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Roy Halladay gave up a hit! And a few runs. And maybe a hit that landed in the seats. The 2nd home run given up by Halladay this year that was not a solo HR.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 05:09 PM) As someone said earlier, Theo to Cubs would be bad news. Means they'd likely spend a ton of money this offseason on someone like Prince or Pujols.Based on where the Cubs are at right now...it seems like it would be difficult for them to really make a run at being a very good team in the next few years even if they landed one of those 2 guys...and a few years down the road, those guys might well be in the "Overpaid" category.

Tom Geoghegan (former House Candidate, labor lawyer) has a long piece in the Nation with a different take on the economic problems. Can't excerpt the whole thing it's 3 pages but it's a good read.

The last bit there crossed my line. Please guys, it does not need to come to that level.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 04:38 PM) If Theo went to the Cubs and they won, he would have killed 2 curses, and probably would go down as one of the top GMs ever. If he's miserable working for the Red Sox, its a no brainer he takes the Cubs job if the Red Sox let him. Yeah, I'd think that'd guarantee him a hall of fame spot.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 04:52 PM) Where the hell did John Axford come from? Nobody knew this dude existed 18 months ago. Again, another reason I refuse to accept Chris Sale settling in as a reliever/closer long-term as anything but failure. Pitching in the independent leagues, then the Yankees had him and released him.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 04:41 PM) That was my point. Marshall was like a 6th or 7th round pick, IIRC. Sale ending up as a 60-ish inning RP after being selected at #13 overall would be a huge letdown. Sure, anything is better than an absolute bust. But I sure as hell wouldn't score it was a "win" for the organization. The real problem is that less than 1/2 of first round picks even make the big leagues ever, less than half of those ever put up 1 WAR, and less than half of the remainder ever become solid players that last a while. So if you pick a guy in the first round and he just winds up being a solid reliever for your team for 6.5 years, that's more than like 90-95% of first round picks ever put up. The issue is that yeah, Sale should have more than that in him and he's already made the big leagues, so he's gotten the first step or two accomplished. Starting from that point, only winding up with a reliever would be a disappointment. Starting from the draft itself, winding up with a dominating reliever is a solid result.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 04:22 PM) Hm. Not sure about pitching to Prince in that situation. At least with Ian Kennedy still in and Fielder with a .200 point higher OPS against righties.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) Not sure if this is sarcasm or not. If nothing else I was trying to bait you. Seriously though...Torotno OPS....584. Arizona OPS, .878. That'd be like taking our Adam Dunn, trading him, and having him instantly turn into the old Adam Dunn.

Exciting first inning. Ryan Braun guns down Bloomquist at the plate.

Don Baylor fainted yesterday, spent the night in the hospital, but is on the bench today.

Aaron Hill's numbers look like they snapped back to normal near-all-star level once he went to Arizona from Torotno. Wonder what's going on with the hitters/hitting coaches up there in Canada where a guy like Hill struggles there then hits .315 once he leaves.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 02:04 PM) WTF is Leyland doing? Verlander should go game 2 and Porcello? Ha Game 2 is on Sunday...that's 1 day off, he's scheduled to go against Captain Cheeseburger on Monday, which means they each get 2 days off after warming up and throwing an inning yesterday. If you were willing to push one of them on 3 days rest...then yeah, you'd throw them on Sunday, because then they could still go game 5. If you're not willing to do that, then Monday is a little more careful

Former Offensive Coordinator for several teams including Tennessee, Denver, and the Jets Mike Heimerdinger has died of cancer at age 58.

Managerial candidates. Non-2005 MLB playoff single games.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) Cowley was the first to report of the rift between Guillen and Williams. The only reason he is not believed is because he gets his information from Guillen's side exclusively. WTF? The first? Hell, they admitted there was a rift last year on "The Club".

Fortunately, we don't have to listen to you.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 01:10 PM) Nobody on this board believes Cowley, but RockRaines oh man he's right on. There is no logic here. Bottom line is believe who you want to believe. Rock probably has a better record, and we respect his motivations more than Cowley's.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 12:52 PM) Your second hypo doesn't work, otherwise we could exterminate all the Code Pink whackos who keep supporting every enemy the United States has. They actively support and fund terrorists all the time. As for the rest, the mob meeting isn't likely to be inside a hostile country surrounded by hundreds of fanatical followers. You would actually have cooperation from local law, and the likelyhood that they would blow themselves and you up in the process of attempting to capture them is remote. I think you missed the point. The fact that you can't just blow someone up because their politics are extreme is exactly what I'm saying. You don't want one branch having that power unchecked. And in the mob case...they might not blow themselves up but they'd likely go down shooting. Sending in police would be much more risky than just blowing them up. But you send in police anyway.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 12:24 PM) Terry Francona’s time may be up In trying season, clubhouse got away from manager’s style http://bostonherald.com.nyud.net/sports/ba...sox#articleFull Seems like you're about 2 days late.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 30, 2011 -> 08:45 PM) The more power Buddy Bell gets in this organization the longer it will be before they can dig out. Buddy Bell. Goodness there maybe less hope than I thought. QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 30, 2011 -> 09:08 PM) Input was crucial in trading for Teahen, vouched for his defensive ability at third base. A member of the organization told me he's a wonderful guy, but lacking in talent evaluation skills. QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 09:52 AM) You talk as if this is a stellar crop of rookies. It isn't. I tend to put more weight on an opinion of someone within the organization. The body of Bell's work is not impressive. QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 12:04 PM) How do you pass an opinion off as fact?

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 07:55 AM) The issue becomes updating our laws to reflect that not all of our enemies are in traditional armies with national ties. If this guy was flying a Japanese plane over Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 we'd have had no problem with blasting him from the sky instead of detaining him for questioning and possible arrest. If this guy was on Pork Chop Hill talking away on his radio helping the North Koreans we'd have no problems with providing a bullet to the head instead of providing a phone call. If he was facing south in Kontum Province we wouldn't have any second thoughts about heroes like John Vann (Medal of Freedom as civilian in Vietnam) or the 44th Infantry Regiment dealing with this guy instead of a lawyer dealing with him. Today we have a different battlefield. We may never have clear lines of command, no lines in the sand. What line would have been placed on the World Trade Center? At some point we will redefine who is, and who is not, and American citizen. When we do, I am quite certain, he will be an example of someone who has given up that citizenship and taken up the role as enemy. Ok, so were going to get into hypotheticals here. Hypothetical: American citizen joins the mob. Travels to Sicily to plan a crime or murder of a us citizen. Is this a military strike target? If you know where the meeting is, do you blow it up based on the accusation? It's the same level of "imminent threat" talked about here. Or how about a US citizen that supported the Irish republican army in the 80's. Giving money to actively support terrorism against a us ally and verbally exhorting people to join in and support the revolution back home. Actively supporting and funding bombers against a us ally, based on this standard the president would be able to strip that person of citizenship and have them killed with no due process. Same level of decaying obedience to a violent foreign based group.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 11:49 AM) I wrote here back in August the scenario of Williams moving up or out has been discussed. Kaplan breaks the story after the season that Williams offered to take another position in the organization. I think people have been writing that for a year or two now. Considering it actually happened with the Bulls, this isn't a big leap.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) Very possible. I just don't see the need to do it just yet. Doing it now and waiting another year to "prove" himself a bit more might not make that much of a difference if we wait. But if we sign him now and he begins to repeat his career before 2011, then we've wasted a ton of money. I'd rather risk having to pay him a couple extra million later than to be stuck paying him a slightly lesser amount if he's terrible. If we guarantee him $10 million and he imploded, then we've only lost a couple million compared to what he'd get in that first arb year. I think itd be a smart move.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 1, 2011 -> 11:45 AM) I'm talking about Humber here, though. The guy has had one good season so far. I can't see arbitration ballooning his contract as much in comparison. A starting pitcher coming off 2 really good seasons is probably a $5 million arb number.