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What extra money will be bring to SF next year? Extra Media Coverage Jersey Sales Anything extra that sells with a 'Giant name or logo' because Barry breaks/is going to break the record. Spike in ticket sales - (are all Giants games sellouts? I have no idea) Even though he this steroid scandel surrounding him, doesn't mean EVERYONE will be watching/waiting for him to break the record. They can't get any more media coverage than they already have. I doubt they'll sell many more jerseys than they have in the past. The only way he makes them a ton more money is if he gets to 1 HR away, then waits 10 home games before tieing the record, and another 10 before breaking it. More media coverage? Sure they can.. When he ties/breaks the record, every outlet in the WORLD will be covering this. Sales in Japan will Spike, sales in the US will spike. Sales everywhere will spike. And as for Bonds waiting 10 games to tie the record and 10 more to break the record, that is VERY possible. He's not cranking out 60 homers a year anymore, plus the nerves leading up to it, will be insane... Once he ties the record, there will be a very long drought before his next homer. Not to mention that the money in the steroid market will shoot through the roof. And yes, pun was intended.

When your offense is as pathetic and inept as the Raiders is, you start talking draft early in the season.

As per your request nilodnayr: 2005: White Sox (9) vs Astros (11) 2004: Red Sox (1) vs Cardinals (1) 2003: Marlins (8) vs Yankees (3) 2002: Angels (4) vs Giants (3) 2001: DBacks (3) vs Yankees (5) My internet is currently shady at best, so I apologize for not taking initiative, but could some one provide this for all playoff teams, not just WS opponents? We all know that once you make it to the playoffs pitching is more important. However, looking at just the WS teams as a proxy, it looks like that save 05, hitting is just as important as pitching. ERA 2006: DET (1), NYY (7), OAK (4), MIN (2), NYM (3), LAD (4), STL (9), SD (1) 2005: CHW (2), BOS (11), LAA (3), NYY (9), STL (1), SD (7), HOU (2), ATL (6) 2004: NYY (6), MIN (1), BOS (3), LAA (4), STL (2), LAD (4), HOU (6), ATL (1) 2003: NYY (2), MIN (7), BOS (8), OAK (1), CHC (3), ATL (9), FLA (7), SF (2) 2002: LAA (2), NYY (4), MIN (6), OAK (1), SF (2), ATL (1), STL (4), ARI (6) 2001: SEA (1), CLE (9), NYY (3), OAK (2), ARI (2), STL (3), ATL (1), HOU (10) Runs Scored 2006: DET (5), NYY (1), OAK (9), MIN (8), NYM (3), LAD (4), STL (6), SD (13) 2005: CHW (9), BOS (1), LAA (7), NYY (2), STL (3), SD (13), HOU (11), ATL (4) 2004: NYY (2), MIN (10), BOS (1), LAA (7), STL (1), LAD (9), HOU (6), ATL (5) 2003: NYY (3), MIN (6), BOS (1), OAK (9), CHC (9), ATL (1), FLA (8), SF (6) 2002: LAA (4), NYY (1), MIN (9), OAK (8), SF (3), ATL (10), STL (2), ARI (1) 2001: SEA (1), CLE (2), NYY (5), OAK (4), ARI (3), STL (4), ATL (13), HOU (2)

As per Cot's Jenkins is due $7M in 2007 and has a $9M club option for 2008 with a $0.5M buyout.

Actually, if you really wanted to look at it, Florida probably has just as good a case for being ranked No. 1 as Ohio State does. I'd still rank OSU first if I had a vote, but it warrants mentioning. I don't think so. Florida won by 1 at Tennessee and won a close game at home against LSU. Ohio State won by 3 scores at Texas and at Iowa. The competition level is about the same, but OSU won their games more decisively and they were both on the road. Florida beat LSU by 13 and forced 5 turnovers (3 picks) against a team that almost never has problems taking care of the football. And Tennessee and LSU would both plaster Iowa. I agree in that Ohio State and Florida could be considered 1 and 1a right now. You can't really go wrong with either.

This is going to be the first real clunker for NBC. Not if you're a Broncos fan. :) :) :) By the way if we lose to Oakland I won't be able to watch football for at least 2 weeks. I assure you, the Broncos won't lose in Denver. In Oakland? Maybe. But not in Denver.

Week 5: vance: 5-7 Mark: - ndistops: 8-4 soccer: 9-3 Ryan: 10-2 Truffle: - UMfan: 6-6 rawaction: 4-8 ChiCubsFan: 6-6 Note: There were 2 ties in Week 5 Overall: vance: 37-33 Mark: 27-31 ndistops: 33-37 soccer: 38-32 Ryan: 27-27 Truffle: 15-11 UMfan: 16-22 rawaction: 9-15 ChiCubsFan: 13-13 Note: There have been 4 ties overall (2 in Week 3 and 2 in Week 5)

I meant more from a national interest perspective. NBC wants everyone to be interested, not just Bronco fans. But you're right of course. If the Bears were playing the Raiders, I'd sure be tuning in. :) Raiders and football fans may still watch for a while hoping for an upset. I'm rooting for Oakland and against Detroit the rest of the way this year. Big weekend for the Panthers. Luckily, they get a Monday night team from last week for the 2nd time in 3 weeks. Let's see if Peppers can break McNair's sternum. I've said this a lot already this year (I'm going to say it a lot more) and I'm going to say it again now. Brady Quinn is going to look good in Silver and Black next year. :D I think the Raiders would pick Troy Smith over Quinn. They really liked Vince Young last year, and Smith will remind them of him. The Raiders really wanted someone with some mobility (I'm starting to understand why when seeing their line) and I'm guessing that will probably continue. That's what I would guess as well. But I want Brady Quinn. I wanted them to get Roethisberger a couple years ago. I wanted them to draft Leinart this year. I wasn't high on Vince Young and I'm not that high on Troy Smith either. And I HATE Aaron Brooks.

That game is at Auburn. I look forward to seeing Auburn winning and going right back to #2. The SEC is just that darn good. That's going to be a good game. I would be highly surprised if Auburn plays as bad as they did last week against Arkansas and think they will come out fired up at home. Ultimately I think Florida is going to win, but it's going to be a good game.

I meant more from a national interest perspective. NBC wants everyone to be interested, not just Bronco fans. But you're right of course. If the Bears were playing the Raiders, I'd sure be tuning in. :) Raiders and football fans may still watch for a while hoping for an upset. I'm rooting for Oakland and against Detroit the rest of the way this year. Big weekend for the Panthers. Luckily, they get a Monday night team from last week for the 2nd time in 3 weeks. Let's see if Peppers can break McNair's sternum. I've said this a lot already this year (I'm going to say it a lot more) and I'm going to say it again now. Brady Quinn is going to look good in Silver and Black next year. :D

Good to hear.

That's definitely an interesting scenario. It would be like the Yankees taking on Lidle to get Abreu. If Pavano can come back healthy in 2007 that deal alone would fill two holes in the team. Unless I missed something, the Cubs would still need a CF (I'm assuming Murton and Cabrera would fill the corner outfield positions), correct?

Both the Tigers and Yankees had very good teams. The Tigers happened to get the best of the Yankees in this one series. We wouldn't be having this conversation if the Yankees had hammered the Tigers, averaged 6+ runs per game and won the series. It's one series. Four games. Small sample size. The Cubs swept the Cardinals TWICE this year. Does that make the 2006 Cubs a better team than the 2006 Cardinals? Absolutely not. The Tigers happened to get the better of the Yankees in one short series. The Padres had the second best ERA in the ML this year but they were 26th in runs scored. How did they do in the postseason? They scored 6 runs in 4 games and were eliminated. You must have both solid pitching and hitting to be successful. It doesn't have to be great, but both must be respectable. One dimensional teams either don't make the playoffs or get eliminated quickly.

I was at the game and that was when I knew we f'd ourselves for good. God, I miss that Mark Prior :( Stupid Javier Valentin. IIRC, the Cubs lost that game in extra innings, right?

I was about to ask why you didn't post the MNF game but then I looked up the schedule on espn.com and realized the Bears were playing on monday night.

This is going to be the first real clunker for NBC. Not if you're a Broncos fan.

It really ticked me off that Dusty let Z go back out to pitch the 7th after already having thrown 110 pitches through 6 innings. He ended up with 128. The Cubs saw the third fewest P/PA in the ML this year ahead of only LAA and SF.

I don't think anyone has really said it's because of Beane/OBP, etc. this year. In fact, people have noted the A's team this year hasn't been as good as most of their other playoff teams and that their OBP isn't that great this season. pitching pitching pitching. can we get some pitching, please? The Padres have pitching and look where they're at. The A's had good to great pitching from 2001-2003 and they didn't win anything when they got to the postseason.

They definitely could but I'm not sure if they would completely sell out. In 2003, the A's had 2 night games against Boston at home and drew 50606 and 49397 fans in Games 1 and 5 respectively. They didn't have a primetime game against Minnesota in 2002. In 2001 against New York they drew 55861 fans in Game 3 (the only primetime game). In 2000, they drew 47360, 47860, and 41170 fans in primetime games against the Yankees. Obviously though, the ALCS is different from the ALDS especially for A's fans that have seen their team advance to the playoffs from 2000-2003 but get eliminated in the ALDS all four times. I think the A's should open up Mt. Davis and the third deck. Would they sell 55000 tickets? I don't know. But I feel confident in saying they would get at least 45000.

I'm not pulling for either team. I'll be pulling for whichever team wins the ALCS. Hopefully this series goes seven games so the winner doesn't get a break before the WS.

The starters for Game 2 are listed as TBA on the A's mlb.com site. I would think that Harden would start though. As per Oakland's mlb.com page, Loaiza will start game 2, Haren likely in Game 3, and Harden in Game 4.

As per your request nilodnayr: 2005: White Sox (9) vs Astros (11) 2004: Red Sox (1) vs Cardinals (1) 2003: Marlins (8) vs Yankees (3) 2002: Angels (4) vs Giants (3) 2001: DBacks (3) vs Yankees (5)

The FA class is very weak for 3b, and there are no obvious trade candidates. The yanks need pitching, but they should be able to get pitching AND a 3b for ARod. They don't need a good offensive 3B. Sheffield likely won't be back and, if you trade ARod, you still have these players under contract for 2007: CF Damon SS Jeter RF Abreu 1B Giambi LF Matsui C Posada 2B Cano So realistically, all they would need are #8 and #9 hitters one of which would be a DH meaning they can get anybody to hit there. The Yankees need pitching. That should be their primary and secondary focus this offseason. Sure, the yanks don't NEED any more players that can hit the ball, but thats besides the point. We are talking about one of the top 3 offensive players in the league here, they will be able to ask for and get a 3B and a pitcher for him unless the pitcher's name is C. Zambrano, Santana, Oswalt, Carpenter or the like. ARod is a reasonably priced perennial MVP candidate, if its just going to take pitching, its going to have to be a reasonably priced Cy Young candidate. Which isn't going to happen. Couldn't the Yankees get a couple solid pitchers in return instead of one Cy Young pitcher? Maybe in a three-way deal? What team can afford to trade their #2 and #3 starters? And remember, the Yankees pitching is subpar, but its not because of depth, its because of top end talent. Consider who will be getting bumped from the rotation and if the guy they would be acquiring would be significantly better than him. Three team deal.

Notre Dame 30, UCLA 17 What's your prediction? Notre Dame wins 27-6. 6? Is your offense that bad? Even Stanford got 10. I'm assuming Ben Olson has torn his knee up and Patrick Cowan will be playing at QB. Just key in on Markey/Bell, put some pressure on Cowan and there ya go. Maybe the offense can get a touchdown, but I'd be stunned if they got more than one. Our defense is really good though (it's so strange saying that). With Ben Olson I think UCLA loses by two touchdowns. Without him it could be a rout.

Seconded. Without a doubt.