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Very good ones I might add. cheerleaders or fans? Uh, cheerleaders! :P

Very good ones I might add. cheerleaders or fans?

has Arroyo always been abit wild?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaraaaaaaaaaammmmma bomb!!!!

comon lee

I just saw this headline on my gmail account: "Pettitte gives up 10 runs as young Marlins rout Astros" ok, so Mitre had a good night. But I think the reall happy news is Pettitte sucks... :P

that red haired kid sucks :clown:

Bruce already released it. Pierre Walker Lee Aram Jockstrap Barrett Murton Cedeno Big Z NOTTA BAD LINEUP...EXCEPT FOR JAQUE...BUT HEY, WHATTYA DO?

THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS MAN..TO HAVE THE LAST 3 INNINGS OF THAT GAME BACK.. THAT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD AT BAT FOR ANY HITTER, NOT TO MENTION KERRY

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dlee!!!!!!!!!

saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaapy!!!!!!!!!!! comon t-walk

did you see how they clogged the bases on arams solo HR???? daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

ooooooooooooooooo goody goody goody comon aram

nvm

OMFG YES WOOO YAAHHH WHHAHAHAHHEEHAHAEOTREONEONEONWGONEGON!!! :w00t: :facesjump: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: :stickman: could you keep it down in here............lol

you would too if you were 6'7" and 180 lbs but then again, you would look awkard anywhere

I thought Cedeno sucked :D

hey!!!!!!!!!! Jock can catch the ball!!!!!!!!!!! I bet Hendry likes that

(sarcasm on)Dang, man...you gotta throw the grammar thing in my face? (sarcasm off) I didn't think it was all that unclear. Then again, I wrote it. I was simply stating that I didn't want to be perceived as a blind Billy Beane supporter, but the A's have done it, for the most part, the right way for ten years. He's from Minnesota. Enough said. :wink: HEY!!!! I'm from ILLINOIS!!! I just LIVE in MN!!!!! Hey, 6 of one, half dozen of the other... your Hawkeyes be damned this fall.......grrrrrrrr

(sarcasm on)Dang, man...you gotta throw the grammar thing in my face? (sarcasm off) I didn't think it was all that unclear. Then again, I wrote it. I was simply stating that I didn't want to be perceived as a blind Billy Beane supporter, but the A's have done it, for the most part, the right way for ten years. He's from Minnesota. Enough said. :wink: HEY!!!! I'm from ILLINOIS!!! I just LIVE in MN!!!!!

(sarcasm on)Dang, man...you gotta throw the grammar thing in my face? (sarcasm off) I didn't think it was all that unclear. Then again, I wrote it. I was simply stating that I didn't want to be perceived as a blind Billy Beane supporter, but the A's have done it, for the most part, the right way for ten years. sorry man....I just wasnt understanding what you wrote...but on that note, I gotta say I totally agree with ya :wtg:

this post makse little sense to me. Moneyball=Oakland. most of the MLB does not follow Moneyball... What doesn't make sense? His point was that most teams don't follow the efficiency model that Oakland uses, even though Oakland has shown it can do a lot more with a lot less than other teams, for a long time. His point was that most teams don't operate that way, and it's stupid that they don't. to clarify: I read: "I don't want to be Mr. Moneyball (because I think it can be taken too far), but I just don't understand why baseball is attached to this line of thinking" This to me reads as if MLB's prevailing thought process is Moneyball..but: "A's has proven for nearly 10 years that shrewd use of young players and refusing to overpay for mediocre veterans is not only a successful long-term strategy, but also can work in the short-term" It simply read as if Oakland was opposed to Moneyball...which as I understand it, they are not. The wording of the post is unclear. I agree with it, and it took me awhile to make sense of it (and only did through others posts), but it isnt written well...hence my questioning... sorry for being the grammar police, I just wasnt sure what the poster was saying... edit: for my own grammar :wall:

Whether it's right or wrong, it's like this on every team in baseball and in many industries: Young workers (or baseball players) have to prove themselves, and experienced hands get the benefit of the doubt. On top of it, the front office signed Neifi to a guaranteed two-year deal. You're right about every team in baseball. Except, of course, for the Oakland A's. Sure has hurt their chances this year. The A's haven't played a game yet. We'll see what their chances are. The Cubs will have two young players, almost rookies, in their starting lineup: Cedeno and Murton. They'll also start a rookie on ESPN Sunday night baseball: Sean Marshall. They also used more young players in spring training than I've seen in nine years of traveling with the team. Let's see how it plays out. Oh, and I picked the A's to win their division. I don't want to be Mr. Moneyball (because I think it can be taken too far), but I just don't understand why baseball is attached to this line of thinking when a team like the A's has proven for nearly 10 years that shrewd use of young players and refusing to overpay for mediocre veterans is not only a successful long-term strategy, but also can work in the short-term (thus insuring the job security so many GMs cite as the reason they stick with mediocre veterans). If I'm running a business and a competitor is doing as well as I am, but doing it more efficiently and with lower costs, I'm going to steal his idea. Why don't GMs get this? Is "traditional values" that powerful of a restraint? this post makse little sense to me. Moneyball=Oakland. most of the MLB does not follow Moneyball...

ooo man thats thouching.......