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Tomorrow you've gotta throw Clemens for 6, Oswalt for at least 3, and Lidge until his arm falls off.

'97 I missed game 7 of the World series. f***ing Calculus.

I've watched almost every pitch -- Got home in the bottom of the first.. I missed the first run.

Hunter on the block means they value SP more than fielding... They likely have the bats to replace hunter, but they don't have the arm to replace Radke. They have tons of OF options. Lew Ford could play center, Stewart in Left, and Kubel in right, and not really drop off offensively.

Prediction: 9-6 Yanks.

that too... 0 steals vs. LHP.

Butter's right, the Raffy stuff is old news... Rock replacing him is new though... As for the Willie harris portion of this thread... HE'S A PLATOON PLAYER... .262/.343/.323 isn't great, but break it down into splits, and I can live with it. .279/.366/.335 vs. RHP is more respectable, and paired with a SS/2B that can hit LHP he would be just fine.... career .186/.234/.233 vs. LHP should never face a LHP EVER Polanco (who can play third if needed) is .322/.370/.503 vs. LHP. (lst three seasons) Vizquel (who's strictly a SS) is .262/.311/.371 vs. LHP (last three seasons) -- but would push Uribe to second. Eric Young (yep I'm gonna keep saying it) is .294/.383/.436 vs. LHP (last three seasons)

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according to him, the scores 4-4 and we're headed to extras.

I didn't include anybody on the Cards or Braves... Those teams have great pitching coaches. We have Coop.

McCarver needs to be shot

I can't beleive so many white sox fans were able to score tickets to this game.

WTF -- payrod Cheater.

I'm with you guys on the Kendall train... The Dodgers are really pushing hard for him.

Bellhorn/Cabrera/Damon just gifted the Yanks an inning. 8 pitches. Losers...

Hockey would be the most likely to happen in because there's fewer "points" per game than the others. Baseball would be next. Basketball last.

I didn't mention it, but I had thought the same thing, Catcher has to be an offensive spot then. Pittsburgh is shopping Kendall again..

107 pitches for lieber, sawks really worked him deep in the count.. 70+ in 5+ innings for schilling... Yanks look like they'll be the first to the pen, and that's not a good thing when your staff has thrown well over 600 pitches in 3 days.

I love what pauly brings to this team, but I see a viable cheaper replacement behind him, who plays a better defensive first base... There would be money saved in dealing Konerko, or at the very least quality players in return. The infield Defense of Crede-Uribe-Harris-Gload would be great, and would make Lowe that much better. That is not a potent offensive infield, but I would expect to have a dominant SP staff, and a great offensive outfield if Pauly was gone.

Sawks tag lieber for 4 runs in the 4th...

Not until '05

He won't get > $5M from anyone... I think he'll get on a sliding scale based on legth of contract $4+M @2 years $4M @3 years $3+M @ 4 years

Nope I'm not a slave to names... but I am a slave to produciton, and understand the fiscal constraints that surround this team... You may not like the sound of Grieve and Young, but consider the alternative of Perez and Harris :puke. EY only played 20 games at 2B because of soriano, who's a selfish bastard, and wouldn't switch to outfield... EY has always had good range at 2nd, and he wouldn't be brought in for his D anyway, it would strictly be to platoon with Willie-can't-hit-LHP-to-save-my-life-Harris... EY is younger than Vizquel(by a month) . yet he's very coveted around here... Grieve has only once in his career had an OPS+ less than 102, and has a career mark of 112. Timo Perez clocked in with an OPS+ of 58 this year. :puke and a career mark of 81 :puke. Edit: I should add, I'm not advocating either one of these guys to get a ton of AB's, but we saw what a piss poor bech can mean for this team. Platooning harris, will help eliminate this teams terrible record vs. LHP last season, and replacing Timo/Borchard/whoever with grieve gives us someone who actually gets on base, while not sacrificing power.

Catalanotto saigned a new deal -- He wasn't very good this season anyways..

List you top FA targets for this offseason.. Starting Pitcher 1. Bradke - F the twins 2. Pavano - Probably gonna cost too much 3. Clement - F the Cubs 4. Lowe - GB pitcher, Absolutely get him if you can get rid of Konerko. That woud leave us with a GG caliber infield; Lowe, Garland, and Buehrle would all benefit. 5. Odalis Perez - Not a big fan, but he's an improvement. 6. David Wells - Throws strikes. No free passes 7. Wilson Alvarez -- Bring him in as #6 starter, throw him out of the pen, use him instead of the rotating T-ball stand when #5 fails Lieber - if his option is declined would slide into the middle of that list... Hopefully the Sawks crush him tonight, and we can sneak in for a deal. not likely though. I left off pedro(too expensive), Clemens(won't leave Houston), Millwood(no thanks), Ortiz(no thanks), the other ATL pitchers(no mazzone = no good) Second/Short 1. Placido Polanco - see blog 2. Omar Vizquel - Old, I don't know which Omar we'd get. 3. Mark Bellhorn -- Gets on base a ton, but probably doesn't do the little things KW and Ozzie are looking 4. 4. Todd Walker -- I don't know why, but I've always liked that guy. 5. Eric Young -- Strongly should be considered to Platoon w/ Harris, and fill in the outfield if needed. last three seasons(.294/.383/.436) vs. LHP -- Harris is (.186/.234/.233) over that span in the same situation. I would be happy if KW just went out an got EY. Singing any of 1,2, or 5 will make this a much better team. I left off (Kent, Renteria, Garciaparra, and Cabrera cuz they are going to be too expensive) [/b]Outfield[/b] 1. Beltran -- Quit playing so well damnit 2. Drew -- Lefty bat I like 3. Finley -- he went to Southern, why not? 4. Dye -- will cost about the same as everett, will produce bout the same as everett. I don't know why I put him on the list 5. Moistness Alou -- He'll end up in SF, but we should at least inquire. 6. Ben Grieve -- Ben Greive??? I know you all think I'm crazy, but check out his stats. Lefty bat? Check. High OBP? Check. Cheap? Check. Who the f*** cares if he strikes out... Kenny this should be the guy you have on the team instead of TIMO. Ok I got tired of making my list... Let's see yours -- In summary, Ben Grieve and Eric Young are cheap guys that we should look at.