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LIPH wrote:

CaptainP wrote:

parrothead338 wrote: By the way, for any Cubs fans... how is this Van Buren guy the Sox traded for?? He was the Cubs triple A player of the year so I am guessing he has some major potential.

He's your future closer.....averaged close to 11 K/9 at AAA. I have no clue why the Cubs would trade him for nothing.

I thought that guy from St. John's (Hansen, I think) who they just drafted in the first round this year was Boston's future closer.

Maybe they both are. Most closers only last an average of 2 years in the role anyway.

CaptainP wrote:

parrothead338 wrote: By the way, for any Cubs fans... how is this Van Buren guy the Sox traded for?? He was the Cubs triple A player of the year so I am guessing he has some major potential.

He's your future closer.....averaged close to 11 K/9 at AAA. I have no clue why the Cubs would trade him for nothing.

Ahem... there's your answer.

iuparrothead wrote:

CaptainP wrote:

parrothead338 wrote: By the way, for any Cubs fans... how is this Van Buren guy the Sox traded for?? He was the Cubs triple A player of the year so I am guessing he has some major potential.

He's your future closer.....averaged close to 11 K/9 at AAA. I have no clue why the Cubs would trade him for nothing.

Ahem... there's your answer.

How silly of me!

I heard the Phillies are going to stink next year...

So you're saying nothing will change.

LIPH wrote:So you're saying nothing will change.

egg-zactly! actually, with the Mets getting wagner, we may actually do worse.

Is it a surprise that Gordon has left the Yankees. I can't remember what team he signed with.

aeroparrot wrote:Is it a surprise that Gordon has left the Yankees. I can't remember what team he signed with.

Phillies

I also heard the Yankees in their epic (as in long) quest for a CF, and the Marlins in their firesale, are trying to work a deal in which Juan Pierre goes to the Yankees and the Marlins want RP Scott Procter and SP Sean Henn goes to the Marlins. No Robbie Cano, no Chien-Ming Wang.

jonesbeach10 wrote:

aeroparrot wrote:Is it a surprise that Gordon has left the Yankees. I can't remember what team he signed with.

Phillies

I also heard the Yankees in their epic (as in long) quest for a CF, and the Marlins in their firesale, are trying to work a deal in which Juan Pierre goes to the Yankees and the Marlins want RP Scott Procter and SP Sean Henn goes to the Marlins. No Robbie Cano, no Chien-Ming Wang.

Heard that.......also Louis Castillo got traded to the Twins for 2 minor leaguers...........also Trot Nixon and Matt Clement to The Phillies for Bobby Abreu ( todays rumor).......also Nomar to Pttsburg to play 3rd base...WHY????..

Stove is starting to sizzle in San Diego!

Just got back in, and the sports talk radio channels are buzzing about Padres rumors --

1) P David Wells comes to SD in trade w/Red Sox for 2-time Padres MVP 2B Mark Loretta
Trade said to be consummated by next week's Winter meetings

2) SS Nomar Garciaparra to sign 1-year, incentive-laden deal and play 2B!!!

3) Mets and Red Sox both want Akinori Ohtsuka (I'd trade him). Kris Benson possibly coming to SD??

I'm happy to have Giles back in the fold, but these potential moves have my head spinning!

Lightning Bolt wrote:Stove is starting to sizzle in San Diego!

Just got back in, and the sports talk radio channels are buzzing about Padres rumors --

1) P David Wells comes to SD in trade w/Red Sox for 2-time Padres MVP 2B Mark Loretta
Trade said to be consummated by next week's Winter meetings

2) SS Nomar Garciaparra to sign 1-year, incentive-laden deal and play 2B!!!

3) Mets and Red Sox both want Akinora Ohtsuka (I'd trade him). Kris Benson possibly coming to SD??

I'm happy to have Giles back in the fold, but these potential moves have my head spinning!

Lightning Bolt wrote:Stove is starting to sizzle in San Diego!

Just got back in, and the sports talk radio channels are buzzing about Padres rumors --

1) P David Wells comes to SD in trade w/Red Sox for 2-time Padres MVP 2B Mark Loretta
Trade said to be consummated by next week's Winter meetings

2) SS Nomar Garciaparra to sign 1-year, incentive-laden deal and play 2B!!!

3) Mets and Red Sox both want Akinori Ohtsuka (I'd trade him). Kris Benson possibly coming to SD??

I'm happy to have Giles back in the fold, but these potential moves have my head spinning!

I attended a Q & A last night for season ticket holders at Petco Park with Padres GM Kevin Towers and President Sandy Alderson.

* The Wells deal was mentioned, possibly to include Sean Burroughs with as many as 6 people.

* A very strong hint of a catcher free agent signing (methings Benji Molina)

* Also a mention of another SP in a deal....no names. Aki for Benson would fit the bill.

* Both said that #1 top priority now is Trevor Hoffman.

It was a very interesting night. Free consession food, media guides, nice access to players/management and a fireworks show.

And all those years I thought that the Red Sox were "Cursed".
Turns out they just have their priorities wrong.

The Boston Red Sox have filed a lawsuit against former first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who currently has the baseball from the last out of their World Series win in 2004. The Red Sox claim that the ball is theirs.

So...the Red Sox biggest priority this off-season is to get a souvenir????
SHOULDN'T THEY BE, maybe, I don't know, HIRING A GENERAL MANAGER????



At least we've figured out who is running the team:


Have you seen my baseball?

Uh-oh, Cubs fans....

Dodgers have offered a big contract to Rafael Furcal, and he's leaning.

Lightning Bolt wrote:Stove is starting to sizzle in San Diego!

Just got back in, and the sports talk radio channels are buzzing about Padres rumors --

1) P David Wells comes to SD in trade w/Red Sox for 2-time Padres MVP 2B Mark Loretta
Trade said to be consummated by next week's Winter meetings

2) SS Nomar Garciaparra to sign 1-year, incentive-laden deal and play 2B!!!

3) Mets and Red Sox both want Akinori Ohtsuka (I'd trade him). Kris Benson possibly coming to SD??

I'm happy to have Giles back in the fold, but these potential moves have my head spinning!

I saw on the Sox site that Maribelli is part of the Wells trade.........why do the Mets want to trade Benson........when they have Zambrano that sucks!!

Chipper resigns with Braves. No shocker there...

Angels re-sign Tim Salmon.

I don't know....I think he's done. 38 years old, and hasn't played in over a year.

ESPN.com just posted this article....

Must be nice to have money to throw away....




Report: Yankees lost $50 to $85 million for 2005 season
ESPN.com news services

The New York Yankees lost between $50 million and $85 million for the 2005 season, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.

Despite drawing more than four million fans, a payroll of $200 million plus an additional $110 million in revenue sharing and luxury taxes has left the Yankees in the red, according to the paper.

"Yes, even George has his limits," one source told the Daily News.

The paper also reports that the Yankees might have to open up their checkbooks even further if a consultant hired by MLB decides the team undervalued their television rights.

The Yankees currently charge the YES Network about $60 million a year to broadcast games, but if it's found to be undervalued, the Yankees will have to make up the difference put more money into the revenue-sharing fund, the paper reported.

"They're going to owe us money," one MLB source predicted to the paper.

The final numbers won't be crunched for a few months, but it's believed the final number will be roughly $80 million when all is tallied. According to Forbes magazine, the Yankees lost $37.1 million in 2004.

Like a bad rash, that just won't go completely away......


Sosa promises a `surprise' signing

CBSSportsLine.com
Published December 5, 2005


Sammy Sosa says he's talking with several teams interested in signing him. Sosa declined to identify the teams but said he would make an announcement after the winter meetings. "We're negotiating with several teams," Sosa said in comments published Sunday in the newspaper HOY in his native Dominican Republic. "We're going to make it a surprise." Some have speculated that Sosa could join the Mets, whose general manager, Omar Minaya, signed Sosa to his first contract in the 1980s when Minaya was a scout for the Rangers. "Sammy only needs an opportunity to play and show that he's recovered" from injuries that hindered him last season, Minaya was quoted as saying in El Nacional, another Dominican daily. "I'm at peace because I trust in what I've done in the past," HOY quoted Sosa as saying. "I'm Sammy Sosa, and everyone remembers it."

Which part would that be, remember the 'roids, the cork, the quitting on your team.......a$$bag

CaptainP wrote:And all those years I thought that the Red Sox were "Cursed".
Turns out they just have their priorities wrong.

The Boston Red Sox have filed a lawsuit against former first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who currently has the baseball from the last out of their World Series win in 2004. The Red Sox claim that the ball is theirs.

So...the Red Sox biggest priority this off-season is to get a souvenir????
SHOULDN'T THEY BE, maybe, I don't know, HIRING A GENERAL MANAGER????
At least we've figured out who is running the team:

Once again you have the facts wrong. The Red Sox have possesion of the baseball not Mientkiewicz. Doug Mientkiewicz wants the ball back and the Red Sox have offered to buy it from him but they have not been able to agree on a deal. The Red Sox filed suit asking the court to take possession of the ball until the case is resolved.

So far the GM-less Red Sox have done pretty well so your attempt at making a joke has fallen flat!