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My guess is Davis could become the manager at Iowa.

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Yeah, figuring out which black guy Zambrano is going to give Bradley will keep me up all night. I have a few thoughts... http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2007/11/16-22/eddie-murphy.jpg or maybe... http://www.churchofthecustomer.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/20/prince.jpg or http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Chef.svg/350px-Chef.svg.png or http://www.sun-inet.or.jp/~mlbddf/2003allstargame_darren_baker.jpg and maybe... http://blogs.propertyfinder.com/outthere/upload/2008/06/Michael_Jackson_-_Another_Part_Of_Me3.jpg (or does he qualify as black?)

Why not use Dubois in the outfield?

What about Alou? I think we should bring back Alou.

IIRC, that wouldn't even need to be specific to this contract. Wheres MPeel when you need him (or when you dont :cry: ) It's possible that MPeel could mlp posting comments on Bruce's blogs. link

If Sheets could be had for 3/36, that's a bargain in this market. He carries with him some durability issues, but considering the contract the Yankees gave Burnett, Sheets at 3/36 would be outstanding.

This is pure speculation on my part, but I guess they jumped in this when they lost on Burnett. They ended up with money to spend and probably thought Furcal was a decent option to spend it on.

I could see the Braves revisiting the Peavy deal. They failed to land the SP they wanted and the market will be thinning even more. They can now more freely deal Escobar, so it's going to be interesting to see if things with the Padres heat up again.

What this thread needs is pics of walruses and cats.

For 2008, Morneau was the better hitter (308 Eqa) than Dunn (300 Eqa). However, in 2007, Dunn (312 Eqa) was a much better hitter than Morneau (294 Eqa). In 2006, Morneau (314 Eqa) had a large edge to Dunn (286), but in 2005 Dunn (308 Eqa) was much superior to Morneau(261 Eqa). Considering all of the evidence we have, I'd put them almost equal going forward. It's likely that they will have very similar production. Either one could out produce the other, in my opinion.

My only concern with Bonds is the shape he may be in having sat out an entire year at his age. If at 44 he could put up this line 276/480/565 in 120 games, I'd move Soriano to right and Bonds could hop around on a pogo stick for all I care.

Innings Pitched over the past three years- Player A: 106 , 141, 198. Player B: 135, 165, 221. ERA+ over the last three years- Player A: 119, 117, 139. Player B: 115, 119, 105. One of these just signed a 5/82 contract. The other in comparison should be worth at 3/45. I'm not saying Sheets will get that much, but he's only a little less durable than Burnett and more effective.

So everyone else in the business of baseball is wrong, but this hodge-podge group of forumites is right? With all due respect, give me a break. Here's the thing. You keep implying that Dunn's "clutch" stats imply he'll be chewed up by good pitchers in the playoffs. So, just to make a point, I took a sampling of Dunn's performance against some "good" pitchers to see if it is true that he just feasts on mediocre pitching. Like I expected, there is some good and some bad. Here's how he's fared in his career vs pitching. (Yes, sample sizes be damned!) Brandon Webb- 240/296/440 Roy Oswalt- 250/377/563 Jake Peavy- 200/344/440 Cole Hamels- 125/222/250 Johan Santana 1000/1000/1000 Matt Cain- 200/333/200 Tim Lincecum- 250/250/250 Chris Carpenter- 167/250/292 Tim Hudson- 333/375/600 and versus three of our best Lilly- 222/462/556 Zambrano- 232/389/625 Dempster- 364/667/727 So, if Dunn only feasts on mediocre pitching, our rotation is mediocre at best, because Dunn has feasted on the best we have to offer.

good But that says nothing about his desire to hit in the event. It only says he doesn't want to pitch. :D

Where did you read this?

Guys, guys...why not sign Dunn and Bradley, move Soriano to first and trade Lee? :D

Well there's one outfielder taken care of. Is anything else going on? Same. Try to trade Marquis. Try to sign Bradley, who's their No. 1 choice for OF. If not Bradley, who would be the second choice? Any chance for Adam Dunn?

Just thought you'd want to know. I always liked Clement. I'm glad he wasn't able to help the Cardinals last year. Now, I can hope he gets healthy and pitches well. Have fun in Canada, Matt.

The Nats will have to overpay if they expect any big name FA to come there.

you're missing the point No I understand the point that Christmas doesn't have to be religious but you are the missing the point that you don't have to celebrate Christmas. I have found memories from childhood and none of them involve Christmas. I know I had a good childhood and never resented or was upset that I didn't get to celebrate Christmas. The idea that Christmas is a must and any kid who doesn't celebrate it must be deprived is beyond idiotic. That's extreme ignorance of other traditions, religions and cultures. It's this type of thinking that leads to wars. You think people can't live without what you believe they need and eventually try to force it on people and they resist. Wake up realize there is more than one way to think about Christmas and that millions in this country alone grow up without it and turn out just fine. no, my original point was that my problem isn't that you don't celebrate Christmas, it's that you're saying that you're going to force a 3 year old to not believe in Santa. Let them believe what they want to. You're not even a parent and you already sound like the "my kid's will NOT read Harry Potter because there are witches in it" type of parent. i'll illustrate an example of what I mean. when my first daughter was born, my wife and I made a conscious decision to not make everything she wore pink, her nursery pink, etc. In other words, we weren't going to do the stereotypical gender color stuff. Now my daughter is almost 6, and she loves pink stuff, princesses, etc. We never said that she WOULDN'T ever wear pink, just that we weren't going to force it on her. you sound like the parent who will be saying "my child WON'T ________" a lot My kids won't believe in Santa Claus because I won't tell them the lie that he exists. Its not so much me not allowing them as them just not learning about him. I'm sure at some point they will ask me who he is because other kids are talking about it (or I might tell them at some point its not a decision one parent makes but both so I don't know). I won't tell them the lie I will tell them about St. Nick and how the legend came from that. I read Harry Potter (waited in line at midnight for the last two) and could very well read it to my kids. Also I too will not have my sons have blue and my daughters have pink. They will have all colors. My children will have a lot of freedom as I did. Kids don't learn from you telling them no they learn from doing it and see the bad effects. I will warn my kids about alcohol and drugs early on and throughout their life as my parents did but I will do as my father did with me. When I got old enough to start with that stuff he told me be careful, do what you think is right but know that if you get caught that's when all he liberties stop (actually told me home right after school and never go out except for sports). All I've tried to do in this thread is make people realize there is more than one way to raise kids and they don't have to grow up with Christmas to be functional adults. No one has acknowledged that fact yet. Be sure you explain all this to your future spouse before having children. And hopefully, she'll set your straight.

The Ravens can do the Cowboys a big favor with a win here.

Dallas can still control their playoff destiny by winning out. But they have two tough games remaining against the Giants next week and the Ravens the week after that. They will sit behind the loser of the Tampa-Carolina game in the WC chase. They are currently tied with the Falcons and Redskins for the sixth playoff spot. If the Ravens can beat the Skins tonight, the Cowboys will be tied for that last spot. A win today would have been big, but they are still in the driver's seat if they can keep playing well. The next two games should be in much better conditions.

eff this

damnit!