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Partially depends with Judge where he ends up with his next contract too. And his health of course. Most of the rookie cards from the 80s and 90s just had way too many copies like Boggs Frank Thomas Ripken Gwynn/Fleer and Donruss, Sosa, Canseco, Mattingly Clemens, etc. I bought 50-100 lots of Benito Santiago, Juan Going Going Gonzalez and Hensley Bam Bam Meulens lol. Santiago paid of with a long hitting streak. Orel Hershiser with a consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak.

I used to have every Clemente but his '55 rookie card but sold most of them. Just bought that and Koufax rookie for investment purposes. Had Reggie Jackson and close to mint Nolan Ryan rookie too, 75 Brett. Trout seems iffy from this point forward. Jeter Berra Schmidt Killebrew Ruth Jackie Robinson Campanella Tom Seaver 2018 Ohtani Bob Gibson Hank Aaron Banks Ted Williams Frank Thomas Ichiro... Which would you buy and hold for 10-15-20 years time horizon?

Thanks…

Using Cease just to clear $12-13 million is nuts though, he’s worth $150-200 million to this franchise right now. If it was Lynn, Kelly, Hendriks, Grandal and Pollock, still wouldn’y do it.

So is the bullpen now too.

Josh Hader is likely to get a lot of people fired. Going from best closer in the game to a possible non-tender candidate.

2029

Probably not it was either Seby or Lopez. Romy is about as good as Michelle.

Poor Leary. Almost won the game. Day late and a dollar short.

Snakes on A Plane

Of course. Should have been two more runs at least for AZ...

But he's our biggest draw lol. He's one of those guys like Bert Blyleven you only appreciate if you watch every game over nine seasons. But not a Frank Thomas Ventura or even Magglio in terms of being beloved by the fan base. Maybe because he debuted at 26 or 27, so not the same relationship as drafted players who spend time in the minors.

One major difference from Benetti and Hawk Paciorek DJ Farmer, etc. Golf talk.

36/36b Calle Roberto Clemente 275 C. 19, San Juan, 00926, Puerto Rico KyLlE will like this thread. My mother almost died at age 93 here in the Quad Cities. Kidney failure (readings in the 5s, now 1.8ish), sepsis and UTI caused it all. I flew back from China as my cousin told me that was the end, 1-2 hours left. Dialysis is not an option at her age. She's in a physical therapy/rehab center for two weeks. Then she will go back to assisted living (4 years already) or enter a skilled nursing facility. Looked like hospice or worse five days ago or so. She needs two aides to help her...Heavy one or light two as they describe it. $4600 per month would likely increase to $6500~8000 in a higher level skilled nursing facility. No siblings, father died in 1999 and don't want to ask my cousin to help anymore than she already has...for almost 23 years now, but especially the last four. Was thinking of taking her to Puerto Rico...and investing in one of Roberto Clemente's former properties (see addresses at top). Any thoughts or experiences in PR?  So frustrated already with understaffing and continuity of care in all the Quad Cities senior places I've toured and it's has been heckuva a lot this past week. All have pretty steady turnover and issues with continuity of care.

Verlander/O's the only must see TV right now...

Too football, basketball and NHL-esque. Need to stay unique somehow.

Have to renegotiate their five year local media rights deal in another year or two. Not exactly in a position with much leverage right now to dictate terms. Finding "non-embarrassing" advertising/marketing corporate sponsors will be tough enough.

Mariners or Orioles ?

Stone Garrett sounds like a professional wrestler.

Luhnow. The 24-year-old Oscar Gonzalez, who debuted on May 26, has the best offensive numbers of any player we haven’t already named to a starting spot, and he’s seen some time at DH this year (in addition to right field) for the Guards. Listed at 6-foot-4, 240 pounds, Gonzalez is an imposing presence who has made his presence known early, with a .303/.329/.478 slash line and 25 extra-base hits in his first 210 plate appearances. Gonzalez wasn’t ranked as a prospect and wasn’t protected from the Rule 5 Draft (that didn’t end up happening) last year, but he’s been impressive. Left field: Steven Kwan, Guardians The 24-year-old Kwan wasn’t widely cited as a top prospect to watch going into 2022, but he made Cleveland’s Opening Day roster and instantly made history, becoming the first player since at least 1901 to reach base safely 15 times in his first four games and the first since at least 2000 to go 116 pitches without a swing-and-miss. We’ve seen many players debut with some kind of historical oddity and quickly fade into oblivion. Not so with Kwan. With an approach not all that unlike that of Ichiro, Kwan has made the necessary adjustments as this season has rolled along and been an important leadoff presence for the first-place Guards’ high-contact lineup, with a .298/.371/.393 slash line. He’s been an excellent defender in left, too, as evidenced Friday, when he pulled a Derek Jeter with a swan dive (Kwan dive?) into the stands. mlb.com

Congrats I guess.

Got that team beat. The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 2009 season with a record of 92 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division. The Barons paced the league with 725 runs, spearheaded by 139 home runs. Birmingham surrendered 534 runs. David Cook powered the team with 25 home runs, and Stefan Gartrell walloped 20 or more also. David Cook drove in 84 runs. C. J. Retherford topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. John Ely led the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.83 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Jhonny Nunez, Jayson Nix, Brian Omogrosso, Donny Lucy, Dayan Viciedo, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Allen, Jordan Danks, Tyler Flowers, John Ely, Lucas Harrell, Fernando Hernandez, Daniel Hudson, Mike Johnston, Sergio Santos, Aaron Poreda and Miguel Socolovich were all players from the 2009 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers. Ever Magallanes served as manager.

Drain the Swamp Jason M. M_______ Tokwilliams@chisox.com rhahn@chisox.comrhahn@chisox.com Brooks Boyerbboyer@chisox.com Aug 29 at 12:16 AM Like the assholes said in 2016. I left my Sox hat in a restaurant last night. Good riddance! All of you gotta go too.

Narvaez?

We can extend it to WBC lol. Since both players are out, I would have had to have inside information or access with the Commissioner's office. You would be proud to win a non bet bet lol. Like if you picked the Bears to go 6-10 or 5-11 and the starting QB was knocked out like Chet Holmgren before playing a single regular season game? I can substitute Juan Soto for Tatis lol. You can combine two Sox hitters together to make it more interesting. Starting today. BA HRs RBIs Runs OPS. Best 3/5 categories.