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here comes the worst part about basketball.....waiting 10 minutes for the last minute of game time to be played

keep building that value

but it's okay because he'll catch fire for 2 quarters in a couple weeks and make everyone talk about how explosive he is.

come on noc. that was embarrassing.

I'm still praying for it to be Jeter

the "still maintain" was what killed you

it's impossibly to say about arod in particular, but i'd say it's very likely that there are a good number of players who quit taking steroids after the 2003 season. nobody wants to get busted. True, I didn't take that into account. I'm not saying Arod is for sure lying though, just that it's hard for me to believe him. I give his 2001-2003 story like a 50/50 shot of being true.

hat's wrong with the unit? i'd have loved him on a one year deal if i knew we weren't get the peavster Not for $8M with incentives. I wouldn't give him that either (althrough he was def. worth that last season), but still..... it's not like Sabean was saving us from some awful player We already have one pitcher in our rotation who we can pretty much guarantee misses significant playing time. Why have another? Because they are good pitchers? So if someone said you could have another Rich Harden (I'm not saying Johnson is Harden, just giving an example), you wouldn't want it because you already have one? Plus even though Johnson would be a health risk, I don't understand how you can pretty much guarantee he's miss significant time, considering he made 30 starts last season and has made less than that only one time in the last 5 seasons. I mean, really, would 20-25 starts of an ERA around 4 on a one year deal be an awful thing? If we had the money we did with the Trib, then sure, but as is now, we really couldnt afford to take a chance on such a thing. The payroll this year is bigger than it's ever been

I loved the part of the Gammons interview when Arod is like "I remember in 2003 laying in bed thinking, "What am I doing? Why am I being so selfish? I need to stop... this isn't right."" I guess he could have been being sincere, but it cam off as being ridiculously phony/cheesy. That and the "I'm so glad I'm finally able to do the right thing and tell the truth. It's like a huge weight has been lifted off my back". Yeah Arod, you told the truth.....after you gut busted Plus am I the only one that doesn't buy the "I only used from 2001-2003" stuff? It's kind of convenient that he gets to "do the right thing" and man up to the PED use to look like he's a good guy, yet he can still say he was clean during his entire Yankees career. Plus his main excuse for doing them in the first place was the pressure due to the big contract and going to a newplace. What team in sports brings more pressure than the New York Yankees? He was so afraid of Texas that the pressure got to him, but he decided to quit using right before going to the toughest city in sports? Honestly though, I don't care. I've accepted the fact that the majority of people did it. Whatever. I get it. This is a business. Not saying it's right, but whatever. When millions of dollars are at stake and seemingly everyone around you is getting and advantage that you aren't, I can see why good and honest people could be tempted into trying it. I blame the league 1000x more than I blame the players.

http://www.rumorpress.net Is that site at all reputable? It looks pretty sketch

hat's wrong with the unit? i'd have loved him on a one year deal if i knew we weren't get the peavster Not for $8M with incentives. I wouldn't give him that either (althrough he was def. worth that last season), but still..... it's not like Sabean was saving us from some awful player We already have one pitcher in our rotation who we can pretty much guarantee misses significant playing time. Why have another? Because they are good pitchers? So if someone said you could have another Rich Harden (I'm not saying Johnson is Harden, just giving an example), you wouldn't want it because you already have one? Plus even though Johnson would be a health risk, I don't understand how you can pretty much guarantee he's miss significant time, considering he made 30 starts last season and has made less than that only one time in the last 5 seasons. I mean, really, would 20-25 starts of an ERA around 4 on a one year deal be an awful thing?

hat's wrong with the unit? i'd have loved him on a one year deal if i knew we weren't get the peavster Not for $8M with incentives. I wouldn't give him that either (althrough he was def. worth that last season), but still..... it's not like Sabean was saving us from some awful player

something about hudson having a sweet little swing i love chuckcubs

The trade deadline is the 19th, right? like that this won't drag on for long, either way

hat's wrong with the unit? i'd have loved him on a one year deal if i knew we weren't get the peavster

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3895075&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

Thanks Outside of the "Paxson is itching to pull the trigger" one, are there any articles that actualy talk about the Bulls going after him or having a good shot at it? I've been browsing through the realgm threads and all I see is articles about other teams, but really nothing about the Bulls.... yet everybody seems excited. What am I missing?

Where did you read that they were interested in Tyrus?

It makes sense if FontenYES is dealt for Jake P. I thought we were done pretending every trade was a precursor to Peavy

Yeah, that rumor never made sense to begin with.

A nasty 3-5. Tejada sucks now and Pence sucked last year.

My main point is, had we waited instead of rushing to sign Miles, we might have been able to wait out a Hudson or a Durham and gotten significantly better production for the price. Hudson at $5 million for one season is incredibly more valuable than Miles at $4.5 for two seasons. It's most definitely a risk, but Miles' production isn't that difficult to find off the trash heap. All of this coulda, shoulda, woulda talk is based on hindsight. If all of the GMs knew that the asking prices would drop this much, no one would have been signed. I saw on one site that Abreu might have to settle for $3 million/1 year deal. If Hendry had waited until now to sign Dempster, Bradley, and Miles to lesser contracts he probably would be short a SP, RF, and utility IF going into spring training. I can just imagine all of the bashing Hendry would have been getting for being cheap and waiting too long. As I've posted before, people just need to complain about any transaction he makes or doesn't make. There's a big difference between being cheap/waiting too long and rushing into things.

Again, how did Huet look bad? He had no chance whatsoever at any of those 3 gols he gave up. He did have a chance... but he had no one in front of him... it wasn't ALL Huet's fault, but he definitely didn't help matters. I really don't see how he had any chance at any of those 3 goals How about the one where he took about ten seconds to go from post to post and was late diving over. He's awful with his angles, he handles the puck poorly. In short, he sucks. If he sucks then why are his stats towards the top of the league?

$$$$$$$ Finding a .330 OBP, .700 OPS hitter is not hard to find, and even if he is.. it doesn't matter, because he's not that valuable. Hitting for average doesn't really mean much when you're not getting on base and only hitting singles. He's basically Juan Pierre without the speed. Let that digest for a second.

Huh? Fukudome is the starting center fielder against RHP, meaning he'll be starting the majority of the games. If you put Fukudome in for bradley when he is out, who starts CF against RHP? Gathright? It's the same thing.... a big downgrade. Milton Bradley is a switch hitter. He's not going to be platooned. Come on. I think he's saying that when Bradley gets hurt, moving Fukudome (the left handed portion of the platoon in CF) to RF would leave Reed starting every day or Gathright playing a lot in his place in center. Those aren't very good options - but are better than playing Miles out there. Thanks. I thought I was being pretty clear.