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Man, Jeff Weaver gets cast aside by the Angels in the summer of 2006, and still ends up with over $8 million for 2007. Last season, Weaver had one month in which his ERA was less than 5.47. Then he had four decent starts in the postseason. Is there that much of a difference between him and $1 million-unguaranteed Aaron Sele?
This just drives me nuts because we are force feed the Mariner's TV games where I live. It is just another reason for me to want them to lose every game.
Go Dodgers.
Loney will play RF during spring training (no surprise) but I don't think (that's ME) he is going not also play a lot of first base either (especially on the those bus trips through muggy Florida.
Greg Miller's arm troubles appear to be over so you can add him to the grab bag of potential bullpen guys. I think it will be nice to see him start some B games this spring to see if he can be another starter.
Also, Zach Hammes was reportedly throwing 98 in Hawaii which is one reason why he was added to the 40 man in November.
Canuck said that they were lengthening him out and that he was looking extremely good.
Course he wasn't much better for the Cardinals until the postseason. Still he's only 30 and had VORPS of 35 and 27 before that so were talking about a comp like Jason Marquis who also had decent 2004/2005 seasons and also tanked in 2006 and he got 20/3?
Not sure how the one year deal is a problem.
The difference between him and Sele is that Sele was complete crap for the years before 2006 and no one thinks he can repeat his success while some feel Weaver can get back to his 2004/2005 seasons based on his postseaon pitching.
It seems so long ago that I dreamed of a Greg Miller/Edwin Jackson deadly duo. That is why it is a little hard for me to get excited about Kershaw until he pitches a few years. When Miller dominated AA at 19 I really thought we had something special.
Man Serena just hit a sizzling winner to win game 4 (she's up 4-0 in the first set, and is serving).
Assuming this is happening today.
Because that's the way it's always been done. There was one tournament that tried a best of five in the 1990s (not a major, but a WTA championship of some type) that tried a best of five, but the players didn't like it.
Three times, the final went to five sets.
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I read somewhere that absent making the playoffs this is probably Bavasi's last season. Getting Weaver is committing GM hara kiri.
I think Andrew was just grasping at straws. I'm so squeaky clean that he has to invent my infractions.
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Here's Deadspin's opinion (which is not altogether different from Tommy Lasorda's opinion of Kingman's performance:
http://tinyurl.com/ydpszv
{Ducks and runs}
Anyway, from the perspective of a Mariners fan:
My frigging eyes are melting.
They have been for a while now.
Wouldn't the same logic apply to Weaver, who has similar stats to Wolf over the past 3 years, except he's pitched far more innings and hasn't been hur?
Weaver is a league-average pitcher who had a bad year last year, and will probably put up an ERA in the mid 4s next year over 180+ innings. Whether that's worth $8 million or not is certainly debatable, but far more has been paid for far less, and most people seemed to think Weaver would get at least a 3 year deal. Bavasi's awful, for sure, but I'm not sure this is the evidence I'd include in the indictment.
I think lack of power is one of our strengths.
Power is the weakness:)!
Andrew: your offer of a wager on Pierre's presence opening day was so sweet and demure and shy and.....
Drew redux: If y'ain't a consistent, veritable rbi machine, striking out (Betemit) roughly one in four is plenty cause for tears.
Stubborn: the continued notion that Betemit can play second.
Cheers in the background, he steals back to self-imposed exile...
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/sports/BO41238/
There is no way to properly reference "Tumbleweeds" for that story.
(tosses grenade, retreats)
"There is no All Star data available"
There's a chance this is significant...
Come on, Zona. You're representing the conference here!
For those who weren't watching, Arizona scored 5 points in the last 10 minutes of the half. Oy.
I don't know. Doesn't seem like the Lute Olson of a few years ago.
Unless Gonzo goes to the bench (hooray!).
Just a wild ass guess but I expect losing his wife to cancer a few years ago might have something to do with the change in his demeanor.
48If you can do backflips at your size without using a trampoline I stand impressed. I'm not even a huge fan of Dunn but for Penny I'd be plenty happy. It was the trade we should have done before signing Gonzo. I'd trade Penny and Ethier if your worried about the outfield blockage and they can throw us back Denorfia and we'd have an excellent 4th outfielder who can play CF thus making Repko pointless.
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Not only is Tiger in contention, but there's a player (Jeff Quinney) from my hometown in contention. I played high school golf in the same conference as one of his older brothers.
For whatever reason, the rest of the CBS viewing world gets golf, while I get Charles Ingalls.
http://test.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_5099281
Did you play in any of the Little Mo tournaments?
vr, Xei
http://proxy.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2745139
If money were no object, I'd still probably
take Youkilis over Helton. And why would the Rockies want another 3B?
To prepare for Lowell4Penny
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I cannot recommend it enough.
(Shakes fist)
Doesn't change how hilarious it is though. Actually, anytime Conan goes out on location to do a sketch it's always hilarious. Has anyone else seen the one where he's trying to sell his 1992 Ford Taurus?
For those who haven't seen it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=df4njggXQCE
"I call this the ranch cuz it's where my 220 horses live"
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