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  1. soccer10k
    Agreed. Me too. Count me in on this as well.
  2. soccer10k
    Good deal for both sides.
  3. soccer10k
    I agree. That being said, I would pick Westbrook but would be content with either if we don't have to give up too much.
  4. soccer10k
    Why couldn't he have just let a rookie back Barrett up? Blanco's contract according to Cot's: - $0.75M signing bonus - 07:$1.8M, 08:$2.8M, 09:$3M club option ($0.3M buyout) - 2009 option may become guaranteed based on 07-08 performance - escalators may increase 2009 option to $4.5M
  5. soccer10k
    And Moises.
  6. soccer10k
    That fee is insane. Like many others, I don't mind that the Cubs didn't win this bidding and am happy that the Cubs, reportedly, actually put in a serious bid. I doubt they expected Boston to bid as much as they did.
  7. soccer10k
    Oregon was #5 last year and didn't go. Cal was #5 in 2004 as well.
  8. soccer10k
    Theriot will certainly regress, but he's young enough to be learning still. Derosa will be 32 next February. He's not going to get any better. Bingo.
  9. soccer10k
    Personally, I would have voted Carpenter but I can't complain about Webb. Oswalt would have been a very close third. Z didn't deserve it this year.
  10. soccer10k
    2 and both are authentic. A pinstriped Sosa and the blue alternate with no name.
  11. soccer10k
    I'll pass on Zito for that amount of cash.
  12. soccer10k
    I like him as a back-up to Ramirez. You like paying him $4.3m to back him up? yes, but not just 3B. I like an .800+ OPS to get 450 AB's at various positions. You don't know if he's going to put up an .800+ OPS. He has only done it once, in 2006, in his career and his career OPS is .735.
  13. soccer10k
    Too much cash.
  14. soccer10k
    Even though he was with Texas his home/away splits are basically the same with the SLG a bit higher on the road. He is on the wrong side of 30 though. We'll see, it depends on how much the deal is for.
  15. soccer10k
    Still doesn't make sense why Boston spends $148 million and the Cubs $100. They're competing with the Yankees. We're spending as much if not more than our division rivals. Money isn't the issue. It's how it's spent. Jones + Izturis + Dempster + Rusch = $17MM Howry + Eyre (luxuries) = $8MM Prior (never healthy) = $4MM There's nearly $30MM in money for players that essentially do not make your 90+ loss team any better. Ouch. Howry and Eyre do make your team better but the money that they are being paid, namely Eyre, is the issue. Also, I don't think you can really count Jacque Jones in there as somebody who doesn't make the team any better. It's true that, if counted on as a major player in the lineup then it's not worth it. But Jacque should not be counted on as a Lee or Ramirez type player and isn't being paid to be such a player.
  16. soccer10k
    I heard he pitches too, which would solve another of our problems. I'm in.
  17. soccer10k
    I really like ARam now. Not that I didn't before but I'm not sure if I could have turned down an extra $27M to stay with a team that finished in last place the previous year.
  18. soccer10k
    Depends on your definition of crushed, but I don't see ND getting crushed by either Michigan or OSU. I think they'd even make a game of it against Michigan. Problem is, ND was already crushed by Michigan this year and was crushed by OSU at the end of last year. Notre Dame is a horribly flawed team. Their defense isn't that good and they can't run the ball effectively to save their lives. I'm not saying ND would get crushed if they faced OSU or UM again but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they did. OSU got like half their yards on four plays and spotty officiating on a fumble returned for a game-tying TD changed the whole game. Ohio State outplayed ND, but this "crushed" rhetoric needs to stop. I don't need to recite by how much OSU outgained ND and OSU also turned the ball over twice. If they didn't get "crushed", it was still a relatively easy and very decisive victory by OSU.
  19. soccer10k
    Depends on your definition of crushed, but I don't see ND getting crushed by either Michigan or OSU. I think they'd even make a game of it against Michigan. Problem is, ND was already crushed by Michigan this year and was crushed by OSU at the end of last year. Notre Dame is a horribly flawed team. Their defense isn't that good and they can't run the ball effectively to save their lives. I'm not saying ND would get crushed if they faced OSU or UM again but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they did.
  20. soccer10k
    OSU 24-17
  21. soccer10k
    It should be a close, and hopefully entertaining game. I'm picking OSU to win because the game is in Columbus and because I think they are a little bit better than UM. If the game was in the Big House I might change my opinion. I'm not a fan of either team so I won't be disappointed if one team wins and just want a good game. It's not likely that it will live up to they hype it's getting but few games of this magnitude ever do.
  22. soccer10k
    I would be surprised if the Cubs won the bid but at least, if the reports are true, the Yankees didn't win the bid.
  23. soccer10k
    Boise St. RB Ian Johnson is hospitalized with a collapsed lung. Hopefully he'll recover. ESPN.com link He's the second leading rusher in the nation and a big reason why Boise is undefeated right now.
  24. soccer10k
    Between Rogers and Sullivan the Trib have no good Cub reporters. They're good in the Tribune's eyes because they say what the Tribune wants them to say.
  25. soccer10k
    So which QB did you pick and which would have racked up the most points in your league?
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