TransMonk

New Edition = 80's boy band. Think Boys II Men only earlier. Bobby Brown was in it.

Original members of New Edition.

From what I remember, the rule is vague and could probably be skirted around depending on the situation. I've read this before, but don't remember exactly where they talk about the dos and donts of compensation (and don't have time to read it again right now). http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/pdf/cba_english.pdf

Yup..too easy. I had originally thought about compling Menudo members since we have a Xavier...but thought better of it.

All Super Bowl MVPs: XII - Randy White VII - Jake Scott XXXII - Terrell Davis XXV - Ottis Anderson XXXVII - Dexter Jackson XII - Harvey Martin XXIX - Steve Young XXII - Doug Williams

Fright Gooden

I think I would top out at 210,000,000 over 7 years. (I can't believe I just said that.) The dude's numbers are too good not to at least consider. He should break Bonds' record within 7 years, so I don't find much use for him after that.

Girardi reportedly getting the Yankees job. Mattingly not on board. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3085167

Robert Kip Wells is a 30-year-old right handed pitcher who is a free agent after spending 2007 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Over his career he is 64-91 with a 4.63 ERA in 203 starts. He is 6�3� and 205 pounds. He supposedly has five pitches with the best being a mediocre fastball. He currently lives in Houston with his wife Emily who is his best friend�s younger sister. They have a daughter Georgia who is 5 months old. Wells was born on April 21, 1977 in Houston, TX. He is 3-0 with a 2.95 ERA in 3 career ML outings when pitching on his birthday. He attended Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas where he was an Academic Excellence Award winner and an All-State senior going 7-1 with a 2.35 ERA in 1995. Wells led his team to the 5-A Texas state championship that same year. His team finished 32-2 and was ranked #2 in Baseball America�s national high school poll. After being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in June of 1995, he opted to go to Baylor University where he posted a career record of 21-14 for the Bears with a 5.17 ERA and 288 strikeouts in 3 collegiate seasons. His best year was his junior campaign where he went 13-4 with a 3.71 ERA and 4 complete games and 135 Ks. He was named First-Team All Big 12 and Second-Team All American that year and established a school record with his 13th win and Baylor's only victory in the Big 12 Tournament. Baseball America named him the #1 pro prospect in the Big 12 and put him #2 on the list of the "Top 100 Names You Need to Know For 2000". Wells was the 16th overall pick of the 1998 amateur draft. Chosen by the Chicago White Sox, Kip did not agree to contract terms until December 12th. He made his ML debut on August 2nd, 1999 and earned his first win at the hands of the Detroit Tigers. He began 2000 as the #2 starter for Chicago but bounced up and down between the big club and AAA Charlotte. He was not included on the White Sox 2000 post season roster. In 2001, the White Sox gave Wells playing time, but mostly from the bullpen. He led the AL in wild pitches and gave up 14 HRs in his limited role as a starter. In 2002, Wells was traded to Pittsburgh where he led the team in strikeouts, innings pitched and losses, while sharing the lead in wins and starts. On August 9th, he surrendered career HR #600 to Barry Bonds. 2003 was arguably his best year when he went 10-9 with a 3.28 ERA and led all National League pitchers with a 2.12 ERA while pitching at home and had the fifth-best ERA (2.41) in day games. 2004 was less consistent and Wells was plagued by minor injuries. He underwent minor surgery on 10/05/04 to eliminate sensation of numbness he experienced in the middle finger of his pitching hand throughout season. At the end of the 2005 season, Wells had a 55-69 record and a 4.36 E.R.A. after 188 games over the course of seven seasons. Wells led the league in losses in 2005, going 8-18 on a Pirates team that went 72-90. He received the lowest amount of run support among all major league pitchers (3.07 per game average). Kip spent much of the 2006 season on the DL after doctors repaired an artery in his right arm and then an auxiliary artery was blocked and required a vein transfer from his leg. He was traded from Pittsburgh to Texas at the trading deadline and finished 2006 just 2-5 with a 6.50 ERA in 44.3 innings. In 2007, Wells had another disappointing year, again leading the league in losses while going 7-17 for the Cardinals with a 5.70 ERA. His pluses are behind him. It is conceivable to think that were he on a better team in his younger years it may have benefited his career more. His minuses are that he is an aging pitcher who has never really had any ML success and seems to be getting worse over the past 3 years. The Mets could possibly offer him a minor league deal and he may not even be worth that. If the Mets were going into 2008 with Wells on the starting staff it will mean that Omar has had a disastrous off-season and the team is in deep trouble.

Don Sutton, Reggie Jackson, Wade Boggs

="seawolf17"]...outing Derek and Alex... ="Edgy DC"]ESPN The Magazine is working on a great story about the great story that's coming along those lines. Now that would be salacious.

Beat again. At least we agree.

Looking through the game logs for Lastings Milledge he had some very good days during some of the memorable pitching performances this season. He hit 2 HRs in the above mentioned best day for Maine. He went 3 for 4 with a SB during Glavine's 300th victory. However, on July 24th with Pittsburgh in town, Milledge went 3 for 3 with a HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs and a HBP. His effort helped seal a 8-4 Mets win. Lastings had an RBI single in the fourth and then scored on a John Maine HR. He was plunked by Ian Snell in his next at-bat (which may or may not have been retaliation for some celebrating after Maine's HR). Milledge then hit a 2-run homer of his own in the 8th. Ugh...Mota's next.

Trey Hillman's Fighters just knocked Bobby V's Marines out of the Japanese playoffs. His team won the Japanese championship series in 2006 with Tsuyoshi "Mr. Sparkle" Shinjo on the roster. Hillman had announced in September that he was leaving Nippon at the end of the season in order to spend more time with his family. Hopefully he brings his family to KC.

Rickey Ledee had his best day in 2007 on June 18th at Shea vs. the Twins. He went 2 for 3 with a walk, a HR and 2 RBI. His single to right field in the fourth inning drove in Shawn Green who would be the winning run as the Mets went on to victory by a score of 8-1. Ledee's solo shot in the 8th sparked a four run inning for the home team. The Mets had lost 7 out of 8 coming into the game. In other notes from that day: Luis Castillo, then playing for the Twins, went 0 for 4 ending a 32 game hitting streak at Shea Stadium. Paulie is up.

CF for the Falcons of Lackawanna College Tom Carlucci: http://www.lackawanna.edu/athletics/baseballroster.html

I'm not sure I'd use the word "salacious" to describe a list of men accused of using steroids that may be revealed to the public. I've always understood that word to have some underlying sexual tone...as in lewd, obscene, lustful, wanton, pornographic, etc. It's awesome that ESPN tells us in their headline that the story behind this big story is going to be the upcoming big story.

Sunday, July 22nd @ LA: With the Mets trailing 3-4 in the top of the ninth, Delgado singled and Anderson Hernandez came in to pinch run. He advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch and took 3rd on a LoDuca groundout. Hernandez scored the tying run on on error by Matt Kemp in right field on a Green popup. The Mets went on to win it in the tenth taking 3 out of 4 from the Dodgers in LA. edit - sharpie's quicker on the draw

Stoneman to act as a consultant for Angels after stepping down as GM: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3066198

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May 26th, 2007 - Mets at Marlins Carlos Delgado homered twice and drove in five to power the Mets past the Marlins 7-2. This was the 41st multi-homer game of Delgado's career, tying him for sixth most by an active hitter. Delgado's bombs went a combined 878 feet. Delgado's five RBIs matched his total from his previous 10 games combined. "You find that groove, that power swing, it's been that way my whole career. I've been feeling better at the plate. Once you start hitting better, you can find that groove." -- Delgado 05/26/07 DiFilice is on the clock.

Vic Sage wrote: Gomez, Humber + Guerra = Barfield, Shoppach + Betancourt I would support that deal.

I suppose if Schuerholz were to leave Atlanta it would make it even easier for Glavine to return to the Braves if he wanted to. No more dancing around that alledged rift between the two.

If nothing else that article reiterates how remarkably consistent Wright's offense has been during his career to this point. I love the fact that it's not a stretch to expect Wright to put up similar numbers year after year.