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QUOTE(toasty @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 09:59 PM) a-rod wouldnt be that expensive, i do not believe, cost wise... tex is paying 10mil/year, get yankees to pay some of the remaining 15, say 3 and dooo eeeet Unless we demanded that money from the Yankees, it does not automatically come with him if he is traded. The Yankees were given that $67 million by Texas, we'd have to demand it as part of any trade (which, of course, would raise the price in terms of talent)

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) That's an excellent question, one to which I certainly don't know the answer. I would suspect that it's because if someone has a case about 2nd Amendment rights, they go to the NRA for help. I would. If I were accused of murder, I wouldn't go to my friends who practice contract law or family law, I'd find the toughest defense attorney I could and say, "go get 'em, Tiger". I don't particularly agree with the ACLU's interpretation of the 2nd Amendment either. I probably think they're better, on balance, than you do, though. From the ACLU's Mission Statement: Amendments 1, 3, 4, and 5 if I'm reading this right.

I think I'm starting to say this almost every series, but Javier Vazquez's start, in game 1, is the biggest game of this series by far.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 07:27 PM) It's a rapidly declining lead in the Wild Card. The arrow is pointing down and not up. I'm not seeing a reason to expect much better pitching from 2/5 of our rotation, and I see our offense slowing down from what it was in the first half. Why can't I comment on these issues? Comment on whatever you want...but when Fathom is the one telling us to be optimistic, that's a reason for hope in my bookl.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 08:13 PM) Jon Garland never shows enthusiasm on the mound. It's been something that's frustrated a lot of Sox fans over the year. Judging by where the two pitches ended up, there's no doubt that Garland tried his best to hit Kinsler in the leg. I could care less about whether or not Jon Garland shows enthusiasm on the mound. All the enthusiasm I ever want to see from him is tipping his cap to a standing ovation when he comes out of the game.

He is making a whole career off of one postseason. I don't mind the guy for any other reason than that.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 07:12 PM) Yes, they never wont the World Series. Also, a bullpen with no long relievers or guys used as long relief(unless the game goes to extra innings) doesn't change the fact that the SP are giving up 6 or 7 runs because of their "bad inning". I rather have Soriano and keep him if possible. I understand the point you're making about coming back from 6 or 7 down with the guy, but doesn't putting one of the two guys in MLB in LF who's actually worse than Podsednik out there actually increase the likelihood of those gigantic innings?

Brad Radke plans to retire at the end of this season.

Sell the farm for ARod...IF the Yankees pay roughly 2/3 of that deal. Just remember...right now ARod makes $6 million more than any other player in baseball. He is not "Jermaine Dye" better than everyone else in baseball. Anyway...yes, Kenny Williams will TRY to make a gigantic deal. The question is how much people want our pitching.

My goodness, did anyone just see that ridiculous bit on sportscenter? Why both Tiger Woods and the Tigers are so great. Wow. What a gigantic fluff piece. We never got sh*t like that last year.

So here's my only question...can Alomar catch a forkball in the dirt? Because if he can't, we're in real trouble on Tuesday.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 02:15 PM) It'd be nice if we could pick up Soriano and then trade him for pieces, but there's no way we could do it, I don't think, without wounding our team. We'd have to give him up, and Pods/McCarthy might have a lot to do with it; if not them, then McCarthy and a bunch of prospects. What would we get trading to Seattle -- Ichiro? It'd be awesome, but I doubt it. I wouldn't be opposed to renting Soriano and taking the 2 draft picks we get when he leaves in the offseason. As long as McCarthy and Anderson don't move.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) aren't the yankees still picking up some of Javy's salary? No. The Diamondbacks got to keep all of the money the Yankees sent them. We got something like $3 million from the D-Backs in that deal, but that's it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 11:57 PM) Mets already turned down Garcia for Sanchez. Also, they've gotten good starts from their lower guys like Maine and Duque this week. Let me put it this way...I would love to run into the Mets in the world series if the Mets Rotation is composed of Pedro, Glavine, Maine, El Duque, Pelfrey, and whoever else they have filling in when folks get hurt.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 05:26 PM) Yes, because when grading a catcher you go by errors. The guy hasn't even started a game since June 26, that's about a month so the offensive production bullspiff is right out the window. If you're looking for leadership then wait until the Dodgers release him like they were rumored to have been thinking about and make him a god damn coach. The odds are we will need a new AAA coach pretty darn soon, as soon as someone gets smart and hires Razor in the big leagues.

Does Alomar get people to pitch inside? Because that'd be great. Hopefully Contreras and he wind up getting along VERY quickly, because otherwise Santana is going to blow us out of the water on Tuesday. I'd rather start AJ in that game and let Sandy catch Buehrle on Wednesday since it wouldn't be the first time, but we know that's not going to happen.

You know those "Snowflake" embryo adoption kids that the Administration and the few other souls against stem cell research love to tout? Here's some numbers on them. 400,000 frozen embryos. 128 embryo adoptions.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 08:15 AM) Yesterday was another perfect example why Thornton has gained my trust over Neil. I'd say actually that yesterday is a perfect example of why Neal Cotts should never pitch to Kevin Mench. Kevin Mench has an OPS of 5.000 against Neal Cotts in 3 at bats.

QUOTE(CySox @ Jul 22, 2006 -> 10:23 AM) I would love Willis, but it would most likely cast Fields and Sweeney, and I think they might be too much to give up. It'll probably cast even more than those 2 to get Willis, which would be why it hasn't gone down yet. By the way, I will say that this does seem like the sort of deal KW would like to do if he could...something that makes a big splash.

Dick Cheney on why the conflict in Lebanon proves you should vote Republican in November.

So, considering that another American is about to win the Tour de France, and he's about to do so in a way that at least in terms of drama, blows away the coronations of the previous 7 time winner, I think it's about time someone gave Floyd Landis some credit. After botching the first mountain stage in the tour, Landis was down by a whopping 8 minutes. On Thursday, he threw out everything he had, and finished that day down only :30. And after the time trial today, He'll be wearing the Yellow Jersey on the last time trial into Paris. This comeback is nothing short of remarkable.

I can't understand why the NFL doesn't do something like the NBA or MLB and come up with actual reccomendations or requirements for the salaries of their rookie draft picks. Seriously, if nothing else, doesn't it really hurt the salaries of the veterans who are already in the NFLPA to have teams saving their salary cap space to sign these rookies?

So, it seems someone has been casually editing NASA's mission statement in the hopes that the research direction at NASA could be changed without anyone really noticing. The part they removed? Hmmm, what part of our home planet might people in power not wanting NASA spending their research dollars on. I wonder.

I think Thome enjoyed seeing those 15 pitches thrown to the first 2 guys. There you go Mark, there's your lead.

This At Bat is lasting longer than the top of the first.