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  1. Way to utilize your only discernable skill, Campana.
  2. Campana's value as a defensive replacement is growing ever more questionable.
  3. Regarding the glove question: http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID34079/images/pitch.jpg http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/President+Bush+Throws+Out+First+Pitch+Nationals+f2VDwQfNlSDl.jpg Are you a lefty or a righty? In either case, a Nationals windbreaker is a must. As for the rest, just try not to bounce it.
  4. Atta boy Lou! Congrats on your first homer as a Cub.
  5. Quade's finally got the 2-5 straightened out.
  6. 1 more AB for Starlin to extend his streak...
  7. He couldn't help but see the wall as he was running for 2B and automatically started slowing down. It appeared to me that he was distracted by his concern for Burrell as he approached the warning track.
  8. Bartlett's contract: $4 million this season, $5.5 million next year and a $5.5 million option for 2013 ($1.5 million buyout). If the Cards are taking on $7+ million in order to have essentially another Ryan Theriot on their roster, they probably aren't giving up Shelby Miller as well (as much as I would love to see it). If the Pads want to eat some of Bartlett's contract, then perhaps.
  9. Not that it really affected the outcome of the play, but that was a miserable throw from Campana.
  10. Only AB that has really looked poor was Campana's.
  11. I want prospects for that man. Decent ones.
  12. Not in approach, but in looking absolutely lost at any breaking ball thrown to them. Geo looks overmatched at the plate, much like Soriano does on any breaking stuff. Total pitches swung at: Soriano: 57.9% Soto: 39.7% Pitches swung at outside the strike zone: Soriano: 48.5% Soto: 21.9% I still don't see the similarity.
  13. Ken Rosenthal tweeting that Riggleman has resigned as manager of the Nats. Weird. Edit: Bruno beat me to it. Shut this one down.
  14. You're new here, right? You might want to brace for impact. Oh, I'm sure. But again, he really does not look right. Very Soriano-esque. Soto has walked in 10.8% of his PAs. Soriano: 4.2% Soto's K%: 23.1%. Soriano: 25.7% Soto's LD%: 23%. Soriano: 17%. Aside from a small spike in Ks this year, Soto and Alfonso are totally different animals at the plate.
  15. This alone is reason to fire Mike Quade.
  16. How long until Lee is in Montgomery? He's having an outstanding season in A+.
  17. While I don't disagree, what could one expect to receive for Marmol? I'm trying to think of historical precedent for a trade of this sort and all I can come up with are Billy Wagner and Matt Capps. The Phils sent Brandon Duckworth, Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio for Wagner. Matt Capps netted the Nats Wilson Ramos. What is Marmol worth? Matt Capps certainly isn't a comparable situation. Yeah, I realize. I'm just kinda spitballing, trying to think of anything remotely comparable.
  18. While I don't disagree, what could one expect to receive for Marmol? I'm trying to think of historical precedent for a trade of this sort and all I can come up with are Billy Wagner and Matt Capps. The Phils sent Brandon Duckworth, Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio for Wagner. Matt Capps netted the Nats Wilson Ramos. What is Marmol worth?
  19. If they are intent upon rebuilding, trading Castro would be about the stupidest thing they could do. Analogies to the Ramirez-Beckett deal don't function well; the Sox had won 98 games and a WS the season prior to trading Hanley. They were a dominant team looking for one more piece. Additionally, Ramirez had only 2 ML plate appearances when he was traded at age 21. He was still a prospect. Castro has compiled 830 ML plate appearances of .771 OPS baseball at the same age. He is a very affordable budding all-star SS. Both the idea of trading him and the comparison to the '05 Sox are ridiculous.
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