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QUOTE (beautox @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 07:29 PM) do you let the kid come out for his first CG? It's not a shutout and we have a 4 run lead. I'd give him the pat on the bum and say hit the showers, we'll get the 9th.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 07:28 PM) I thought Granderson should have been Richard's last guy. As long as Dotel gets Cabrera I can live with this.

We're really trying to stretch Clayton's arm out aren't we?

He won't bring back much but there are teams that Colon would be a legit upgrade for. The whole NL Central, for example.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 06:15 PM) How many pitches did Richard throw his last time out...I am think over 110. He needs to be more economical. I guess that may come with experience. He threw 116 in 8 innings. That's a good rate; he was at about 100 through 7.

QUOTE (beautox @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 06:09 PM) honestly i think hes going to be every bit as good as chase utley if not a tick better. That's exactly who I think about when I think about moving him to 2nd. 30 HR power and near the top of the league in doubles from 2b. Hell, maybe even a chance to move at a batting title if this is the type of bat control he has.

LOL. Ozzie might start having to play this kid.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 06:01 PM) After CQ grounds out, we get to have fun and watch the heart of the order I was doing the math a bit yesterday. Since he got past that first 30 at bats or so, Beckhams had about 125 AB's. In that time he's put up a nearly .900 OPS, but in terms of his long term development, he's put up 4 home runs and 12 doubles. The leaders in the league have about 32 doubles right now and have 375ish at bats. Do a simple linear projection, and that would be 12 home runs and 36 doubles for Beckham at this stage and at that same number of at bats. I know it never holds like that, but the point is; at his current rate of doubles he'd be leading the league. That suggests to me there's a lot of room for growth of some serious power if a few more of those doubles start leaving ballparks when he's no longer a 23 year old.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 05:52 PM) Paulie....Cycle? This might be 1 of 2 or 3 OF's in the big leagues that are large enough that a ball could bounce away from an OF and PK would have a legit shot at a triple.

Holy crap, some power appeared while I was working. I was almost scared to check.

The NYT had an interesting piece that came out of the case of a programmer who left Goldman Sachs (and is being accused of Fraud by the company). It revolves around "High frequency trading operations". Basically, it seems like Goldman has put itself in the remarkable position of being able to see the future and profit from it. They simply have bigger servers, faster servers, and servers closer to the destination than a lot of the other traders out there. Thus, they basically allow a company to see the future; if they know the price one partner is willing to pay for a purchase, and they can find another partner willing to sell the same shares for a lower price, they can jump in and take the difference between the two prices as profit for themselves. Really, that shouldn't be legal.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:58 PM) Based on those numbers,Blyleven should be a shoo-in... Different eras.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 04:09 PM) I wouldn't give up Kershaw for Lee AND Martinez. ^ that.

We're talking about the media in the other thread, but this is going to be a fun one to watch the next few months. Dan Rather has had for some time a lawsuit working its way through the legal system regarding his termination at CBS after the National Guard story in 2004. The lawsuit has entered the discovery phase, and CBS was just forced to hand over documents regarding the internal investigation that led to his official dismissal. The details of this are going to be fun to watch. For example...here is a list of a good number of the names of people CBS considered to run the investigation. No, we're not making this up. In the end, they wound up choosing a guy who had worked for Bush 41 as Attorney General. That list sort of illustrates quite well how desperate CBS was at the time to dispel the notion of "Liberal bias!" that always gets thrown around. Seriously...Ann Coulter? As Eric Boehlert has written...this is not going to end well for CBS.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:42 PM) It's Bosh or Amare for the Bulls after this season. Wade is not coming to Chicago!! Bosh was always the best fit.

QUOTE (Pumpkin Escobar @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:37 PM) I hear that. I wouldn't be opposed to it if it brought back a very similar in age/$, less injury prone, mlb proven player just because of the risk associated with his inability to remain on the field. But we'll be hard pressed to find it. Reality is...Quentin's back currently in the same boat he was when Arizona traded him; his value is depressed because of injury, so the other team you're trading with would expect to get him at a discount. Which means it's not the time you want to trade him, unless it's the other guy offering something stupid.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:30 PM) Gulp...if the value is good, I'd consider trading Quentin. Quentin for Haren?

Middle of the order...wake the truck up.

The Phillies offered the Jays everything except Drabek and were turned down.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 07:41 AM) I wonder if the Braves were scouting Dye under the possibility that on July 31st the Sox look to be out and the Braves look to be in it. I can't imagine Kenny pulling off anything even slightly resembling another White Flag trade, but still, the Braves have needed an OF all year even after picking up McLouth, and they have been linked to Dye since the offseason. The Braves are just too far back to be making moves for this season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 02:27 PM) Cubs have a ton of games remaining against their AAA squad, the Pirates. They still have road games at Dodgers, Giants, Rockies, Mets (hopefully healthy), and Marlins. Didn't the Pirates (admittedly with a better roster) play them tough earlier this season?

Which of the NL Central teams has the toughest schedule down the stretch?

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jul 25, 2009 -> 09:20 PM) Hmmm; They will so find a way to deal for Boozer if they sign Odom.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 02:19 PM) Please don't let this happen. Kershaw is looking like one of the best pitchers for the next 10 years. I'm still scared of that curveball he popped off in a spring training 08 game. Jas knows the one I'm talking about.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) I don't get why we want him to pull more. Are you saying he needs to start turning on the inside pitch more? If so, that makes sense. But to say he needs to pull more is getting me confused. Frank Thomas' best years were when he went CF-RF. Viciedo has ridiculous power to all fields from what we've seen. He's cut down on the k's somewhat, he's taking more pitches/walks...he's doing everything we needed him to do except 1 thing; taking the next step with all that power. We need that strength to start turning from 1-2 home runs a month to 5-7 home runs a month.