LittleHurt05

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 10:21 AM) I want Mark signed to a Tim Wakefield like deal. $10 million a year, renewed until he wants to retire. I think Mark would go for something like that as well. I'm on board with that plan.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 01:17 PM) Sean Casey retired at 34. But by all acounts he was the #1 nicest guy in all of baseball, even nicer than Thome. That has to count for something, right?

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 12:47 PM) Character and longevity are not appreciated enough IMHO. Maybe they should open a Hall of Nice Guys who played Forever? Matt Stairs & Sean Casey, your plaques are ready.

De Aza

Congrats!

1. If KW doesn't, then someone else will and the Cubs still get the draft picks. (Scratch this thought, I forgot how the draft pick thing works) 2. Brent Morel 3. Where would the money come from?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 08:47 AM) The finger thing means the taxes!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 07:50 AM) So I guess KW is overqualified to have a movie about him, having actually won league and WS championships. Andrew Friedman is way more deserving of praise than Beane is. The A's have only won one playoff series under Beane, and that was vs. the Twins, which doesn't really count anyway.

Dunn

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 21, 2011 -> 03:19 PM) The Rays are choking worse than Boston could ever have dreamed (nightmare-d?). Shields did blow the lead, but this chokefest is on the offense. The Yankees pitchers in the first 8 innings were: Hector Noesi, Raul Valdes, George Kontos, Aaron Laffey, Corey Wade, Boone Logan, & Luis Ayala. WTF?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2011 -> 09:13 AM) No one chimes in when Kimbrel blows a save in a game the Braves really needed? Well it was Omar Infante. Those arms in ATL's bullpen are all struggling a bit, definitely wearing down. Braves fans gotta hope it doesn't hurt their arms for the future.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2011 -> 02:35 PM) Are the Rays in the WC lead if they call him up a month earlier? It's possible. There were a few shutouts & one-run losses in late June/July where he could have helped get the W. Of all people, Eduardo Nunez ties it up with a homer in the 8th.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2011 -> 02:34 PM) Actually, I think the Sox have a 1b for next season. The Sox have had a 1B the entire last decade, and people still constantly brought up his name.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 21, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) @Royals_Report Bob Dutton #Royals clear roster space for RH reliever Kelvin Herrera by designating 1B Kila Ka'aihue for assignment. More soon at kcstar.com. Great. Now we will see at least 10 threads this offseason clamoring for the Sox to pick him up ASAP.

Just got back from NOLA last night. The game & experience were fun, other than the final score of course. It's crazy how you can just walk up & down the street to the stadium drinking anywhere you please, in front of cops, like it's no big deal. Saints fans were so nice, I've never seen anywhere near that hospitality at any road venue I have ever been too. Many of them also told me how awful they were treated at Soldier Field a years back, yet they didn't hold grudges and were friendly as can be. Never heard Bears fans get that bad of a rap, but I'm sure the magnitude of the NFC Champ. game, as well as ignorance to how bad Katrina was led to some awful fans.

Desmond Jennings, 2-1 TB. Not that the Rays could have used him for the first 100 games.

Ryan Braun is my favorite hitter, but I think his defensive inabilities prevent him from being considered the best player in baseball. I would still vote for Pujols as the best player.

Joe Mauer out for the season with pneumonia. Maybe those Dunn & Rios contracts aren't even the worst deals in the divsion.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Sep 16, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) What are the odds that the White Sox announced that Ozzie Guillen won't be back before the season ends? 100,000-1

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 16, 2011 -> 02:45 PM) Adam Dunn sighting! I knew I had felt a sudden strong breeze...

@SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman ozzie asking for extension is tantamount to adam dunn asking for 1. #chisox biggest 2011 underachiever. #worstmanagerofyear

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 16, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) I don't really think playing rookies for the last 13 days is going to make a difference for 2012.

For all the talk about no in-house candidates, many on this board seem to want Big Frank as hitting coach.

Dayan Viciedo

De Aza