SSH2005

I agree with your three statements but my point was that Timo was so bad off the bench last season that anyone probably would have been a better option. I'm not saying that I wanted Giambi on the roster either. We won the World Series with Damaso Marte in our bullpen as well. There's a reason KW non-tendered Timo and traded Marte for Mackowiak. He dumped our worst bullpen arm and got back a huge improvement over Timo all in one trade. You don't keep a horrible player on your roster just because you are winning in spite of him.

That's really not a horrible argument though. Do you really think Giambi would have been any worse than Timo off the bench? .218 AVG, .266 OBP, .296 SLG, .562 OPS Even a washed-up ex-roider could top those numbers.

Moronotti is a worse flip-flopper than John Kerry.

The graphics and animations are the same. It looks like they just added some new batting stances.

I just watched videos of this game. All it is is MVP 2005 with college teams, rosters, and ballparks. Everything else looks exactly the same as MVP 2005 -- the graphics, animations, and gameplay.

Without the MLB license, I really have no interest in this game. I guess I will just keep playing MVP 2005 with updated rosters.

On Charles Haeger... http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=10431 On Lance Broadway... http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=10431

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...inder_rules.jsp

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ts/13622218.htm Why did we ever sign that guy last year?

Haha, you are so right. Check out his news conference before he pitched against the Red Sox in the ALDS... http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...layer_id=150119 Click on "10.06.2005 | Garcia's news conference: 350K" Freddy is still the "y'know" champ.

Mackowiak and Thome have gotta love this. They get to party with their family, friends, and fans near their hometowns.

Luis Vizcaino = $1.775 million Cliff Politte = $1.2 million

Pujols > Manny > Vlad But anyways, the money side of that trade is insane. If the Orioles took accepted Manny and Clement for Tejada, they would be adding around $20 million to their 2006 payroll and more in the future. That's crazy. And the Dodgers already turned down a proposed trade of David Wells for Yhency Brazoban. I will be surprised if any team trades someone like Brazoban for Wells.

His 241 career stolen bases bump him up a bit in my eyes. And how many players have a career line like this? .303 AVG, .411 OBP, .512 SLG, .923 OPS That's damn good. He might not be a Hall of Famer but he's pretty close.

I'm sure you know this but Manny's bloated contract is what is preventing the Red Sox from getting fair value for him. I'm sure Manny's attitude doesn't help much either though. The Red Sox will have to include a good deal of money to move Manny and it may never happen. I also think that the Red Sox are willing to take pretty much any modest offer for David Wells at this point, as long as they don't have to eat any of his contract. They obviously need to dump a starter and 'ol fatboy is a wise choice. I think he means that no matter what player(s) the Red Sox trade Manny for, you will say it's a good trade in Boston's favor.

I doubt the Sox need any extra help selling ticket plans now. I think it's just the Score being cheap.

What I really love about DJ is when he talks about how the scrub pitchers with funky deliveries are the ones he really had trouble hitting. It's too bad DJ doesn't realize that all pitchers owned him in his career. :rolly

Sort of. Buford actually looks a bit like Grossman in the pic and they share the same number. Of course, Buford was obviously a punter. I really just love the way he plays that cowbell.

What, you don't like hearing about Catfish Hunter and Japanese baseball every other game?

His hat is pimpin' and he really knows how to play that cowbell.

Red Sox will keep trying to move Manny http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5240854

But he's only under contract for one year.

"If Paul gets a waist-high heater right here, it could be 1-0 Sox before you know it." :puke

The absolute worst thing about Farmer is how he asks for every Sox batter to hit a homerun every at bat. It's pretty sad.