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I'd rather they kept at least one of the teams there, preferably Miami. You can't really blame those guys for not wanting to go and support that team given the way their owners have treated it. If they had an owner who wasn't a jackass and would at least attempt to privately finance a stadium and not "Huizenga" the team after a WS, then people might start showing up to games and caring. Miami is a far better market than Tampa Bay, from what I understand. I used to have this cooky idea that the MLB should equalize the leagues to 15 teams per, until I realized that would cause a scheduling conflict. It went something like move the Devil Rays to Portland or Las Vegas, add them to the AL West, then move the Marlins to the AL East, then move Pittsburgh to the NL East. 5 teams per division, 15 teams per league. I'm not even really sure why I thought it was a good idea... OCD? It could still work out, logistically. You just have two interleague series per week, that's all. You let the Cubs open with the White Sox, or the Mets and Yankees, or the Marlins and Rays, while everyone else plays within their division. Every 7 weeks or so, your team plays an interleague series. You would still need a week devoted exclusively to interleague games, but it could still work. Only if you open up interleague to every team (a la the NBA). There is a reason that nearly every sport has even numbered teams in their conference structures

the yankees/sox fielding a major league all-star team >>>> TB fielding a minor league all-star team

he is definitely growing, but he has some work to do as far as shot selection. he has to resist chucking up an 18 footer just because his defender is playing back

i'm surprised about how passionate some of you are about this. thi seems like a total non-issue

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I agree, but I've been saying that for 2-3 years now. First with the Gomes/Baldelli/Kazmir/Crawford incarnation and now the Young/Dukes/Longoria one. They'll make the playoffs for sure in 2009 or 2010. I know Callis keeps banging the Rays in the WS in 2010 drum, I wouldn't go that far, though. Longoria/Price/McGee/Davis/Brignac is the best top 5 minor leaguers in any farm system in baseball. Sheesh. what is going to happen in '09 or '10 that will prevent the Yanks/Sox from spending $160M more than TB?

and he's said as much.

i'm pretty sure A-Rod ends up with the Angels. It's a good team, and the media scrutiny is like 5% of NYC

from what I remember, a lot of people hated the name "Devil Rays" when the team was formed (ironic since I'm pretty sure the name was picked in fan balloting)

I don't think Kansas or UNC will have many if any frosh playing serious minutes. I would also expect both to be around a lot longer than Gordon, Mayo, or Rose come tourny time. Kevin Love is the real key frosh. They I think all the teams mentioned will be Elite 8 teams, probably along with G'town. But I will go out on a limb now and say neither Kansas or UNC will make the final 4. that's a pretty big prediction at the start of a season. so much can happen. kudos if you're right though

And this adds to the discussion in exactly what way? wow, relax, just a joke

I don't want to take anything away from A-Rod's stats. He is a BEAST (except his RISP). My point is that the Yankees won without him, and save the 30 million for pitching!! This team won with Scott B at third and went to the series with Aaron F'in Boone. I feel it is time to go back to the winning ways of "THE TEAM" concept. 1998 Yankees, no 40 hr guys but were 125-50 (including playoffs)!!! If you took 2007 A-Rod and put him on late-90's Yankee teams, they would win 120 games

hey goony, do New Yorkers talk with as many exclamation points as YankeeFan here types?

A-Rod deserves his money. I am just thankful that my team has decided to spend all that money more wisely. the problem is that the Yankees front office has failed to show that they are very good at spending wisely these days. they throw truckloads of cash at players who are past their prime and on the downside of their careers and then wonder why those players either suck or get hurt. You have faith that the team that invested millions in Pavano, Wright, Damon, Giambi, etc. is really going to spend that A-Rod cash wisely? They're more likely to trade for Rolen or something

I'll take my team of non-Yankees (A-Rod, Sheffield, Clemens, Big Unit) and face off against yours of True Yankees (Jeter, Cano, Cabrera) and we'll see who wins in a 7 game series

how did Derek "Mr. Yankee" Jeter do this postseason? there is no team in baseball that would not be greatly improved by adding Alex Rodriguez. None

i'm pretty sure A-Rod did more than put fans in seats. What was his WARP3 again?

oh, found this funny. Paterno sounds like the Joe Morgan of College Football: re: Scouting high school prospects i also heard him on his call in show today and caught it in the middle of him explaining why he thought football should get rid of face-masks. i wish i'd heard all of it

oh, no doubt. this Penn State team is not built to deal with SEC speed at all. I don't think it would even be close

i've been predicting PSU vs. FLA ever since FLA got its 3rd loss. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they met in either the Capitol One (if PSU can get 3rd place) or the Outback

i wouldn't at all be surprised if Boston made a few head-scratching trades/FA signings, only to have it come out that the people they traded away are on Mitchell's list

I know the softball pitchers wear a chestguard to protect themselves. i thought they were all just misshapen females

What's the problem? Every feature we had on the old premium we have on this phpbb3, the only difference is there are a few adds. Tim has already explained why it's taking a little while; cut him some slack. I'm not trying to be a jerk....he can have all the slack he needs...I'm just not a fan of the adds at all, they annoy the crap out of me...I finally figured out how to turn off all the photos/avatars/sigs on phpbb3...which makes viewing a bit easier...all that stuff was auto off for me on the old board and I missed it....in all, its not "bad"...I just don't like change...especially change attached to google adds. :lol: BF Vista has no google ads. Just sayin' way to ruin for everyone

i think it's safe to say that while Jones/Catcher regain form, other players will balance it out by sucking badly.

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