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For those who maybe aren't following the Teahen thread I thought I'd post Bruce's latest comment Not yet. I'll find out by 5:30 when we meet with Jim. I've put in calls about the White Sox on this matter, too. The Tigers gave them a little ouchie yesterday. So you can be at ease, the Bruce signal WAS seen. :D

It should be called "The Never Ending Interview" Yes...and he should be flying a luck dragon! With "Highway 61 Revisted" as the soundtrack. Either the track or the album. :D

It should be called "The Never Ending Interview"

I'm all for a bat and a lawn chair in right, with Pie advised to work on cardio. But it'd have to be a much better bat than Sexson's. Bonds won't cost talent. :D

I'm going to guess that if Fred gets the nomination they'll stop showing his LAO episodes. So yeah, they aren't going anywhere.

Probably because they don't think they'll have a shot at the playoffs in the next three years and would rather bring in people who will be there for 5 or 6. I highly doubt Beane moves him for anything less than a good haul.

Which might not be quite so bad. His .807 OPS against righties this season (which was down from his career numbers) would make a pretty good platoon with Murton. Also he was putrid for the last month of the season which drug his stats down. Jenkins isn't a great answer to any question, but if he were signed you can probably cross RF off of our problem areas.

Regardless of how this works out, we win. Lets be honest here, even if the Astros get .300/.380 out of him, there was no way we'd get that. He'd bat .240/.300 for us. Lets just hope he doesn't put up .300/.380 and then Hendry trades the farm for him next winter...

Such an un-American post...... I asked myself why I hated freedom, but never got a response... On the subject of "things we're supposed to be offended about" don't forget to NOT see The Golden Compass...it was written by an ATHEIST! If I get one more forward I'm gonna....

The statement only works if DeRosa is playing shortstop. His bat is a huge upgrade over Theriot's, but only a slight upgrade over Murton in RF and certainly a downgrade when you consider it would be Riot and Matsui up the middle. DeRosa/Matsui/Murton>DeRosa/Matsui/Theriot Of course, none of the above is worth a long term commitment to Kazuo freaking Matsui.

Not to go off topic, but on the other topic of the thread, I actually saw Redacted (I know, crazy concept, wait until you see it to judge) and in no way shape or form does it attempt to paint the entire military as monsters. It centers around a small group of soldiers, 5 or 6, who run a checkpoint in Iraq and towards the end four go to a house they had recently raided and detained a families father. One guy goes thinking he's going to keep them from getting killed and hopefully talk them out of it. He leaves before any atrocities happen and "stands guard". Another goes because he has been making a film of his Iraq experiences the whole time and for some reason the two rapists let him film. He does help hold the girl being raped down at one point so he had more involvement. Another soldier refuses to go and seems to be the moral compass of the film at all times. The point of the movie is the toll that everyday life in Iraq is taking on our soldiers. You can stick your fingers in your ear and la la la all day if you want, but if you know any service members coming back from Iraq you know. My uncle still randomly awakes screaming in the night just from the memories of all the IED's which almost killed him. I believe he told us he kept track and had things explode around him 41 times. At the same time, I thought the movie did a good job showing how boring day to day life can be. I've heard it said that time there is in slow motion with periodic moments of fast forward. Most time is spent just standing around bored out of your mind. It's the firefights and attacks which send their world into fast paced chaos. Try doing that again and again and see how healthy you come back. Post traumatic stress syndrome indeed. Overall, it's a pretty average movie which probably steps a bit out of it's means in terms of scope. The actors are all nobodys and it's a grab bag performance. Some come across as believable, some a bit too wooden. Not a great film, certainly not even a good one, but an important one. Important so long as the average persons knowledge of these events sits at "nonexistent."

Simple. You call up Barry Bonds. Advise him that if he were to settle with the government admitting to steroid use but before the official MLB ban, we'd let him play for us. Sign Bonds to play RF and put Pie in CF. Advise Bonds to bring a lawn chair and Pie to run his ass off. Go ahead and book tickets for October. :D

I want to think he's just stringing Matsui along to get the Astros to bite, but I know Jim isn't that bright. Ugh. Ugh indeed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3121934 Jimbo, your table is set. ](*,)

If he would take a 2 year deal with perhaps performance related incentives to kick in further years, I'd probably bite. He's not as good as he was in '06 but he's also not as bad as he was in '07. I'd expect about .260/.340/.460 with a bunch of homers. That would look pretty good in CF, comparatively. I'm not quite as sold on Pie as some people (I think he has all the potential in the world but until he produces it's just that, potential) so I'm not ready to stand pat. That being said, Fukudome is likely to be a better bargain. Even a stopgap like Kenny Lofton is probably going to be a better value. But if the market isn't there for Jones and Boras doesn't find an idiot, I'd take him for the right price. It's moot anyway, there's plenty of idiots and Boras will get 4 years out of someone. Just hope it isn't us.

And then he started screaming "WHO'S THE SHORTSTOP BITCH? WHO'S THE SHORTSTOP?" Tacky if you ask me...

Im fairly certain he's done all of that. All at the same time.

That doesn't happen anymore, guy. That's exactly my point. I wouldn't pay ANYONE playing today that kind of money. I bet you'd pay zombie Ty Cobb that kinda scratch. ....perhaps...Cobb's best year v. A-Rod's best year. .420/.467/.620, 196 OPS+, 127rbi, 83sb >> .314/.422/.645, 177 OPS+, 156 rbi, 24 sb Obviously, the answer is to have Zombie Ty Cobb bite A-Rod, then we can have both Zombie Ty Cobb and Zombie A-Rod. Just have to hope that Hendry doesn't sign Zombie Neifi Perez. :lol:

Raffy survives because he failed a test AFTER he testified. There remains no proof he had juiced before. You and I aren't dumb, we know he did. But until there's a smoking gun he's safe. We may say perjury is perjury, but it really isn't. One was obstruction of justice in a criminal case. The other was a lie to Congress during a dog and pony show. Have they ever indicted all those idiotic Tobacco execs who said they didn't believe smoking was harmful? Obviously somehow the law doesn't see them as equal. Or at least execution of said law.

Sigh, just no way to put rose colored glasses on for this deal. You look at his '04 .766 OPS and think "that would sure be better than Theriot", but looking at his career line and minor league numbers I think we know who the real Omar Infante is. Maybe if he had, ahem, "something" like he might have had in '04 he'd be better, but otherwise I think we're just getting a slightly better Cesar for slightly less cash. Ugh.

I'm not optimistic that we'll sign A-Rod, but I damn well bet Boras waits until he can at least factor our offer in. Think he won't use the promise of a potential rich owner and an Uncle Lou/A-Rod reunion as leverage? Of course he will. We'll soon be treated to video of A-Rod working out at shortstop and bragging about how he could make the switch back easily. No doubt Hendry at least gets dinner and some ludicrous contract offer leaked to the press. Probably faked by Boras but hey, at least Jimbo gets to play! As for where he goes, who knows. If new owner rumors start to get hot and heavy and he likes the name, we might have a shot. I know he's dying to get Mark Cuban's offer.

If Wood is willing to take a "make good" contract to be a starter, I have absolutely no problem with it. Kerry Wood, best 5th starter in baseball? It's worth a 3 million guaranteed lotto play, with incentives if his arm doesn't fall off. Better bet than much of anything on the free agent market too. I like it.

Ryan Dempster is adequate. Not "elite" by any means, but he saved 28 of the 31 games we gave him to save. His ERA looks bad but it's seriously jacked up by a handful of "disaster" outings. Hell, it jumped a half point in his last game because he got lit up. Regardless, if we need to make a change at closer next season we have plenty of in house options. Carlos Marmol could do it. If we bring him back Kerry Wood could probably do it. Howry could do it. Wuertz could do it. And so on. The absolute last thing we need to spend money on this offseason is pitching. Our pen is already set, our rotation is already set. Spend every dime you have on offense.

Yeah, while I don't like Fonzie leading off and it goes against all baseball logic that I've ever known, it isn't the biggest deal to me. His overall OPS makes him sufficient in the spot. Next year when his wheels are better we'll get better use of him being a threat when he does get on base. Theriot, however, shouldn't be batting anywhere but 8th. And while I'd almost give Lou a pass on it since there weren't a lot of better options, I still would have rather seen DeRosa or Murton there more often.

I think we have a chance, IF A-Rod opts out of his contract Boras is smart enough to at least lay back a month or two to see what happens with the Cubs ownership. I mean, if the owner is Mark Cuban he's going to at least want to include him in the bidding. And it isn't like his market is going to be any different in December than it would be in November.