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QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 10:53 AM) Pheasant hunter here, also a big-time fisherman. I live in Chicago proper. I'm still having a hard time with the generalizations. How about this one... They should release deer on the infield of the Nascar tracks and give each driver a shotgun. They could earn extra points in the chase for the cup by baggin themselves a 8 pointer.

Pete Townsend - Let my love open the door

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme?

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 10:16 AM) They wanted a team to take most of his salary. We wouldn't do that. They wanted a team's high prospects. Petit is ranked right behind Milledge according to most minor league sites. Jacobs 4th. We would have had to give up similar prospects in our system that high. Plus Delgado didn't want to come here and would have demanded a trade in the offseason. He likes NYY much better than us. But yah, other than those small things we could have gotten him for next to nothing. So wait, you know exactly what salary we were willing to take on? The Mets were able to acquire D without using anyone (essentially, Jacobs would have been their starting 1B) from their 25 man roster. Isn't that exactly what the defending World Champion should be trying to do? Yeah he cost prospects. That's what they're for.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 10:04 AM) And considering he has the right to demand a trade, like Vasquez, it probably wouldn't have been a very good trade. We couldn't have come close to matching the mets anyway. Yeah, Mike Jacobs is a Supa Stah Scouts hate Petit. But yeah, that was an unbeatable deal.

QUOTE(SnB @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 09:57 PM) he would fit in so well on a soccer team. Or as QB for the Chicago Bears

we asked http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ts/13236240.htm

QUOTE(Brian @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 08:47 PM) Triple OT. This is the greatest game of this college basketball season. No exaggeration. This is the best November basketball game that I can remember.

Who knows... Right location and B-Day, though. So it's either him, or an extremely obsessed fan.

Who needs Thome and Shilling... We've got Haigwood.

I heard the Cubs were talking to him about a set-up role.

I expect Micah Schnurstein to match Fields' '05 totals in '06 at B'ham.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 04:24 PM) From what I've read/heard...pretty underwhelming. High K total, not really blowing anybody away. Should start the year with Birmingham. Please correct me if I'm wrong...I know ya'll will. You've got everything right, but I suspect he'll start at Charlotte. Still 2 years away though

My parents bought their first house in the area for $35K They sold it 15 years ago for 150K We saw it sell again last year for almost 250K

the 2nd

The last two games Iowa finally looks like how I expected them to look this season. They still haven't cracked the top 25, and are easily one of the most underrated teams in the country now. I can name only a handful of teams who I don't think they could beat. USC Texas Ohio State Texas Tech (just a bad matchup. They could outscore them though) Notre Dame (if they don't pressure Quinn, he'd tear them up) Virginia Tech I'd love to see them get a match up against a top 15 team in whatever bowl they're in. Head in being touchdown underdogs, and win going away.

I remember that one time the FBI busted through my window to stop me from watching a bootleg copy of Ernest goes to camp. Good Times.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 10:54 PM) Actually, they're fans do travel pretty well, even to Detroit. They sellout their allotments of tickets rather easily, something that the bigger schools don't necessarily do if they are in a smaller bowl game. The difference is that they don't have the TV ratings of larger schools. I don't think that Iowa does much better than we do, and OSU isn't really an issue since they will probably be in a BCS bowl. The teams that will be bigger factors in us sliding down the bowl list are Wisconsin and Michigan. Iowa played the top rated non-BCS bowl last year.

Here's a question... Every year gas prices jump at labor day because of "increased demand" Tomorrow is the unquestioned busiest travel day of the year? Do cars run on stuffing at Thanksgiving? Cuz gas prices never react to meet the "increased demand"

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 08:47 PM) I'll take the better, more complete ballplayer over Rowand who just plays the wall close. This quote just proves you don't know what you're talking about. Rowand played shallower than any CFer in the history of USCF. I noted he was playing about 5 feet farther in this year as early as the second week of the season. It's the reason he was much better defensively this year. Before he was going back and waiting under the ball at the wall. When he moved closer, he was still able to get back on the ball, but was able to cover far more ground in front of him and in the gaps. But yeah, he just played farter back so nothing got over his head. :rolly: I value Rowand's defense, yes, but I don't think he's super human. I may be one of his biggest critics when it comes to his play at the plate. I have a very realistic view of his value. It varies from team to team. To the Yankees, he has less value than say Torri Hunter, but to the Fish, he has more. Why? salary. It's simple. The Marlins are looking to dump payroll. But a Rowand for Pierre trade saves them a minimal amount. Rowand+Marte+specs for Delgado unloads tons of money. I'm all for trading Rowand. 1) he's in demand. 2) Because he's locked up on the cheap, he's never likely to have a higher value. 3) there appears to be a replacement in Brian N Anderson waiting in the wings. 4) The Sox need to get value out of their system. Look, Remember the '01-02 Twins. They had a ton of OFers on the cusp of the Majors. Kielty, Mohr, Kubel, Restovich, Ford. They had Jones and Hunter locked up... They appeared to be in a position to acquire a few arms and make a real run at the title. Instead they hung onto those chips for too long, and found that they didn't have much value anymore. They would be in a much different position if they were looking to trade some of those guys at the beginning of '01 instead of playing is close to the vest and holding on to them all. You don't trade from your strength, to acquire more of the same. With Rowand, Anderson, Young, and even Podsednik and Owens to an extent. We have an abundance of speedy centerfield types. What we don't have is a left handed bat with power anywhere close to being ready to contribute on the major league level. So you package one of those 5 names with some pitching and you find that on the open market. Pierre for Rowand at best is trading a quater for 2 dimes, a nickel, and a penny.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 07:03 PM) What does ESPN have to do with the conversation? The quote you replied to cited ESPN saying Pierre was a great defender.

/ waiting for Eddie Curry thread.

QUOTE(FGarcia34 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 07:07 PM) Well Beckett and Lowell went to Boston, so Blalock is still available. Boston Doesn't have a GM! Who's making the deals over there? Gammons?

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 06:22 PM) Exactly. It's laughable how people say his defense sucks or is considerably worse than Rowand's. ESPN also thinks Derek Jeter is the best defensive shortstop in the history of the game.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 05:12 PM) Wow, Owens hits wherever he goes. Is there any possible way he could be a bust over a good leadoff hitter? I can't wait to see this guy play. Yeah, he's hitting about like Pablo Ozuna was last year out there. You can't judge by winter league stats.