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QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:09 AM) Most? The numbers don't even come close. The Philips thread indicates every team can request ML waivers on as many as 7 players per business day. There was plenty of time for both the Mets & NYY$ to request ML waivers on most of their players prior to the Newsday column being written. But that clearly wasn't the case. It wasn't even 1/2. Breakdown of "waiver" occurences in MLB transaction logs from Aug 2005-Aug 2004: 2005 Aug 6 Jul 7 Jun 13 May 10 Apr 13 Mar 13 Feb 3 Jan 2 2004 Dec 8 Nov 5 Oct 16 Sep 12 Aug 11 Notes: All OR & UR waiver action is recorded. This includes players clearing waivers for outright assignments or unconditional release. I think this is a case where non mathematician people related to baseball are just talking off the top of their head w/out looking at the numbers. :rolly Likewise I think it would be rare to even find one month where 20 or more transactions are related to waivers. Let me guess, it depends on what your definition of "is" is, right Bill? Keep on spinning things until you can figure out a way to be right in your own head. In the meantime, everyone else knows the truth. Anymore the replies are just hilarious.

http://washtimes.com/national/20050814-115425-7424r.htm Actually a lot of interesting stuff in here. One other thing was Howard Dean saying that women are going to be worse off in Iraq without Saddam Hussein.

If someone could edit the thread title that would be great... it should have been $52 million.

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:28 AM) One of your better posts, can't believe I'm saying this. Willie Harris in LF? This is ridiculous. The problem is we have run through all of our other options. Rowand and Dye will obviously be starting. Everett is hurt and can't play LF right now, Pods is going on the DL and isn't going to play. So now we are down to our 5th OFer. Usually you would be looking at Ross Gload, but his shoulder hasn't been healed enough to the point where he can play LF everyday, or he would be up here. So that brings us to our 6th OFer which would either be Timo or Ozuna. Timo can't lead off, and Ozuna has looked horrible in the OF, which makes us onto OFer #8, which brings us to Wee Willie Harris. Granted Willie Harris isn't a great option, but when it gets to the point at looking at the 8th outfielder in a team's system, how many teams have something better? Yeah it sucks to have Willie Harris in the OF, but to make it out like something is wrong with the team is a bit shortsighted. When you are down to your 8th option in the outfield, you aren't going to be smelling like roses.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/15...reut/index.html Not too much, especially when the UN is still looking for another $212 million. I would be curious what the rest of the world has pledged if anyone else has seen that.

Hey DBAH0, when you get a chance, could you move this to the Fantasy Sports board? And for everyone else, we can call this the interest thread... In otherwords who all is interested in playing Fantasy Hockey on Yahoo????

I'll play for sure, and I'll bet Kap will as well. Are the leagues up yet? If they are I'll put one together.

I belive this is what was referred to in Shakespearean times as a Tragic Comedy.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 07:28 AM) I was just looking through a thread and one of our posters had a signature with a woman holding a snake and I have to say, if some woman came into the bedroom naked, holding a snake, I'd run out of that room so damn fast. I love women, and don't mind snakes, but who in their right mind links those two? It is too damn freaky. He was banned in less than 50 posts... That probably tells you all need to know about that guy.

My favorite toys as a kid were the old steel Tonka Trucks, Lincoln Logs, Legos, and my personal favorite, a Sit and Spin.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 07:39 AM) I dont really care what we do at 1B as long as we dont overpay Konerko to play there for us. What is overpaying for .260 40 HR and 110 RBI in the post steroid era?

QUOTE(Tadahito Iguchi @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 06:27 AM) That's not a valid statement because, who in their right mind ( who is a good business man) wouldn't want to sell the team plus a 50 million dollar contract? The fifty million dollar contract is a cost, not an asset. One of the reasons that the Milwaukee Brewers were so attractive to a buyer is that they had a minimal amount of long term costs, and they had a brand new stadium pulling in revenues. The Reds have a new stadium, much more loyal fans, but they have $50 million in obligations that new ownership might think is better spent somewhere else. There are always players who are willing to come to your team if you have the money to spend. It is much harder to cut costs, than it is to add to them. Trust me from a business only standpoint, the Reds are better off without Griffey.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 07:08 PM) When a good GM like Beane says it I will admit wholeheartedly that I was wrong. LMFAO... You will never admit you are wrong. You don't have the self-respect or the self-confidence to ever do so. Meanwhile every single person knows you are wrong, and that is enough for me. You can go ahead and crawl back into your cave now.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 10:01 PM) A HUGE f***up? What are you talking about? The worst thing was his amateur draft. Can you tell me what he did that made him one of the worst GM's ever? I bet you can't. Firing a HOF manager sure is a good start, but I am taking it you don't remember things like his infamous 12 for 6 player deal he tried to work with Texas, or the horrible drafts that he made, or the multiple 90 loss seasons, the complete lack of free agency signings... Hawk had no clue how to be a GM.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 09:11 PM) Everett in the field over Griffey Jr.? Are you nuts? Do you want to keep Griffey healthy? Almost every injury he has had is because of his defensive aggresiveness.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 07:08 PM) When a good GM like Beane says it I will admit wholeheartedly that I was wrong. And you wonder why no one takes anything you post seriously. You are flat out wrong. I have documented three sources and you are still hanging to whatever pathetic strings that you can manage. Crap like this is exactly why you have zero credibility as a poster here. Keep hiding in your fallout shelter, meanwhile everyone else is laughing at you. QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 07:52 PM) He wasn't horrible. The Hawk was one of the worst GMs ever. He is great as an announcer, and was solid as a ballplayer, but he was a HUGE f***up as a GM.

Love or hate Kenny Williams, the one thing you can always say is that this dude tries everything to win today.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 06:57 PM) It was clearly I was editing the post at the time, but you're so devoted to this cause that you had to jump on the typo. What I meant to say is that 23 players were on the 25 man roster & 3 more were not. Potatoe potato... you were wrong, admit it.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 06:18 PM) When was Miami a big rival of ND? I remember Florida St. several years ago, but can't recall any thing with Miami. Late 80's or so. They met up a few times for games billed as "The Catholics vs the Convicts"

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 06:24 PM) Specifically 17 on the Mets & 9 on the NYY$ or 23 players. Forget most. That's not even a majority of their ML 40 man rosters. 17+9=23? Nice math. Now things really make sense. In case you weren't listening today, Hawk also states that every player goes onto waivers. DJ asked him if he did it himself while he was a GM, and he stated matter of a factly that he did. Hawk went on to talk about using it to guage what was out there in respect to his players. Face it, you were wrong.

QUOTE(SnB @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 11:36 AM) tom brady i believe orton has a shot at being an NFL quarterback, he showed good signs last year at purdue.......while also showing some terrible ones. we'll see Tell me that the Bears draft Tom Brady ahead of the Pats that year, that he would have been half as good.

So just between thetwo NYC teams that was about 30 players that got listed... Yeah, I guess everyone doesn't hit waivers :rolly

QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 13, 2005 -> 10:24 PM) If you think we are just as good with Orton as we would be with Rex...I wanna know where you get your crack. And if Kyle Orton is so good, how come 31 other GMs let him fall to the 4th round?

The arguements over the 25th man are humorous. No matter if this guys is a pitcher or hitter, he isn't going to play enough to make a major contribution to this team. If it is Ross Gload he might get a start a week, if he is lucky. If it is a pitcher, he is going to go 10 day stretches without pitching. This is the 25th man on the roster we are talking about, and there is a reason they are the 25th man... their contribution will be marginal at best, at worst they are an insurance policy, and after looking at the amount of games that the pen is getting into, Oz and Kenny feel that protecting the arms is more important right now.

All of you guys wanting to crucify Ozzie for sitting Pods a lot lately, really need to start apologizing... as usual, Ozzie had his reasons, and many had no clue.