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QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 09:59 PM) Cowley shot down the rumor because the initial report had the Sox, Angels, and Padres all in the deal. Supposedly Konerko was going to LAA. How does that make Cowley wrong? To my knowledge, that actually makes Cowley right. All of these recent reports state that Peavy is trying to push for the Sox to make a deal for Gonzo. I haven't seen anything stating the Sox and Pads have even had talks. Wasn't Cowley just saying that the entire thing was absurd?

This just proves that Joe Cowley was wrong.

He really did lose a lot of weight, wow.

2K is catching up. A small site reviewed both games in comparison. 2K10 got a 7.75. The Show got a 8.5.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 05:33 PM) wow, if that's all they got him for then the Cards got a steal. DeRosa had that gimpy wrist last year and didn't produce a ton with the cards, if Lopez can do anything that's a tremendous bat to add to that line-up If he can play third, that'd be even better. He played a great 2B last year. He hasn't been a great SS for a while. If Freese doesn't show up, he can possibly take over 3rd for the whole season.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 05:31 PM) http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...s-at-least.html This sucks cause the games after tonight's start getting tough.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) This team can't afford that. They beat the teams they were supposed to beat when he was out. Plus, Warrick and Taj filled in nicely.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) Only $1M based and another $1.2M in easily reached incentives. It would have been nice to grab him for that money. I'd rather have him than Omar Vizquel or Mark Kotsay.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) Yeesh, already? I feel bad for Lee. He's the guy the media asks these things to because he's actually approachable.

I don't want to see that episode, it might enrage me. I can just imagine Rick Hahn using common sense and putting out some sabermetric facts out there, while Kenny is there going, "In Ozzie I trust."

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Feb 26, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) I've heard 2k's been getting pretty darn good reviews. Last year I didn't buy a baseball game because I don't like the button pushing for pitches/batting. That's one feature that 2k did do right in 2k8. They shortened it though which kind of made me mad. Either way, it makes pitching challenging. Plus now, 2k is giving away a million dollars to whoever can throw a perfect game on the hardest difficulty level first. You can't adjust the rosters or edit players though. I'm going to play both and see which one is better. I really really want to play The Road to The Show as a catcher though. There's no true review out for it yet. Anybody getting Battlefield Bad Company 2?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 26, 2010 -> 12:32 PM) Jim Thome in his prime was a .295 hitter capable of topping .310 ('95-'02: .293/.426/.588/1.013 w/ 304 HR), he also struck out less often than Howard and drew many more walks, Howard is a poor man's Thome at everything except power. There's also no such thing as "too many K's" when your OPS is over 1.000. Except Howard hasn't broken 1.000 in 3 years. Howard is a vastly overrated 1B IMO.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) SI actually ran an article before last season on the Mariner's emphasis on defense as well. I remember thinking, damn, I should be the over on the M's, as the number was only 74-75 or so. Nice to see a follow-up piece. I believe that article actually called out the reason for the Rays success in 08', which was defense and not so much pitching, as everyone was claiming. Also accurately predicted a fall-off by them in 09'. It was their bullpen that really served them well in 08. The defense this past year was still very good with a full year of Crawford, Upton, and Gross/Kapler/Zobrist in the OF. Zobrist also played a great 2B. Bartlett had an off year and Longoria had a great year. Pena was below average though. So I think it's their bullpen that let them down last year. Balfour wasn't as good, Wheeler didn't repeat 08. Howell had a decent year though.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 06:07 PM) Overbay and Downs salary dump. They pay half, we pay half. total of 11 million, each team pays 5.5 million. I'd take that. We were gonna spend money on Damon anyhow.

If we can get money to go along with him, sure.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 06:13 PM) Ozzie's latest update is "check out my facebook page: www.facebook.com/ozzieguillen He's really getting into modern times. I'm definitely friending him.

QUOTE (scenario @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) It was a 12-player 3-team deal with the Mariners, Tribe, and Mets. The Indians were the small player in the trade getting Valbuena from Seattle and Smith from the Mets. Here's the summary... December 11, 2008: Franklin Gutierrez was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Green, J.J. Putz and Jeremy Reed to the New York Mets. The Seattle Mariners sent Luis Valbuena to the Cleveland Indians. The New York Mets sent Ezequiel Carrera (minors), Maikel Cleto (minors), Mike Carp, Endy Chavez, Aaron Heilman and Jason Vargas to the Seattle Mariners. The New York Mets sent Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians. Joe Smith for Gutierrez, that's pretty funny.

ESPN's now running a story on this. *Shakes head.

QUOTE (scenario @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) And who did Cleveland get in return for him? Luis Valbuena and Joe Smith Not one of Mark Shapiro's finer moments. That might end up being one of the best trades in Seattle history.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 01:27 PM) I just got the latest SI in the mail. Very good piece about the 'new' overall emphasis on defense, with the Mariners (rightfully so) as the centerpiece of the article. Now I knew Franklin Gutierrez was gifted defensively. I knew it before last year. But he might be the best defensive CF I've ever seen. I've been watching a lot of clips from Mariners.com, and this dude literally gets to EVERYTHING. In the SI piece, his nickname is supposedly "Death to all things flying." And that's no hyperbole. Say what you want about how unreliable defensive metrics are, but it's no coincidence that he's literally at the top, not just at his position, of every metric out there. Fangraphs, Hardball Times, Baseball Prospectus, Tom Tango, Bible Awards, ect. I will never give the Gold Glove award any credence ever again. How the hell does that happen? That he does not win one? Pathetic!!!!! Adam Jones won one last year. He's a nice defender, but Gutierrez is leagues better. Seriously, Franklin saved 30 runs for that pitching staff last year. If it wasn't for his defense, the Mariners might have only won 81-82 games. It's amazing how one player can affect so much on defense alone. Once all the old farts who vote for these awards retire, sabermetrics will be more commonly used for these awards. Until then, the gold glove is nothing.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) AVG - Beckham - .326 HR - Quentin - 33 RBI - Quentin - 121 SB - Pierre - 47 2B - Beckham - 51 3B - Pierre - 8 BB - Quentin - 87 HBP - Quentin - over 9000 Wins - Peavy - 22 K's - Peavy - 194 IP - Buehrle - 220 Starter ERA - Danks - 2.96 Reliever ERA - Putz - 2.12 Haha.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) Most of them will give a non-answer or ignore the question. Even if you give a no comment, you still might look suspicious. Either way, you can't really win in this.

Vs RHP 1. LF Pierre 2. 2B Beckham 3. RF Quentin 4. 1B Konerko 5. CF Rios 6. C Pierzynski 7. SS Ramirez 8. 3B Teahen 9. DH Kotsay/Jones (Split 50/50) Vs LHP 1. LF Pierre 2. 2B Beckham 3. RF Quentin 4. 1B Konerko 5. CF Rios 6. DH Jones 7. C Pierzynski 8. SS Ramirez 9. 3B Teahen

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 01:16 PM) That wasn't a tweet from Ozzie. I was talking about this, "finally I am on this twitter thing it's about time!"

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 12:35 PM) David Schuster from the Score with some tweets today. Quentin in favor of HGH testing. http://twitter.com/Schumouse Why would anybody go out and say they're against it though...? Just makes them look suspicious.