given a chance to do anything?

Brit has already begun. Long ago. Lohan is going through immature kid stage. I don't think its' a depression spiral of doom. Although it could easily end in doom. You don't think she's in the sprial of doom? Her father and mother hate each other. Her father has spent most of her life in jail. She wrote that scary angst song about him screaming for him. she's probably an alcoholic. she's probably a cokehead. she's been called out by costars and executives, been in and out of rehab several times, and she's only 21! She's got nothing to really fall back on. Studios are going to stay away from her for a long time. She's not Tara Reid, who's just a drunken ditz. She's got real issues.

You guys are overlooking that while Britney easily has the potential to fall into a depression sprial of doom, Lohan is probably already there. Basically I'm saying that the odds are better that Lohan ends up continuing and finishing her spiral before Brit begins hers.

Lohan. Hilton is much more savvy than people give her credit for. Spears at least has he kids and a semi functioning family to fall back on. Lohan's melting down before everyone's eyes, and has no family or anything to fall back on. Her career is going to end up like Robert Downey Jr's circa 1999 soon. With no real jobs coming in, no family, and what seems to be a pretty big substance abuse problem, I think it's only a matter of time.

So I got into a big Rex Grossman fight during a BP chat. Jeff Ma started by saying this: So I'm all like "OhNoHeDidn't" and I threw this into the queue: And I'm all like "What?". So I followed up. Which is what you should do when people make stupid statements: Yeah, I know I simplified the "great in 12 out of 19" thing, but it's a chat. So I gave him what he asked for: Nice response, guy. Way to back up your statements. So I continue the bust out: So to sum up, someone made the stock "Rex Grossman sucks" comment about the Bears season, and when called out on it, resorted to making stupid one liners and not actually backing up his assertions. USS 1, crappy BP chat guy -2.

Forget about Holland. Outside of Ajax/PSV/Feyenoord/AZ things get very physical in the 'Eredivisie'. The SPL would be the worst place for Adu. Worst.

That would be a great fit for Freddy.

So did he complain about our best player?

Thinking about this... We have a 12 man pen, and weve demostrated a willingness to leave the 12th man to rot for days at a time (Eyre). I can easily see a scenario where Wood replaces Eyre as that 12th man. Piniella can use Wood every 3 or 4 days for one or two tough outs. It's the best way to ensure Wood's health. It's a better use of the 12th man. It gives us a very intriguing weapon at the end of games.

I guess they felt that Derosa can fill in at SS or 2B if need be. They needed a better alternative for backup 3b (if Ramirez needs a rest) and for 1B with Fox. Based on Cedeno's play in Iowa, it does appear that he deserves another chance, but it's just not the right time due to the people who are injured and who are available. What are the odds that Ramirez is going to need rest this weekend? He just had a day off.

Yeah, I think we should wait. When our injured players come back I think we will see Cedeno called up. There's a better chance of middle IF depth hurting us this weekend than not having a LH "power" bat hurting us.

Cedeno should be up. Not Moore. This is not a smart decision.

How many RH set up guys could we possibly need? We don't have all that much trade ammo. Why waste it on Dotel?

I don't care if Bonds breaks the record, because it's ARod's in about 7 more years anyway.

One or two extra runs would be nice.

damndamndamndamndamndamndamn This is what happens when you let an inferior team hang around.

I would have actually used Eyre in this spot.

Maybe we should not let an awful team hang around.