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What's so silly about it? He's doesn't have a position on an NL team.

So his home park shouldn't be considered? How about the fact he's pretty much useless in the field?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11352678 They would've been better off trading him and spending it on their rotation.

Yep. Dusty would've been hell on wheels as a manager ca. 1985 when everyone was playing Whiteyball and the league was half black. We'll see how Jocketty handles his dismissal.

I'd hope the hell not, but after Rice, nothing should be assumed. I could see the Hall veering into an NFL/boxing standard of expectations real soon. There's just too many members out there who clearly have no idea what they're doing.

Not sure if this has been posted:

Restovich sucks ass.

Making fun of him for "sitting on his ass" for a million dollars sucks. Jealous much? I know you're partly being sarcastic, but come on. You don't think he's working out for hours upon hours a day? You don't think he wants to come back and pitch in the big leagues? Some of you are just drinking the haterade the moment you roll out of bed. Stuart Scott would be proud.

As far as Grace, he's going to need the assistance of the Veterans Committee at this point, since he received less than 5% of the votes. And as we all know, the Veterans Committee isn't worth Veterans Committee. Do you honestly think any of those three belong in the HOF?

For everyone out there seeking employment, think about all the guys in every type of job like this person, wasting space and refusing to let go: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Old-man-admits-to-mistake-in-not-voting-for-fell;_ylt=AhxtOlxJVptVCKnIwTW_N2MRvLYF?urn=mlb,133355

You could've stopped right there.

Rice? yuk. I fully expect to see Grace, Damon, and B. Williams in there in about ten years.

Probably unnecessary to go that long.

Yeah, I have been keeping my eyes open. I'd suggest signing him to a rehab contract, but I'm sure that bridge is burned. I'd rather sign him for 4.9 mil the next two years than Aaron Miles, but that's me. Seriously? That'd likely be a complete waste of $5 million. Not that Miles isn't, but at least he can cover 2B.

I have trouble believing that the Cubs would trade Soriano since they are trying to add offense. Obviously it would make sense to try to get out from under his contract, but the Cubs are in a win-now mode and getting good youngsters for a big piece of your current offense doesn't help in 2009. As for the Peavy deal, I do think it will happen and I'm hoping we can exclude Vitters. Soriano is a problem that has a huge contract. He plays poor D, but that would be less of a problem in Boston where most hard hit balls are going off the wall anyway. He also has a mental block about hitting someplace in the lineup other than leadoff, and the Cubs can NOT win deep into the playoffs with him hitting leadoff because he is an all or nothing type hitter. All of this gives Lou a GIANT headache! When you put his contract, mental block and D along side the Cubs need for LH power, a true leadoff hitter (L or S), and perhaps another OF to play L or R, Hendry will jump at the opportunity to move him, especially if he could get Ellsbury and a couple of pitching prospects for Towers in return. Ellsbury is not only a great leadoff hitter, he plays CF, AND his salary is so low and will remain relatively so, long enough that the Cubs could actually afford to sign Bradley to play RF and Dunn to play LF with backloaded contracts. That would make Fukudome & Johnson the 4th and 5th OFrs, with NO NEED to negotiate at all with MacPhail, and the Cubs would have a perfectly balanced lineup of: Ellsbury L, Theriot R, Bradley S, Ramirez R, Dunn L, Lee R, Fontenot L and Soto R. Does anyone think that Jim and Lou aren't "drooling" over even the slightest possibility of this happening? After all that you can flip Cedeno and Cotts to StL for Pujols, because, y'now, I heard they don't like winning!

Sorry I asked. I'll think twice before questioning someone so enlightened again.

So the Peavy deal fell apart because Towers was asking for too much, but now he's "seen the light" and would accept that load of waiver-wire horse [expletive]? And who plays CF for Boston? Don't say Drew.

Was the room full of smoke when this vision came to you? None of those deals make the least bit of sense for the other clubs involved. If you were a fan of the Orioles, Red Sox, or Padres, would you want your team to make those deals? Half the guys you mentioned coming from the Cubs have minimal to no trade value.

Might as well be $100 mil. What was his reason for not getting surgery?

Jocketty's gonna screw around and get a pink slip when Dusty does. He should be finding ways to launch Baker, not listening to his dumbass philosophy and signing absolute turds to multiyear deals.

some might call them sensationalist hacks.

Who needs Manny? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/post/Mets-considering-Dodgers-Pierre-in-outfield-mix?urn=mlb,128188

fontenot? i'm surprised we haven't heard about more teams inquiring about him. I got the impression Hendry was shooting down inquiries on him pretty quickly. Which doesn't make much sense. This is probably the best chance he has to sell high on Fontenot. 2b fetish jokes aside, I don't see why he wouldn't at least entertain offers.

a corner OF with a career .805 OPS? They'd have to let everyone in.