CaliforniaRaisin

Its done by the Elias Sports Bureau and is based on the past two years of production so neifis horrible year last year will count against him. My guess is Walker is the only one and hes much more valuable than any compensation picks. But on the other hand that means that Burnitz actually might net us something decent. He had a coors aided monster year in 2004. With the poor FA class, heck he could be a type A. I wouldn't want to take the risk in offering Burnitz arbitration.

I don't think mentioning Vlad to show how farfetched an Abreu trade would be is fair because there have actually been rumblings that Bobby Abreu is available.

We return to Anaheim for Game 5 after the Angels bullpen blew Game 4. C'mon Bartolo and the Angels, plz win.

Hey Tim.

0-0 in the 6th inning. Leadoff walk for Juan Rivera.

At least one Chicago team I root for will make the playoffs. But they probably won't get out of the first round.

Whichever team has the bye last will win the division. :D

At least UCLA's football team is decent so I don't have to suffer through rooting for two crappy football teams.

Sigh.

Ugh.

Outside knee injury for TJ?

Ruben Droughns is the #1 RB for Cleveland??? I remember when he was struggling to start his senior year at Oregon!

he's playing because he can pass protect. And is a better rusher. Not a hot little draft pick. :(

Never mind, apparently AP is ahead of Benson on the depth chart. Wah?

He better be ok, because I don't really like Benson. :( Thanks for the score updates a page earlier, you guys!

What do the Cubs give up in a trade for Abreu?

What's the score?

An Orlando Palmeiro sac fly makes it 5-1.

Adam LaRoche's 3rd inning grand slam has provided most of the offense. Atlanta leads 5-0 in the bottom of the 5th and Backe is gone.

I was just judging on this weekend's events. Minnesota's win at the Big House makes PSU's blowout of the Gophers look even better, and makes ND's win over the Wolverines less impressive. PSU's win over Northwestern looks better after the Wildcats beat an undefeated Wisconsin team yesterday. The ND wins versus Pitt and Washington are wins over garbage teams, and the win over Purdont looks less impressive since the Boilermakers got thoroughly trashed by Iowa at home yesterday. And the obvious difference, ND has a loss and PSU doesn't. I guess we will get a better view of where they stand when PSU travels to Michigan this week. That will be a very, very tough game for PSU... so much emotional energy went into beating Ohio State, and Michigan will likely be very angry after losing to the Gophers. Fair analysis. I think the ND's schedule looks a little weaker every week. It doesn't help that the Big 10 keeps beating up on each other. USA Today Poll just came out Week 7 USA Today Poll 1. USC (57) 5-0 1,544 2. Texas (4) 5-0 1,488 3. Virginia Tech (1) 6-0 1,425 4. Georgia 5-0 1,348 5. Florida State 5-0 1,290 6. Miami 4-1 1,187 7. Alabama 5-0 1,156 8. LSU 3-1 1,049 9. Notre Dame 4-1 998 10. Penn State 6-0 942 11. Texas Tech 5-0 918 12. UCLA 5-0 862 13. Florida 5-1 840 14. Boston College 5-1 657 15. Ohio State 3-2 572 16. California 5-1 563 17. Michigan State 4-1 540 18. Tennessee 3-2 473 19. Louisville 4-1 460 20. Auburn 4-1 444 21. Oregon 5-1 311 22. Minnesota 5-1 303 23. Wisconsin 5-1 293 24. Colorado 4-1 184 25. West Virginia 5-1 91 VT closes the gap between them and Texas! ND # 9! People were calling Pitt and Michigan overrated teams as soon as ND beat them, and ever since they have made excuses for every ND win, so I'm not surprised. I'd be shocked if even one presser picks ND to beat the Trojans next week even though USC has looked mediocre in their last three first halves and ND has thoroughly dominated all their opponents except for the Spartans. Who cares what the press thinks? The press is going to predict USC wins every game until they actually lose one - it's the safe bet. Yes, even in a game in Notre Dame against a top-10 Notre Dame.

UCLA at 12? Boo!

Haha, I knew the OL would revert back to previous years' form soon enough.

Ugh, ASU lost 31-17 to Oregon.

There's a 50% chance of rain for the second attempt at this game.

Heh, no one besides Outshined and I posted in this thread.