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  1. 17 Seconds
    That's exactly why you just sign him to a one year deal and then cut ties with him if he gets out of line. I don't trust that that will happen. I'd rather just avoid the issue all together and let the guys we have continue to gel. I don't really see what McGrady brings to the table at this point. Sign Eddie House. He actually fits a need.
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    Ok guys (who are fine with T-Mac wanting to be a starter), just know that you can't say a WORD when January rolls around and we get a bunch of Larry Hughes type quotes from T-Mac whining about playing time. I can just see it now. We sign McGrady, he indeed sucks, but he keeps getting playing time because he's T-MAC. I feel like people are completely forgetting that McGrady straight up quit on the Rockets LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. He's supposed to be a changed man, even though he clearly still think he should be a starter? Ok. What's funny is that we're debating all this about a player who isn't good anyways. We're talking about a guy who hasn't shot over 43% since 2002-2003.
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    do not want Im not really for getting TMac, but Im not sure what he said in that quote that is making people say the don't want him etc... He says he has to come to camp and prove hes a starter, what is wrong with that? Hes not saying he should be given a starting job at all, hes openly saying he has to work for it. I see nothing wrong with his comments. Because T-Mac is NOT a starter, and he needs to accept that. The issue all along was whether or not he'd accept a bench role and not be a whiner about it. Well these quotes basically confirm the fears that T-Mac still is going to push hard for a starting job even though he's not worthy of it. Remember when he QUIT on Houston? I want no part of this guy. I didn't even want him before, and that's when I assumed he understood that he'd be a minor piece of the team. Now I see where his mind is, and I want no part of it. A big thing that I think this team will have going for them next season is chemistry. Don't risk screwing that up to sign a player who sucks anyways.
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    do not want Im not really for getting TMac, but Im not sure what he said in that quote that is making people say the don't want him etc... He says he has to come to camp and prove hes a starter, what is wrong with that? Hes not saying he should be given a starting job at all, hes openly saying he has to work for it. I see nothing wrong with his comments. Because T-Mac is NOT a starter, and he needs to accept that. The issue all along was whether or not he'd accept a bench role and not be a whiner about it. Well these quotes basically confirm the fears that T-Mac still is going to push hard for a starting job even though he's not worthy of it. Remember when he QUIT on Houston? I want no part of this guy. I didn't even want him before, and that's when I assumed he understood that he'd be a minor piece of the team. Now I see where his mind is, and I want no part of it. A big thing that I think this team will have going for them next season is chemistry. Don't risk screwing that up to sign a player who sucks anyways.
  5. 17 Seconds
    Isn't Kurt Thomas actually well liked by teammates?
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    do not want
  7. 17 Seconds
    derrek lee is terible and i'm pretty sure other teams realize it.
  8. 17 Seconds
    he's also been very unlucky
  9. 17 Seconds
    What an awful, awful trade for the Diamondbacks.
  10. 17 Seconds
    wasn't it in like the 6th inning
  11. 17 Seconds
    is something wrong with lincecum? his numbers are down significantly this season
  12. 17 Seconds
    I don't know why everybody is convinced that LeBron is going to Miami. He's not leaving Cleveland. Fixed for 3 weeks ago. Completely different situation. Melo isn't a free agent. And won't be until after a forthcoming lockout. He has no idea how much money he'll be able to get after that after whatever the new CBA says.... He has an extension offer on the table in Denver. He'll take the sure thing. Then why hasn't he taken it yet?
  13. 17 Seconds
    chris paul is demanding a trade. superteam II coming?
  14. 17 Seconds
    Are those real quotes? Pretty hilarious if so
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    lol ricketts. what a joke. hendry and sandberg next season. absolutely great. as if my interest in this team could get any lower.
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    l o l
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    http://techrights.org/files/trolltracker/20080528154853/troll.gif good one
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    So how old were you when you suffered the massive head trauma? Seriously, I could never see myself sitting down, popping in the DVD to watch the video of a sporting event that I already know what happened and just about every other side story that went along with it. youre weird and you know the DVD isn't just replays of the games, right? it's highlights with interviews and footage we haven't seen you before. i don't understand why you don't understand why people watch them.
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    it's asinine and oblivious to think that hr/fb ratio on it's own doesn't prove anything? ha
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    I'd almost be satisifed with this just because I'm convinced Sandberg is taking over next year
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    Just out of curiosity, if not bad luck, why do you think he has fewer fly balls leaving the park than in the past? because he isn't hitting fly balls far enough to go out of the park? if a guy hits 20 straight medium depth fly balls, is he unlucky that none of them left the park?
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    stevie y is making some things happen in tampa
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    598
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    I agree, but the only reason I cited it was because it goes with what people having been saying on orioleshangout, which is that his defense has gotten bad.
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    For what it's worth, Markakis' HR/FB ratio is at a career low 5.7%. His career average is 10.2%. With his LD% and BABIP hovering around normal (BABIP's a tad high), I think some of the power outage this year is due to some bad luck. Markakis definitely dropped off a bit last year, but his peripherals show he's bouncing back again this year. I think buying on him now would be a good idea. Oh I'd definitely be fine with getting him if the price was right. I'm just saying he hasn't turned into the stud that it looked like he was going to be. He's just pretty good. 10Mil isn't bad for a "pretty good" player. Nobody's calling him a stud. But he leads the league in doubles, that combined with the above stats shows to me that he has been unlucky. Because 26 year olds don't typically lose power as you suggested, especially if they haven't completely lost grasp of the strikezone. Still think he will be a 30 HR hitter by next year and going forward. Like I said, I'd take him. I just don't see any evidence of him developing into a 30 HR guy. If he was making progress year by year I could see it, but he's holding steady with his power output (and even that is only if you consider his FB/HR ratio this year to be unlucky).
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