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Well, yeah, when Lee ages and Fielder is in his prime, Fielder will outproduce Lee. Who's arguing otherwise? But this year, no rational person would take Fielder over Lee (for this season, discounting the age difference moving forward). I would really have a hard time taking Lee over Fielder for this season going forward. Lee's numbers are better right now, but he isn't going to hit .410 all year, and when he starts hitting .320, if he isn't hitting more home runs, Fielder will be at the worst, even with him. Well, I think you'd be mistaken to take Lee over Fielder for this season. Even without many homeruns, Lee is out-slugging Fielder .619 to .597. He has 19 extra-base hits, while Fielder has 16. I believe the homeruns will take care of themselves, but, if not, you can hit for some power without them. (Though I do agree Lee will need to increase his homerun output) But some of that slugging percentage difference is derived from some singles that Lee won't be getting all season. As long as he's hitting .410, he outslugs Fielder by 20 points, but what happens when he's hitting .330?

Just like he isn't hitting 410 this year, he isn't going to hit HRs at his current pace. What proves this? I mean, we know he won't hit .400 because his babip is unsustainable, but what is there that says that his power will come around?

Well, yeah, when Lee ages and Fielder is in his prime, Fielder will outproduce Lee. Who's arguing otherwise? But this year, no rational person would take Fielder over Lee (for this season, discounting the age difference moving forward). I would really have a hard time taking Lee over Fielder for this season going forward. Lee's numbers are better right now, but he isn't going to hit .410 all year, and when he starts hitting .320, if he isn't hitting more home runs, Fielder will be at the worst, even with him.

Sheets is striking out like 4/9 right now, I think. He's still getting some kinks worked out, just like Zambrano.

Duh, you trade them Izzy and they shift Reyes back to second base.

All this talk about Weiters not having as good a season as expected sounds pretty ridiculous right now, his numbers are better across the board. No idea if scouts are seeing something they don't exactly love, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryywruiDsL4 i just cant stop watching it

I won't miss that guy when Conan takes over next year. He's right, though. My favorite Leno Cubs joke is "Tiger Woods had a long layover in Chicago today. While he was waiting, he beat the Cubs 1-0." My favorite Leno joke is...I got nothin. When the Bullets became the Wizards, this made me laugh. "Deciding to downplay a connection to violence, the Washington Bullets have dropped the "Bullets" name. From now on they will just be called the Bullets." He didn't write it, though.

He can swing, but as far as in the field, I'm not sure. Every time I've done an Owasso game, they just strike everyone out, and he doesn't get much action. He seemed fluid in the warmups, though. :!:

What's the latest on Owasso, Ok SS Pete Kozma? I've seen him play a handful of times this year and he's pretty impressive. The coaches say first to third round, but I'm not sure how trustworthy they are, to be honest.

That's weird. I've seen Ginther (Jenks SS) play this year and I wasn't too stoked.

Boo-ya

Do you end every sentence with an exclamation point?

That had to have been a blown hit and run. didnt it.

Jesus christ. Literally, he's jesus christ.

I didn't realize he was blowing up this year

figures

Yes. Yes he did. To be fair, it's probably true.

I know if I show up late, hungover, and unable to perform they will intrude in my personal life by removing me from their payroll. Even if it was for the first time? That seems a little extreme. In my job, if I show up under the influence of alcohol or drugs, I'm terminated. If I get a DWI, I'm terminated. I can drink all I want on my own time. I can go to all the gentleman's clubs or carouse about on my free time at will. But if I get a DWI or ever happen to be believed to be under the influence at work, they can order me to be tested. If I refuse, I'm terminated. If I consent and I test to be under the influence, i'm terminated. So, while I have a right to do what I want on my own time, there are strict parameters that surround that. Do you believe your employer is doing the right thing? Since it's a school, yeah, I'd think so. Same with a pilot or anyone involved with public transport. But under the influence and hungover are two different things, you wouldn't get terminated if you were talking with co-workers about being hungover, would you, Vance? What does a DUI have to do with being an effective teacher? There's a lot more to teaching than just telling kids their multiplication tables and teaching how to diagram a sentence. Teacher's are/can/should be role models to impressionable kids, and a guy or girl who drinks and drives isn't exactly fitting that bill.

NTC or not, I can't imagine that anyone wants Eyre, considering that he sucks and has an albatross of a contract. Just one of many albatross contract's on this roster. Was it Eyre that I heard on ESPN1000 say that his agent didn't even offer a counter offer to Hendry's contract proposal? Way to know the market Jimbo. I heard that it went down like this, Hendry called him and made his offer. Eyre's agent replied with "that's an interesting offer Jim, we'll certainly...wait, did you say million?" Reports have it that the contract was signed, sealed and delivered before Hendry had finished his sentence.

I propose "this is really frustrating, but after last season I'm prepared for anything." by Me.

I really like Matt Barnes. And Lebron James is disgusting. He's going to hit his prime in 4 years or so and just be unstoppable. Ten years ago, he would have been in college, averaging 40 points per game.

Yeah, we're still waiting on first hand proof of this.

Christ. This is such a bad situation for the Cardinals. Do they go on all season honoring a person who it now appears died while driving drunk? He's lucky he didn't kill someone else, then it would have really been a black eye. EDIT Really hope that wasn't Freudian

I like Payne, and I'm rooting for him, but if his "horribly flawed analysis" agrees with the majority of the scouts, well, what can you do?