Balta1701

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 03:58 PM) Iguchi did start his career in Japan playing shortstop. I'm just sayin..... There are much better options available as a simple backup IF. One of them may be Pablo if the injury didn't end his career, as he could play more than one position, provide better defense at any of them, and cost less.

3-1 Indians after 1, RBI singles by Garko and Lofton. Wang threw 29 pitches in the 1st. CC threw 33.

Cleveland scores right back.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 01:42 PM) Mind you, that is 100% real.

Ok, a few years ago, I believe I thought Rollins's contract was a bad idea. I stand humbly corrected.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 11:44 AM) Very cool. That is huge, in fact. Go Sandia Labs!!! Question for the local geologist... do you forsee any problems that might be caused by putting air under high pressure down into the earth like that, that far down? Any effect on water tables, or geological stability? Well, there are always potential problems with things like this. For one, you can always have an impermeable layer not be as impermeable as you thought, or have a break develop in it, and cause some major problems. I believe there was a natural gas storage site in the midwest that had issues like that about 10 years ago & wound up being a minor disaster. For another, any time you pump up the pressure in a rock storage area, you raise the potential for earthquakes by reducing the resistance of the rocks, so this isn't something you'd like to do without knowing the geology. But overall, as long as you're careful, there's no huge problem with doing this. Eventually you're bound to have one fail, but if it's only air, it's really not going to be toxic or explosive.

Giggle.

Hey! A Baseball game!

Norm Coleman held a "Bush present" $1000 a plate fundraiser this last fundraising quarter that netted him in $1 million for his senate reelection campaign in 1 night. He raised a total of $1.7 million. Al Franken's campaign raised $1.89 million.

I dunno if this belongs here or in the MLB Catch all thread, but why not. Sounds so familiar....

QUOTE(forrestg @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 08:54 AM) Get gooch.. Richar may get some playing time at ss in spring training. Uribe will be resigned. Richar could platoon at ss or second.. Besides playing short Uribe can play a decent third if we can't come to some agreement with Crede......Oh I just about forgot Ozuna who is a better infielder than outfielder he needs a spot.... Fields if he can improve at 3rd. Let see that would be Gooch,Uribe Richar, Ozuna, Crede, and Fields well Thome will have to get his glove out get a little more agile because he'll have to play there..... Richar was moved to 2nd in the D-Backs minor league system in no small part because he just wasn't good at Shortstop. He does not belong at SS, and putting him there would be a defensive debacle next year. Richar is going to be an excellent 2nd baseman, just give him the time and he'll show that. He convinced me with his work this year. If we need a backup/possible platoon guy for Richar, use Ozuna, and spend both the money and roster spots on something of more utility than a strictly backup 2nd baseman.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:54 AM) It would be in line with what we did with Darin Erstad's 2000. Except we only paid Erstad $1 mil for 1 season and had an option for this year. That's 2 orders of magnitude less than what we'd be spending on Hunter or Jones.

QUOTE(WHITESOXRANDY @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:03 AM) I'm just wondering what you guys think of this. How many of the other 29 teams would you esimate would be willing to trade their minor league system for the Sox ? I'm guessing maybe 1 or 2. And yet, how many teams out there would trade a bunch to get a performance out of their rookies like what we got from Fields this year, Owens during his 2nd callup, Richar in September, Floyd in September, and so on? Sometimes you don't have to be the best prospect in baseball history to wind up being a useful piece.

QUOTE(CubsSuck1 @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 06:25 PM) Closed Primaries could really end up hurting Paul. However, he's still got over $5 million on hand, which is almost certainly more than everyone but Rudy and Romney. Another interesting thing about Paul's Q3 numbers is that he more than doubled his Q2 totals, while all of the other major candidates saw a decline. The Paul campaign has set a $12 million dollar goal for the fourth quarter, which may be a bit of a stretch. If they are able to achieve that, though, he'd likely thrust himself into true contention with the frontrunners, considering that Romney led the pack with approx $10 million this quarter and is unlikely to match that in Q4. Romney though can still match and beat everyone else's fundraising without trying, by tapping his own bank accounts.

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 04:23 PM) People will hate me for saying this, but I love the drama of the Yanks/Red Sox playing each other in the playoffs. Also, I believe those are the two best teams in baseball, and the teams I'd want to be in the WS if the Cubs make it. Unfortunately, I have to admit you're right on this. Can anyone seriously tell me that those 2 Yankees/Red Sox series from 03/04 weren't some of the best playoff series you've ever seen?

Just as back in 05, there's a chance that one of these 2 teams is simply better.

Lackey being hit hard already.

Lackey has had a terrible time facing the BoSox in his career. Let's see if anything changes today. Youkilis doesn't think it will

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 03:16 PM) I don't think the Braves will offer arbitration, either. They had a bad experience with that when they were forced to give Millwood away to the Phillies because they'd offerred Maddux arbitration thinking him gone, Maddux found nothing, accepted, won and handcuffed them. They don't want to risk the same thing with another Boras client although perhaps they do offer arbitration. Who knows. The only way they could decide not offering him arb was a good idea was if they didn't want him back at $13.5 million next year, which would just be pretty stupid of them.

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 02:53 PM) I agree....but the writing was on the wall when he hardly got any playing time over the last month of the season. I hope our entire bench is sent packing, but it won't happen. Wasn't he on the DL?

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 02:40 PM) Zero baseball IQ He still wouldn't have been a bad option off the bench as a 4th or 5th OF. Better one than Ersty.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 01:54 PM) And Tony And whoever their team's lawyer is.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 11:27 AM) The McCain campaign raised roughly $5 million in the 3rd quarter, but also holds $2 million in debt. The Thompson campaign is saying they raised $8 million. The Huckabee campaign seems to be saying it will not announce its numbers until the FEC releases them on October 15th. Speaking of Huckabee, it seems there's a reason why they weren't releasing their financial numbers. I wouldn't be surprised if Kucinich beat him.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 3, 2007 -> 11:34 AM) I actually said that in another thread. I just think that his dev will be a little slow for some folks here as he is still extremely raw. You know what? I've been saying the same thing for about 4 months now, but I have to admit, I was actually impressed at how rapidly Richar was able to start adapting at the plate to major league pitching and how rapidly his development proceeded. Naturally, there could always be a step back, but thus far he's significantly ahead of where I expected him to be when he came up.

I'll take the bullet to the head.