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Jaret Wright is busy throwing meatballs over the plate out there.

Ideal result: ARod goes 0-4 with 3 K's. The Yankees are down 1 going into the ninth and ARod either strikes out with the bases loaded or GIDP to end the game. I think he'd have to go into Witness Protection if that happened.

Ideally? Yes. Likely? No. A man can dream, can't he?

Interview some one other than those three, plz.

Remember the 1999 NLCS? Please tell me again how the Braves advanced to the World Series. I'll refresh your memory. :D

Looks like Jim Hendry can no longer use "The A's never advanced in the playoffs!" excuse. Man, if the A's win the WS, maybe that'd finally get Jimbo to buy into OBP.

He's just playing coy and is getting ready to sign Dave Duncan to manage. LIES! He's after Jose Oquendo. :P

Can Hendry please turn his blinders off and actually start giving serious consideration to other candidates? It's like Brenly, Girardi, and Piniella are the only candidates out there right now!

I think Crisp's problem is that he's not the ideal guy to bat leadoff and is better-suited to LF since it takes less of a toll on his body. I don't like the idea of replacing Pierre with him, needless to say.

They probably want to get something for him before he goes off to free agency. He'd probably make a decent 4th starter and an innings eater. If the Cubs trade for him, it'd likely involve pitching since Colorado is stacked with IF prospects. I'd hope they would do it for a package of somewhat lesser prospects or high ceiling/high risk guys down in Mesa/Boise. As much of a jerk as Myers may be, he'd be a heck of an upgrade to this rotation. If he shows he's gotten the help he needs and is remorseful, I don't see why the Cubs shouldn't look into him.

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The other problem is that a number of people (not everyone in this thread, mind you) are assuming that Lee was going to be able to reproduce, or at the very least come close to reproducing, his 2005 season. This is not a given by any stretch of the imagination; I don't care if you're a believer in statistics, psychology, shamanism, or Thor's influence in baseball. Everyone knew he was having a career year with those eye-popping numbers. I truly think it's unfair to place so much of this team's burden on Lee's shoulders. When he was out, a large number of people said this team's lack of offensive output was due to his absence. While there is plenty of credence in that statement, there are much better arguments regarding this team's lack of offensive success, even with Lee out of the lineup. How much better (offensively speaking) would this team be if they didn't have one of the worst hitters of this generation (Neifi) getting significant playing time? How about the terrible offensive output from Mabry, Cedeno, and Izturis? What about Pierre's and A-Ram's miserable slumps to start the season? Even if you give this team an extra ten wins with a healthy Lee, they would still have finished the season under .500 and out of the playoffs. I really hope Jim Hendry looks at this lineup and realizes that it needs some significant upgrades rather than keeping it intact, hoping they will eventually gel. Unless your starting pitching is eye-poppingly good (which our current rotation is not), the following lineup will not get your team above .500: Juan Pierre Cesar Izturis Derrek Lee Aramis Ramirez Jacque Jones Michael Barrett Matt Murton Ronnie Cedeno Pitcher Heck, I'd be skeptical of that lineup's output even with some one like Andruw Jones, Carlos Lee, or Alfonso Soriano in it. Getting two of those guys in there would help matters out quite a bit, though.

I'm guessing he'll be doing the Dodgers/Mets games.

I've been hearing rumors of Washington.

Aren't there rules about interviewing managers when you haven't even released your current one?

More like a vaguely awkward speech. Think nerdy 6th grader running for student council president-level. He just fired a guy he has worked with for 4 years, I expect him to be somewhat shaken. Indeed. He also looks like some one who hasn't had a good night's sleep in about a week.

More like a vaguely awkward speech. Think nerdy 6th grader running for student council president-level.

Hendry has Dick Jauron Syndrome going on. Deer in headlights!

I personally enjoy the fact that he has no tie and the first two buttons of his shirt undone.

Seconded. MacPhail leaving has shaken his foundation. I'm guessing there's a blowtorch under his seat at this moment.

I was waiting for Phil Sullivan to start drooling about Lou Piniella.

Sounds like they won't be getting a manager on the cheap.

This press conference is sounding like Jim Hendry's love letter to Dusty Baker. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

Cripes, the way he's talking about Dusty, you'd think we just hired him.

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