Derwood

What's your thinking for that? The Phillies can hammer the ball, but they pretty much have one starter. And so do we. Z is a stud, but outside of that Hill has been shaky, Dempster is pitching way above his head, gallagher is doing decent but nobody is expecting him to be a top notch starter his first year and then there's marquis... Fact of the matter is though Dempster could be a an All-Star. He won't keep it up but right now that is what he is pitching like. And like someone else said when he falls Lilly either before or some point after will rise. Demp will likely go from his 2.7 now to pitching 4 in the second half and Lilly is at like 5.3 right now and should be more like 3.7 like least year. That's more of an improvement than Demp's drop. Now those are just my random numbers but I would say it will turn out pretty close to those. we're actually enjoying the best case scenario, with Dempster holding strong and Lilly improving: RYAN DEMPSTER I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP +-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+ April/March 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 37 3.16 22 15 13 2 19 0 22 1 May 6 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 38.1 2.35 29 15 10 4 14 0 41 2 June 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5.06 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 TED LILLY I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP +-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+ April/March 6 6 0 1 4 0 0 0 30.2 6.46 33 22 22 4 13 0 25 1 May 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 34.1 4.72 37 21 18 8 8 0 36 1 June 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 3.21 11 5 5 2 5 0 16 0

says who? how many starting pitchers get by with 2 pitches?

Look at his minor league success. He was very, very, very good as a starter. sure, so was Pie. just saying that he's probably the best reliever in the game right now. no reason to rock that boat

i still don't buy marmol in the rotation. his effectiveness in the pen is his ability to just let it fly for an inning. if he has to pace himself, his stuff isn't nearly as electric, and two pitches won't get him through a batting order 3 times

I don't miss Ward at all and don't really care when he comes back. the team hasn't suffered a moment without him.

sham or not, i can't believe this is his 11th year in the league. Damn I'm old

I concur. We've had one day game in the last 9 or 10 days, and it was a blacked-out FOX game on Saturday (which we lost).

the name didn't give it away? i knew the second i first saw his name. then again, my dad was born in The Netherlands, so i've seen Dutch stuff all my life

Great win, terrible song

No when you move the DH to the field you can't make someone else the DH. huh. what if the DH gets hurt? can someone off your bench become the DH?

sure, and 7 local time is fine. but it's 8 local time here, and upwards of 10-10:30 when they're on the west coast. dont' get me started on post-season games That's what you get for living in the wrong time zone. :P that's what i used to say to east-coasters when I lived in Chicago. now it's all coming back to haunt me

you can't change who the DH is during the course of a game?

sure, and 7 local time is fine. but it's 8 local time here, and upwards of 10-10:30 when they're on the west coast. dont' get me started on post-season games

i want more day games

zambrano is about 10% as good a hitter as he thinks he is

Sidney Ponson, come on down!

link(s)?

aw pickles

you're hilarious. sell the most profitable team in the league? yeah, that's a great business decision

did I mention that this contest is bullcrap?

my wife says she can't hear his name without thinking of Ponderosa

That's a must, unless we're talking about some kind of extremely extenuating circumstance. Maybe if the candidate is some hotshot from Europe, or something like that. At least give me someone with some indication that he's been in a court-side leadership role before, and shown some promise. This is the NBA, I don't think it's too much to expect someone with some kind of accomplishment in the area of coaching. Let Del Negro cut his teeth somewhere for a couple years -- heck, hire him as an assistant and find out if he's cut out for coaching. But head coach right away sight unseen? That's stark raving madness. Even if he succeeded it would *STILL* be stark raving madness. Porter did land that job. Did Cartwright get his head coaching gig without any assistance experience? I don't recall him being an ass't before we hired him. I'm surprised he hasn't gotten another gig somewhere, I don't think he did badly with what he had. he was an assistant under Phil Jackson for the '97 and '98 champion teams

my guess is Burnett is a no go. He'd probably immediately exercise his player option, which would mean the Cubs would be adding a multi-year contract; can they do this mid-sale? also, Burnett has sucked this year (83 ERA+, 1.50 WHIP)

Dear Mr. Benson, It's called a taxi. Sincerely, Everyone with a brain

someone needs to remind Joe Crede that he's Joe Crede