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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4auHSbuPjM&feature=related "i'm not uncomfortable, per se, with homosexuals"

these guys here are dead C Jason Varitek 1B Jason Michaels 2B Luis Castillo 3B Brandon Inge SS Cesar Izturis LF Wladimir Balentien CF Michael Bourn RF Jose Guillen P1 Barry Zito P2 Justin Verlander

jamie moyer is 0-0 with a bb. that's going to be tough to beat.

LOL What? It's been two games and he had an RBI last night. But we're supposed to ignore the fact that he was, in fact, a factor and decide that he's been a non-factor after two days? By that logic Soriano, despite his two homers thus far, has sucked this year. Well, if a guy sucks, then he's a factor, a negative factor. Being a non-factor suggests you haven't sucked or stood out in a positive fashion. 1 RBI in 2 games, on pace for an 81 RBI season, fits that. I guess. if derrek lee plays 162 games and ends up with 81 rbi, that almost certainly means he hit like 250/325/415 this year. that'd be a negative factor.

he's got jokes folks

in fairness, it's just a statement with a question mark at the end.

that's an amazingly charitable description of their rotation.

yep, i knew exactly what game that would be before clicking. "WHY IS MATT CLEMENT TRYING TO THROW THE WORST NO-HITTER OF ALL-TIME?"

We can send Patton away after he stinks for the first month and a half. agreed. it's not likely to be a huge deal, but i really don't know why a team in our spot would want to mess with a guy like patton at the expense of a guy like gaudin.

Yes, because many people consider it demeaning to mentally challenged people. You could call Turner a moron instead. Oversensitivity ftw! people will be offended by what i tell them to be offended by!

nobody who has bleacher seats is going to want to trade into the family section. i like the family section though.

or he could hit 15 with a .300 obp and unacceptably bad defense. in fairness, though, this is probably the sort of thing cincinnati should be doing. sheffield might not be the right guy, but they're in the sort of spot where having a few guys to roll the dice on in the hopes that they hit on something and pick up 5 wins could be pretty huge.

it wouldn't be a shock at all if fontenot hit .257 this year. he's definitely capable of hitting for enough power and drawing enough walks to make that work, but still.

aaron miles, next question

I really can't imagine this decision having that much of a financial impact on him. I realize how contracts these days are working, but if he takes a hit because he is not recording saves, he needs a new agent. If he stays healthy and effective until free agency, I expect him to get a huge contract regardless of saves. it'll likely cost him money in his arbitration years though. i know the cubs never go before an arbitrator, but the number the player would get absolutely plays a role in the negotiations. saves would absolutely be something an arbitrator would consider when selecting a salary.

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he can't play in the nba if god chooses to prove his existence by blowing out both his knees during tonight's game

the reds have a lot of good young players, they're going to be really dangerous in a couple years

I love hearing that... I hope its true about the World Series thing. i think they're being awfully generous, unless they have a different definition of "down the line" and "foreseeable future" than i do. i think this needs to be the year.

soto destroyed iowa in his third crack at the league, and pecota still loved him last year - and was justified by his actual performance. i don't think hoffpauir is special, but pecota takes into account repeating levels and still thinks that he'll be a pretty productive player. there's a good chance that a guy who can thoroughly hammer AAA pitching will be at least a pretty solid hitter at the major league level. i'm pretty sure you've had little good to say about aaa numbers when it came to your boy ronny cedeno.

a) intuitively realize 900 MLE ops the last 2 seasons (as well as 900 in 73 mlb AB or whatever) shows him as a really good bet to be productive with the bat In 2008, Micah's third year at AAA, his batting line translates to a .286 EQA. While that's actually really close to Lee's PECOTA projection for 2009, I don't think Hoffpauir's odds of repeating his big season are very good. Furthermore, while advanced fielding metrics haven't really been very kind to Lee, I would still take his defense over Micah's. Plus/Minus has Lee's 2008 at +4, while Micah is at -2 in admittedly very few innings. we're talking about different things here. i agree with you that Lee would likely be the more productive player of the two in full time duty, but i think the notion of "only 73 AB he hasn't proven anything" is junk. what he did the last two years at both levels proves he's a safe bet to be good with the bat. which is the most you can say about any player, because even "proven" guys at the mlb level like victor martinez can have unforeseen crappy years. you really have to consider his age and the number of times he'd been through the league when putting up those numbers. there are plenty of guys who can figure out how to hit in the pcl in their ages-27 and 28 seasons, and they're certainly not all major league caliber players. maybe hoffpauir is special, but i doubt it.

i think the refs are really, really afraid that something exciting is going to happen here. it doesn't matter anyway, but come on, you can't tackle shooters.

hhahahaha, i think tiller's okay now. i guess that's how things go in Missouri

this game doesn't make any sense at all

this game is hilarious