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banned. what happened?

what happened to cyno?

You'd think if Wells was that bad they'd already have the book on him. He's pitched almost the whole season in the majors and had pretty consistent success. 1.48 WHIP since the ASB

he's also 36, declining, and has a huge contract. the enormous drop in k's this season is pretty telling also. as for the "stays healthy, eats a lot of innings and gets a lot of ground balls", well, you don't pay 15 million a year for that for a guy under contract until age 39. you could say those same things about crappy pitchers anyways, like jason marquis. either way, i don't see how you can possible make the argument that he's "really good" when you consider his age and the season he's having. he'd have to bounce back in a huge way next season for that, and at age 36 he's much more likely to continue this decline than turn it around.

Oh god no. Lowe sucks and has an awful contract Derek Lowe is very good. i don't see how you think that. he's been terrible this season. 4.55 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 217 hits in 184 innings, etc. his k's have also plummeted since he went to atlanta. he has been awful this year and his numbers away from dodger stadium werent that good over his last 3 seasons in la (WHIPs of 1.38, 1.31, and 1.34 away from dodger stadium from 06-08) oh, and he's also 36 years old. how is he really good?

Oh god no. Lowe sucks and has an awful contract

No, they aren't. Bradley- Career 116 OPS+ Rowand- Career 102 OPS+ It's really not even close.

well let's see if the bears d can finally sack up on a final drive and not cave

how can you be upset about that play? it wasnt as bad as i thought initially. still though he jumped way too early for some reason

that would have been a pick if he didn't jump way too early

jesus christ you have to catch that

don't worry dudes, we got a signature win last week

good job moron

give it to benson

let's give it to wolfe 3 more times. he deserves a chance at redeeming himself

i cant believe how much of a joke turner is

joke team, joke coaching staff

this team just isn't that good

it certainly helped them on their deep playoff run to the world series. oh wait... how many $10 million talent, $.10 head guys help teams win on average? i'll bet that number isn't very high. wow

So because other people do it, it's okay? Just about anyone that claims that there isn't favoritism in any organization is lying to you. I know.

So because other people do it, it's okay?

Awesome so they will steal both the MVP and Cy Young then from deserving players from the Central. Why not just rewrite the rules to best Yankee-RedSox? Yeah it's frustrating, but all you got to look to is Pedroia winning MVP last year. From here on out the award of MVP has diminished value to me. Who should win MVP from the central? Cabrera? Oh and just watching ESPN and what not, it looks like there is a push for Jeter to win a GG this year :shock: Miguel Cabrera, maybe a interesting choice for the MVP. However if the Twins finish there sneak attack on the Tigers then I feel that Joe Mauer should be the MVP. How does Mauer become more valuable if the Twins win the division? His value is exactly the same no matter where his team finishes.

horrible

so awesome

The fans already booed him every step he took. The status quo was unacceptable. They couldn't just have Milton repeatedly insulting the organization and the fans, refusing to play and fighting with personel. Why couldn't they? You're basically saying that personal feelings and what the fans think are valid reasons for making a decision. When you're making big decisions based on fans and feelings, you're failing at your job. Can somebody find that quote from Hendry years ago about this very situation? It was something like "the day I let the fans dictate what decision I make is the day I am no longer doing my job." Well, that's exactly what he's doing. This season was already lost. Bradley can do or say whatever he wants the rest of the season, it's hurting NOTHING. You know what DOES hurt? Suspending a guy and diminishing what little value he had left. From a business perspective, there was absolutely no advantage of suspending him. NONE. He did it for personal feelings and to please the fans. That's really awful. This isn't about Hendry and his feelings. This is about Bradley acting like an idiot for the entire year. Hendry and Lou pushed for and believed in this guy, and he crapped all over the whole organization. The Cubs gave him 30 million dollars and a 3 year deal. That's how much they respected the guy, and it wasn't reciprocated. If you are going to under perform that's fine. No one can predict how ones going to do year after year, but at least have the class to respect the team and the org. That's not a hard thing to do, and Bradley didn't do it. You can't have a player diss the fans, players, and org and not discipline him. In other words, it's about feelings.