Outshined_One

I thought I was kidding around about Dusty wanting to get fired all those months ago. Oh how right I was.

Better a country club than a nuthouse. :lol:

Dopirak also gets a blurb: Link

Hey Ron, thanks for taking questions. How's Felix Pie doing? How much more time does he need before he's back at 100%? Secondly, how has Carlos Marmol looked out there? The Cubs calling him up to AA raised some eyebrows around here, but hopefully this move is for the best. Thanks again!

I remember Tim debating whether or not he'd trade Zambrano for Abreu straight up. That would be an interesting deal, no? Still, if Abreu's out there, I'd pretty much sell the farm for him.

Schmidt's injury has decrease his value and made him much riskier, plus hes a FA at the end of the season. Wilkerson still has 2 more arbi years. Schmidt has a $10m team or mutual option. Dunno if it vests if he's traded.

Well, looks like MLB's released the names of 6 of the 8 players participating this year. Dominican Republic: David Ortiz Venezuela: Bobby Abreu Puerto Rico: Ivan Rodriguez Canada: Jason Bay Curacao: Andruw Jones Panama: Carlos Lee The players for USA and Japan are both currently not confirmed. Derrek Lee declined his invitation due to his shoulder problem. Japan's player is unconfirmed at the moment.

I'll go get Dusty some books on Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Derrida...

On a weird note, Pawelek's ERA is listed in some places as 1.59 and in others as 0.00. Yesterday's game saw him give up 1 ER at first, but the box score has been since changed to him giving up 0 ER and 2 R. Anyone know which number is accurate?

His BB numbers are down this season compared to last, actually.

The Mesa box was finally posted.

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-0 Box Score 3B S. McClain 0/4 LF B. Grieve 1/4 1B D. Kelton 1/3, BB C G. Soto 0/4 2B R. Lewis 2/4 PH M. Fontenott 0/1 PH M. Hoffpauir 0/1 SP T. Wellemeyer 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 6/2 RP C. Bartosh 2 scoreless, 3 H, 1/1 RP C. Pignatiello 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1/2 West Tenn lost 4-2 Box Score CF D. Bacon 2/5, 2 R, 2B (5), 2 SB (24) 2B R. Theriot 3/4 LF M. Murton 1/3, BB, SB (18) 1B M. Craig 0/4 3B C. McGehee 0/3, BB SS B. Coats 1/3, BB, RBI RF B. Sing 0/4 C J. Reyes 1/4 SP R. Pinto 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/5 Daytona lost 6-2 Box Score CF C. Walker 0/4, RBI 3B S. Moore 1/4, R, RBI, HR (16) 1B B. Dopirak 1/4 RF J³ 1/4 C J. Fox 0/2, R, HBP SP JR Mathes 6.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3/2, HR Peoria lost 3-2 in the 10th Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/5 2B E. Patterson 1/5 RF R. Harvey 0/3, BB LF L. Montanez 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (28), HR (12) 1B D. Larsen 2/2, BB, R, 2B (19), HBP SS J. Simokaitis 0/3, BB SP J. Estrada 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 0/1 Boise lost 16-9 Box Score CF D. Gregg 3/4, R, CS (5) LF A. Joseph 1/5, R, 2 RBI PH/RF C. Quinones 0/1, BB, R PH/3B J. Rios 2/2, R, RBI 1B E. Puello 2/5, R C J. Muyco 1/3 2B S. Hode 1/3, BB, R, RBI SS J. Mota 1/4, R SP D. Downs 3.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2/2 RP L. Hagerty 1 hitless, 1 ER, 0/2 Mesa lost 16-8 Box Score 2B E. Serrano 1/4, R, RBI 3B L. Rivera 2/3, BB, 3 R, 2B (3), SB (1) RF D. Lewis 0/5, RBI LF R. Episcopo 1/5, RBI, 2B (3) 1B R. Canzler 2/4, 2 R, 2B (2), 3B (2) C M. Mercedes 1/2, R SS S. Baez 1/4, SB (1) SP J. Pina 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1/1 RP S. Williamson 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/1 OVERALL: 0-6

Nothing like a disembodied and floating face to break a losing streak!

Weight issues were the other concern with him; although they've been a by-product of the injuries since he can't get into proper shape as long as he has said injuries. I'm hesitant to bring any of his character into question due to the fact that the Reds' front office is utterly incompetent, their management is a joke, and the clubhouse has had some utterly bizarre incidents throughout the year. It could be that he's a jerk, but it could also be that the Reds' organization is giving him a bad rep.

Mateo's quietly having a good season down at Daytona. His stats including today's start: 22 G, 6 GS, 50 IP, 4.14 ERA, 54 H, 29 R, 23 ER, 6 HR, 66/16 K/BB You'd like to see the hits and HRs down a touch, but other than that those numbers aren't too shabby.

Eh, it depends. There will always be people out there who'd be willing to give a young right hander with ace upside a chance. Maybe your crapshoot pays off and you get yourself one of the best young pitchers in baseball.

I'd trade Jose Macias for that!

Nothing on Redszone and they're usually pretty up to date. I'm guessing this rumor is bunk.

Maybe we can pick up Robbie Alomar and trade him for Everett. :D Then, when the deadline comes, trade Everett BACK to the White Sox for some one like Gio Gonzalez or Sean Tracey. It's fool-proof I tells ya!

Their GM, Chuck Lamar, would likely ask for a package centered around Carlos Zambrano and Mark Prior for any deal involving Crawford and Baez. I'm not even kidding.

There aren't many players on that team I'd be interested in aside from Wilkerson. They don't exactly have many (if any) prospects I'd be interested in. Ryan Church might be a nice acquisition, but there's no [expletive] way Dustbag's going to play him every day. They can be interested all they want. If they're not giving up Wilkerson, I can't say I'd be interested.

I'm curious to see how Hairston would do over the long haul getting starts every day. Keep in mind that Baltimore traded him away over Brian Roberts largely because he kept getting injured all the time.

http://people.ucsc.edu/~kihori/SWP/strong%20bad/cheat.JPG Nope, don't see the resemblence. :lol:

Do we consider what Todd Hundley did a success? No? :lol: How about Jerry Hairston?

That deal is garbage. You'd think Dunn would actually acquire useful talent, but either this rumor is completely bunk or Dan O'Brien is going insane. I'm not buying this rumor.