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    I thought that was how we normally handled it anyway. Draft moves on and he can re-pick whenever he shows back up. Not that it matters too much, we are only two picks away from another 18 hour delay/joke pick, so he won't lose out much if VX and Steak go. He'll have plenty of time to re-pick after that.

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    I don't think that is entirely fair. They got TO when he was on the market and attempted to get Randy Moss last year by all accounts. I just don't think that many top flight WRs typically come on the market and they won't overspend on a lower tier guy just for the sake of doing so (the Bernard Berrian, Antwaan Randle El types). The biggest problem they have is that they have just sucked at developing a top flight receiver, hopefully Jackson reverses that trend.

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    Can I suggest that we hold off on drafting any player that does not have 2008 stats until the start of the next odd numbered round following the player pool going up? It seems kind of shitty for the people at the top of the draft that they could miss out on somebody (let's be honest here, the Wieters sweepstakes) just because Yahoo happens to put their player pool up when somebody in the middle or the end of a round is up.

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    It really doesn't sound too good. They had a doctor come on DNL last night when it first broke and his analysis basically came across as "Well....um...it hasn't spread to his brain so he at least has that." Let's just say I am glad nobody signed Sean McDermott away from the staff.

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    Phillies:

     

    Possible:

    Jimmy Rollins - Has a shot at 3000 hits if he sustains his hits/yr average from the past 5 years over the next 8 years (going into his age 30 season so it is not unreasonable), which would make him a lock. Gold glove caliber defense plus an MVP award.

     

    Chase Utley - Has a Jeff Kent career path to this point and provided his hip doesn't become a bigger problem, I don't see why he wouldn't end up with similar career numbers. Plus he plays better defense and isn't regarded as one of the biggest dickheads in sports (not that that should matter).

     

    Ryan Howard - I honestly don't see it. I don't think he will age well and will become more Mo Vaughn then Babe Ruth, but with 153 HRs, 431 RBIs, and 3 top 5 MVP finishes in his first 3 full seasons he at least gets in the conversation. In this era, probably has to get to 500 HRs, unless he racks up a couple more MVPs or rings.

     

    Doubtful:

    Cole Hamels - If he stays healthy sure, he has been declared a "big-game pitcher" which is half the battle with writers. But even hoping on putting a pitcher in the conversation before at least 1200-1400 innings is nuts due to the injury factor.

     

    Eagles:

     

    In:

    Brian Dawkins - Probably not a first ballot, but one of the best 2 or 3 safeties in the league before the Reed/Polamalu era, and has remained a very good player with flaws since.

     

    Possible:

    Asante Samuel - He gets the picks driving up the easy to look at numbers. The number of picks he has in postseason play, however, is what I think is really going to drive his train.

     

    I really don't know:

    Donovan McNabb - A Super Bowl ring makes this an easy yes, but outside of that I can see both sides which in my mind means a no.

     

    Doubtful:

    Brian Westbrook - He just isn't going to survive enough touches to get the numbers he needs.

    Tra Thomas/Jon Runyan - If they didn't play their whole careers together one might be able to make a borderline case, but being together they overshadowed the individual. There is no Tra Thomas or Jon Runyan, they have always been Thomas and Runyan.

     

    Flyers:

    Doubtful:

    Mike Richards - If they win a couple cups under his watch he will get a ton of the credit (more than he deserves probably) which will pump up his stock but otherwise he won't put up enough numbers.

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    By the sounds of it, it is Howard's dad steering the ship here. That is why I am resigned to the fact he is never signing a long term deal with the Phils.

     

    Would you consider trading Ryan Howard now where a team would at least control his rights for a couple more years (for the right return obviously) and sign Adam Dunn at probably 2/3rds of Howard's submitted figure to replace him (a figure that will only go up in the next two years)? Dunn is only 10 days older, Howard is a terrible fielder so no real downgrade there, and Dunn has a comparable bat.

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    Amazon wish list, pictures of the DVDs has made life much easier.

     

    My parents usually end up spend around $500 each on my sister and I. Probably more than they should, but my mom is a Christmas junkie, plus we had some less than bountiful Christmases for a 5 year stretch as kids. So I think she just likes to be able to buy gifts, she is the type that when her friend at work had kids she put them on the list to buy for like grandchildren.

     

    Beyond that, a few gift cards can add up in a hurry ($50 gift card from work, same from 2 different aunts, same from my sister, and one from myself that I bought as a just in case gift for my godfather who I ended up not exchanging with).

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    Well, we do have to gorge ourselves with enough stuff to cover us for the next 25 years when we get a title. The WS DVD is awesome, I have watched the first five minutes where the players read Jim Salisbury's day after column about 20 times. I gorged myself the day after, so the only Phils stuff I got was a mug, keychain, the SI commemorative issue, and a Cole Hamels bobblehead with WS trophy (it looks like Cole if he was a 40 year old pedophile).

     

    I basically just got a shitload of DVDs (all I really wanted):

    Bones S3

    House S4

    Big Bang Theory S1

    Life S1

    Always Sunny S3

    Robot Chicken S1-3

    Wall-E

    Iron Man

    Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    Dark Knight

    Office S4

    Terminator: TSCC S1

    MST3K 20th

     

    Then used gift cards to get

    The Wire: Complete Series

    Spaced: Complete Series

    Shield S1-4

    Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

    Daria: Is it fall yet? (Had $10 to blow and I always kept forgetting to pick it up)

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    * Aquilino Lopez

    * Joey Gathright, John Bale

    * Jamie Burke

    * Joe Nelson

    * Aaron Miles, Randy Flores, Tyler Johnson

    * Norris Hopper, Gary Majewski, Matt Belisle

    * Doug Mathis

    * Daniel Cabrera, Lance Cormier

    * Denny Bautista

    * Ty Wigginton, Reggie Abercrombie

    * Jonny Gomes

    * Willy Taveras

    * Takashi Saito, Scott Proctor, Yhency Brazoban, Angel Berroa

    * Clay Hensley and Charlie Haeger

    * Chris Britton and Justin Christian

    * Tim Redding

    * Chris Capuano

    * Kevin Cash

    * Chuck James

    * Chris Burke, Robby Hammock, Wil Ledezma, Jeff Salazar

     

    Non-tender list from MLBtraderumors.

     

    If the Phillies were interested in Mark DeRosa, then they need to get Wigginton signed, since he is just DeRosa without the need to give up a prospect.

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