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i'm not going to assume anyones price anymore in the offseason. Nor do I care. a one year committment sub 10 million isn't that much, so they can either decide a playoff run is worth it or they can cry all the way to the crying factory.

jesus, i just can't imagine that's worth it...by the time the dude gets up his contract will have one or two years, thenyou have to pay him a legit contract again?! I don't think cubano can claim the MLB hates the cubans after this deal, and how it f***s over strassbuerger or whatever haha.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) Johnny Damon I keep forgetting his available, i'm gonna hop on the bandwagon you created for him. That would be more ideal for me than Jim Thome...part of that reason is unfortunately it would get ozzie to STFU and placate my desires as well.

i have a feeling we'll be regretting not signing Vlad.

well i guess it doesn't matter...we have PIERRE! He can STEAL home!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 04:00 PM) According to ESPN. If you read the article that they are reporting off of, they say "some GMs and coaches feel he will be drafted first round" and then they say Tony Dungy thinks he will go first round. Nobody on an NFL team will assign their name to that report because I am pretty sure they know he wont be a first round draftee. If he is drafted first round, whoever drafts him better know something that nobody else knows OR they are jacksonville and are just trying to sell some seats.

KW seems intent on going into the season every year with at least one huge gigantic glaring hole that can be fixed relatively cheaply,

I love Michael Steele.

who isn't

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) Does Mizzou still play 40 minutes of hell? I always love watching their games, although I can't say I catch as many as I'd like. Yep, first two years didn't work that well, then last year...elite 8.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 12:13 AM) Ramsey just isn't good on offense. He's still solid on the boards and on defense. Problem is Bowers keeps getting into foul trouble and the depth isn't there in the frontcourt. Tiller and Taylor are the usual starters, but both have missed a couple games due to minor injuries, the flu or not paying speeding tickets. Michael Dixon got into foul trouble today, but he's looked great as a freshman this year. He's coming along nicely. This team is probably a first week exit at the tourney, but considering they lost 3 starters and the team's 2 best players from a year ago that's good improvement for Mizzou. Next year they should be really nasty with a top 20 recruiting class coming in. They should be able to replace Tiller and Taylor. Replacing Ramsey's d might be tougher though. well, I can tell you after my first three years it seemed getting to the tourney was freaking impossible, so if anderson can consistently build a tourney team that's great for the school and fanbase. Alden as a person is a prick, but I have to respect the dude.

Sounds like Ramsey was having a tough game just following on sportsline... Also, does Tiller or Taylor start?

COOL win on bowers dunk, thanks for the link Danman!!!! I didn't know about it but I was never really effin with sports media at Mizzou. If I had money to buy anything I would buy a bunch of beer to celebrate.

I feel like last year someone got signed for just 5 million that really would've helped us too...hmmmm

There's a chance we are underrating Dye and possibly missing out on a great year (yeah, duh that's with everyone.) I, too, was just sick as hell of him after that second half. But recently, I can't help but think about how pissed I was he didn't make the all-star team. If we took a flyer on him, I'll hold my tongue...possibly my nose as well. But I just have to wonder if Jim really has another year left in him.

If you want to feel young just talk to Tex

would be pleased if the mizzou fans let me know how they do vs. kstate today.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if 1-2 of them had solid seasons. ugh, that means we'll trade for them next year. BUt I highly doubt it, okay, maybe Pods, maybe Getz - but solid by such low standards.

i hope this wasn't an incentives clause

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 04:30 AM) Great, now we have to play Scotty Pods 18 times a season ... and Getz ... and Brian Anderson ... and Fields. All guys who will want to kick our ass. Good luck to our pitchers keeping Scotty off base. He had a lot of multi hit games last year. Greg, surely, surely you jest with this one?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 01:03 AM) Peanut butter and jelly. I just smoked a Cecil Fielder sized blunt and I have the munchies. My answer as well.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 01:25 AM) I'll admit, you are a very intelligent poster, but when it comes to baseball, you just don't know all that much. This thing could have gone to 2/$8 in a heartbeat just by having another bidder involved. Have you never seen a negotiation? An auction? All it takes is two bidders to drive the price exponentially higher than had there been just one. You have to have 2 parties willing to pay that much on Pods and it clearly doesn't seem like there was a case. Otherwise, when the White Sox were negotiating with Pods early on, and there were other suitors, Pods clearly would've gotten that better deal right? You don't just need suitors, you need suitors willing to pay an amount for their services. It appears that no one was willing to pay this 2 for 8 million for pods OR HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT. Lucky for us, we are willing to pay 8 million for Pierre plus two tradeable pitching pieces. Rock and ROLL!!!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 01:04 AM) How can you find that irrelevant? It's absolutely paramount to the argument. It really isn't, it's like saying you were right in declining on a house because their initial offer was too high, so you bought an equal-sized house for 4 million, and it turns out the other house sells for 1.75...and then you rationalize it with Welllppp, their initial asking price was too high, I showed them. Other suitors dropped out, so it's us and K.C., you think that two teams going after a mediocre player drives him up to a 2 year 8 million dollar deal rather than a 1 yr. 1.75 mill? Really? We dropped out, found another piece, and now for an equally s***ty player we are paying double, and have another year to watch his slappy ass. You can "drop out" and still revisit. But yaayyyy we are paying 6 million more for pierre plus 2 mid-level pitching prospects. Yayyy, it's okay because of the initial asking price we can't be pissed that we are paying for a really s***ty player when we could be paying much less for an equally s***ty player.

Yeah, anxious to see David Haugh's next story... Apparently Carrol WAS ready to pack bates bag and drive him to the airport...to take him to seattle with him.

go ahead and look around at other rotations and then say ours isn't great then. Is it the late 70s orioles? No, probably not.