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Old lady finds baseball card in her basement from 1869
Banedon replied to erik316wttn's topic in General Baseball Talk
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That article annoyed me. He took a long time to say nothing except "A Peavy deal would be complicated"....No kidding???
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The Cowardly Bears story continues. From the absurd punts inside opponents territory when the team desperately needed to score, to the GM laying the blame almost entirely on the QB position despite total lack of talent anywhere else on offense, to everybody's job being in danger except for the boss man and the guys making the most money. This is pretty disgusting. LB and DB coaches are taking the blame while Lovie's BFF gets to stay on and continue the leadership of a declining defense. So far I've seen no evidence that Lovie's authority has dwindled in the least, and that's incredibly disappointing. The team has gotten worse since the super bowl, and the guys most responsible - Lovie, Turner, Babich and Angelo - are going to keep their jobs while their underlings take the hits. Hilarious that Lovie had no problems firing the DC that was actually good, but we can't get rid of dear old Bob Babich. I'm less and less sold on Lovie as a coach by the day.
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I agree with what you're saying here generally, but Marshall isn't Santana. I think the argument is that if you have a guy that's either mediocre as a starter, or mediocre as a reliever, and you've already seen enough of him to form an opinion (the Cubs clearly have an opinion on Marshall...we can debate whether that opinion is correct), then maybe they feel like this is a better spot. Especially if they feel like they can pick up a better starter than Marshall relatively easily. Obviously the Santana comparison is going to be silly, because Santana's clearly a great starter.
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Hendry Needs To Go
Banedon replied to Keeper's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/01/05/carpenter.cards.ap/index.html Sounds like they're thinking along the lines of Kerry Wood here...
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Thanks for posting that. I'm really surprised he didn't mention the SEC allegations being a factor at all. Maybe it would've been if he'd gotten further in the process. In any case, what he wrote makes sense. Too bad it didn't work out.
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If that happens, this could turn into a trainwreck in a hurry... At least it'll be entertaining.
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I agree. It seems he caught the Texas lightning in a bottle. He'll be fairly productive when he's healthy, but probably not nearly as good as he was last year. Anyone else sick to their stomachs knowing that we now have approximately $70 million tied up in Fukudome & Bradley for the next 3 years? Due to contracts, our offense will remain nearly exactly the same for the next 3 years. It better be good again. If there's something Hendry is good at, it's getting rid of bulky, bad contracts. This is the first year that money has been a concern with free agency, and that's only because ownership is up in the air. I'm not that concerned about those. Soriano is more painful to me, cuz it's for so much longer. I'm just glad this is done. We needed something in the plus column. Seemed like all minuses so far.
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The similarity to Prior is really interesting too. But then again, Peavy didn't run into Marcus Giles, or have Dusty Baker as manager.
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Was I just used as an insult?
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Dot races ok?
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Actually, I'm guessing he meant transpires.
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I don't think that word means what you think it means... Some people think these moves are trangressions. As for Peavy, that situation is not directly related to any of these moves. As I blogged, the ownership situation has to sort itself out first. Was DeRosa a cancer in the clubhouse or was there something behind the scenes we are not privy to? It seems pretty odd to move on of your better offensive players for 3 B- or C rated prospects. Even if this isn't related to Peavy, they needed to clear up money for Bradley. Exactly. So trading Marquis wasn't enough? I mean, it seems like Miles cancels out the money saved by trading Marquis. And he wouldn't have been necessary without the Derosa trade....*sigh*
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WINTER CLASSIC: Red Wings Win 6-4 || 1/1/09 12:00 NBC
Banedon replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
Awesome picks. I'm definitely not a hockey guy, but I'll be watching tomorrow for sure. One of the first ever hockey games I've been excited about. -
Speaking of different types of going out on a limb, I'll go out on one and say he's not the only one...heh
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So in terms of next year's team, we just traded DeRosa and Marquis for Bradley and Miles Yep. That's not good. Peavy pretty much has to happen now to make this offseason a success. Actually we've more or less traded Reed Johnson, Mark DeRosa, and Jason Marquis for Milton Bradley, Mike Fontenot and Sean Marshall. We're better off because of the moves. Personally I would have liked to have gotten different players in the Marquis and DeRosa moves but getting them moved was more important than the guys we got back. Miles though was unnecessary but in a backup role, he can't hurt us too much. How come we can assume the Bradley signing and not the Peavy trade? :)
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I don't want Sheets. We already have an injury prone pitcher in Harden.
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Same with my wife. She would've dumped me for Derosa if the opportunity presented itself.
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Except the first 2 haven't happened.
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Hendry thought they said Jelly Gobbs.
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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081231&content_id=3730672&vkey=pr_ana&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana&partnerId=rss_ana 2 years with a 3rd year club option
