CanadianChris

To Republicans, they do.

Not that I feel like taking issue with the rest of your post at the moment, but I'm curious as to why you'd say this about the Red Sox. Dan Patrick and KO were saying the same thing on the radio earlier this week. If anything, this team has been steadfast in its approach to building a ballclub no matter what hiccups happen along the way. Why would you think that they don't know what they are doing? Come on, a lot of their transactions since they won the World Series have been real head-scratchers. Like signing Edgar Renteria to a huge-money deal, when he wasn't THAT much better than the guy who just won a World Series. Or trading him to the Braves just days after you traded away the only player in the organization who could conceivably replace him (Hanley Ramirez, the '06 NL RoY), then being basically forced to sign the awful Alex Gonzalez. Or essentially doing a sign-and-trade with Bronson Arroyo (for Wily Mo Pena!?) when there were questions about the rotation to begin with. Or the whole Doug Mirabelli debacle. Just in the last two years, who have they signed or received in a trade that's had a really good year? Unless I'm missing someone, the list begins and ends with Mike Lowell. Meanwhile, they've given up the aforementioned Ramirez and Arroyo, plus Anibal Sanchez, Josh Bard, and Cla Meredith.

Because they need a DH, and Thomas hit 381/545/926 with 39 HR in a pitchers' park last season? The "not making the playoffs" statement as certainty is ridiculous, especially when free-agent signings are just starting. The Jays are not going to win the division and they won't win the WC with 38 games against the Yankees and Sawx, and the Tigers/Twins/Sox all probably being better as well. They can only spend so much money, and their team wasn't close to contending last year. Paying that much cash for a DH who will still probably miss 20+ games is not the best use of money. The Jays have a lot better shot at the division than you give them credit for. The Yankees need to get some pitching if they want to remain the class of the division, and the Red Sox -- the THIRD PLACE Red Sox, remember -- don't seem to know what they want to do from one day to the next. As for the wild card, I don't see the Tigers being better than last season, and the Twins and White Sox both have pitching issues to deal with. Assuming no major injuries (always a dangerous proposition for this club), the Jays will contend next year.

I don't think anyone would argue that a one-loss USC would deserve a shot at the national title, except maybe some diehard Florida fans. Has that ever been the point?

Fixed that too.

Because they need a DH, and Thomas hit 381/545/926 with 39 HR in a pitchers' park last season? The "not making the playoffs" statement as certainty is ridiculous, especially when free-agent signings are just starting.

If he stays healthy, that's a decent signing. I just don't know what the odds are of that actually happening. If they can get Barajas, with Phillips to back him up, they'll save enough money so that the Thomas signing essentially pays for itself, and they can still make a run at a shortstop and/or a starter, either through a trade or free agency.

ESPN is now reporting that Schembechler died.

Truth. That's why VHS won the war with Betamax.

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I was in my third year of university at the time. I watched the verdict at home. Talking with friends later that day, it was funny how everyone know he was guilty, but would get off anyway.

If paved, then a hybrid is definitely the way to go. You can get a serviceable one for $250 or so, and a really nice one if you're willing to spend $500-$750.

I wonder which bid will actually end up being the winning bid on that first auction.

Too expensive for what he brings to the table. Especially if they're intent on signing Frank Thomas for ten million bucks. I can only hope that that deal won't kill their chances of signing Julio Lugo.

Wow, I can't remember the last time I got a Thursday game right.

Off-road or paved?

That'll depend on how the game goes. Assuming it lives up to the hype, it would almost certainly be one of the top 10 biggest non-bowl games ever. People want to see great teams play each other, regardless of where they happen to be located. Oklahoma/Nebraska in 1971, which would seem to be just a Big 8 rivalry on the surface, was called the Game of the Century, because it pitted #1 vs. #2 in the last game of the season, which also happened to be incredible. I have very little interest in the Big 10, and I guarantee I'll be watching.

Two dimes for a twenty. That's it.

Well, Ive at least heard of him. I doubt that makes him worth so much. also heard something about Benson/Gibbons for Vernon Wells..hmm Fuck no. It would only be appropriate that Jay Gibbons go back to Toronto though. The hitch on the deal is Wells is a FA after next season and I doubt they'll be able to resign him. I really dont care about Gibbons, he can go..but Benson..they really should try and keep him despite his wishes not to want to stay.. Ugh. That would be the epitome of a "two dimes for a quarter" trade. I don't even think those two are worth two dimes. I'd jump on the Ricciardi Must Go bandwagon if he makes that deal.

Well that's how they vote, how do you think Bartalo Colon and Chris Carpenter won Cy Young Awards last year? Exactly. It's also how Clemens won his seventh two years ago (in addition to how he was jobbed out of his eighth by Carpenter last year).

So you did. Fixed.

I haven't seen a list in ages, so I updated the standings. Let me know if I missed anything. Updated Standings - November 16, 2006 220 - Princess Leena 140 - CanadianChris 120 - Ortonsault 100 - FFMS 80 - Carnival 60 - MarvinisaLunatic, Ced, Will Scarlet 40 - NYU, Frank Nabbit 20 - Evolution, Spaceman Spiff, Milky, Hawk 34

80 more for Milton Friedman.

You're KIDDING.

About time they stepped up and won a third period. And against a good team, no less. This game only reinforces my belief that Emery should be the full-time #1.