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Of for fucks sake man......I just wasted Conine.....

seawolf17 wrote: Damion Easley hit 163 fucking home runs?!?! Holy hell. It would have been more except he was busy dispensing pearls of wisdom to his team mates.

Jeff Conine.....I was going to use him in the early to late rounds yesterday but held him out...until now....

MLB Network last night was trying to sell the idea that Bernie Williams is on the cusp of the HOF and might be the only viable candidate in 2012, Verducci pointed out that there were no starting pitchers on the list and that should help Morris.

G-Fafif wrote: Larkin had been on MLBN earlier in the day (he's a regular there) being congratulated on his relatively strong showing, which was framed as a step toward his inevitable election. They gave him plenty of love. The Bonds-Clemens discussion ensued in the context of the poor totals by Palmeiro, Gonzalez and McGwire after they had wrung all the talk they could out of Alomar's and Blyleven's election. Costas's solution -- vote for Bonds and Clemens because their "authentic" pre-steroid performances were Hall of Fame worthy in their own right -- struck me as disingenuous. Be up in arms over PEDs or don't be up in arms over PEDs. I was with Verducci's disdain for "parsing" careers. Players are dismissed for careers that peter out from extraordinary to ordinary (like Dale Murphy's). Who's to say that Bonds or Clemens wouldn't have figuratively fallen off a cliff had they not (allegedly) used? How many players have had that "future Hall of Famer" tag wear off because they faded down the stretch and didn't seem all that impressive once the five-year waiting period was up? If you're looking at most players' full careers, I think you have to look at everybody's full careers. You of course explain it better than I . There is a part of me that feels bad for Gammons in such settings, time was when he would lead the chatter but with Costas, Heyman and Verducci he seemed lost at times, added nothing to the talk. As an aside ,when did Harold Reynolds turn in to Tony Gwynn?

I'm watching a round table on MLB Network featuring Heyman, Costas, Verducci and Gammons....Heyman drawing a line and separating Bonds and Clemens careers pre and post steroids....I mean really, WTF is that?, yes OK, their numbers could be HOF before they did steroids but when was that? Verducci adamant that a line can't be drawn , Costas seemed to be leaning with Heyman.....

Joe Posnanski with a good read as usual http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/01/05/the-hall-of-fame-recap/

Eligible for 2012 first-time consideration: NOTABLE AMERICAN LEAGUERS: Tim Salmon, Scott Erickson, Brad Radke, Rick Helling Scott Erickson , a Met but not a noted one

Alomar stated again today that he wants to wear a Blue Jays cap....in fact from what I could gather on twitter he was in the Rogers Center for the announcement.

I have to wonder... will the same questions arise about Mike Piazza two years from now? Or will it all be drowned out by the talk of Sosa, Bonds, and Clemens, who will also each be in their first year of eligibility? Daily News today Voting nowadays has become "the stickiest of wickets," says Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who has a vote. "The ballot talks about character. You just don't want to think people cheated the game. I don't like the argument that everyone was doing it. I don't think that's true and I'm not sure that's a good excuse for anything." "This is going to be something we wrestle with every year," adds Haudricourt. How voters from the Baseball Writers Association of America cast their ballots this year could also provide a sneak preview of voting on the Class of 2013, which will include Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, who all have been linked to performance-enhancing drugs. The three were all bigger stars than Palmeiro and Gonzalez. Some voters believe, in the case of Clemens and Bonds, that both would've been Hall of Famers even if their careers had ended before the time they are accused of using performance-enhancers. Both Bonds and Clemens are scheduled to face perjury charges in federal court later this year, and while the general outline of the government's case against Bonds is well-defined, much less is known about what ground the FBI and prosecutors covered in a two-and-a-half-year investigation into whether Clemens lied to Congress when he denied doping. Over the next months, more of that evidence will likely become public, perhaps implicating not just Clemens but other pros. Jason Grimsley and Jose Canseco are known to have testified before the grand jury that indicted Clemens, and other witnesses may have come and gone from the jury room without being seen. Will Palmeiro and Gonzalez get the necessary 75% of votes? One voter, Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, likens Palmeiro to McGwire, who last year admitted using steroids. "If you base it on McGwire, he's got no shot," Topkin says. McGwire got 23.7% of the vote last year. Gonzalez is "different than Palmeiro, but I don't know how much," Topkin says. "There is now a sub-class of candidates, guys who are associated with it. Some vote for them, some don't." Bagwell's tally could be a window into the future, too. "Are voters apt to deny someone based on perception as opposed to any real documentation?" said one voter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "If people decide they won't vote for him because they think he used steroids, then that will affect other players going forward, like, say, Mike Piazza (who is eligible in 2013, too)." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2011/01/05/2011-01-05_hall_judgment_day.html#ixzz1ABmmxjeK Did he bring up Piazza because he was talking to a NY paper?

Why is Noble so uncomfortable voting for Alomar? , I don't get his unease, it's not like Alomar spit at him or something.

Koufax not on the top floor?....what floor then? What about Bob?....Feller that is

I like the concept a lot, and certainly it would generate lots of discussion. That's a pretty amazing top twenty. I'll be checking out that guys blog again.

Ricco modeling for the mens catalog I'm enthusiastic about this group anyway but good article.

Edgy DC wrote: Igarashi will likely be back. He's got a salary over a million and an ERA over seven. That sounds like a guy who can clear waivers. $1.75 million to be exact

Ed Price - Martyr

Great quiz, even though I sucked.....inspiration for your trivia batmag?

Another 3 points docked for excessive acting the bollox in regards to the rules for Willets...

Reyes

Pizza

Nice.....the grandson Stefan is F Bondy's kid?......and writes for the News?

What is this HOF % Leaderboard through 84 Full Ballots�

cooby wrote: What Mets player recorded the first Out at CitiField? Bonus: what was the play? You talking about the first regular season game(Padres) or the Mets V Boston game(pre-season) that was the Mets first actual game at Citi Field?

Interesting signings, Capuano is the name I know here, always seemed to frustrate Brewers fans.

Edgy DC wrote: His signing finally confirmed by the Yankees. Two years and an option for a third. Besides his rubber-armed sweeping anti-lefty goodness I'll remember the King Tut goatee he wore back in the Art Howe days and his china doll daughter. I remember the story with that picture, his little girl had open heart surgery in the same hospital that Lorcan had his a few months later. Apart from that Pedro was a link to Valentine....