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Hot Rats is all I need.

I'm addicted to these:

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 06:03 PM) It becomes a lot easier when you realize there is no option on a 2007 season and he'll be pretty much shelfed for the majority of 2006. Well I'm not sure but I think if worse comes to worse they might be able to go to Arb with Miller in '07. He'll be right around the 6-year mark at least. If he is a free agent after '06, good luck with getting him to agree to a team option in '07 anyways. The health issue is a serious concern. However, if I'm a GM, I'm more than willing to risk less than 1/100th of my payroll on a Wade Miller comeback.

Hard to knock this move at just $1 million.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 03:04 PM) Isn't there some irony built directly into saying "1 prospect is twice what another prospect was" if the other prospect was a pretty major disappointment? 2 times zero is still zero. 2 times a very small number is still a very small number. He did include the phrase, "during the trade". Escobar obviously had value that wasn't zero or very little when he was dealt. So whatever that value was, he thinks Marte has at least twice that potential.

Marte is as good but mostly superior in all offensive categories except stolen bases when compared to Escobar. Escobar had put up two solid full seasons by age 22, Marte has put up four by age 21. Marte has never played in a hitters park that would inflate his numbers either (not saying Escobar did). I think he has a much greater chance of panning out than Escobar ever had, unless these arm problems which someone brought up earlier are serious.

I envy the fact that Shapiro has put together a solid, young, relatively inexpensive nucleus of position players, seemingly even stronger now with the addition of Marte. I'm not sure of the Indians future budget projections, but they have created some financial freedom most teams would enjoy. I would expect them to make a big splash in the deep 1B FA market after '06, and probably strengthen the bullpen too. By that time Sowers and Carmona should be ready for the rotation as well. Obviously it's more important to own a World Series title than to successfully put together a competetive team on a small budget, but I can admire the steps Shapiro has taken to try and establish the AL Central dominance the Indians had not too long ago.

Double-check with her that she wasn't speaking in green.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 21, 2006 -> 11:19 AM) Is Oscar the balding fat guy who has great one-liners like "I picked myself in the secret santa gift exchange"? Oscar is guy who often recieves predjudice remarks from Michael about his Latin background. The thing that I dislike about his character is that the writers don't utilize how insanely funny that actor (Oscar Nunez) can be. If you've ever seen the two 'Reno 911!' episodes where they do terrorist training, then you know what I'm talking about. Go here Reno 911! and watch the movie called 'Chemical Shower' to get a slight idea. My favorite charater is Ryan. It is one character where they definitely took a departure from the original Office and put an entirely different spin on how he interacts with Michael. B.J. Novak is a real funny guy too and has written a handful of the episodes, all of them being the funnier ones.

Wait until Monday the sales will be better.

"The offense has penetrated the backfield."

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jan 19, 2006 -> 12:36 AM) (H-HR)/(AB-HR-K) For pitchers, you can't really find AB data, but AB should about equal to 3*IP+H+RoE -- And you probably won't be able to find minor league Reached on Error data either. You can get a pretty good idea if you fudge it though. Thank you.. '05 -- .288 (w/ RoE every other game)

"This has been a back-and-forth match all night."

Anyone got a BABIP number for Liotta?

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Didn't look like a foul..

Is subtle.

O RLY?

What percent of your annual income do you all invest?

Buffalo and ostrich burgers taste very good. There are some upsides to eating unorthodox meats. I believe buffalo and ostrich meat is lower in fat and cholesterol than traditional ground beef. The same goes for venison, I'm pretty sure.

Adam Sandler - What The Hell Happened To Me?

I would eat raccoon meat just to see how it tastes.

QUOTE(SnB @ Jan 16, 2006 -> 01:33 PM) i just dropped $600+ on books this semester. I am now, for the first time in my life, literally broke. You should look at the used books on amazon.com in the future. I've found that their used books usually cost half of what they charge for used books at the campus bookstores.