javy knows my name

After Aram's last night, I wouldn't let myself believe that was out until it left and stuck in those stands.

I think he'll be up for good in September, and thank God.

It's a message board? :-k tree summed up my feelings pretty well

this isn't constructive or valuable in any way

what exactly is the point of this

This probably isn't the right weekend to make this statement. Which is strange. When he came over from Texas, they said RF was his best natural position. Yet with the Cubs, it's been 3rd base, then 2nd base, then the OF. I thought 3rd was his strongest his whole career.

A majority of teams go over slot at some point or another. But they wait for MLB to approve the contract before they let the player actually play. I see. I didn't read as closely as you

It's not a big deal; this happens all the time with large market teams

I see what you did there

Edit: Here's how each has performed since McClung has been put into the rotation. Dave Bush Jul 10 vs. COL - 8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 13 K Jul 5 vs. PIT - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Jun 30 @ ARI - 5.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Jun 24 @ ATL - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Jun 19 vs. TOR - 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Jun 13 vs. MIN - 6.0 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Jun 7 @ COL - 4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Jun 1 vs. HOU - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K May 27 vs. ATL - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K May 22 @ PIT - 5.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Seth McClung Jul 12 vs. CIN - 6.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Jul 7 vs. COL - 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 5 K Jul 2 @ ARI - 5.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Jun 27 @ MIN - 4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Jun 21 vs. BAL - 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 6 K Jun 15 vs. MIN - 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Jun 10 @ HOU - 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Jun 3 vs. ARI - 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K May 29 vs. ATL - 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 1 K May 24 @ WAS - 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K These things are pretty clear: - Ned Yost has to be insane to take Bush out of the rotation when he's been pitching well for a solid month. - Seth McClung sucks at home and on the road - With Bush you have the possibility of him pitching into the 7th inning. McClung hasn't done that this year. Wouldn't longer starts be more desirable when you have a bad bullpen? - Ned is incapable of making tough decisions, even when they're not tough Also, for what it's worth, Jeff Suppan's road ERA is 6.04. But since he's an "innings eater" or something, he gets to keep his rotation spot despite a WHIP of 1.60 and the fact he hasn't had a decent start since the beginning of June. You're slowly restoring my faith in Brewers fans. More of you and less of El Caballo, please.

or FonteYes

Wth is this?

So is it better to sell to brick-and-mortar stores instead? If not, where does the high book value come from?

Then where should you sell to? Oh, and if I'm you, I'm holding on to that card until Santo passes and ideally makes it into the HOF. There's plenty of message boards you can deal on. The one I use is http://www.sportscardforum.com There are several reasons not to sell on Ebay... 1) Unless it's a very high value card or a very popular player, there's no guarantee the card will sell for what you want it to sell for. I put two cards up on Ebay at the same time. One was a David Price autographed card numbered out of 50 (only 50 made) that booked for $100 at the time. I also had a Josh Vitters auto numbered out of 275 (or something) that booked for $60 at the time. The Price sold for $23.50, the Vitters sold for $26.50. 2) Seller fees were increased. A lot of card buyers and sellers on ebay were upset. A LOT. It even got so far as an attempt to organize a boycott. You sell a card for $80, you're gonna pay $5-$10 in seller fees, not including the $3-$5 you spent setting it up to promote it (bold lettering, highlighted search result, etc). At least that's what happened to me. 3) Your expensive card of the next big prospect in the Mariners farm system or whatever, won't sell for crap. Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs. Players on these teams will always sell for more money and far more often than any other team's players. Prime example, that David Price vs. the Josh Vitters. Yankees and Red Sox cards are ridiculous. After Joba's amazing debut of 24 innings, his cards were some of the most valuable cards in Beckett price guides and THE most valuable cards on Ebay. East coast bias exists in the world of baseball card collecting as well. Naturally, Geovany Soto cards are a hot commodity, rightfully so Those are my least favorite. Buying is good. But beware of fake patch cards. If you want to sell, try that forum I linked to, I deal on there and not only is it a good place to gauge interest on cards, but you don't have to pay seller fees, which is big. Plus they have almost anything you could be looking for. If you want it, chances are someone's got it Thanks for the info. I've been out of the card-trading game for a long time. So just for the sake of clarification, if I have the next hot Ian Kennedy card, could I capitalize on the east coast bias and get an ebay bid price significantly over market/Beckett value? Or are you just saying that you'll get a fairer price if you have a large market team's prospect's card versus a small market one?

Then where should you sell to? Oh, and if I'm you, I'm holding on to that card until Santo passes and ideally makes it into the HOF.

Adding Cain and losing Hardy is a lateral move at best for this year. Who would the Brewers have playing SS if Hardy were dealt? Most likely Alcides Escobar, who'd be a defensive upgrade over Hardy, but a huge offensive downgrade. His presence in the lineup would mean a huge black hole from spots 7-9 (Escobar, Kendall, Pitcher). Knowing Ned, though, they would bring up Escobar and make him sit on the bench while Counsell plays every day, since Counsell is such a gritty battling gamer. ](*,) Can someone confirm this? Hardy is a pretty stellar defensive SS.

cooooooool.

Lou probably had to make a deal to give him a foot rub for a week or something. Because you know that Lou has to handle him with kids gloves. It's that fragile psyche of his and all. I don't like your new name wringley23 :scratch: I was being facetious. The "kids gloves" and "fragile psyche" thing was taken directly from a wrigley23 post about Soriano. Hmm, I thought I was pretty obvious given that I quoted Derwood's post. He was being facetious as well, I think

Do you have down syndrome? God damn, you're stupid. Yeah; he sure is stupid

This is the weirdest effing thing I've ever read.

If you want some guidelines, read El Caballo's posts and then do the opposite. Welcome

I think this goes without saying

Yeah, this. I don't think it's possible to have a "glaring hole" on the bench.

I'm actually pretty surprised he took the assignment, too

Miguel Tejada