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"Will Ohman getting in some work versus some tough right-handed pitching" LOL

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 1, 2007 -> 07:31 AM) Let me go on record and say this. If Mark Cuban buys an MLB team, it will be one with a ton of unrealized value it in. He is not going to purchase a team that has topped out in its value. As a matter of a fact, the perfect team to connect him to would be the Pirates. They are run down, low budget, and cheap. If he were to go in there and work his magic like he did with the Mavs (I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember how low Dallas was back then) he could easily double to triple the value of his hometown baseball franchise. He would be a hero there. Unrealized value in MLB terms largely means "in need of a new stadium." Current owners are all following Bud's master plan of publicly financed stadiums that double or triple a franchises value, then selling for their profit. Pittsburgh has a brand new stadium considered one of the best in the game.

Sweeney wasn't labeled as a "Risk Factor." He was listed in an expanded free feature called Risk Factor that examines the best and worst case scenarios for a prospect. Sweeney was compared to Garret Anderson and Sean Burroughs.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 10:11 PM) http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0429-03.htm It takes some digs at Bush, but he seems to be quite the conservationist at home, but that was from April '01. And since the mantra of the Bush white house is 9/11 changed everything! we can assume that 9/11 changed Mr. Bush's consumption habits.

QUOTE(Tmar @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 07:12 PM) Aardsma on the left I do believe Good call. Gio makes everyone else look taller.

Looks like Gio and Boone in the middle. Malone and Tracey to the right. and maybe Russell on the left? He's a tall drink of water.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 11:27 PM) 1st off, this could have been an article from last years Spring Training. Uribe was supposed to be shoe in for the 2nd spot. 2nd, Maybe I just didn't read it as closely as I should have, but I didn't see any direct quote about the move. You saw some "Gooch is a good player, he can hit all over" but nothing to the effect of "We wan't Iguchi to bat 7th in the order this year" I don't read Gonzo much, but from what I have read, I really am not very found of him. I take this article with a grain of salt. Unfortunately this isn't the only article that mentions this possiblity. The latest on Chisox.com says the same thing. Fortunately for us, Pods probably wont be ready by opening day. And by the time Pods is finally healthy enough to misplay balls in the outfield and weakly fly out to left, Erstad will have done enough damage to his body to be on the DL for the foreseeable future. The chances of them being in the same lineup seems remote.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 16, 2007 -> 12:51 PM) We have our own version here in Chicago http://www.loungepuppets.com/ and I actually saw a pretty cool 80's cover band in Tucson for ST last year. http://www.metalheadrocks.com/index.html I know a member of the puppets, seen them more times than I can count.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Feb 15, 2007 -> 03:32 AM) yeah who is that band, i could of swore there was a youtube of them getting kelly clarkson and someone else up on stage too. Metal Skool For some reason, you're a bigger star in LA if you cover crappy songs than those that actually wrote and performed them in the first place.

I heard Jamar called Pierre Pierce to get his advice

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 10, 2007 -> 04:45 PM) Well Fields should be around at that point and Thome will likely be gone opening up the DH spot for a likely bloated Cabrera. Of course I don't know where this would leave Konerko since he likely won't even be able to walk in '09. I was refferring to Fields as well.

We'd still need a 3B in that scenario.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 8, 2007 -> 12:38 PM) The Reds also have given Bronson Arroyo a 2 year, $25 million extension on top of his current deal, which runs through 08 and has about $8 million left on it. We Todd Ed Chances are Arroyo is gonna collapse before he even reaches the extension years.

2 separate completely unrelated injuries that require DL trips.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 6, 2007 -> 10:49 PM) I was disappointed in the complete lack of sexual innuendo. Podsedik is out for the first month of the season due too much off-season pie seeking.

Ted Haggard issued a statement today proclaiming that he was now "completely heterosexual"

QUOTE(103 mph screwball @ Feb 5, 2007 -> 11:28 AM) Shouldn't we have heard if this guy has been picked up yet? He wasn't put on waivers, he was DFA'd. The M's have 10 days to figure out what to do with him.

They know this isn't a soccer game, right?

Seattle officials reacted more appropriately.

Veal was a Sox draft pick. he's older than Gio, dominated this year like at the level Gio did last year. And guess what, he can't find the zone either. Patton is the same age as Gio, and spent 50 similarly unremarkable innings at AA this year. McGee is what Gio was a year ago, as is morales. The only thing they have over Gio is that they didn't struggle in AA..... Because they haven't reached AA yet, of course.

QUOTE(Vance Law @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 10:33 PM) 12 more players are listed as Honorable Mentions, and the Indians Chuck Lofgren is the only LHP. I think what flash wants is a consensus list of the top LH prospects in baseball. The top 6-7, going by what I've seen collected over these intertubes, goes something like this... Elbert (Dodgers) Miller (Detroit) Danks (White Sox) Kershaw (Dodgers) Lofgren (Indians) Gio (White Sox) I feel like I'm missing someone there....Where the top three are the next wave of lefties that we'll see at the major league level, and are pretty much interchangable. Kershaw being the WUNDERkid, representing the best of the class that won't see the bigs for a couple more years. And Gio/Lofgren are the tops of the second wave behind the top 3. The Indians also have Sowers, who just lost his rookie eligibility, and would be ranked right in the middle of the top 3. He's just 3 months to a year a head of them reaching the majors, but profiles more as a Buehrle-type control artist rather than the strikeout guys on this list. Of course you could also toss Sisco back into this mix as a "hidden prospect." His stuff and success in his initial big league campaign would have him among the top 3. He just turned 24 a week or two ago. He's the same age as Sowers with about the same amount of succes at the major league level, but he's got better pure stuff.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 10:23 PM) How many lefthanders are ranked ahead of Danks on both lists? How about pitchers overall? Reading the other thread where it said there were only 6 pitchers listed... Bailey and Hughes are obvious, with Gallardo being the next most obvious inclusion. All righties. Next comes the Pelfreys and Humbers, though I wouldn't be surprised to see either off the list... Apparently Garza was 5th. After that it gets a little more complicated. There are really only three lefties in baseball that you can make a solid case for ahead of Danks, two are with the Dodgers; Kershaw (prolly not listed because he's still a ways off) and Elbert. The other is Detroit's Andrew Miller.

The Colts are now America's team. The Bears don't stand a chance.

QUOTE(shoota @ Jan 27, 2007 -> 04:06 PM) WMVP played a clip last night of Buehrle stating he wasn't asking for Zito-like money. Buehrle also stated he's willing to take a discount to stay with the Sox. We know Buehrle rejected a 3-year deal at $31 million, and he's open to signing for less than Zito. That means he desires a contract more than $10.33 per year and less than $18 per year. IMO, until KW offers a contract between those two figures, he shouldn't be stating there's no way for him to resign Buehrle. December 5th http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...rtnered=rss_mlb Rest assured, Kenny continued negotiations with Buehrle well beyond July of '06. Buehrle wanted the negotiations kept quiet, and now that he's created the perception that the Sox have no intention of bringing him back by crying "why me" at the Sox winter media event he's trying to position himself for more money.