Little Slide Rooter

Of course he does. OK, I'll stop that.

of course they do...er...did. =D>

Even if Geo does end up being more of a Mickey Tettleton than a Pudge Rodriguez, he'll likely be our backstop of the future, so maybe this guy can build up some nice trade value.

of course they dont. ](*,) not really bang your head against a wall-worthy. If you noticed, it was the half hearted head bang ( ](*,) ), not the full blown head bang( :banghead: ).

The Mariners are considered one of the big money teams, so I cant see them liquadating. They'll just go after some big name free agents next year.

Now I dont know much about Sherill or Adam Jones before this season, but hyopthetically, had we offered up Pie and Ceda, would that offer had been enough to get Bedard?

of course they dont. ](*,)

is Pujols in today?

And Sammy Sosa just happened to confuse his bat with a champaign bottle one day.

Hopefully he'll be available to pinch hit if needed.

Hows about he wait until Crede has a full, injury free season or 2 under his belt before making the comparison. Of course by then, it will be a moot point as Crede will be playing somewhere else by then.

not realistic. if you're going to have a backup middle infielder, he's almost certain to be a lousy hitter. take a look around baseball and see how many teams have a solid hitter who can come off the bench and play shortstop. if the guy can hit and play SS/2B, he's already starting. When did we get rid of Cedeno? Teams rarely carry just one backup middle infielder. It leaves you too handcuffed in the people you can pinch-hit for, double switches, injuries, etc. Now the fact that Patterson is up and could switch to 2nd base if need be is a decent argument. It seems like the Cubs don't want to do that unless they absolutely need to through. But even if you said that Hoffpauir was definitely a better hitter than Fontenot, when is he going to play? They don't seem to trust him in the OF. He's not going to get many pinch-hitting appearances because he's both behind Ward on the depth chart for LH pinch-hitters, and the Cubs won't send him up there to bat against a left-hander. He'll come up, and he'll just sit on the bench and likely get burned in a 2 pinch-hitter move as often as he actually gets an at-bat. It's a bad use of resources. So you bring him up, stash Patterson or Murton in the minors and give as many opportunities as we can. Hopefully, he comes through, and can gain some trade value.

Puerto Rico, maybe? Puerto Rico is correct.

not realistic. if you're going to have a backup middle infielder, he's almost certain to be a lousy hitter. take a look around baseball and see how many teams have a solid hitter who can come off the bench and play shortstop. if the guy can hit and play SS/2B, he's already starting. When did we get rid of Cedeno?

Not even the best on our team. Kerry has Marmol by 26 ERA+ Points, I'd def. give the nod to him. Plus his 46/8 K:BB :shock: They both have whips <1.0, so I'll take either.

The Tigers/Cards game finally resumed. I guess I'll see what happens in the morning.

Oh I saw it. The little brunette?

Thats whats called slamming the door.

Unless you're talking about the act of punching someone, I disagree. Tonight, Im questioning whether hes a better hitter than Cedeno.

How has the Cards/Tigers game not been called yet?

Juts walk him.

That means thats the cumulative. Say Patterson and Theriots gets on base with 1 out. Lee gets out, thats 2 LOB. Then Ramirez gets out, its considered 4 LOB. Get it?

Not one of Ramirez' prettier at bats.

After doing the same to Ronny? Keep Patt, dispose of Ronny.

Come on E-Patt.