EVIL~! alkeiper

That's really grasping at straws regarding Kata. If Alou maintains his production, that's a bargain. And a one-year contract compared to the multi-year deals required for free agents. I would've been surprised if the Mets hadn't picked up the option.

+1 Czech. The bullshit reached a peak with the Marlins/Red Sox/Expos fiasco.

You make it sound so inconsequential. The guy screwed over several organizations by gouging them for big contracts and then never playing to his full potential. Why should observers of the game see him as a sympathetic figure? Would you defend J.D. Drew were he not a Red Sock? I agree actually, maybe it's my Philly fandom talking. You can go for the big money in your career, there is nothing wrong with that. But when that's the sole determinant of your career path, consequences will follow.

Another note here, what specifically has Rodriguez done to be a clubhouse cancer? He makes a lot of money? He wasn't even the highest paid player on his team (Jason Giambi was). He only made a million more than Derek Jeter, who performed terribly in the postseason. Rodriguez doesn't get into fistfights with teammates, doesn't break team rules, doesn't mouth off to the media. The only evidence there is that he's highly paid, and the conception that superstar = problem. Todd Helton was the NL's highest paid player, so money doesn't necessarily indicate a problem.

For Jair Jurrgens and Gorkys Hernandez. Jurrgens has okayish stuff and could slip in easily as a #4 starter in Atlanta. He doesn't have a ton of upside, but he's got enough to contribute. Hernandez is young and all tools. Projects as a speedy CFer, but he's a few years away at best. Decent deal for both sides, but it crushes Buster Olney's "report" from earlier that the Tigers were going to make a blow away offer to A-Rod to be their new SS. Good deal for both sides. Atlanta had an extra shortstop in Yunel Escobar, while the Tigers have pitching depth, Curtis Granderson and Cameron Maybin behind him.

Announcing the decision right before Game 4 was a calculated move. What purpose it serves I couldn't say, I'm not a P.R. expert. But it's designed from that angle and not just a random shot by a classless individual. For the Yankees, it amuses me when you try and win a championship with hired mercenaries and then bitch when one of those mercenaries leaves for more money.

Hank Steinbrenner put out another statement. He really needs to learn to shut the hell up. The Yankees are really close to becoming the loudmouth, embarrassing franchise they were in the 1980s.

It was best postseasons, not just single series. If I rated best world series or best single series, yeah it's on there. 2001 though didn't carry anything beyond that series except for the Jeter flip. And if you think I'm rating that as an improvement you're out of your mind. Best World Series was 1975, bar none.

Oh yeah, put me down for the Giants.

Given the pitching available, you don't want to spend your money there. If I were the Yankees, I'd get ahold of one of the good defensive center fielders on the market (Andruw Jones, Aaron Rowand or Torii Hunter).

The Texas Rangers must be dancing with joy right now. This adds what, another $7 million a season to their payroll?

You're insane. The Brock Lesnar match was twice the match the HHH match was. All I could think was, "jesus christ, shouldn't they have been counted out by now?"

Yes, it had a couple of scenes such as the character becoming a pro wrestler. Fairly good movie IMO.

Chat at the usual spot, tsmbaseball.

If you're married or have a girlfriend, it's instinct.

This movie just looks awful in every aspect, from technical on down.

If they've shown Jeff Jarrett, Wendi Richter and David Schulz, I don't think they'll sweat Booker.

Are you serious? The 15-14 game from 1993 didn't go four hours and nineteen minutes. The 30-3 Texas/Baltimore blowout I attended didn't even cross three and a half. I've been to a nine inning game WITH A TWO HOUR RAIN DELAY that didn't take that long to finish.

I didn't stay up for last night's game. Now I see it went four hours and nineteen minutes? Jesus fucking christ. How the hell are you supposed to stay up until 1am to watch baseball?

Can we stop with this "you know who" crap?

Best postseasons since the advent of divisional play. I'm not going to try and rank these, at least not yet. Presented in chronological order. 1. 1972 The NLCS saw the Reds score two runs in the bottom of the ninth of the deciding game to defeat the Pirates. In the ALCS, twice a team took a lead in the top of an extra inning only to lose the lead and the game in the bottom frame. The World Series went seven games with SIX of those decided by one run. 2. 1977 The Royals get three outs away from their first World Series but fall short to the Yankees. The Phillies lose a game three in heartbreaking fashion to the LA Dodgers. And of course, Reggie Jackson's game six dramatics in the World Series. 3. 1980 The Phillies defeat the Houston Astros in perhaps the finest bell-to-bell series in baseball history. Four of five games go extra innings. In the ALCS, the Royals finally beat the Yankees, sweeping them thanks to George Brett's upper deck home run off Goose Gossage. The World Series sees three come from behind victories and a Kansas City walkoff in game three. This World Series saw the highest ratings of any series in history. 4. 1986 Game six of the NLCS goes 16 innings. The Angels come a strike away from the World Series until losing three straight games. Game six of the World Series. 5. 2003 The divisional series gave us some great baseball, particularly Red Sox/A's and Marlins/Giants. The NLCS made Steve Bartman a goat, the ALCS got Grady Little fired. The World Series gave us the birth of the legend of Josh Beckett. Honorable Mentions: 1975 (Classic World Series but LCS's were duds), 1991, 1996, 1999, 2004.

Thats really has been the problem with baseball this season. Red Sox (and the Indians) had the best record with a nearly .600 record, but they NEARLY did, and no team was worse than .407 (okay that is bad, but not horrendously bad) so you had pretty much an entire league of dreck. Especially the NL where the Rockies actually needed Game 163 just to join Arizona as the only teams to win 90 all year (and both right on the nose). All attendance records aside, and probably in large part to all the controversies, this just was not a good year for baseball. A lack of standout teams isn't a sign of overall mediocrity. It just indicates the talent is spread out. Look at the 1916 American League. Were there 5-6 good teams that year? No, it's just that the Philadelphia A's really stunk. This was a good year for baseball, a bad one for playoff baseball.

Don't you know we can't start a game until the west coast gets home? They work seven days a week you know. Besides, it doesn't matter, because everyone knows no one goes to bed on the east coast until 2:00 anyway. Sleep is so overrated. I only need 4-5 hours at most to function properly at work. And if I do it several days in a row, that's just dandy!

Don't you know we can't start a game until the west coast gets home? They work seven days a week you know.

C'mon now. You should have known when you started that thread that there would be a lot of crap to wade through.