SouthSideRyan

It'll be fun to eliminate the Mets.

I don't think Z makes it unless he throws a shutout next time out.

I was gonna say this story sounds familiar about Hill throwing strikes and not getting the call cause of the curve.

They're gonna need a bigger booth.

Thats pretty good although many won't get it. That's fine, nobody got mine.

Budhouse posts since Kerry's last blown save (May 24): 4

If these trends continue, I'm never going to stop buying you beer next game you come to.

Arthur Rhodes is probably worse than Cotts.

And I wasn't trying to be funny, that was my best guess.

Managers never let a guy run from the 8 hole, cause they'd rather waste an out with a bunt from the pitcher.

I'll try. Rich has been viewed by the organization as a mentally fragile for quite some time. Their solution to dealing with a mentally fragile pitcher is to mess with his mechanics at the first sign of wildness in spring training. Thus getting a guy who's already thinking too much to think even more every time he takes the mound. After their tinkering didn't work, Lou decided to berate him and embarrass him by pulling him at the first sign of trouble, and never let him work out of any trouble he got into. So, do you actually believe that? Or were you just trying to tailor your post to the Lou/Rothschild thing? I don't not believe it.

I'll try. Rich has been viewed by the organization as a mentally fragile for quite some time. Their solution to dealing with a mentally fragile pitcher is to mess with his mechanics at the first sign of wildness in spring training. Thus getting a guy who's already thinking too much to think even more every time he takes the mound. After their tinkering didn't work, Lou decided to berate him and embarrass him by pulling him at the first sign of trouble, and never let him work out of any trouble he got into.

I think last time we had this poll I voted Andy Sisco.

Yeah, I don't believe for a second that 1.75 Million people were out there.

Are there any realistic multi-team deals the Cubs could get in on to increase their chances? I don't know. It's not that the Brewers are better matched, they are just stacked in the minor leagues. The Cubs don't have a single prospect with the value of LaPorta and probably not one that comes close to Gamel either. If the Brewers decide to do whatever it takes, they will win this derby. Now, if the Brewers are hesitant to offer the top goods, the Cubs might outbid them. There might be other teams in this derby with more minor league resources than both Mil and the Cubs. What are you trying to say?

I'd rather face the Cardinals than the Mets in the playoffs. Go Cardinals!!

Oh and I really want to include Ceda in any deal, I think his perceived value is way higher than what he actually brings to the table.

yeah but sabathia is probably going to be asking for $20M a year. if you do that you've got about $60M next year going to 4 starters, and beyond then you've got nearly $50M a year going to 3 starters. tack on $13M for lee, $12M for fukudome, $15M for ARam and about $17M for soriano - that's $108M and you still need a bullpen, 2 more starters, 4 more position players and a bench. unless you're the yankees, this is not doable. I'd do the deal even if he's a 3 month rental. The problem is that there would be no guarantee of signing Sabathia to an extension after giving up Gallagher. I'm not sure Sabathia as a 2-3 month rental is worth Gallagher plus others. Gallagher looks to be an important part of the rotation for this year and in the future. Screw the future. Win now. The '93 Phillies could have had the Big Unit in what could have easily been their year, but opted to "stay young" and not give up their prospects. Turns out the WS was likely just one giant, hideous bird-man of a pitcher away. Easy to say after the fact. No one person is a guarantee of a world championship. Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of going for it all, and picking up another stud starter, but this whole it's been 100 years, trade everyone now is the type of mentality that has got us into many messes in the past.

Will that be part pf the Big XII/Pac-10 Throwdown or whatever the hell it's called, or is this separate? Regardless, that's good news. I'd love to get UK, Duke, or UNC regularly on the schedule, too. Duke will gladly play a home-and-Greensboro series. Maybe a 2 for 1 Home-UC-Home

Rich Hill is depressing the hell out of me.

Gomez used to post on BTF as ChadBradfordwannabe. Pretty cool guy.

Ha, I just made the same post in the minor league thread.

If Matt Craig were in the Cardinals system he would've gotten a trial in the majors by now. This is what gets people all pissed about is that some career minor leaguer gets his chance at the age of 28 with the Cards and turns out to be a decent player. It's because some of these guys are career minor leaguers only because no team ever let them try playing in the majors. I don't see a spot for Craig on this year's team, but I find it perplexing that after the catcher experiment was scrapped that Matt has had to stay at high A putzing around before he could once again go back to AA to mash. He OPSed 866 as a 23 year old in AA. His reward was to repeat AA. After falling off a bit the next year his reward was to try and learn how to catch. After that being scrapped before the season started, his reward was to start in A ball. He's pretty much just a 1B type at this point, but so is Hoffpauir, and Craig has the better minor league record. I'm not saying there's much of a difference between the 2, I guess I just don't understand why Hoffpauir is big leauge material and Craig isn't allowed to leave the state of Tennessee.

Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it. lol wat Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park. So Wrigley is a pitcher's heaven since it has the longest foul lines in the majors. Not at all, there's more factors than that. Long foul lines doesnt = pitchers park just like one big gap (gross) doesn't = pitchers park. According to BR, It was a heavy pitcher's park for its first 3 years, and has been just about neutral ever since. Oakland leaned slightly to pitcher's during Zito's time there, but nothing extreme. Certainly nothing the AL/NL difference shouldn't have made up.