Derwood

going back because of the completely unnecessary signing of one Torii Hunter

only if Hansborough isn't available

in game one of the B10 tourney, Michigan is beating Iowa soundly

That's what they are proposing, kind of. What you are suggesting is extortion. that's suicide marketing too. you don't pay $20M/year to NOT have your name/logo/product in every corner of the ballpark.

i hope so

my hopes are that Pie actually hits well this year and Soto slugs well, so that we might see a lineup like this by mid-May: 1. Soriano 2. Pie 3. Lee 4. Fukodome 5. Ramirez 6. Soto 7. DeRosa 8. Theriot/Cedeno

i might like PSU's chances today if they hadn't already beat Illinois twice. I know it's weird, backwards sports logic, but it really is hard to beat the same team 3 times in the same season if one isn't significantly better than the other. PSU's only chance is to keep it close and watch the Illini brick free throws

thanks for clearing that up for us

Big Ten tourney predictions? Opening Round Minnesota over Northwestern Illinois over Penn State Iowa over Michigan Quarterfinals Wisconsin over Iowa Michigan State over Ohio State Purdue over Illinois Indiana over Minnesota Semifinals Wisconsin over Michigan State Purdue over Indian Finals Purdue over Wisconsin

midi-chlorians? shouldn't he be training with Mace Windu?

look, don't touch

which fat drunk?

For Ron's sake people wth is going on 7 steals in 22 at-bats? wow! i hear he has 12 put-outs in 27 plate appearances too! /weird stat

i don't even remember any of my predictions

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1. Alex Rodriguez 2. Albert Pujols 3. Hanley Ramirez 4. Jose Reyes 5. Ryan Braun 6. David Wright 7. Chase Utley 8. Jimmy Rollins 9. Miguel Cabrera 10. Johan Santana 11. Matt Holliday 12. Ryan Howard 13. Grady Sizemore 14. Prince Fielder 15. Jake Peavy 16. Troy Tulowitzki 17. Victor Martinez 18. Carl Crawford 19. Alfonso Soriano 20. David Ortiz 21. Carlos Beltran 22. Brandon Webb 23. Vlad Guerrero 24. Ichiro 25. Derrek Lee 26. Russell Martin 27. Joe Mauer 28. Brandon Phillips 29. Brian Roberts 30. BJ Upton 31. Derek Jeter 32. Corey Hart 33. Josh Beckett 34. Manny Ramirez 35. Dan Haren 36. Robinson Cano 37. Justin Verlander 38. Erik Bedard 39. Aramis Ramirez 40. Cole Hamels 41. Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones 42. Adam Dunn 43. Mark Teixeira 44. CC Sabathia 45. Carlos Lee 46. Lance Berkman 47. Roy Halladay 48. Carlos Zambrano 49. Scott Kazmir 50. Francisco Liriano 51. John Smoltz 52. John Lackey 53. Chris Young (the outfielder) 54. Curtis Granderson 55. Brian McCann 56. Ian Kinsler 57. Magglio Ordonez 58. Jorge Posad 59. Khalil Greene 60. Carlos Guillen 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 68. Ryan Zimmerman 69. Carlos Pena 70. Joe Nathan 71. Matt Kemp 72. Francisco Rodriguez 73. Dan Uggla 74. Gary Sheffield 75. Jonathan Paplebon 76. Daisuke Matsuzaka 77. Hunter Pence 78. Tim Lincecum 79. Rich Hill 80. Nick Markakis 81. Rickie Weeks 82. Kosuke Fukudome 83. Kenji Johjima 84. Fausto Carmona 85. JJ Putz 86. Takashi Saito 87. Jose Valverde 88. Todd Helton 89. Javier Vazquez 90. Nick Swisher 91. James Shields 92. Miguel Tejada 93. Brad Hawpe 94. Hideki Matsui 95. Travis Hafner 96. Edgar Renteria 97. Alex Rios 98. JJ Hardy 99. Chone Figgins 100. Billy Wagner 101. Joba Chamberlain 102. A.J. Burnett- picking for IMB 103. Bobby Abreu 104. Shane Victorino 105. Mariano Rivera 106. Placido Polanco 107. Kevin Kouzmanoff 108. Jason Bay 109. Josh Hamilton 110. Brad Penny 111. Michael Young 112. Torii Hunter 113. Adrian Gonzalez 114. Matt Cain 115. Eric Byrnes (IMB) 116. Huston Street 117. Adrian Beltre 118. Howie Kendrick 119. Brett Myers 120. Andruw Jones 121. Justin Morneau 122. Bobby Jenks 123. Ben Sheets 124. John Maine 125. Matt Capps 126. Delmon Young 127. Pedro Martinez 128. Francisco Cordero 129. Rich Harden 130. JI....JIM THOME 131. Tim Hudson 132. Adam Wainwright 133. Paul Konerko 134. Kelly Johnson 135. Ted Lilly 136. Yovani Gallardo 137. Joakim Soria 138. Rafael Soriano 139. Yunel Escobar 140. BJ Ryan 141. Trevor Hoffman 142. Pat Burrell 143. Josh Fields 144. Chad Billingsley 145. Kerry Wood 146. Jeff Kent 147. Jermaine Dye 148. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 149. J.R. Towles 150. James Loney 151. Lastings Milledge 152. Willy Taveras 153. Eric Gagne 154. Adam LaRoche

Or maybe your standards are lower then mine. Because any GM who wants to win, and does whatever takes (not necessarily meaning stupid trades, signings) to win, and does this consistantly, is in my book, a good GM. Maybe your not use to the idea of a GM who wants to win, because Hendry definately does want to win. Hendry does get his fair share of blame, but it's not because he isn't trying. I honestly believe people on this board, underrate Hendry as a GM. Actually winning >>>>>>>>>>>> Desire to win That falls on the players to play, and the manager to managed the players. Not the GM. Hendry, IMO, has done an admirably job putting together this team. That's not to say there isn't holes in the team....as of right now, until proven otherwise, the Cubs have holes at CF/SS and C. But otherwise, the Cubs are in good shape to repeat as NL Central champs. admirable doesn't cut it. with his payroll he has put together a pretty mediocre team

Or maybe your standards are lower then mine. Because any GM who wants to win, and does whatever takes (not necessarily meaning stupid trades, signings) to win, and does this consistantly, is in my book, a good GM. Maybe your not use to the idea of a GM who wants to win, because Hendry definately does want to win. Hendry does get his fair share of blame, but it's not because he isn't trying. I honestly believe people on this board, underrate Hendry as a GM. Actually winning >>>>>>>>>>>> Desire to win

oh, welcome to the board. I got DBTman hooked up over here from (duh) a DBT message board

it worked in Boston, right?

looks like Lee is still scuffling

So you're saying the umpire of love might have made some favorable calls for him? I think that's just one of the many perks of being a MLB player... i was at a spring training game at the Toronto Blue Jays' stadium last March and I can tell you that many player wives aren't all that great. Sure, big fake boobs, but caked on makeup, tacky clothes and voices like nails on a chalkboard

Who knows if Lou is still mad at Fox though. Fox got yanked out of the game immediately after one of his at-bats last August and never got another at-bat for the rest of the season. I'm not sure that he is going to get many chances with the team. Why, what happened to set Lou off? No one knows for sure, but the speculation was that Fox wasn't being as patient as Lou liked. Lou started him one day against the Giants. Fox saw a total of 5 pitches in 3 at-bats. After the end of the 3rd at-bat, Lou was visibly upset and pulled him from the game. The next day, it was reported he would be sent back to the minors, and he ended up not getting back in a game in the majors the rest of the year. You spend years being led to believe swing early and swing often is the only way to make it and then a Cubs manager actually punishes you for impatience. Must be confusing. it could be a lot worse. imagine the underclassmen at Michigan having to move from Lloyd Carr's to Rich Rodriguez's offensive scheme

He looks high all the time. He's like Jim Breuer. there's a good reason jim breuer looks high all the time

new mug shots of old favorites: http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_334393.jpg 4-3 http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_282332.jpg Not broke off? http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_110189.jpg http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_124693.jpg Fruit by da foot! http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_452668.jpg WEED! http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_457122.jpg Nearly identical to his Cubs' shot last year http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_425503.jpg Dusty weeps http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_118120.jpg Mad Dog http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_407578.jpg Looks thrilled to be there http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_136664.jpg Evil twin? http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_408039.jpg He's SOOO Taguchi http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_452733.jpg Straight from the remake of The Goonies http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_150396.jpg He won't look so happy in about a month http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_120401.jpg Holy F! When did Percival turn 60? http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_114260.jpg He's Uncle Ray now http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_430911.jpg From insane to mellow http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_424825.jpg Your starting CF http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_279571.jpg Born goofy I guess http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_430321.jpg Looking for Lady Cop http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_150035.jpg Relief Pitcher by day, H&R Block Account Manager by night