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Well, guess this means the Marlins or Cubs will win the bid on Soler.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 13, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) Cespedes will be retired before that happens. Knowing Oakland, they will trade him within the next 2 years.

Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN Sources: Oakland has agreed to terms with Yoenis Cespedes, 4 years, $36 million.

Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN Sources: Oakland has agreed to terms with Yoenis Cespedes, 4 years, $36 million.

Tim Brown @TBrownYahoo Source: Yoenis Cespedes has agreed to terms with the Oakland A's.

Tim Brown @TBrownYahoo Source: Yoenis Cespedes has agreed to terms with the Oakland A's.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 05:50 PM) Kevin Goldstein @Kevin_Goldstein Reply Retweet Favorite · Open Rumors out of the DR today that the Cubs are making a very very big play for Jorge Soler. Ugh. Damn them and their competent front office.

Viciedo was referred to as "The Cuban Babe Ruth"

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) I see what you did there... Oh, I get jokes.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 04:06 PM) His prime years for under $7M/year? I'd match that. Yeah, that's actually a pretty fair deal IMO.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) This is why Mark Prior and Kerry Wood are better than Mark Buehrle, right? Not anymore. Peavy, when he is healthy, is still pretty damn good, and better than anyone on our staff.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) Um, yes you do. Well not in my book, or anyone I talk baseball with.

When is the trade deadline? Hawks need serious help.

If Peavy is really considered a #4 starter, then he is probably a top 3 #4 starter in baseball, yet this guy has him #4 in the division. That's just stupid. You don't factor in health when you are comparing who is better than someone else. More valuable, sure, or trade value, or who you would want more, or pay more, but just based on skills alone, Peavy is still very good. And Asdrubal Cabrera better than Alexei? Maybe w/ the bat, but the defenses are worlds apart. Cabrera has like a 9.9 WAR in 5 season. Alexei has a 12.2 in 4 seasons. Cabrera's best season (last year), wasn't even as good as Alexei's 2011 or 2010. These rankings kind of suck.

This is no risk, mediocre reward. I don't see the problem here.

I haven't looked in to it, but if they have stats for H, and 2B, and 3B, and HR, then couldn't you just add up all the 2B, 3B, and HR, and subtract that from his H total? Maybe they don't have all those totals recorded for him, but that would be my first idea. EDIT: Nevermind I see he said "BUNT" singles. I'm a big dummy.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 05:01 PM) And yet our system was rated #1 in 2000 or so and exactly how many of those players had an appreciable impact on the 2005 championship? Buehrle and Garland were really the only ones who "stuck," and Mark was mostly on the periphery of the Top 10-15 during his minor league career. Seriously? I had no idea.

Oh god, Wes and Mandi lost? s***, I wanted them to win. I guess I'm going for Johnny Bananas now.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 07:51 PM) Do you honestly think the size of the breed has anything to do with it? I think it is just as random as people getting carsick. I had a malamute that got sick in cars and my basset did too. My basset just decided he was done with that on the 7 hour ride home from carbondale and would sleep the whole way. Sure, why not? Different sized breeds live longer than others. So maybe car sickness is something that is more typical in small breeds?

Is carsick something smaller breeds get? Neither of our goldens have ever gotten carsick (They go apes*** over taking car rides), and none of the other dogs in my family (2 labs, golden, and a lab/shepard/mutt) have ever had this problem. But my roommate had a Whippit (sp?) and she said it would throw up every single car ride and they just got a new whippit, and apparently it threw up when they brought it home. I'm glad Goldens (or maybe just ours) don't get carsick because that would be disgusting to have to deal with in a car.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) How are we not close to the Marlins? I still don't understand the idea that the two guys we got back from Ozzie were ranked in the top 10 for the Marlins system, but not ranked even in most top 15s in our system, yet they somehow have the better system. ?? Just doesn't seem to make sense. It's not like they have an outstanding 1-3 players in their system that push them ahead of us, right?

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 03:19 PM) I don't know about Celine, but I was somewhat right. When she was 23, she married her husband who at the time was 42. They had been dating prior to that for awhile though. Well his heart won't go on too much longer.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 04:19 PM) I'm guessing you haven't played Skyrim? Nope. Are they from the game, or is that some real child cartoon that someone made a fake episode for and incorporated Skyrim. But whoever made that is a really good job w/ those drawings/graphics.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 02:14 PM) I demand this be made real. Who the hell are the "Dova kids"??

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 01:16 PM) Man, come on, this is a thread for talking about our "animal friends". I have two awesome cats. AWESOME. If you don't like your cats, that's your problem, but saying "f*** cats" is bulls*** in my opinion. So f you and your s***ty dog. ^^^We totally need to add that emoticon, btw.