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@ 2-3 times the cost. FYI, Neither Ryan nor Wagner were ever options for the Cubs since the day the Cubs signed Dempster to an extension. He's also several years younger and his numbers are much better, hence the higher cost. You're probably right on the second point, which shows a lack of imagination on Hendry's part. Would you rather have Ryan @ 5 yrs. 47 mil or Dempster @ 3/ 15.5? Both were in their 1st year as closers. FYI, Ryan is 29 & Dempster is 28 It's not an either/or decision.

@ 2-3 times the cost. FYI, Neither Ryan nor Wagner were ever options for the Cubs since the day the Cubs signed Dempster to an extension. He's also several years younger and his numbers are much better, hence the higher cost. You're probably right on the second point, which shows a lack of imagination on Hendry's part.

Considering how this market is blowing up Furcal is getting at least 5/60. That's not too much worse in my mind, but I'd say that's the high end of what Furcal is going to get.

It doesn't take a crystal ball to look at the numbers of Howry, Eyre, and Ryan, and come to the conclusion that Ryan is a safer bet to repeat his numbers from the past few seasons.

You know, I saw the title of this thread, and I was going into it thinking we'd see that Furcal was close to signing for 4/40 or whatever, and I was going to be okay with that. I'd accepted the fact that overpaying Furcal was going to be an unfortunate necessity. Then I opened the thread to see the most nightmarish rumor I've ever seen. However, there is hope. ITI is a well done site, but they don't have a lot in the way of rumor credibility, as hawkeyecub pointed out earlier.

See Cpatt? Even the mods are onto you. brb getting own material By "getting" do you mean paying someone to think it up for you? That's a good one, how much do you want for it?

Ironic isn't it? Do you think if Nomar was more 'motivated' he could have avoided such an injury? And here we are two years after the trade, counting on Murton and watching backwards Ramon take 55 out of town. Nomar has one of the most intense workout regimens in baseball. I think SI did a story on a while back. Good point. Don't try to piggyback his thoughts. Right. CPatterson never has an original thought. Gimme a break. See Cpatt? Even the mods are onto you. brb getting own material

Agreed. Also, beggars can't be choosers. EDIT: I could also see myself really liking Bradley, like the way he plays the game.

dangit, I was going to put Veal in the bottom of my list but I forgot. It seems that BA really has a thing for recent high round draftees and with the numbers he put up I think it would be no surpise to see him between 8-10

Haha, of course Nebraska is blowing out Colorado at home. If Iowa State wins in Kansas tomorrow I'm going to be sick.

Go Bucs! Hopefully Simms doesn't suck, but I have a feeling that whoever screws up the least between him and Orton will win. Prediction: 5-5 Tie

Ironic isn't it? Do you think if Nomar was more 'motivated' he could have avoided such an injury? And here we are two years after the trade, counting on Murton and watching backwards Ramon take 55 out of town. Nomar has one of the most intense workout regimens in baseball. I think SI did a story on a while back. Good point.

Wouldn't LSU go to the Rose Bowl before PSU. I don't know, I'm just asking. I do think LSU is the better team though. PSU is in front of LSU in the BCS as of now, so no. Of course, that might change with LSU still having games remaining. Speaking of which, LSU is only up a TD on Arkansas approaching halftime.

Premium has that feature. Probably my favorite one too. Inside of a thread? How do you use it?

Gary Thorne is great at doing hockey games, but I'm not a huge fan of him in other sports. Especially that Astros no-hitter, I swear he said the word no hitter 150 times in the last 3 innings. EDIT: And Ed Cunningham is an abomination. There's a fine line between analyzing what is going on and second-guessing decisions as an analyst. Ed runs through the line like an olympic sprinter.

Winner. We have enough average to good pitchers as is.

Possibly, if you're from Texas.

Why do teams do all sorts of stupid punt formations? That was really dumb.

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A&M leads Texas 15-14 in the second quarter.

Let's tone down the language, please. This is a family site, and swearing is generally not accepted. Thanks! is that a swear word? or already edited already edited.

From the logic in this thread, it applies to anyone that's ever played major league baseball. Yea, I think Carlos Beltran lived up to his deal. Nice blanket inference. It's been pretty clearly implied that you can't blame the player for poor performance, you blame his usage. If that's the case, then it applies to anyone. I said this before and this is the second time I'm saying it - you don't get it. Baseball isn't about 'blaming' players for anything. For example, do you really think Corey was making an active effort to suck last year? Do you think Neifi was trying to not be 6'0 250 and able to hit moonshots? Baseball more than any professional sport is a TEAM GAME. We got what we expected from both Neifi and Burnitz, that means they were not the weak link in the team chain. It's just like if a hacker is trying to penetrate your PC. He'll go to port SS, wait, thats blocked...ok lets try port RF...no, their plan is holding up there...lets try CF....hmm, here's an easy way to get in and sabotage something. The key to any successful franchise is A+ player development and scouting, whenever you get what you thought you'd get for a player - that is a success. When players go to the DL, forget how to swing a damn bat, and these are impact players, it blows a shotgun shell hole in the plans for your team. Neifi and Burnitz at least made it to work. Just because a player has low expectations doesn't mean that their performance is not bad, and needing to be replaced.

From the logic in this thread, it applies to anyone that's ever played major league baseball. Yea, I think Carlos Beltran lived up to his deal. Nice blanket inference. It's been pretty clearly implied that you can't blame the player for poor performance, you blame his usage. If that's the case, then it applies to anyone.

From the logic in this thread, it applies to anyone that's ever played major league baseball.

YES, Bradley please. This isn't the first report that have linked the Cubs to Bradely. Good to see that Hendry doesn't appear to have reservations about getting Milton.