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Depends on how they get out of the gate. First month and half are brutal. Nationals, Brewers, Cardinals, Marlins, Reds, Cardinals, Phillies, Reds, Dodgers, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, Phillies.. If they can keep it reasonable early, they got a shot.

According to Glazer a couple seconds ago, Bears traded for Brandon Marshall. 2 third rounders.

Either, Hamilton, Quentin, Ichiro, Delmon Young, Nick Swisher, Hunter Pence, Shane Victorino for starters...

Marlins in now according to Rosenthal. https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/Ken_Rosenthal/status/153214041555353600

It's actually Gasol instead.

I don't know. Would you want to stay in St. Louis if you could help it? Even if someone paid you a crapload of money? Considering he has a restaurant there/bunch of money invested there/has talked about how he loves St. Louis, I would think pulling a fast one on the Cardinals probably would not go over very well for his legacy there. Probably be as big of a blow to St. Louis as Lebron was to Cleveland. not even close How is this not even close? Both are ridiculously huge superstars in their respected towns that waited until free agency to bolt like a madman South to teams that are loading up on talent. Add on the fact that how Pujols has talked about: - How he and his family loves St. Louis/wants to play his whole career there. - How he wants to be the next Stan Musial - How money doesn't matter, winning's all that matters. I'd put him pretty close to Lebron in retrospect about jabbing a city in it's heart.

I don't know. Would you want to stay in St. Louis if you could help it? Even if someone paid you a crapload of money? Considering he has a restaurant there/bunch of money invested there/has talked about how he loves St. Louis, I would think pulling a fast one on the Cardinals probably would not go over very well for his legacy there. Probably be as big of a blow to St. Louis as Lebron was to Cleveland.

I bet he stays in St. Louis. He got them to pony up.

Don't they already have a 1b in Morales/Trumbo?

Let me get this straight - No Pujols, or Fielder with main RBI guy Ramirez gone. Hope they got some trades brewing otherwise hitting is going to be as awful as San Diegos.

About as good as he played against the Lions. Tebow= Vince Young

Lucchino just told Red Sox media that Red Sox might widen search for new manager. Hmmm..

Cubs interviewed Hale today via phone. Theo says probably no more candidates. https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/CSNMooney

According to Levine on twitter just a second ago, Cubs plan to interview Sandy Alomar Jr. sometime later this week. http://twitter.com/#!/ESPNChiCubs/statuses/134027558449717249

No surprises. Didn't Schlitter retire earlier in the season? Berg was brutal, glad to see him gone. Z is as good as gone. Hopefully this clears room for Fielder and Wilson. I'd bet about anything CJ Wilson will be pitching for Boston next year.

Actually Soriano should get credit, not blame. He felt the need to call Zambrano out, but he did it privately in the clubhouse, unlike Z who does it publicly in the dugout or through the media. Somewhat agree, but probably not the right time after Zambrano just got tagged and tossed. Regardless though, I don't see it as that big of an issue and not really much of a meltdown either. A guy left the clubhouse early after he was tossed, and mentioned that he might retire because he got chewed by another player in the clubhouse. I'm sure this is the only time something like this has ever happened in a clubhouse. :roll: Should have been fined pretty heavily, but a little overboard on the suspension thing.

No, but Hendry typically talks himself into a corner by enraging the meatheads to the point that no solution is acceptable other than the banishment of said player. GMs will lowball him because they know he HAS to make a move. Had all parties just shut up and kept the clubhouse business in the clubhouse, no one would be wise to any of this today. Are you against the 30-day suspension? Eventually it would have come out what happened once word hit the press of his suspension. Teams need to discipline behavior like this. If a guy is fiery, fine. I love guys who have a ton of passion for the game and want to win. But Z went beyond that. When it affects the team, it needs to be addressed, and that's what happened here. I don't support Hendry at ALL, but I'm on his side here. Just curious, but how did Zambrano leaving after he got ejected/ripped to shreds by Soriano affect the team in any shape or manner? Things said/done in the clubhouse should stay there. You have to be consistent. So if it's ok for Z to throw a fit and go home when things don't go his way and you do nothing, that means you're saying it's ok when anyone else does it, too. And it's not like this is the first time Z has done something crazy like this. If it was from totally out of the blue you could overlook it, but if it's forgiven it'll just happen again. Something needed to be done. And like I said-- once the Cubs announced a 30-day suspension for Z, the reason would have gotten out regardless. I hope he really stays away so the Cubs can spend that money on a pitcher who isn't a complete mental case. Where did Zambrano throw a fit this time around? From everything I've seen/read, he was quiet until Soriano came roaring down on him. Then he mentioned retirement and left the clubhouse after he was ejected from the game. I could understand this blowing up if Zambrano blew a gasket before he left the game and then went into the clubhouse and started wailing on things. The opposite happened here. And why isn't Soriano taking any kind of blame here for running down an heavily emotional pitcher in the clubhouse after he just gave up 5 homers and ejected from a game? What was he expecting going down there?

No, but Hendry typically talks himself into a corner by enraging the meatheads to the point that no solution is acceptable other than the banishment of said player. GMs will lowball him because they know he HAS to make a move. Had all parties just shut up and kept the clubhouse business in the clubhouse, no one would be wise to any of this today. Are you against the 30-day suspension? Eventually it would have come out what happened once word hit the press of his suspension. Teams need to discipline behavior like this. If a guy is fiery, fine. I love guys who have a ton of passion for the game and want to win. But Z went beyond that. When it affects the team, it needs to be addressed, and that's what happened here. I don't support Hendry at ALL, but I'm on his side here. Just curious, but how did Zambrano leaving after he got ejected/ripped to shreds by Soriano affect the team in any shape or manner? Things said/done in the clubhouse should stay there.

No clue, but he deserves to be taking as much heat if not more than Lebron is. His offense schemes are pathetic.

What? Owners/Stern want a 45 million dollar hard salary cap. Let's get ready for another lockout.

If Stern/owners get their way, this is the last time Wade/Bosh/Lebron will be playing together.

I have yet to figure out why the Lakers fans hate the Heat so much. Never played Wade or Lebron in a Finals. Handed Shaq in the prime of his career which led to a dynasty. After that, handed Gasol in his prime which lead to another. Loaded their team up with Payton, Malone, Shaq and Kobe one year. Is it because Lebron is seen as some threat to Kobe being the best player or what? Or is it because the Heat are doing what the Lakers have been doing for the past decade?

Not happening. Nate Miles has "backed off". I posted the article on the previous page. How much Calhoun or boosters pay him off to keep quiet, I wonder? Calhoun now will probably just ride off into the sunset while UCONN gets poured on with sanctions/banned postseason play.

How long before this becomes Butler's title?

No one posted this? According to Heyman yesterday,