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QUOTE(qwerty @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 03:02 AM) It is said about ten times a year... really annoying if you ask me. If he really wants to go to the cardinals shut up about it until you are a free agent and then talk about it. That is the one thing that has always annoyed me about buehrle. It's not his fault he gets asked about it a million times a year. He's mentioned it by himself once or twice that he'd like to play there maybe a year or two with his career winding down, the other teams that he's talked about it has been because the media has asked him about it.

QUOTE(soxfan420 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 01:03 AM) 13 mill a year is not to bad but maybe im low balling him with increase in rev, and more support from the great people of chicago wouldn't now be the time to win back the city for good. You want to pay Damon more then Konerko? The sad part is, he might get something outrageous like that. See: Rafael Furcal.

Scott Boras.

QUOTE(SoCalSouthSider59 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 12:42 AM) And on Jan. 10th, the best Cop drama ever to grace the airwaves, The Shield........ This and family guy are really the only two shows I watch all the time. Absolutely love the shield.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 12:22 AM) They were full of solid lines today. In fact, this whole offseason has been awesome for the most part. The Ponson thing was awesome, they took a shot at the A's for signing Loaiza(Jose Lima had a good outing in Winter Ball, and they suggested the A's were smart for signing Loaiza now because Lima's assured to get $8-9 mill a year based off of one winter league outing), and they took at shot at Sammy today when he said several teams are interested...something along the lines of "It's too bad most of them were from the Atlantic League." Roto(qwerty)world The Ponson line was absolutely hilarious.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:46 PM) Are you saying that people who have a budget, resources, and time to research contacts and develop relationships within the organization know the same as you do? Where do you get your information? Yes Tex, cause they're in the middle of the negotiation process. They heard something from the ever so reliant Bruce Levine and started speculating and that's all they were doing was throwing numbers out there and speculating. Anyone here can throw out numbers and speculate as well, when this was being talked about on the show it was the first they heard of it and they just went on to talk about it, nothing more.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:53 PM) This Morrison guy isn't half bad , averaging 30ppg through 6 games now. He's got a great shot at NPOY. He's fun to watch. The guy is an akward player if that makes any sense. He dribbles funny, he takes off balance shots where I think he has no shot to even get the ball off and he just drains them some how. He's awesome, that's for sure.

97-93, wash. 1:06 left. Defensive struggle.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:37 PM) Did they get Mabry? A buddy of mine told me that, but it's not on their website. Yes they did.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:26 PM) I dont know but with their money troubles and aging roster I expect them to be less and less of a force in the coming years. That team is definitely a mess right now, they have a lot of work to do to get themselves back into the title picture imo.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 10:09 PM) Looks like the Cardinals are close to a 5 year, $50 million deal with A.J. Burnett. More bad news for Cubs fans after they lost out on Furcal. If Burnett can stay healthy, I'm very interested to find out what Dave Duncan could do with him.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 10:10 PM) They basically replaced Piazza with a slightly younger version of Piazza without the power. They could have just signed Bengie Molina or Ramon Hernandez and not given up the prospects. That's the part I don't understand. Molina is just an awesome defensive catcher(including handling a staff) and he would not have cost any prospects. Molina is also a solid hitting catcher, great in the clutch so he would have been a great pick up. Aw well, it's the Mets.

QUOTE(Felix @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 10:08 PM) This might be true, but its not like they got nothing in return. They got a pretty good prospect, and considering the fact that Lo Duca is 34 and his talent is declining, thats pretty damn good. He throws out 25% of the base runners who try stealing on him (hey, its an increase for Mets fans), and his defense isn't that great according to ESPN's scouting report (although they do think that Jeter is one of the best in the league, so they aren't always right). If he could hit, then ok, this would be a good deal for the Mets. But considering the fact that Lo Duca is old, bad at defense, and not special offensively, the Marlins got away with murder in this trade. He's brilliant at handling a pitching staff, which is the most important thing a catcher does imo. Like you said though they did get a pretty solid prospect and it's a fine deal, I'm just saying Marlins fans are tired of only getting pitching prospects in these deals, they want some positional spects.

QUOTE(mac9001 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:39 PM) I thought Travis Bowyer was supposed to have some real nasty stuff. The Marlins are looking at him as this years closer, no? He does and yes they are. Like I said in my last post, Marlins fans are getting kind of angry that they're only getting pitching prospects. Also, for Luis Castillo you should be able to get more then a relief prospect and another decent one.

QUOTE(Felix @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:37 PM) Lo Duca isn't even that great a player. Career .756 OPS, including only two seasons with an OPS over .732. The Marlins got the better of this deal, so no, I dont find this BS at all. Well most Marlin fans certainly don't think so. They're tired of getting pitching prospects. Lo Duca was also pretty liked and believe it or not stats and ops aren't everything especially when it comes to catchers.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:25 PM) Damn good site, I appreciated the email I recieved from them telling me to have a Happy Thanksgiving. Outside of here and other sox sites, it's my most visited baseball board.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:20 PM) I doubt the 95 existing Marlins fans really care anyways. WRONG. http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index.php?showforum=1

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) 1.6 wasn't the right call. The clock stops when the ball is completely through the net, there was no more than 1 second on the clock when it finally made its way through. You're just wrong here palehose. You know I try to be as objective as I can be when it comes to Duke on here but 1.6 was the right call.

QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:11 PM) They have now dumped catcher Paul Lo Duca to the Mets for prospects....I guess if u want anyone from Florida, just give up crap...Hey have Kenny try for Dontrelle for like idk...Borchard? Ya....no.

Ok, rushing the court is ridiculously dumb.

:o :o

JJ has played like a retard these last few minutes.

I love rotoworld: According to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs could make a serious run at A.J. Burnett after losing out on Rafael Furcal. Well, he's probably a better hitter than Neifi Perez, but can he really play shortstop? The Cardinals and Blue Jays appear to be the top suitors for Burnett at the moment, though the Mets, Nationals, Rangers and Mariners could also be in the running.

QUOTE(THEWOOD @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 04:14 PM) You care to make a wager? On PSU beating FSU? Sig bet is really the only thing we can do, so I'm up for that.

QUOTE(zenryan @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) an 8-4 team that very well could beat PSU Not a chance.