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  1. David
    That's quite a stretch. Kasper is great. But Brenly is run-of-the-mill, at best. Stone was far more insightful. That said, I agree with the majority here that he wouldn't make a good GM or manager.
  2. David
    I feel almost dirty linking the MLB boards here, but I got a kick out of this. Braves fan campaigning for Neifi as Furcal's replacement. http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ml-braves&msg=61531.1&ctx=0 DO IT JS!
  3. David
    I'll gladly take the $250 mil payroll (and the winning), thanks.
  4. David
    Maybe go after a CF (Bradley/Cameron) with those extra starting arms we have, but I agree.. LF - Murton CF - Patterson (Bradley? ) RF - Giles 1B - Lee 2B - Walker SS - Furcal 3B - ARam C - Barrett To me, that lineup looks good enough to compete for the division. Amazing how much of a difference 2 signings would make.
  5. David
    Please, oh, please NO...
  6. David
    Honestly, if Nomar wants to extend his career and be at less risk for injury, a move to LF for the rest of his career would be in his best interest, imo. Yeah, bu does he even have the arm to play OF? Not everybody can play any position. Well, he does have a hell of an arm, we've seen that... Only he might have to make sidearm throws from the OF, lol.. I think if Nomar wants to really lower his value and possibly ruin his career, he'll move to the OF..
  7. David
    Real shame Orton made that bad throw... Could be 17-3 right now, on the way to another Lions beat down... Can't complain at all though.. He's had a Hell of a first half. Shame about Bradley, though.. :x
  8. David
    That doesn't really qualify as news.
  9. David
    Personally, I was not very confident in Borowski heading into 2004. Sort of the way I'm not all that confident in Dempster now, except even more so amidst reports that his fastball was down to the mid-high 80's. Derrek Lee was considered a slightly above average offensive 1B at best, and Barrett was a huge question mark. Those two definitely worked out (although Lee much moreso in 2005), but I would very much dispute that we looked all that great on paper going in to 04. Also, like you said, shortstop was a HUGE weakness. Oh, and Aramis had yet to show the progress in his game that we have witnessed over the past two seasons. Of course, I was really optimitistic, because I was blinded by our 88 win team having made it to within 5 outs of the World Series. Still, the moves worked out far better than we should have expected (Barrett, ARam especially..then there was the fact that Alou had a season that lived up to his contract for once) and the 2004 team should've won more than 89 games. I think the blame for that lies with Dusty (pitcher overuse, misuse, bad lineups, bad attitude, all of it)...and Hendry seems willing to go down in flames with Dusty B. Goode..
  10. David
    Unfortunately, based on your report, it was the hosts who discussed the Cubs, not his agent. That's basically the same as us discussing it here. Of course, there's a decent chance we're one of those 12-15 teams (although that's probably a bit of an exaggeration). I won't lie, though. I'm glad to hear that the Cubs were at least talked about. I just don't think it means that much.
  11. David
    You have got to be kidding me. Did we make the playoffs in 2004 or 2005? Maybe you don't know this but we were 4th in our division last year. That is terrible!! All I care about is results and the past two year Hendry and Baker did nothing of the sort. I concede that Hendry sold us short in 2005, but very little of the blame for the 2004 season can be laid at Hendry's feet. Yea, it can. Isn't he the one who went out and hired Dusty? Hendry is the GM of this team. He is entirely responsible for what happens with this team.
  12. David
    I want Neifi Perez nowhere near this team. Baker would find too many ways to get him playing time, even if those guys ahead of him didn't get hurt. Not only that, but Neifi doesn't do anything particularly well...we can likely get better than his production from Cedeno (in the case of an injury)...
  13. David
    http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-051028cubs,1,1825971.story?coll=cs-home-headlines :x :x UGH, do not like the sound of that at all.. (the bolded part) Jacque Jones or Juan Encarnacion, here we come.. bleh Then again, it's Paul Sullivan, so take it for what it's worth.
  14. David
    So, we're not supposed to say good job when our GM makes a good move? That's news to me. What are we supposed to do? Complain? Well, I sort of agree that it should be expected. Especially when it's something as simple as these moves. But I'm glad it happened...because, unfortunately, with Hendry's track record since 7/31/04, it's hard to know what to expect.
  15. David
    I'd honestly give him anything within reason.. say, up to 12 million per. We have tons of money to spend this offseason and unfortunately we do not have the upper hand in these negotiations (if, in fact, there are any). We are DESPERATE for a productive OF bat and right now he's the only one on the market. It'd be a shame to waste Prior and Z's "cheap" years...That's for sure.
  16. David
    LOL.. I love how people feel so compelled to include the Yanks in every major free agent discussion that they go as far as this. Not a knock on you at all...It's just an amusing thought.. They'd have 3 "star" starting SS in their everyday lineup. Furcal in CF.. :lol:
  17. David
    With a little Milton Bradley sprinkled in... =P~ Furcal, Murton, Lee, Giles, Aramis, Bradley, Walker, Barrett Prior, Zambrano, Burnett, Wood, Maddux =P~ =P~
  18. David
    I think it's about time the thread title is changed on this one... This one has officially been debunked... We can now go back to hoping that we'll get the only OF worth a darn in free agency (until somebody else signs him).
  19. David
    Yes.
  20. David
    won't corey sit on the bench & pout?? wonder who Texas would give up for Patterson?? Not enough to justify trading him. No reason to sell low; we have nothing to gain by trading him. As for him pouting, where do you get that idea? He expressed disappointment but didn't cause any stir when sent down to AAA. And Corey has never shown anything to indicate that there's anything wrong with his attitude. I'm not sure where people get this idea that he's any sort of a problem in that department.
  21. David
    Link? I'm not doubting your source at all. I'd just like to read the rest of the article.. :wink:
  22. David
    Not a very big jump in the NL West... :)
  23. David
    Ya gotta admit.. IF healthy (BIG "if," I know), that would make one hell of a starting rotation... Better than 2003 even... Prior, Zambrano, Burnett, Wood, Maddux (in no particular order, except Maddux at #5)... And in the playoffs, that would be... WOW.. just wow..
  24. David
    I highly doubt Lee will ever do any better than he did in 2005. I'd love it if he proved me wrong, though.
  25. David
    What makes you say that? Because I cannot think of a single trade that John Scherholtz got fleeced in. Not one. Denny Neagle...and yes, he had a GREAT 1997... But still, imagine if we gave up Prior or Z a few years ago for 2.5 years of a very good (at best) veteran pitcher... I wouldn't be too happy. EDIT - This probably would look a lot better for me in 2003... With Schmidt's recent decline/injuries, not as much... Who was the 1B prospect they gave up in that trade anyway?
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