Milkman delivers

Why do we care what happens to Fields? I can't be positive, but I'm 99% sure that Chavez>>>>>>>>>Fields.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) He doesnt want to be Mike Sweeney, who is trapped on a terrible team for years, who basically wont get rid of him. If you were him, would you want to waste your career rebuilding on a team who is using most of its payroll on you? To answer your question, No, I wouldn't. But, keep in mind that Sweeney's and Chavez's situations are a little different. Sweeney's Royals sucked the whole time he was there, except for one year. Chavez's A's have been good, except for this year. And I do realize that they'll be bad for a few more years now, too.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 12:52 PM) He expects to get dealt because there is no need for a guy making 10+ million dollars a year to be one of the worst teams in the division. I could see if he was producing that they would keep him just for the fans he draws to the park nightly. But if he continues to hit like this all year those fans will turn on him quickly no matter how well he has done in the past. I'm sure it's a little bit of both.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) No, more like he understands how small budget teams and baseball in general works. "I signed this deal knowing i will be on a contending team, and once the A's become a non-contending team I expects to be dealt to a contender." Cmon, that doesn't sound like he wants to get out of there at all?

I don't really like his attitude. He's been on the A's his whole career and they've always contended. Now, they hit their first rough season and he sounds like he's already got one foot out the door. , Mr. Chavez.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:51 AM) naw, think green not white. That's what I thought you were getting at, but the Dusty thing threw me off.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:45 AM) Kind of a funny story...I was at a party with Dustin back in 2000 (when he was still a mediocre starter with the cardinals). Basically, he partly grew up in the same hometown as a bunch of friends of mine from the Detroit area. I didn't really talk to him much that night, as I didn't know him and didn't think much of him as a pitcher. Hilariously, two of my buddies came into the living room complaining that he had essentially bogarted their stash, if you catch my drift. He was kind of a party animal that night. We immediately started calling him Dusty thereafter. Kind of ironic that he's a Sox now and so dominant. I love rooting for him. You're saying he's a coke head?

I particularly like the part about Eckersley. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...phil&id=2072998

QUOTE(beck72 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:06 AM) Wasn't Eddy hurt last yr at the deadline? I think they kept him because they knew they were going to go out and spend some money to try to contend, like they did. Turns out that it blew up in their faces, so maybe they will trade him now.

I'm not a big fan of Cotts, but I'll give him his credit when it's due. He's been solid recently and I think he's a perfect mop-up guy.

QUOTE(quade36 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 10:59 AM) Don't give up on Vizciano or Shingo just yet. Why the hell not?

I'd love to have Everyday Eddie on the Sox. This deal could solidify the bullpen.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 09:28 AM) I just hope that everyone keeps b****ing about Crede, everytime there is a Crede sucks thread, he goes out and hits a bomb. There's always a Crede sucks thread (mainly because he truly does suck), and he hits a home run once in a while. There is no correlation.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 03:13 AM) That makes sense. Didn't know that. I just know we could put a lineup out there to sit cruddys' ass down. He is slow, he hits a hr 2 times a month, hits safely 25% of the time. This guy is just bad. Your randa Idea may not be so bad after all. He doesn't hit 25% of the time. He hits like 21% of the time. Oh, and I've been calling for Randa for quite a while.

Do we play these jokes anytime soon? It would be nice to go and sweep them right after he said that. What's next? Angel Berroa saying that the other teams in the division should just stop trying because the Royals already have this division won.

Another misleading title that disappointed me.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 12:00 AM) RIP EM!!!!!!!!!! Shhh! Let's just pretend the series is tied at 1-1.

So we're all agreed that everyone loves Raul Mondesi?

Uh, HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!?

HAHAHA, I was slightly off! JD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prediction: Crede hits a walkoff homer. It would only work against me in my case to get rid of him, so it should probably happen.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 31, 2005 -> 09:43 PM) He's not going to get even the candy bar from this team unless he starts hitting the damn ball. He's definitely not coming back here, IMO. I was referring to some other dumb team

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 31, 2005 -> 09:38 PM) What do you expect? I have given up on that guy, I can't take it. He has no clue at the plate right now. I think people will start to slowly realize that PK is looking for a big payday (and not the candy bar, even though he's a fat s***). Swinging for the fences so that some dumb team will give him 3 years/30 million or something like that.

Did Cliff grab that bare-handed? That was nice. Twins lose!

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ May 31, 2005 -> 09:34 PM) Ozzie's moves at this point are being questioned left and right, he deserves it but if he would have left Cotts in and got smashed then people would be crying about how he left him in there so long. That's true. Normally I would hate to leave Cotts in, but I wanted it this one time. Whatever, it's over. We need to hold their offense and end this game in the bottom of the 9th.