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Singler promised KU a visit. He'd be a nice Downs replacement. I see. Well, he can't make any official visits till he's a senior next year, but I'm sure he'll also visit Arizona and Oregon to boot. This will be Love's second unofficial visit to UCLA. A win over Arizona would be helpful on Saturday, I know the Bruin Den will make a good impression on both Love and Singler. :) I've heard he'll only take 3 visits--UCLA, Duke, KU. UCLA seems to have the lead from what I've read. However, I 've also read there is no guaranteed Love/Singler package deal. Where are you hearing only 3 visits? Everything I've read seems to indicate UNC is as high as the others. I don't think Love/Singler are a package, especially given the differences in their top choices. But, Love came back from his previous unofficial to UCLA and really seemed to sell it to Singler, who put UCLA towards the top of his list. I hope UCLA has the lead on Kyle, haven't read anything about him really favoring any of his top choices.

I should probably get on acquiring it (and the BA Prospect Handbook).

Singler promised KU a visit. He'd be a nice Downs replacement. I see. Well, he can't make any official visits till he's a senior next year, but I'm sure he'll also visit Arizona and Oregon to boot. This will be Love's second unofficial visit to UCLA. A win over Arizona would be helpful on Saturday, I know the Bruin Den will make a good impression on both Love and Singler. :)

The Oregon kids, 6'9" C Kevin Love and 6'8" F Kyle Singler, the third and sixth-rated HS juniors in the country (according to Scout), are unofficially visiting UCLA on Friday and Saturday. Love has UCLA, North Carolina and Duke as his top 3 choices, Singler has UCLA and Duke as his top choices. They are close friends, so there is a good chance both will end up at the same school.

Wow...what a way to win and lose a game. Dentmon (the freshman who committed the foul) sat on the bench and looked like he was going to cry all OT.

Umm, wow. Anyone watch the UW-Stanford game? Washington made 2 FTs with 2 seconds to go, giving them a 3 point lead. Stanford lobs it to midcourt where Matt Haryasz catches and passes the ball to a streaking Chris Hernandez who goes up for a last second 3-pointer...and is fouled by freshman Justin Dentmon with 0.2 seconds left. Hernandez then makes his 3 FTs to send the game to OT, where Stanford dominates and beats Washington. This was the foul with 0.2 seconds left: http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.caps10601300402.washington_stanford_basketball_caps106.jpg UCLA leads the Pac-10 by 1 game over Arizona, Cal and Stanford and 2 games over Washington and USC.

Amazing facts there, Diffusion. I had been under the impression that Dusty Baker probably screwed Derrek Lee out of an MVP award, now I don't think there's any question about it. Someone should really show this stuff to Lee. Getting the team's stars angry at Dusty would be the fastest way to get rid of him. Let me just quickly do this properly... All-Time (excluding Derrek Lee's 2005) 110 or more XBH, average of 173 RBI 105 or more XBH, average of 160 RBI 100 or more XBH, average of 155 RBI 95 or more XBH, average of 152 RBI 90 or more XBH, average of 145 RBI 85 or more XBH, average of 136 RBI 80 or more XBH, average of 128 RBI 75 or more XBH, average of 122 RBI Post-1945 (excluding Derrek Lee's 2005) 105 or more XBH, average of 142 RBI 100 or more XBH. average of 141 RBI 95 or more XBH, average of 139 RBI 90 or more XBH, average of 133 RBI 85 or more XBH, average of 130 RBI 80 or more XBH, average of 123 RBI 75 or more XBH, average of 119 RBI I think the post-1945 (an arbitrary cut-off point, but I think it serves its purpose) is more relevant. Relative to the post-1945 average, Lee fell about 33 RBI short. And let's just say that, given that he hit .331/.480/.653 with runners in scoring position, the falling short wasn't Lee's fault. Had Lee got those extra 33 RBI, he'd have easily led the league in RBI (as well as average), so he'd have been 6 home runs short of the Triple Crown. Outstanding work. Just further shows that this management team is clueless. Patterson, Neifi, Lawton and Macias combined for over 350 at bats in the lead off spot and sported .263, .263, .269 and .270 OBP's respectively. Perez, Patterson, Neifi and Enrique Wilson combined for over 360 at bats in the 2 hole, and sported .300, .220, .286 and .200 OBP's respectively. Murton and Cedeno both have done very well in their limited role at the top of the order, yet Hendry says they aren't ready to hit the top of the order yet. Apparently, you can't hit at the top of the order until you prove you can get your OBP to dip below .300. That might also explain why Walker and Hairston have been long time members of Dusty's doghouse. They were the two guys who could actually get on base at a decent clip, yet Hairston got more bench time than he deserved, and they can't wait to trade Walker. I don't get it. Really? They each got almost 400 AB's last year despite both missing significant time with injuries. Maybe Hairston's leg injury had something to do with him getting "more bench time than he deserved". By his own admission we was not 100% so running him out there every day may not have been a good idea. Last time I checked Dusty isn't the GM so I don't see why Hendry wanting to trade Walker means he is in "Dusty's doghouse". (BTW - that would be a great name if Dusty wanted to start a hot dog joint in Wrigleyville :lol: ) It sounded like Dusty wasn't too fascinated with Walker at the convention and caravan stops. If he doesn't want to play someone, it'd be hard to believe he doesn't have some sort of sway with the GM that hired him. But Hendry is definitely partly to blame. He has provided these players and Dusty has overplayed them. And Hendry's love affair with defense at the expense of a poor offense isn't going to help.

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I didn't know about that one. I knew about the one in Kansas because there's a college named Pittsburg State there. Yup, in Nor Cal. Oh, and Seattle will win.

I didn't realize Pittsburg had a team (there really is a Pittsburg, in Kansas). :D One in Cali too.

Geez, Joe Johnson went off in the second half. What he have, 30 points in the half?

And just as ugly to start the 4th. The Hawks down just 9.

Bulls up on Atlanta at the half 62-39. Chandler with 10 points and 9 boards, Hinrich with 18 points, but he left the game right before the half apparently injured.

UCLA sweeps the Oregon schools in Oregon and leads the Pac 10 by a full game over Arizona.

Seconded. And thank him for what he's done for us the last couple years. I'll never forget his Superman slide to win the Oakland game in 2004, or the time he blew a cycle in Houston - by hitting a second home run instead of getting the double he needed. Right after hitting a ball down the line that was a half foot foul and bounced into the stands. That was hilarious. And gave Roger Clemens his first loss of the season. :)

I'd personally answer it that the bullpen has a much bigger impact on the game, individually and especially over the course of a season, than a corner OF. Nothing is as reassuring as a solid pen, and nothing is as deflating as blown leads late. I'm not enamored with the Jones deal in context of what it does beyond 2006, but the Cubs can win many more games with a strong pen. That is one area I have no qualms about spending early offseason $. The bullpen doesn't have a bigger impact than the offense, and Jones contributes to a below average offense.

Heeeeeere's Neifi... .263/.295/.358 in 407 PA, 1.7 VORP Yikes, I'm less optimistic than BP when it comes to predicting Neifi's 2006 numbers. less optimistic? Meaning he'll have more ABs? I don't think he can put up a .295 OBP.

now? Or during the game? Or both? During the game. I don't have near enough NyQuil for now, plus there aren't enough people around. I do hope all the posters not here now are busy training for the game.

Heeeeeere's Neifi... .263/.295/.358 in 407 PA, 1.7 VORP Yikes, I'm less optimistic than BP when it comes to predicting Neifi's 2006 numbers.

I am on NyQuil.

I could see Piazza playing for the Italian, or David Aardsma for the Dutch, but how does one come to the conclusion that Dan Haren is even a possibility for the Dutch? 100% Irish Father, 100% Mexican mother, so how does Haren get on the roster of the Dutch? WBC is a joke. good decision danny i really think the whole thing should be nothing but angel, ranger, cardinal, and astro players No Angel players. It's always odd when your two favorite AL players are the Angels and the A's. huh? I meant teams.

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Is this when we do the Joe Morgan drinking game thread?

I could see Piazza playing for the Italian, or David Aardsma for the Dutch, but how does one come to the conclusion that Dan Haren is even a possibility for the Dutch? 100% Irish Father, 100% Mexican mother, so how does Haren get on the roster of the Dutch? WBC is a joke. good decision danny i really think the whole thing should be nothing but angel, ranger, cardinal, and astro players No Angel players. It's always odd when your two favorite AL players are the Angels and the A's.

that whole crop of pitchers is a sad, sad story. What once held such promise... Bobby Brownlie Luke Hagerty Chadd Blasko Matt Clanton Justin Jones Billy Petrick Jason Wylie :( At least there's still Rich Hill and Randy Wells from that draft.