Andy

Done. Seconded. O's fans would make that deal??? Maybe we aren't the only ones overrating our prospects after all...

Believing something posted on an ESPN message board will get you nowhere in a hurry. Unless many actually heard XM report this, I'm guessing there is not a lot of truth there. Well, it was posted by an Orioles fan at the O's board at least. I also would like to hear corroboration though. If an Orioles fan posted it and not a Cubs fan, I'm inclined to believe it. It would seem to be a no-brain move to at least contact about Tejada just to gauge what it would take. After all, SS is one of our positions we could use an upgrade at.

Great post Jigman. I hadn't seen those numbers before.

There is a 3 yr diff - but yeah maybe I made a mistake there. How about I bump Z out for Oswalt because... well... I hate Z and I'm petty. I've talked to a lot of Cards fans...and they all hate Z, and yes, they're all petty. :wink:

The whole story (more added) can be found at: http://deadspin.com/sports/baseball/athlete-runin-sammy-sosa-way-back-when-141350.php I could be wrong, but wasn't Sammy good to just about all fans until they started booing the crap out of him in 04?

I think he's done a good job so far this offseason, but he did an even better job last year. He went against the grain and traded Lee for Podsednik and Vizcaino, then used the money saved in that trade to acquire AJ Pierzynski, Dustin Hermanson and Tadahito Iguchi. He chose not to re-sign Magglio Ordonez. He signed the World Series MVP Jermaine Dye, made a midseason trade for Jeff Blum who hit the game-winning home run in game 3 of the World Series, and most overlooked, picked up Bobby Jenks and turned him into a reliever. He also gave a chance in ST to nobodies like Pablo Ozuna and Chris Widger who contributed much yet accounted for very little payroll. And he won without having to trade his best pitching prospect, Brandon McCarthy, or his best position playing prospect, Brian Anderson. All on a $75 million payroll. You watching Hendry? Ohh how hindsight is twenty-twenty :?: Kenny Williams deserves compliment for making those moves because he didn't have hindsight knowledge of how his acquisitions would turn out. You could also say that he got rid of someone who had more 2005 RBIs than DLee for a mediocre leadoff hitter, then used the money saved to acquire a clubhouse cancer, an over the hill reliever, and an unknown quantity Japanese player. You could say he picked up an injury-prone, strikeout-prone OF in Dye, he gave a chance in ST to guys most teams realized are not good, made a midseason trade for another guy who wasn't good, and held on to his best prospects like most intelligent GMs would do unless bowled over with an offer. Those moves worked out, but they could just as easily have ended up being terrible moves.

1 in 100 chance we get Tejada, and I might be being optimistic.

If true, then the market for Walker is really drying up. That could be a blessing in disguise. In disguise nothing. It's a blessing if Hendry loses places to trade Walker because hopefully, he will eventually realize that he's good to have around.

It makes me really curious what it would take to pry Tejada, because I think he'd be a bigger addition to this team than Abreu.

Bradley.

The ideal roster is the best player at each position, I don't care about where they fit in the order, I just want the best overall player at each position.

I'd send out Christmas cards to everyone I know, because everyone I know (well enough to send a card, anyway) celebrates Christmas.

Call Ned Coletti, let's offer Patterson for Choi and Izturis. :wink:

Jake... Love your sig. :lol:

No, I do as well unless we can somehow secure a Bradley/Pierre/Abreu outfield.

Both are better than losing to Virginia, NC State (at home), Clemson (big) and Florida (big). Naturally, but they weren't an option for an at-large spot. This is true. I'm just ranting on the general stupidity that is the conference title games.

Isn't that the break-even point of SB effectiveness? I wouldn't call that "can't steal to save his life".

Both are better than losing to Virginia, NC State (at home), Clemson (big) and Florida (big).

For the record it is spelled Terrmel. :wink:

Exactly. It's more than possible that Hendry set the market with the Eyre and Howry deals, but whether he did or not, the fact is that we are getting pretty decent value compared to what other teams have been paying for relievers.

I thought LA came in with the 3/40 and said "Take it or leave it, right now, no going back to other teams"? Wasn't that why John Schuerholz got pissed off at LA? This is probably Ofman hearing a rumor and trying to make a story out of it.

Apparently MHuber forgot. It seems that if some people here had their way, any Pac-10 team in the top 10 would get an automatic bid while ND would be Gator-bound unless they got to the national title game. Exaggeration I know, but ND is top-6 in the BCS, fulfilling the criteria for any non-BCS conference team to get an automatic bid. They did what they had to do, and that's the end of the discussion. Oregon got shafted, yes, but bitch about 8-4 Florida State getting in, not about 9-2 ND.

Quoting the Hawk should be grounds for immediate banning from this board. :wink:

In fairness to Dombrowski, the last time they did that was Juan Gonzalez. That might be making them a little gun-shy.

No hard feelings, Trip J. I actually really liked Banks that year, I was just taking a dig at his NFL career, or lack thereof. :wink: Hopefully, this gives Quinn extra motivation to prove he belonged in NYC against the Buckeyes, not that he needed any more.