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That was just one example of many. The greatest legitimate home run hitter of all time, Hank Aaron, never hit 50 home runs in a season but Brady Anderson did. I guess you're right, the steroid era didn't skew the stats at all. I realize it's tough to admit that the baseball you have watched most of your life has been tainted by steroids but it is what it is. And Hank Aaron took greenies, so was he really legit?

I'd like to see Soto a little higher, too. But tha'ts not horrible. And god, if Milton stays healthy, the middle of our lineup is gonna be a beast.

I'm sure he could do at least a passable job at first. Hell, we put blanco there a couple times last year and it wasn't too big of a disaster. Third on the other hand, I have no idea.

Sure it was negatively impacted. No one is denying that. What people are refuting is this stupid statement: "each year nothing would happen, except that more and more bodies grew unnaturally bigger and the game became twisted into a perversion, its nuances and subtleties blasted away by the naked obsession with power." That's such over the top hyperbole it's ridiculous. No one is saying steroids weren't bad, but for some reason we like to pretend that this era, out of every one that baseball has went through, is the one that 'killed the nuances' or the one that really 'hurt' baseball. Yes, during the nineties there were, if not a majority, at least a very large minority of players taking PED's of some kind; but this isn't anything new. Players have taken upper pills, or greenies, since the mid 1900's - but that didn't destroy the game? In the early 1900 players threw spitballs, players sharpened their cleats to slide into bases, brawls on the field were much more common place than today, and oh yeah - minorities were not allowed to play - but that racist, violent era didn't 'destroy' baseball? And people will argue that this is different, because people broke records doing this form of cheating. That's nonsense, too. You don't think some players who are on the career wins list or era list probably threw spitballs? Hell, Ty Cobb was the very first man elected into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame and yet he was probably one of the worst violent racists in his time. But things like this didn't 'destroy' the subtleties and nuances of the game? It's ridiculous. Yes, the steroid era was bad, it was a negative. But let's not pretend that it destroyed the 'nuances' and 'subtleties' of the game that somehow miraculously survived through every other form of cheating, deceit, and negativity that baseball has been through.

According to puge (via rotoworld) he'll be signed soon.

what are you talking about? derosa makes more than two times what miles makes. if you're gonna bitch about trading derosa and signing miles (which is perfectly valid) in the offseason, at least have the facts straight. Jesus, dude - who peed in your cornflakes? Miles is making 2+million and DeRosa is making 5+ million this year. All he said is that the prices were comparable. Yes it's double his salary but in the grand scheme of things when you have players making 15-20 mil, the ~3M difference between the two players is certainly comparable. sorry, 2 mil and 5 mil isn't comparable. In your opinion. I agree it's a bit of a stretch, but like someone pointed out earlier, on a team with a 140 million dollar payroll, 3 million bucks isn't much.

I'm not exactly sure how the people in those seats are supposed to stand. On the seats, clearly.

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And that's because he's not (I'm not implying that you think he is, either). Miles has a career .329 OBP, so you can't even really argue that he get's on base. Sure, last year he had a .355 OBP, which is just fine for his role. If he were to repeat last years numbers i'd be thrilled. But the problem is there's no reason to assume he will, that's the only year he has ever come close to that level of play. And even that was inflated by a batting average that was 27 points higher than the year before - he actually took two LESS walks last year than the year prior. It should also be pointed out that his BABIP was far higher (.342) than his career avg BABIP (.313) last year, indicating the possibility of last years high average being just plain luck. Anyway, yeah, miles sucks.

Aren't ya gonna tell them WHERE to go ??? :wink: Depends, are you going to ignore board rules for a couple minutes? :-))

what are you talking about? derosa makes more than two times what miles makes. if you're gonna bitch about trading derosa and signing miles (which is perfectly valid) in the offseason, at least have the facts straight. Jesus, dude - who peed in your cornflakes? Miles is making 2+million and DeRosa is making 5+ million this year. All he said is that the prices were comparable. Yes it's double his salary but in the grand scheme of things when you have players making 15-20 mil, the ~3M difference between the two players is certainly comparable. The Cubs also owe Miles $5m total over the two years. I'd rather pay DeRosa $5m for 1 year than Miles $5m for 2. Although comparable is still probably a stretch when talking solely about their current salaries, $3.3m is a pretty significant gap. Fair enough.

what are you talking about? derosa makes more than two times what miles makes. if you're gonna bitch about trading derosa and signing miles (which is perfectly valid) in the offseason, at least have the facts straight. Jesus, dude - who peed in your cornflakes? Miles is making 2+million and DeRosa is making 5+ million this year. All he said is that the prices were comparable. Yes it's double his salary but in the grand scheme of things when you have players making 15-20 mil, the ~3M difference between the two players is certainly comparable.

according to rotoworld via the SunTimes Not much to say about this, but i suppose it's worth passing on.

Haha, go yankees.

Likely japan.

Haha. Him and Z should have a contest.

The live boxscore on mlb.com As for the third inning: Z gave up a hit to Jojima, then aparently there was a fielders choice involving iwamura, then Kawasaki got an RBI hit, then Ichiro walked, then kataoka and Aoki struck out back to back. Inning over, 2 runs in.

Beat you. Mine just wasn't as fancy.

Yep. Fuku is 0-1. No specification as to how the out occured.

And then Darvish K'd soriano to end the threat.

After the Fontenot hit (single i'm assuming) Reed Johnson got a hit and then Paul Bako walked. Zambrano struck out with the bases loaded. Bases still loaded, 2 outs.

One out in the bottom of the 2nd, Fontenot with a hit. No specification as to what kind.

Also: interestingly, the Cubs are letting Z bat but Team Japan is playing with a DH.

Oh, and Z has pitched 2 perfect innings, striking out 1 Lee apparently drew a walk against Darvish in the first, but nothing came of it.

How is this not broadcast in any format? Eff MLB.