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If Hendry wouldn't trade Hill for Dunn, why would he trade him and another player for Pierre? And knowing Hendry's history of trades, doesn't it seem highly unlikely he would trade 2 of his top LH pitching prospects? I suppose it depends on how desperate he is and through what lens he views Pierre. Hendry, in all probability overvalues Pierre to the 10th degree. He sees tools-speed, defense, a sparkplug at the top of the order. He knows that a good chunk of the fanbase would be thrilled to get a "old school" leadoff guy, so he probably thinks he's worth more than he is. Having said that, I think the deal will fall somewhere between the 2 extremes. I don't think it'll be for Patterson/Mitre, and don't think it'll be for Hill/Marshall. I'd guess maybe Ryu and Nolasco.
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We could do far better for Walker and a prospect than MacDougal.
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I'll reserve judgement on the wiseness of this move until I see if it happens, and who it is we give up. If it's Nolasco and Soto, or something like that, great. If it's a combo of Hill Pinto or Marshall I'll retch.
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chemistry going bad, locker room turmoil, Bears are going to blow it :wink: they'll still win the division. Weird.
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True, but if the Mets were going to trade him they could have done much, much better.
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Yeah, I also remember hearing that McCourt could barely afford a new Buick, let alone an upmarket MLB team. This news tends to lend credence to those reports, as I highly doubt the team's revenue stream has dried up nearly this much. So why would MLB allow someone without much in the way of liquidity to purchase a major market team? Your post assumes that MLB makes consistently good decisions. The contraction nightmare, growing evidence that it looked the other way with steroids, and the wart that is the ownerless Washington Nationals is evidence to the contrary. Touche.
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I'm suprised he's well enough to be traded.
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Cincy as a trade partner
USSoccer replied to Roast's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Sure, we'd just have to give up Pinto and Hill, probably. -
Seems to me that everybody's favorite put together that inefficent team. Best move the Dodgers made was dumping Depo, worst move, hiring him. He surely lacked the people skills. His team was pretty much hosed by injuries, though. He also wasn't able to find any inefficiencies in the FA market to exploit like they did in Oakland from 1999-2003.
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Cincy as a trade partner
USSoccer replied to Roast's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
CIN will move Dunn and Kearns seperately. It's the best way to maximize their trade value. -
The fact that he's in his late 30's has absolutely nothing to do with it, right? It does. But his decline has been alarmingly sharp compared to most sluggers of his magnitude. This leads one to wonder... I actually think Sammy was older than everyone thought he was. Combine that with the fact that he was aging regardless, the fact that he got hit in the head in 2003, and had nagging foot injuries from 2003-05, and you've got a nice recipie for decline. It's just been such a drastic dropoff, though. It's sad. If he were willing to sign a 1yr, $1m deal to be a 5th OF here, I'd welcome him back. Or even just a minor league invite to camp.
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At least the Trib has increased payroll when they've raised ticket prices. They've stepped up the past 3 or 4 years.
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Talk about a slap in the face to Dodger fans... Wow. Talk about a PR nightmare. If I'm a ML GM, I'm trying to pry Lowe from them. I'd make an attempt to get Drew. They're in a total position of weakness.
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I would argue that Iguchi was a much more important piece than Podsednik . The White Sox won because of pitching. Plain and simple. The had a setup guy in their pen go 3 months or soem ridiculous amount of time without giving up an earned run! Hermanson pitched out of his mind before he got hurt. Garland had a career year. Jenks came up an pitched really well. Konerko hit a lot of home runs. The didn't win because of Ozzie Guillen, or "smartball", or Scott Podsednik stealing bases. They won because they got really good starting pitching. They won because the got lucky in 1 run games, partly because their bullpen was so good, partly because their SP was so good, and mostly because Cleveland got out to a crappy start. If the Indians don't start the year playing like crap, the White Sox might not have even made the playoffs.
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Yeah, I also remember hearing that McCourt could barely afford a new Buick, let alone an upmarket MLB team. This news tends to lend credence to those reports, as I highly doubt the team's revenue stream has dried up nearly this much. So why would MLB allow someone without much in the way of liquidity to purchase a major market team?
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On a serious note, does anyone have any clue as to who the Dodgers have under contract and for what? For some reason i recall them having a lot of FA this winter.
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And Penny.
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Just wait til they try and hrie Jim Bowden away from Washington. and bring in Dusty to manage the team. If I were a Dodger fan and all that happened, I'd go insane. Straight insane.
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Just wait til they try and hrie Jim Bowden away from Washington.
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Talked to Sarge today
USSoccer replied to Neuby's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He's old and homosexual. I don't think that comment was necessary or factual. There's no need to bring up someone's sexuality. Sorry if it was inapporpriate, but i'm pretty sure he's admitted he is. So what? If Ellen Degeneres could hit 40 HRs and play a solid CF, I'd be begging JH to sign her up. PC police on full alert tonight, huh? I gather from this thread it is OK to call people [expletive] (since no one made a peep in response to that) but calling someone homosexual really is going over the line. Because his post implied that sexual orientation somehow had bearing on his ability to be an athelete. It's a completely offensive term, and offensive post. I'm embarrased to have read it. Also, if you want to get into a grammatical battle, the word "[expletive]" can be used without derogatory connotations to the mentally handicapped. I don't like using the adjective myself, but it's not offensive on it's own, depending on the context. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=[expletive] Please, everyone, let it go. Now. In the mean time, if somone would PM me a link for this other issue, I will handle it. Thank you for your cooperation. Sorry. I must have been typing that prior to your first post on the matter. Consider it dropped. -
That certainly adds more credence to the Dodgers shopping Lowe this winter.
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Talked to Sarge today
USSoccer replied to Neuby's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He's old and homosexual. I don't think that comment was necessary or factual. There's no need to bring up someone's sexuality. Sorry if it was inapporpriate, but i'm pretty sure he's admitted he is. So what? If Ellen Degeneres could hit 40 HRs and play a solid CF, I'd be begging JH to sign her up. PC police on full alert tonight, huh? I gather from this thread it is OK to call people [expletive] (since no one made a peep in response to that) but calling someone homosexual really is going over the line. Because his post implied that sexual orientation somehow had bearing on his ability to be an athelete. It's a completely offensive term, and offensive post. I'm embarrased to have read it. Also, if you want to get into a grammatical battle, the word "[expletive]" can be used without derogatory connotations to the mentally handicapped. I don't like using the adjective myself, but it's not offensive on it's own, depending on the context. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=[expletive] -
Nedney's FG was short, and Vasher was back in the end zone. He caught it, and ran it back 108 yards for a TD.
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I think Lugo actually got beat up by his wife. That's why nothing ever came of it. He got arrested, but when the police investigated they discovered his wife was beating on him in the parking lot, IIRC.
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I've only seen that one other time...i think it was a MNF game with Baltimore. That was just an amazing run.