Chisoxfn

Well your tapes will have to wait, lol. No way do I want to see the Yanks win.

That was great, truly great

Is this the calendar on the message board?

I definately agree with you that most fans don't know near as much with what goes on in a trade. I think that Evans got really lucky with Perez, cause if he didn't get him, that would of been a laughing stock of a trade. Its not like Brian Jordan is cheap. Jordan is a solid player though. In regards to Hundley, yes he hit there, but this is Todd Hundley who became a clubhouse nuisance and remember, Evans wasn't there when Hundley hit so he wouldn't be familiar with him. I'd understand if the GM was there while Hundley played well and he knew a lot about him, but that wasn't the case. I'll give him some credit on Dave Roberts, but otherwise this team wasn't really built by him.

Sosa rips a one out single off of Clemens.

Yep. Wood made two awesome pitches and got hosed. To think, this would be a scoreless game. Wood is so damn good, so is Rocket. These are the kind of games I love to watch.

Don't know what the weather is like where you all are, but its pretty nice here. Anyway, here's to great bday for the two of ya

Everything I have ever heard said they both wanted out for one......... and two, they couldn't afford their salaries as bench players. I agree about the financial aspect of it and they wanted to move Grudzelanek so Thurson could play (Good prospect LA has). Of course salary wise the move will save them something like 2 million over the long haul. The thing is the Dodgers gave up a lot of offense as both mark and Erric when healthy are very solid offensive players. This is all in hindsight though, but I know I thought it was a very strange move at the time. I don't know if he could of done better, but I think he could of probably trade those two for someone more serviceable then Hundley.

No prob.

It sucked. Wood struck out Matsui.

Thats where you have it wrong, Grudzelanek and Karros weren't disgruntled. These guys had great attitudes and played their hearts off for the Dodgers. They would of been more then happy to stay on the bench and have roles there. Heck, thats what Karros is doing right now. The trade was awful because Hundley is worthless, but it did save them money. Of course it also weakened their bench. Let me say this, Erric and Mark always worked their butt off down here in LA and I never ever heard them whine.

I stand corrected. He was at W-S last year and not this year. Rex, is his salary based on June 16th or 17 till the end of the year or does he help out as kind of a roving instructor before that or spend time in Arizona?

He could of been. I mean if they are paying him, no point in just letting him wait for June 16th or 17th when Great Falls starts playing. I just know he was part of the Great Falls staff.

Oh I realize that. Lets remember, I am the same nut that has backed Ken Williams. The thing is, his trades for Shuey and Houston were beyond ridiculous. I won't complain as much about Shuey, although he gave up Rodriguez (Indians best starter in my mind) and another top prospect, but they gave up two really good prospects for Tyler Houston. He also had a not so good draft, although thats not really the gm's responsibility.

ChiSoxFn, I don't understand you comment. Why do they keep going with a 23 man roster??? Because the Minor League roster is only 23 players, except for the first and last months of the season, when it is 24. Lol, shows what I know. How come they keep the roster smaller? Is it mainly because there is no use in having guys that soley come off the bench because they wouldn't be getting the time to develop? I just assumed it was a 25 man roster. Thanks for the FYI, cause now I know.

Not in my mind Rex. I've seen him make numerous bad moves in LA. If he didn't have the payroll it would be a different story. Yes its not what the Dodgers once were (Free Spending) but he was able to give Nomo big money and even take on Omar Daal's salary last year.

3:38 PM Pacific Time Going to move this to the off topic board

I'm sure that was just a typo.

This is ugly. When I first saw him go down he was just sitting there and I never saw him move. Lenny Harris was holding his hand. I really hope Choi is alright and that he just suffered a concussion. This doesn't look good though.

Sox didn't take steroids or at least I doubt they did. No one looks a whole lot smaller this year compared to last.

Well I have seen plenty of problems with Manuel this year. Most noteable the fact that he never puts runners in motion and rarely drops bunts. He has to do things to try and get a run at a time, but he seems to still sit back and wait for 3 or 4 runs in an inning and that doesn't cut it.

Like I always say Crede has very quick hands and power to all fields. This kid will be fine. He's gonna struggle, but he'll get on a roll sooner or later.

The big difference is he just lets everything rare back and fly as a closer. he doesn't have to worry about conserving his stuff. To think he could be a southsider.

I'm rooting for Kerry.

He's one guy that would be a solid pickup if the Sox wanted to make a move with Boston. I do think he's likely a tad bit over-rated though.