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  1. somechick
    Didn't look at the list, but I know I share with Jay Buhner, Jarrod Washburn, and Corey Patterson. Extra points go to Washburn, however, since we also share the same year. Non baseball ont his list: Fidel Castro Alfred Hitchcock Danny Bonaduce Corey Patterson doesn't look so bad anymore....
  2. somechick
    Back when Lima was in Houston, he was in the midst of an absolutely horrible season and the Astros were having a picture with the players day that I took my nephew to. Most of the players were nice but not particularly enjoying themselves and just trying to get it over with. When Lima came around (this was right after Craig Biggio walked right past my nephew and several other kids while complaining that his knee hurt and for everyone to hurry up), my camera ran out of film. Instead of just walking past, Lima stopped, waited for me to change the film in my camera and talked to me and my nephew, joked around with him comparing their bleach jobs on their hair...he was just really nice and was having a blast. Biggio actually yelled at him to "skip the kid and get this over with". My nephew talked about that for months after and thought Lima was just the coolest person. I have a ton of respect for him because he loved what he did and no matter how well or how badly he was playing, that joy of being a baseball player was always evident.
  3. somechick
    Talking about players under another teams control in that manner is tampering, not collusion. Collusion is when the owners band together and agree not to pay a player or players a certain amount or not to sign certain players to drive prices down, etc. thus ending today's vocabulary lesson....
  4. somechick
    Depodesta was on MLB XM on my way home from work tonight. He basically said that not only do they have no plans to trade Peavy now, they never had any intent to shop him--they were just listening to offers in the off chance that they might catch a windfall that will make the team better. He completely downplayed any budget concerns and actually implied they feel they are going to be competitive this year. So something is blowing a whole lot of smoke up someone's behind. Mind you, this interview with "Hacksaw" (whatever his real name is...I dont pay attention because he annoys me) was approx 5 minutes after Hack announced that the Padres will once again be approaching the Cubs to discuss Peavy for Marshall, Hart, Olsen, and Vitters.
  5. somechick
    am I the only one aware that Affeldt is now with San Francisco? :-k
  6. somechick
    Isnt the "derek jeter gene" defined as being overrated?
  7. somechick
    Honestly, if he really did try to kill 5 people (which i have no idea if it true or not), then 14 years is a gift.
  8. somechick
    When will people learn to spell Cincinnati? ;) (sorry, couldn't resist)
  9. somechick
    Just got in 50.....can't promise I will be able to do that everyday, but I will try to get in as many as possible.
  10. somechick
    I swear, when I first read that, i thought it was gonna say actually able to fit into his uniform.
  11. somechick
    What does Brooks Robinson have to do with the Nationals? I am guessing he means Frank Robinson--but that confused me as well. But, part of the reason Wilkerson is rumored to be available has been said to be that the Nat's are tired of all of his K's. Um, yeah, Corey fixes that :-k .
  12. somechick
    Wrong wrong wrong. Look at the Red Sox of 03, with the closer by comittee. Then they fail horribly, realize they need a closer, sign Foulke, and win the World Series. Houston had Lidge. St. Louis has Isringhausen, White Sox had Hermanson/Jenks. The truth is that having a great closer and setup man shortens the game to 7 or 8 innings. Guess how Isringhausen and Hermanson became closers. Nathan, Dempster, and Gagne too. For what it's worth, but Hermanson was drafted as a closer. It wasn't until '97 after being traded to Montreal (via florida) that Alou had him starting. then he bounced back and forth between starting and pen. he was, however, first a pen/closer to be guy.
  13. somechick
    Isn't Morris' wife a Cubs fan?
  14. somechick
    I actually think Dontrelle is kinda cute (like little kid cute). But seriously, how anyone could forget the homeliest of the homely, Ron Karkovice. Yick.
  15. somechick
    Pie is only half the player Pierre is. :wink:
  16. somechick
    The whole scenario looks like those faux press conferences they do at the Miss America pageant.
  17. somechick
    Even if Konerko stays, it might make sense for them (money issues aside). Thome isn't exactly the greatest defensive first baseman to begin with, and with his history of back problems and other injuries, the odds of him playing out a full season there are slim anyway. But, they dumped Everett (at least until the trading deadline...heh), dumped Thomas, so they could conceivably pick up Thome for DH and occasional first base duties. If Konerko does leave, then I agree, Delgado would make much more sense. I just dont see Thome ever being able to handle a full season in the field again.
  18. somechick
    Wasn't it mentioned during one of his starts last season (in LA perhaps?) that his father couldn't make the trip because he was ill? I seem to remember something like that. Hopefully, it isn't anything serious but that might be why.
  19. somechick
    Well, perhaps dye getting awarded 1st without actually getting hit is karma for the Astros after Berkman's little "performance" last year when he faked getting hit in the head.
  20. somechick
    I can't wait for the fireworks when Lucifer comes to collect Ozzie's soul only to find out he doesn't have one.
  21. somechick
    You can't really do that fairly unless every division is equally strong, too. I mean, look at the NL East--every team finished over .500 compared to the NL West where only 1 team did and barely at that. Why should the Astros have been punished when they finished with a far better record and San Diego got to play a bunch of incredibly crappy teams on its way to its division title. Heck, there were what, 4 or 5 teams better than San Diego this year? And they played more of their games against better teams. and until every division has an equal number of teams, you can never come close to having things seemingly fair. No matter what they do, someone will find something fallible in it.
  22. somechick
    I understand his being upset at not being able to fully grieve his father's death with his family and feeling like his time was wasted there since he didn't pitch, BUT, there really was no way of predicting whether or not he would be needed. Had the Cards been able to actually score a few runs, his presence might have been far more necessary. But whining about it isn't really gonna do him any favors either. Too bad he didn't go all Steve Kline on LaRussa, then maybe that series would have been remotely entertaining (outside of game 5).
  23. somechick
    See, I figured all the travel would really hit them hard, not in chicago, but once they got back to LA. Having game 2 end in such a craptacular way doesnt help, either.
  24. somechick
    I would disagree that LaRussa is overly well liked. I know many Cards fans who despise him. But I agree that Scioscia is among those that are borderline revered. He is the only current manager I would sell my soul to have manage the Cubs.
  25. somechick
    What was even more appalling was how cocky and arrogant all the WS players and fans were when AJ scored. Like they all didnt know that run was majorly gifted to them. As soon as that call was made, I knew they would win. Pure crap.
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