LorfTVP

not my fault half of the league didn't care anymore. It's my fault that I got fed up with it.

Plow, let's clone ourselves...and Ms. Hickey can join too but we only need one of her.

you really got to suspect nomar, skinny little 180 pound kid throughout college and all of a sudden he looks like that?

I know innocent until proven guilty, but 100+ players tested positive for steroids back in 2003. I bet at least one red sox player was on the list. That was Ortiz's breakout year too

Eh, you never know, but you can't rob someone of their natural ability. Nomar has always been able to hit a baseball with the best of them. But that's in the past now...I hate the whole witch hunt and think it's bad for baseball. I just want to see things cleared up...can't fault me for that.

Kapler

Kapler has long been considered one of the fittest people in all of baseball...this is just proof that fitness doesn't mean that he can be an incredible baseball player. As for Nomar, there were rumors that he would be named in Canseco's book but those were just that, rumors. You know as well as anyone that steroids don't necessarily mean pumped bodies and all that...Alex Sanchez used them! Plow, I'm honestly ashamed of you. I know you're defending your guys but to accuse ours is just unsportsmanlike. Innocent until proven guilty, remember that.

Bonds = guilty.

looks like more people side with me lorf. Nice job with the homer pick.

Haha. Well, I think the NL is gonna have some damn good pitchers next year, not only because they have some of the best SP in the game (Oswalt, Carpenter, Zambrano, Sheets, Peavy) but weaker offenses as well. Aim for NL SP in fantasy. Granted odds are I won't even be in a a FB league this year due to circumstances...Plow...I hate you.

BOOMER UPDATE

 

The Padres met with free-agent left-hander David Wells and his agent on Thursday. While it still appears likely that the two sides will come to an agreement, Wells apparently has other options and so do the Padres.

 

The team is considering free-agent right-handers Brian Lawrence and Chan Ho Park, and actually would prefer Weaver to Wells, depending on the pitchers' respective prices.

 

For now, the Padres plan to go with Terrmel Sledge in left field while using Jose Cruz Jr., a switch-hitter, against certain left-handers. However, a trade for Brewers outfielder Geoff Jenkins remains possible.

So yah, whoever the Padres sign as their fifth starter goes a long way to show how incredible a rotation they can be.

It's raining.

 

I play football when it's raining.

I like it when it's raining because it reflects my mood.

**cuts self**

why would mark sweeney have greenies anyway, it's not like he has to worry about a grueling 162 game schedule

He has a career high of 135 games in a season and has topped 100 games five times in twelve seasons. Plus he's just not a very good player. Eh.

Is that guy even alive? he should be in his 70's by now.

He'll turn 50 on April Fool's Day and had 30 years of baseball, 24 in the MLB, under his belt. 3/5 of your life devoted to a sport, hmm.

Oh I know, I don't fault him a bit. But I always looked at his as a "I'd play this game for nothing" kinda guy, or a guy in the mold of Ripken, wanting to stay on the same team his entire career. But like i said, I don't fault him for wanting the $$.

At least he's not demanding Beckham money.

Thing is, he is right.

i think it's because suzuki is a very common name in his country. he's a shy and unassuming guy.

Yah, figured that, but he's in the states now. Names are backwards too, aren't they? Family name followed by given name? Or am I mixing this up...

Could Sosa be eligible by 2010?

Well, five years after he retires...but yah, he's trying to make a comeback so we'll see.

Don't all athletes get identified with one name anyway?

 

And I really hate this discussion. I just want to watch a baseball game with nothing else going around it. Just good old fashioned baseball.

 

Screw BALCO. Because of them I never got to see the true way baseball is played.

You could go to one of those old time baseball games.

i'll bite...

Ichiro Suzuki

I know you expected more but it's always annoyed me that he goes by just Ichiro. :brooding:

i know for a fact that ichiro's favorite sushi restaurant is in san francisco.

And I know for a fact that he has two names!

you're a smug little bastard, arent ya?

Haha, I apologize, I didn't mean it that way. Ichiro is seriously consider leaving the Mariners because they can't contend and unless the Giants can prove that they can win this year without Bonds, I doubt Ichiro would consider them strongly. It's hard to predict where people will go next year because honestly, can you imagine Ichiro, Jones, or Hunter in any other uniform?

I don't care how unfair it is to Bonds, I want to see him out of baseball, lynched, and mobbed before he gets any closer to that record. Even if it bites them in the ass for this year, the Giants should part way with Bonds and just sign some of the surplus of OF available now...granted none approach Bonds, but this is a changed man. The Giants should pursue one of the CF FAs heavily next year...maybe Ichiro wants to stay on the West Coast (granted he wants to go to a winner). But yah, Bonds is following in Palmeiro's footsteps, blaming Tejada.

From Crasnick's ESPN article.

2008 first-timers

Shawon Dunston, Travis Fryman, David Justice, Mike Morgan, Tim Raines, Randy Velarde.

2009 first-timers

Mark Grace, Rickey Henderson, Dean Palmer, Dan Plesac, Matt Williams.

2010 first-timers

Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Fred McGriff, Edgar Martinez, Andres Galarraga, Robin Ventura.

Latest News from Rangerville on Michael Young. Rangers are going to talk contract extension before the end the offseason. Mike is not overly eager to resign but said he will sit down and listen to any offers from the Rangers. He said if the Rangers want an extension they need to treat it like free agency because thats what it is. Bottom line, he wants to get paid and the Rangers damn well better give him a blank check.

Oh, he's signed through this year with club option for 2008 at 4 million dollars I think.

I thought he was a nicer guy...but this market now...oh boy.

Oops, here we go.

right i meant 5%

They all say that.

yes its 15 as long as you get over 25% on your first ballot, i believe.

You only need 5% to stay on the ballot. 25% is incredibly high.

I want to say something like 17?

Close, 15...but then if the player isn't elected after 15 years the Veteran's Committee has the right to vote him in but I'm not entirely sure how that works.

Jim Rice should've made it...but yah, there are no big names coming on the HoF ballot, other than Tim Raines, until Rickey Henderson is eligible, barring another comeback, since comebacks have been popular of late (Palmeiro, Sosa, Karim Garcia, Jim Parque)...so Gossage and Rice have a chance over the next couple of years.

This is the true Jap stud...

 

Chicks dig the long ball.

This is the true Jap stud...