Tim

I've had a Hall of Fame vote for four years. I sense a Sammy question coming. No other question coming. I'm just glad there's at least one rational voice in the process. :thumleft:

gotcha. FWIW, I think Corey can get back above that level again, too. Hopefully Baltimore will not continue trying to have him hit ground balls.

Are you referring to contact rate or BABIP or both?

Soriano with a bit less pop and much better defense? Isn't that Corey?

Bruce, How long until you get a HOF vote?

Alright, that's three people helping out! Let's keep it going. 8)

I hope so. I'll be very happy with the overall #1 pick in our league this year, in that case!

The Jaxx have been very good to us at NSBB. They were the first minor league franchise to give us press access, they have been great at lining up players for us, they have given us many shoutouts over their broadcast and even let one of us in the booth! In 2006, the Jaxx have already offered us press passes and access to the players after the games. We'll be able to continue and expand our interviews with the players and hopefully bring even more in-depth coverage of the team than last year. But as we've been tracking all winter long in this forum, the Diamond Jaxx have had issues with the city of Jackson and have only recently found out for certain they would still be in West Tenn. As a result, they are scrambling a bit for sponsorships for the 2006 season. I believe it is time for us to give something back to the Jaxx. NSBB is going to be signing up for a $1500 sponsorship to help out the team. However, with ad revenues low over the winter, the coffers a currently running a bit low. I am hoping that some members of the community will be willing to help. There have already been two generous offers of support from DJAXXFAN and 29yearsloyal. If anyone else is willing to contribute, please paypal the money through the link on the front page or send a check to the address listed there. Also please send me a PM to know that the contribution is going towards the "West Tenn Fund". Thanks for your support!

Gotta catch up somehow!

Okay, that last one went through okay.

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Thanks for the heads up. It should be taken care of now.

I sent a PM already, but please refrain from personal attacks. Thanks!

Shouldn't it be that any player is eligible UNTIL there is substantial proof they've used steroids? Your idea seems sort of backwards. McCarthy would be proud.

I've left search enabled for premium for now, but I've also set it so that it is currently not indexing posts for non-premium users. More work for the weekend. Oh well, I'm going to be on the road again this weekend, anyway.

There seems to be a cascading effect at work here that I need to figure out. Once the server gets locked into a pattern of slow response, it just won't come back to normal without a reboot, which is what I had to do just now. Pain in the bottom, I tell ya.

Slow for me, too. :(

Has anyone had any site problems since I turned search back on for Premium? If not, I'll re-enable the search for regular members today.

Wouldn't that limit your ability to draft everybody in sight? I think the Cardinals wouldn't be that foolish to allow him to come up in May. I'm going to draft everyone in sight, anyway. ;) I can't see the Cards being foolish enough to pitch Ponson in front of him one way or another. Unless Ponson shows up about 50 lbs lighter and throwing like he did in 2003, that is.

Where is Pie going to start 2006? AAA? Most likely. Though a really bad showing in ST could land him back at West Tenn.

Yep, Von Joshua is going to be the hitting coach at AAA this season.

Neifi over Cedeno at short vs Ponson over Reyes at SP :-k At least there are valid injury concerns about Reyes. The good news is that Dusty seems set on Cedeno at SS.