imb

Careful, the 49ers said the same thing last year. 90 million dollars later, and we know how that turned out.

DAVID ROSS

YES

im reasonably sure that gallagher would be terrible this year, but because of john lieber john lieber

That doesn't make sense. The answer is Chance.

What's the big deal, really? We all know Bruce is legit, so what if FJM rips him? I doubt he's sitting in a Mesa, AZ hotel room with a bottle of scotch instead of out drumming up stories. He should wear it like a badge of honor.

Ya, they could dig up Hank Greenberg too and have Crawford and Baldelli carry him around like Weekend at Bernies. LOL I'm in favor of this, it'd be cool to see, at least.

Fair enough. However, I haven't deemed him worthless. He'd make for a decent 5th outfielder. He's 26 years old and doesn't bring enough to the table to be a solid starting CF candidate. And I think that conclusion is very premature. Earlier I gave Brian Roberts' very similar MiLB line. Here's another. .300/.370/.379/.749 with 76 XBH in 1423 MiLB ABs. Ages: 11th round pick out of Arizona as a 21 YO. A- and A @ 22 A+ @ 23 AAA @ 24 MLB @ 25. This guy has starred in the bigleagues for the last 16 years. He's Kenny Lofton. Now am I saying Fuld is the next Kenny Lofton or Brian Roberts? Obviously not. My point is, there isn't even the first Kenny Lofton or Brian Roberts if guys with this resume are pigeonholed as 5th OFs and utility MIs before they've even set foot in the majors. lol, kenny lofton and sam fuld are on such different scales as far as athletic ability that it's hilarious

No Kent Mercker?

+1million Anonymity goes a long way to making someone a jerk jamie, your name isn't on that post, you must have forgotten to sign it jamie roastthedamngoat smith he goes by his middle name, hater

BLOG TIME

Mercker should get consideration as a starter, too. Can a pitcher be eligible for two spots on the roster?

idiotic

ap reports god not allowing slain NIU students into heaven due to noncompliance by the cubs with his strict "wear a patch policy"

61. Garrett Atkins 62. Felix Hernandez 63. Aaron Rowand 64. Geovany Soto 65.Chris Young (the weirdly proportioned pitcher) 66. Roy Oswalt 67. Aaron Harang

how will the dead ever cross over to the afterlife without the cubs wearing a patch on their spring training jerseys while playing pepper

he later says that dallas might use its second first-rounder for hall

the "reverse ronaldo"

Too bad Utah and GS can't play 82 times a year.

fanTASTIC you could believe that having your players run on their hands to first base would make them slower, and if you told them that before hand, it is a faulty study.

I just wet my pants AND JERRELES MISSES WHAT A COMEBACK first the godbold 30-footer and now crocker nails a 4-pointer. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss wow, unreal. i wish that was on here, it was intense just following it on gamecast. Jesus christ, now that I've composed myself somewhat. OU goes up 10 at the half and blows it to start the second. Then we rebuild the lead up to 8, and blow it, again. Then we go down by 7 to start the OT. AJ hits a deep one to cut it close and then Crocker drills a stop-and-pop three and draws a (pretty bogus looking) foul. Then Jerrells drives and draws a (pretty bogus looking) foul on Godbold, and somehow misses both FTs. Baylor actually had a chance, but the tip was off. I really can't believe we won that game.

I just wet my pants AND JERRELES MISSES WHAT A COMEBACK first the godbold 30-footer and now crocker nails a 4-pointer. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

You're going to have to accept the fact that your "test" wasn't scientific in any way and proved absolutely nothing.

The KU pipeline to CA doesn't exist like it did in the Pierce days, but it doesn't need to. Roy wouldn't recruit east of Chicago. He claimed there were "too many good programs to fly over" to get to KU, so he built that pipe. The real reason was he probably didn't want to compete with his beloved Dean/UNC. Self will go anywhere for players. I think with the right coach, OU, OSU, and Mizzou could be long-term quality programs. They were certainly good back in the Stewart/Billy Tubbs years. Sounds like the OU/Baylor game got chippy. It's been physical the whole time, and Blake caught an intentional elbow when he basically sat on a kid during a loose-ball scramble. I like to think that OU and OSU (though not lately, at all) are longterm quality programs. But there's a difference between consistently being a top-25 team and being a national title contender, and it's hard to do that when you basically only recruit the Oklahoma kids that don't bounce to bigger programs (JR Giddens, Shelden Williams, Kelenna Azuibuke, Xavier Henry) and the Texas leftovers. Though, before Sampson bounced, Damion James and Scottie Reynolds were both OU commits. Can you imagine a team with Reynolds, Crocker/Godbold, James, Blake and Longar? That's a top 5 team. That team would've been sick. Maybe I'm just looking too closely at this year where OSU and OU aren't up to their usual snuff. Those teams have to be good for the Big XII to be good, because Nebraska, ISU, and CU are pretty much dead weight. (Though I do have some hopes for Sadler and Bdzelik). I'm very worried about the Sean Sutton thing, though. I think he could run that program into the ground if he's around too long. And, God, do I want Xavier Henry. I've seen Henry play, he'll probably be unstoppable in college. He plays against such a high level of talent during AAU ball that it's going to be easier for him once he gets into college. PS just like I said, OU is about to blow this game. We need at least 2 wins in the tourney (or a road win at Texas) to make the NCAAs now.

The KU pipeline to CA doesn't exist like it did in the Pierce days, but it doesn't need to. Roy wouldn't recruit east of Chicago. He claimed there were "too many good programs to fly over" to get to KU, so he built that pipe. The real reason was he probably didn't want to compete with his beloved Dean/UNC. Self will go anywhere for players. I think with the right coach, OU, OSU, and Mizzou could be long-term quality programs. They were certainly good back in the Stewart/Billy Tubbs years. Sounds like the OU/Baylor game got chippy. It's been physical the whole time, and Blake caught an intentional elbow when he basically sat on a kid during a loose-ball scramble. I like to think that OU and OSU (though not lately, at all) are longterm quality programs. But there's a difference between consistently being a top-25 team and being a national title contender, and it's hard to do that when you basically only recruit the Oklahoma kids that don't bounce to bigger programs (JR Giddens, Shelden Williams, Kelenna Azuibuke, Xavier Henry) and the Texas leftovers. Though, before Sampson bounced, Damion James and Scottie Reynolds were both OU commits. Can you imagine a team with Reynolds, Crocker/Godbold, James, Blake and Longar? That's a top 5 team.