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That Knicks lineup looks like crap in comparison to what the Bulls and Heat have.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:34 AM) Not that it has to do with LBJ, if you look a few tweets down on Screamin Steven's Twitter, he tells someone that the Bears should go out and get TO hahaha this guy is amazing. The Bulls should sign Allen Iverson too TO on the Bears might be disaster since Lovie looks like he has no control of his team. I can just see he and Cutler arguing.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:10 AM) Well, they did have Everett, and he was dangerous enough as a left handed hitter to at least force the opposing manager to make a pitching change, late in a game. Carl Everett was worthless that season. He posted a .317 wOBA, a .745 OPS, and a WAR of exactly 0.0. He gave replacement level performance. Mark Kotsay can almost do what he did.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:27 AM) So what happens in 2014 that they don't win it all??? Is Lebron gonna try to play baseball for a year too??? Yup, he'll be playing with Birmingham.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 07:08 AM) I'm starting to think it's the other way around with Konerko's recent power surge. If somebody like Torii Hunter or Brett Gardner gets on the team and Alex Rios doesn't, that's just sad.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 08:05 PM) Brett Gardner scares me, I could see Girardi taking him and Rios staying home. Same goes for DeJesus (as the Royals 1 rep). He's probably going to take Soria as the lone Royals guy. If anything, Konerko is in more jeopardy than Rios is. That's unless Rios really tanks in the next few weeks.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) lol @ the people who thought Jenks should be on the All-Star team There is no remote chance that Jenks gets in the ASG unless a bunch of guys get hurt. I just tried to project the rosters of the AL... And I had to leave off both Soriano and Rauch because of the clusterfub of good closers on bad teams. Starting Position Players (based on voting) C - Joe Mauer (Twins) 1B - Justin Morneau (Twins) 2B - Robinson Cano (Yankees) 3B - Evan Longoria (Rays) SS - Derek Jeter (Yankees) OF - Josh Hamilton (Rangers) OF - Carl Crawford (Rays) OF - Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners) DH - Vladimir Guerrero (Rangers) Projected Lineup 1. RF - Ichiro Suzuki 2. 2B - Robinson Cano 3. 3B - Evan Longoria 4. 1B - Justin Morneau 5. LF - Josh Hamilton 6. DH - Vladimir Guerrero 7. CF - Carl Crawford 8. C - Joe Mauer 9. SS - Derek Jeter Reserve Position Players C - Victor Martinez (Red Sox) 1B - Miguel Cabrera (Tigers) 1B - Kevin Youkillis (Red Sox) 1B - Paul Konerko (White Sox) 2B - Dustin Pedroia (Red Sox)xx 2B - Ian Kinsler (Rangers)* 3B - Adrian Beltre (Red Sox) 3B - Ty Wigginton (Orioles) 3B - Jose Bautista (Blue Jays) SS - Elvis Andrus (Rangers) OF - Alex Rios (White Sox) OF - Vernon Wells (Blue Jays) OF - Shin-Soo Choo (Indians) OF - Torii Hunter (Angels) Starting Pitchers RHP - Jered Weaver (Angels)x LHP - Cliff Lee (Mariners)s LHP - Francisco Liriano (Twins) LHP - David Price (Rays)x LHP - Jon Lester (Red Sox) RHP - Clay Buchholz (Red Sox)xx RHP - Phil Hughes (Yankees) LHP - Andy Pettitte (Yankees)* LHP - Ricky Romero (Blue Jays)* RHP - Jeff Niemann (Rays)* Relief Pitchers RHP - Mariano Rivera (Yankees) RHP - Jose Valverde (Tigers) RHP - Neftali Perez (Rangers) RHP - Joakim Soria (Royals) RHP - Andrew Bailey (Athletics) Representatives By Tea Angels (2) - Torii Hunter, Jered Weaverx Athletics (1) - Andrew Bailey Blue Jays (3) - Jose Bautista, Vernon Wells, Ricky Romero* Indians (1) - Shin-Soo Choo Mariners (2) - Ichiro Suzuki, Cliff Lee Orioles (1) - Ty Wigginton Rangers (5) - Josh Hamilton, Vladimir Guerrero, Ian Kinsler*, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Perez Rays (4) - Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford, David Pricex, Jeff Niemann Red Sox (6) - Victor Martinez, Kevin Youkillis, Dustin Pedroiaxx, Adrian Beltre, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholzxx Royals (1) - Joakim Soria Tigers (2) - Miguel Cabrera, Jose Valverde Twins (3) - Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Francisco Liriano White Sox (2) - Paul Konerko, Alex Rios Yankees (5) - Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Phil Hughes, Andy Pettitte*, Mariano Rivera Total All-Stars - 38 Active All-Stars - 34 * - Replacement for another player x - Pitches on Sunday, cannot pitch in All-Star Game xx - Injured for All-Star Game s - Projected Starting Pitcher Snubs and Almosts C - Jorge Posada (Yankees) C - John Jaso (Rays) 3B - Alex Rodriguez (Yankees) 3B - Michael Young (Rangers) SS - Alex Gonzalez (Blue Jays) OF - Nelson Cruz (Rangers) OF - David DeJesus (Royals) OF - Nick Swisher (Yankees) OF - Brennan Boesch (Tigers) OF - Magglio Ordonez (Tigers) OF - Brett Gardner (Yankees) OF - Ben Zobrist (Rays) SP - Felix Hernandez (Mariners) SP - Justin Verlander (Tigers) SP - John Danks (White Sox) SP - Shaun Marcum (Blue Jays) SP - Carl Pavano (Twins) SP - C.C. Sabathia (Yankees) RP - Rafael Soriano (Rays) RP - Jon Rauch (Twins) There's no way Jenks can make the team.

If you really think the Royals are better than the Braves or even the Cubs, you really need to get a bit of a reality check. Go look at interleague records this year, it's almost even.

QUOTE (Hollywood_AU @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) Also the 4th pitch. That was a hanger.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 04:05 PM) The ump that called that pitch a strike to end the Tigers/Braves game yesterday thought that pitch to Rios was outside. Yeah it was pretty much in the same location as that one.

That third pitch to Rios was such a bad call. Got Marmol back in the count.

I guess I'm going to have to root for Argentina for the rest of this tournament. Although that Spanish team sure has some good players...

This is what happens when our pitching fails us. Somebody was due for one of these outings, turns out it was Danks.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=533...=FB&w=19n39 May need a new bottle of jergens Well this is certainly good news on a bad baseball day.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Did Randy Williams just hit 96? He's very determined to stay on the team.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 03:23 PM) We've traded with the D-Backs for Vazquez and then the Brandon Allen/Pena move, any others? Difficult position for KW...go for broke with Fielder/Dunn or take the safer choice, but one who probably doesn't put you over the top in LaRoche. I think they'll be very hesitant to remove Kotsay and especially Pierre when the team is winning. You're not going to remove either of those guys. Lillibridge will probably get sent down or Jones will get DFA'd.

Ozzie has conceded, Williams is in. It was fun while it lasted.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) I slow-motioned the replay, that ball was foul. Very close and bad a pitch by Danks, but that was foul. Looked foul to me too. When it went over the bag, it was clearly on the foul side of the base. Plus, it ended up going in foul territory.

Danks just lost it. He's been kinda mediocre these past couple of weeks.

Gotta win this one, especially since the Twins are losing by 6.

God damn it.

This looks like an inning with lots of pitches for Danks. He always has one of these.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 01:48 PM) Make that 5-0. Ike Davis goes yard.

Tigers are probably going to win, 6-0 Detroit. Hanson's really bad right now.

David Wright! 4-0 Mets.