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I hope you're right but I just don't see it happening.

I'd find it extremely hard to root for the Cubs if Bonds were patrolling LF. Purely emotional. I have no doubt he'll put up decent numbers again next year, but he's such a jerk. I agree the Cubs should take a gamble and Daisuke is the guy I'd gamble on. Absolutely filthy stuff - if he's in the NL he might utterly dominate the league. If that happens and the Cubs upgrade their offense, they should contend for the division. I would still pull for the Cubs just as much as I always have but I wouldn't pull for Bonds. If he helped the team, I would be happy that the team won and did well but that's it.

Is there something wrong with that? I dont have a problem adding more runs to your lead. Why give away an out? You're winning the game. You're not trying to play for one or two runs. Why not just let the guy hit? Plus you run the risk of a poor bunt and the runner getting thrown out at third and then you still have runners on first and second but with one out. Best case scenario when you bunt in that situation is ending up with second and third with one out. The best case if you hit away is the bases are cleared and there are still no outs.

I'm not sure which person is dumber, John Kruk or Dusty Baker. They're on SportsCenter right now.

I'm going to make a bold prediction and say that this series will not return to Oakland.

The similarities are eerie. White Sox almost blew a huge division lead and rode unbelievable pitching to their title. The Tigers did blow a huge division lead and are currently riding unbelievable pitching.

UGH.

Are the A's this bad or are the Tigers just this good?

http://espn-ak.starwave.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/5771.jpg 15-8, 3.09 ERA NLDS Game 1 vs SD: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER NLDS Game 4 vs SD: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER vs http://espn-ak.starwave.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7386.jpg 6-5, 3.60 ERA NLDS Game 1 vs LA: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER

I'm not feeling so good.

I miss when Baseball Tonight was "have to see" I don't know if it was becasue I was young and stupid, or if the show's really gotten that much worse, but man I loved that show when I was younger. I have the same feeling about Baseball Tonight that you do.

Drinking this early on friday=not good:) Not good, ggggggggreat! :pint: All this talk of beer has made me thirsty. I think I'll have a couple during the A's game. After all, it's happy hour somewhere in the world.

Sweet Lou announcing again. This should be entertaining.

ARam, is that you? :D

:beer:

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Thanks for reminding me. I knew they were playing earlier but forgot to change the thread title. And I'm in the same boat you are - I'm busy tonight so I wouldn't have been able to watch the game.

Before I get to my picks, allow me to direct your attention to the Colts ESPN.com page. Indy was 17 point favorites at SF, 14 point favorites at Houston, and 16 point favorites at Jacksonville (absolutely insane spread considering the Jags were 12-4 last year) in 2005.

Where did you find this data? Could you post a link to the exact page. Here is the base page with sortable stats. 2006 NL stats 2006 AL stats You'll have to scroll down on the 2006 AL and NL stats pages to find the 'Outs' leaders.

It's the Cubs. Anything is possible.

Can we please stop the Beltre comparisons. Soriano isn't the next Adrian Beltre or even a 'Beltre-light'. Soriano career stats Beltre career stats Soriano: 2006 BA: .277, Career high: .300 in 2002 2006 OBP: .351, Career high: .338 in 2003 2006 SLG: .560, Career high: .547 in 2002 2006 OPS: .911, Career high: .879 in 2002 (his OPS+ in both years were 132 and 131 respectively) 2006 HR: 46, Career high: 39 in 2002 (also hit 38 in 03 and 36 in 05) About the only huge difference in Soriano's 2006 from other years were his walk totals and subsequently his IsoD. Beltre: 2003 BA: .334, Career high: .290 in 2000 2003 OBP: 388, Career high: .360 in 2000 2003 SLG: .629, Career high: .475 in 2000 2003 OPS: 1.017, Career high: .835 in 2000 (also never had another year with a .800+ OPS) 2003 HR: 48, Career high: 25 in 2006 Just look at the stats across the board. Beltre's 2003 was such an anomaly and was so much different from the rest of his career that you would think that somebody substituted the stats of a different player in there. While I don't think that Soriano will put up the same numbers in 2007 as he did in 2006, comparing him to Adrian Beltre and saying he is the next Beltre is completely unfair to Soriano. There are plenty of players that have career years in their contract year and then show a slight dropoff the next year. But Adrian Beltre is in a league of his own in that respect. Note: The 'career high' stat is obviously excluding the one year in question i.e. Soriano's 2006 and Beltre's 2003.

No, but you can't judge him solely on those years. He's done better, and obviously there's a slim chance he could once again do better. That justifies an invite to camp, which costs next to nothing and involves no roster spot. The only guys who I don't want to see brought to camp are guys who would likely become a crutch for a manager and are guaranteed to suck, like Neifi Perez and Jose Macias. Bellhorn has upside those guys don't have. Yeah, I guess one positive to Bellhorn is that he's always shown the ability to take a walk (career IsoD of .111) so he's not all bad.

Have you seen his numbers the past two years? 2005 .210/.324/.357 2006 .190/.285/.344 Yikes... He said invite to camp not sign to a 5 year 70 mil. Go Team "Belhorn to the Cubs"!!! His 05 and 06 lines don't even warrant an invite to camp.

yawn. You won't be yawning in March. I'll be celebrating. I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan. I don't know you guys are pretty pompous. It could be any Big 12 fan as well. Care to place a wager on you celebrating a KU final four run? Wow. Am I really seeing the internet wager challenge? Excellent. Assuming you're being serious, I'll pass anyway. I'd never bet any team vs. the field to get to the FF. I've seen some great teams (96-97 KU: Paul Pierce, LaFrentz, Pollard, Jacque Vaughn, Billy Thomas) not make the final four. But I'm as confident about this team as I have been since our squad that lost to 'Cuse. Predicting in the preseason which schools will make the Final Four has to be one of the hardest things to predict in the preaseason because of all the uncertainty in college basketball.

Point spreads anyone?