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Wait what. Here ya go: link. Jim Hendry sucks. I guess making the playoffs was a bad thing. Are you suggesting this trade is the reason the cubs made the playoffs? Because that would be a truly absurd statement. No. From what I read about the trade is that if the Cubs make the playoffs they (O's) would get an extra player.

Wait what. Here ya go: link. Jim Hendry sucks. I guess making the playoffs was a bad thing.

Tampa will want pitching. That's all they should want. They need another outfielder like they need another hole in the head. Great point, I totally forgot how stacked they were in the OF. I would love to have Crawford or Gomes. Crawford has played a handful of games in CF but not much. Is that because he can't play it well or they had a better defensive CF? I thought his numbers were good for a CF but are they good enough for the corner?

Didn't ARod have the same PR problems when he was a Free Agent the first time? I remember some really weird clauses in his contract that made him look kind of foolish when he signed with Texas. I'd think it's worse, now, don't you think? Yes, by far. I am curious on how much of this is a NY Press thing. They could over blow grass growing. Eh. I think it's definetly stemmed from NY, but it's becoming more of a national thing. Especially the $350m thing. It was obvious to me that Boras did that because ARod wanted out, but people are spinning that as "ARod is greedy and selfish". I agree. ARod is like any person or team that is one of the best at what they do, they have a lightning rod attached to them and people will always like to see them fall, and fall hard if possible.

Didn't ARod have the same PR problems when he was a Free Agent the first time? I remember some really weird clauses in his contract that made him look kind of foolish when he signed with Texas. I'd think it's worse, now, don't you think? Yes, by far. I am curious on how much of this is a NY Press thing. They could over blow grass growing.

Didn't ARod have the same PR problems when he was a Free Agent the first time? I remember some really weird clauses in his contract that made him look kind of foolish when he signed with Texas.

Pie and a plethora of young pitchers would do it imo. he moves like molasses...where do we put him? in RF? i am not totally against it, but if he comes here i sure hope a change of scenery wakes him up and motivates him to take care of his body... when i was at the marlins v. cubs game this year...i was appalled at how lazy he seemed on the field...barely trying to go after balls...just a very strange body language from a professional athlete... who knows that...maybe that is just miggy being miggy :wink: Ha, cute! It's possible that the situation in Florida is driving him crazy too. If he wants to win badly enough it's possible watching the team get dismantled knocked his enthusiasm down a notch or two.

It may be speculation and I think ARod would be crazy to not include the Sox due to their nicely filled wallets. yes, everything is speculation right now i suppose...but goodness...that team is going to be just plain [expletive] scary if a-rod is stationed at the hot corner come spring...dice-k is most likely going to have a terrific season...the only real question mark with boston right now is the back end of their rotation... That's why we give up our secret plan and send Marquis to the Sox!

how about we throw cedeno out at short stop next season instead of theriot? i would be willing to bet good money that cedeno would outperform theriot...plus he is a better defender... oh well...i just am a little sad that it looks like theriot is going to be the starting SS in 08 I don't think that's a given. I believe that Hendry is just saying nice things about Theriot and that the Job may still be open in 2008 if no one else is acquired. I agree that Theriot has the edge though.

I'd be shocked to see it be a straight 1-1 player trade. right, but what else could a package be from the padres that would warrant this? if pie is gone...then we are hanging on to jones...who is a wild-card IMO... is there a package in their organization that would actually be beneficial to the product most of us fans want to see take the field next season?...ie...one that doesn't bend over in the NLDS? I don't know their system that well but I assume they might have some other players to offer.

Pie and a plethora of young pitchers would do it imo.

It may be speculation and I think ARod would be crazy to not include the Sox due to their nicely filled wallets.

I'd be shocked to see it be a straight 1-1 player trade.

Either sarcasm or unintentional hilarity. How do you like St. Joes? Do they have computer science there? Holy offtopic. But yes, I enjoy it here although I think they charge way too much tuition (this goes beyond regular tuition complaints). Yes they do have a computer science major here. Also, upon further review that comment must be sarcasm because it actually makes no sense whatsoever. Is Hendry supposed to not let Fukudome or anyone know he wants to sign him until he actually signs him? Is he supposed to jump out of a closet yelling QUICK SIGN THIS in Japanese? My son is looking at colleges and I thought I'd ask while you were on line. I think Hendry has better people around him now then he did before and other than that Traschel trade he seems to be doing better....ok that and the Marquis signing.

I love Dusty now. He may be one of my favorite managers!

Either sarcasm or unintentional hilarity. How do you like St. Joes? Do they have computer science there?

I want the Vikings to trade AP to the Cowboys for 3 first round, 3 second round 5 third round and 3 forth round picks and 3 players.

I'd do that in a second but I don't think that the Sox would.

Didn't Hendry draft Greene originally? I could see a big trade between these two teams. Where's BbB and his SD roots to tell us what the Padres have to offer.

I'm not touching that one.

mind telling us what crap school they played? North Alabama. (I only know this because of the incessant BTN ads they showed in the press box yesterday during Ball State v. IU.) Ball State handled DIII Anderson in an exhibition today. Butler, on Friday, should pose something of a bigger test. So a DII school, thats kind of what I figured. Color me unimpressed that IU was only up 14 midway thru the 2nd half. Color me unsurprised that you picked out a single moment in a 40-pt win to be unimpressed with. FWIW, during the 14-2 run or so that UNA was on to cut the lead to 14, IU had a team on the floor of 4 newcomers (3 frosh) and a sophomore. I would have taken a 40 point win myself but we eeked out a niner. I love Green and I think Onuaka will be a monster underneath. If Flynn can hit his J's we will do fine.

You're missing the meaning. The idea isn't to be removing those factors, it's to be able to properly see how much they help or hurt players. Wouldn't it be real nice if a GM knew what taking a player like Dante Bichette out of Coors Field would do before signing him to a nice contract? Or how about what would happen if you took Chan Ho Park out of Dodger Stadium and put him in Arlington? We already know which players are good and bad. Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez are good no matter what numbers you're trying to use. Neifi Perez and Jose Macias aren't. The metrics are more designed at trying to separate those guys in the middle of the pack, where ballparks and other things the players have no control over can make a much bigger difference. Ok, let's run with this. Jamie Moyer has 230 career wins. Sandy Koufax had 165. Now I'm not going to insult you and try to say that your logic would mean that Moyer is a better pitcher than Koufax. I know you wouldn't buy that. But you know Koufax is a better pitcher because you look past just the wins. You take a look at the ERA, you take a look at the difference in games pitched. That's all these metrics are doing. They're grabbing all the pertinent information and putting them into nicer numbers. They certainly aren't ridiculous. They're just how you separate guys like Juan Pierre (career .301 batting average and not a very useful player) from Joe Cronin (career .301 batting average and an extremely useful player). What is it you "old school" guys like to talk about? The "little things"? Well the little things like ballparks, league scoring environment, etc... all add up to be pretty important when valuing a player correctly. It's how you know Yaz was fantastic in 1968, and how you know Three Finger Brown isn't exactly Pedro Martinez, despite the 2.06 career ERA to Pedro's 2.80. I think it's time to start giving a little more credit to these metrics than you currently do. I think he's including those "old Time" stats and not getting rid of them, that's his point. I see nothing wrong with using all the resources available.

Heck, Renshaw could have done as well as Traschel. Bad Jimmy, bad.

Hawaii will lose to Fresno St. and Maryland will beat BC.

Jose Vidro for second? I think if this is true that the Sox would want Murton back and if they took Marquis this might work.