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  1. USSoccer
    Tied the game in the 7th with a solo home run...
  2. USSoccer
    Joe Crede...I just don't understand how Kevin Orie redux goes on a tear like this...
  3. USSoccer
    What an idiotic fan. The run scored, but it cost Figgins a triple, so instead of 3B and 0 outs, you have 2B and no outs...
  4. USSoccer
    Gah, 2-1 Sox.
  5. USSoccer
    He can produce well above average for LF. A sub-800 OPS is not well above average. Well above average for a corner OF is an OPS over 900, a number Nomar has not been able to come close to reaching since his salad days of 1998-2000 with Boston. Put a fork in him. I think a better way to look at it would be that Matt Murton, in about 150 AB's, proved enough to you to think he could produce an OPS in the 800's in fiull time duty in LF. If we're contenders, we shouldn't be considering moving a guy with a history of injuries to his legs to an OF position when we have a cheap, promising alternative that, unlike Dubois going into 2005, showed enough of a sample size to be trusted with the job in LF. If Nomar wants to take a heavily incentive based deal with a base salary around $4m to play SS, then we should consider keeping him. If not, then we should bid adeiu.
  6. USSoccer
    1-0 Sox. And is that Vlad or Wilton Guerrero Playing RF for Anaheim? Because he's hitting like Wilton..
  7. USSoccer
    Or you can pick up his option and trade him to a place where he wants to go. Or you can decline the option, tell him up front he's going to be a backup if he signs with the team (but would be welcome in that role), then offer arbitration and get draft picks. I'm pretty sure he'd be a type A compared to other second basemen. I don't entirely trust this organization to draft anyone worth getting excited about with a sandwich pick, so arby would be far down the list of things I would do regarding Walker's option. Personally, I pick it up, because it gives you options, and increases leverage with FA's like Nomar, Furcal, and also sends a good message to Giles about being serious contenders next season.
  8. USSoccer
    This is true, I dont know how he could be a class A FA. I think he'd be a "B" FA, and as such wouldn't be worth offering arbitration to.. We have Cedeno ready to at least get a shot, and we don't *have* to trade Walker. Hendry seems to be targeting Furcal. Those are 2 reasons not to offer Nomar arby.
  9. USSoccer
    I'd be leery of being able to sign Millwood in leiu of Hendry bringing in a guy like Kirk Rueter to be that 5th starter. I don't trust Rich Hill, and Pinto and Guzman are probably not ready. Likewise, I no longer have blind faith in Hendry to not sign washed up scrubs or bad players solely because they are veterans. Not to say I wouldn't pull the trigger on that deal, or even throw in extra players to get it done, but I'd be concerned that we're dealing 40% of our expected 2006 rotation.
  10. USSoccer
    Bird works out of it. And IMO, he hit Iguchi on purpose.
  11. USSoccer
    I know. I feel dirty rooting for the Cards, but if the Sox advance I think they'd stand the best shot at beating them.
  12. USSoccer
    Oops. Didn't mean to call it.
  13. USSoccer
    Contact play = Stupid.
  14. USSoccer
    This is the kind of 9th the Cubs would have. 1st and 3rd, and now watch Sanders K and whoever is next GIDP..
  15. USSoccer
    well he did say that Edmonds should know better since he is a veteran and this is the freaking NLCS. The pitch wasn't even close to a strike, but Edmonds definitely did not need to call the ump whatever he called him. Edmonds let us down... thats the bottom line. Yeah, even though that was a awful call, Edmonds has to keep his composure, although if this were in any other ballpark, JRod would have given the Cards the lead because of the meltdown.
  16. USSoccer
    And a potential classic AB by Rodriguez is hosed because of Houston's child-designed ballpark. I feel dirty for having said anything good about a Cardinal, but man.
  17. USSoccer
    Pass. If Maddux's option hadn't vested, I'd have considered it, but I'd rather sign Milwood for a similar price (dollar-wise) and probably better production. Also, even if you don't want to sign a FA pitcher, Williams could likely produce at Clement's level next season at a fraction of the cost.
  18. USSoccer
    sounds familiar
  19. USSoccer
    I feel so badly for him right now. He must be getting ready to jump off the bay bridge. imagine if Hendry let Dusty go, only to bring him back. That's how he must feel right now...
  20. USSoccer
    Trading Ramirez for Jones/Giles in order to help Brian Giles sign here is stupid. Giles is going to go to a team that can win, who pays him money. We're a better team with Ramirez than we are with Chipper and Marcus. If he's going to get hung up on where is brother is playing, then either his priorities are out of whack or we didn't make a good enough offer.
  21. USSoccer
    You know what they say about people who assume... I'm pretty certain they didn't do this last year. They didn't. I'm positive.
  22. USSoccer
    Hmmm, 3/24 maybe? Like many things this offseason, it would depend how the rest of the offense is shaping out. I wouldn't sign him. What would you do with him in 2007 or 2008, when Pie will likely be here? Move him to the corner? That's a valid point, but I don't think even with a player of Pie's talent that you can guarantee that he'll be up. However, that is worth considering in the FA market, which is another reason not to sign Damon. On the other hand, Pie wouldn't prevent me from trading for Milton Bradley. Yeah, Pie wouldn't prevent me from trading for a CF for the next year, but I wouldn't commit big money to a FA if I believed that Felix was going to be a star.
  23. USSoccer
    I'm really, really hoping that Murton and Cedeno are in front of him in the line. I'm then hoping that the Cubs decide that three rookies would be more than Johnnie B. could handle at one time in the starting lineup. Could you imagine Baker with 3 rookie position players? He can't bat them all 8th; he'd probably freak out. And I agree with what Tim said. I think and hope Ronny and Matt are the 2 rookie position players we have starting.
  24. USSoccer
    Hmmm, 3/24 maybe? Like many things this offseason, it would depend how the rest of the offense is shaping out. I wouldn't sign him. What would you do with him in 2007 or 2008, when Pie will likely be here? Move him to the corner?
  25. USSoccer
    I think the durability concerns are a little overblown. It would take 1 offseason of a decent conditioning/stretching program to prevent these pulls. It's not like he's Griffey, with demolished legs. We'll see what the conditioning does for him. I hope it takes care of everything. But guys that have such problems in their mid-20's concern me. Obviously, I hope my concerns are overblown. I played soccer in college with guys who had leg pulls that nagged them, until they started stretching more and lifting less. Their last 2 seasons they didn't get hurt once. I think that's all it will take. If whoever the Cubs send down there make sure Aramis is running, stretching and working on flexibility he'll be fine.
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