Love the name!

Cabrera traded to the Sox for Garland. Interesting weekend on from the stove. That puts an end to the Pierre trade talk, unless, he gets traded for Contreras.

I had something else I just thought of, but I forgot.

That is quite the pitching staff. That also creates a placeholder in case Adenhart is traded. Very interesting move. Not sure who got the better of the move, but interesting nonetheless.

I'm getting a real kick out of Torii Hunter this week. Two weeks ago, he talked up the White Sox, a week ago, he talked up Texas, and apparently, two threads ago, there was a report he talked up the Dodgers.

Torii is a terrific spokesperson for himself.

Ken Rosenthal: The Dodgers are desperate for offense. They want to upgrade in center field. They need a veteran leader to mend their clubhouse.

A veteran... to mend the clubhouse? It was a veteran who ripped it up in 2007.

Tiny url is down, so here's the link to the above

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7445434

I really don't see how either side gets any benifit from it.

Rafael Furcal
Juan Pierre
Cabrera
Kent
Hunter
James Loney
Russell Martin
Andre Ethier

I tried to imagine that and it made me angry.

By Cabrera, may I assume you mean Piggy Cabrera? It sounds like a win-win if the Angels go for it.

USC -3 1/2 at Arizona State
Oregon -2 1/2 at UCLA

I just remembered that Oregon's QB is out, so that is why the spread is so small.

Maicer and Cesar have different moms.

Wow. If that line weren't just FEPO, I'd bet the house on the home team.

Orlando Cabrera is 33 yrs old and has a career OBP-.321, SLG-.403.

Not sure if this was covered last week--but what on earth was Brian Sabean thinking when he re-signed Omar Vizquel?

The guy cant hit, is older than dust, and you're going to give him 5 mils bucks a year?

How do Giants fans maintain hope?

He could have been one heck of a college basketball player. Maybe not good enough for UCLA, but definitely a D-1 PAC 10 starter.

And for our friends across the pond:
Hawai'i -4 vs Boise State

{Grumble}

It's probably Garland's GB/FB ratio that allows him to be successful, similar to Derek Lowe. He's probably just a little careless with givin up the solo homers early in ball games when he's trying to just get ahead in the count.

LSU -13 over Arkansas.

How does a person with Tyson's record, only get 1 day in jail for felony cocaine possession?

So who knows what he is going to do for the Dodgers, but I do know that the 4th best starter for the Dodgers last year in terms of ERA was Randy Wolf with 18 starts, 102 innings pitched and a 4.72 ERA. After that the next best starters are David Wells (5.12 ERA, 38.2 IP), Brett Tomko (5.56 ERA, 79.1 IP) and Eric Stults (5.68 ERA, 25.1 IP). Our top 3 pitchers were all very good, but the back of the rotation was absolutely putrid, so Loaiza doesn't have to set the world on fire, just pitch 150+ innings of sub 5 ERA ball and keep his seat warm for McDonald and Kershaw. Considering that his last full year in the NL (in a ridiculous pitcher's park, but still) his FIP was 3.50, I think he is a good bet.

Which is for entertainment purposes only.

If Schmidt comes back and pitches in the 4.0 ERA range, that would be like Pierre with an OBP of .360. Not completely unheard of but a surprise nonetheless.

That would put Loaiza in the 5-hole where a 4.8-5.0 ERA is acceptable. If Loaiza has to pitch in the 4-hole, I think that is an issue for the Dodgers.

1. He's not very good
2. He'll be 37 years old when the season starts

Now if only someone else will sign Aaron Rowand, and then Pierre is traded to the White Sox for a pair of sox, and then the Dodgers sign Andruw or Torii or do nothing, and I'll be relieved.

Hooray for the Red Sox!

So once again, NedCo is thwarted by the other teams. Part of the fun in all this is the degree to which Ned has become oh so predictable.

Just picture the score starting out as

Hawaii -4
Boise 0

This is the same team that committed:

1. 3 years to Mueller
2. 2 years to LuGo (which he declined)
3. 5 years to Pierre

It is kind of like Gonzo turning down 2 years. We keep getting lucky in spite of Ned.

Honestly, I just don't get it... Ned wants to "win now" but for 3-4 years?

http://lists.econsultant.com/top-10-url-redirection-services.html

I think folks are so ready to dump on Ned that every rumor gets scrutinized and disected.

A lot of face saving is going on right now, and Don Fehr is probably real suspicious about that GM discussion where everyone talked about what they are looking for their ball clubs.

http://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/866211.html

A. Only one year
B. Potential to be very good if healthy.

C Mathis/Napoli
1B Kotchman
2B Kendrick
SS E. Aybar
3B Figgins/Wood
LF Willits
CF Matthews
RF Guerrero
DH Anderson

vr, Xei

The Angels are definitely not done. That was just the first domino.

The struggle to replace Glaus with McPherson may be weighing on their minds as they look at Wood. I wouldn't be surprised if they traded for Cabrera, sending a good package of prospects + Santana. I just hope they don't trade Kendrick.

I'd have liked that deal, just bc Furcal is way way overpaid.

The "Ned is so stupid he would probably give Aaron Rowand a 10-year contract" type of comment is the one blemish on this otherwise wonderful oasis of baseball conversation. For me anyway. I disagree with a lot of what Ned has done, but you can't extrapolate from his mistakes that he will make blatantly illogical decisions any more than you can claim all his good moves make him a genius.

I want to trust Ned and have him do a good job, but my expectations are irrationally low and this is where I vent.

I take 13.7% responsibility for the Sky is Falling Attitude.

Kevin Malone is so stupid, he would _______.

Wait... what?