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Dumb by the Cardinals to let this stuff happen and I can imagine the pain this caused the girl, 16 can be a tough age.

I thought about the Clemens home run and in my minds eye Estes is hitting from the right side, he yanked it down the third base side IIRC.

Nice to see.

Happy Birthday on your alleged birthday.

] "I've always felt that it's easier to get a free agent done than a trade done," Minaya.

Get Sanchez healthy for that role.

Minaya of course knows all about Cordero, too high a price for him I think.

Long time minor league player that knew Manuel form when he was with that organization and Charlie remembered him when the Phillies needed a catcher. Movie people are wanting to tell his story of struggle from the minors to the majors.

I always liked Geary, has good stuff but didn't have a great 07season, if he could get back to 06 form he'll be fine, I suppose both teams are hoping a change will do them all good.

From the Olney blog. ] Superlatives from the lobby at the general managers meetings: The most interesting development is the evolving Johan Santana market. The Twins have told other teams their intention is to attempt to sign the left-hander, but for the first time on Tuesday, some rival executives began to get a serious vibe that if the Twins don't sign Santana, they will definitely put him on the market. To repeat: Plan A for the Twins is to make a contract offer to Santana, and Plan B seems to be to trade him.

Hernandez has been " getting up in years" for years now, the talk I remember may have been Hernandez going to the pen for the playoffs after coming back from injury.

Found this in a Dallas paper, ] Teams talking trade with Texas Rangers GM By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com ORLANDO, Fla. � Jon Daniels is starting to become one of the popular kids. In less than 24 hours worth of hobnobbing with his fellow baseball general managers, Daniels has received multiple inquiries about the Texas Rangers' depth at catcher and about the availability of third baseman Hank Blalock. While Daniels isn't motivated to talk about trading Blalock, especially since he is coming off an injury-plagued season that has likely driven his value down, the catching situation might be a little different. "I'm not looking to move any of our catchers," Daniels said. "But there is a pretty good demand for catching out there." The Rangers have two potential starting catchers in Gerald Laird and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Laird, who is eligible for arbitration this winter, is coming off a disappointing offensive season. However, he is still only 27 and led the American League in throwing out base-runners. His time at catcher was diminished after the Rangers acquired Saltalamacchia from Atlanta at the trade deadline. Saltalamacchia split his time between catcher and first base. If the Rangers hold on to Laird, they could have the two share time behind the plate again or have Saltalamacchia play first base full-time. The Rangers, however, believe Saltalamacchia's skills are better suited for being a catcher. Boston, which has center fielder Coco Crisp available, has inquired about the Rangers' catching situation. While Daniels did not discuss potential trade targets, he did say the Rangers have spent time at these meetings looking at potential center fielders available via trade. The club can't discuss money with free-agent center fielders for another week. No nothing much about Laird but if he's available he might not be a terrible option.

Starting Pitchers. Pedro Martinez John Maine Oliver Perez Orlando Hernandez Free Agent/Trade Mike Pelfrey Philip Humber Jorge Sosa I really don't have any knowledge on weather having Humber or Pelfrey or both pitching from the pen would help them advance in their careers, I would rather see them start but I assume they would have to win those jobs out of spring training. If they went to the pen they might stay there like Heilman has, would they care about that?

Just watched this tonight, not what I expected at all but quite good and moving at the end.

Congrats to both David and Carlos, Minaya must be thrilled now with his gold glove third baseman, for today at least.

We need to gig up our Officer Joe Blanton thread from a few years back.

Some news from the meetings, Baseball GMs recommend instant replay Probably wouldn't happen anytime soon with it having to go through Selig and get approval from the players union and the umpires. It's not clear to me if the owners must also approve it, do they?

Well yeah but they probably didn't see it for nine minutes.

Yeah yeah and yeah.....

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Damn! One minute again! It's a trend I have noticed in your trivia, these people are tough to stump though, I'll try. Q. Cleon Jones caught a fly ball to end the 1969 World Series. Which players that were on the field or in the dugout that day were there when Jesee Orosco struck out Marty Barrett to end the 1986 World Series?

Kinda hope Minaya doesn't get distracted as easily as us here, so much for the GM meetings huh?

Damn her profile is private, we should set up a CPF "myspace". Krista She's on the right.

Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox have reached an agreement on a one-year deal worth about $8 million in base salary and another $2 million in potential incentives, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports.

Newsday has Minaya with only token interest in Rodriguez and instead looking to deal for Joe Blanton, Jose Contreras or John Garland, or maybe all three. Sox apparently not high on Milledge. Also speaking to the agent for Carlos Silva. Omar continues to chat with LoDuca's agent, when asked if he was optimistic about bringing him back he said "I want to say yeah. We're in discussions with the agent. I always like to think that we're optimistic." Posada told Newsday yesterday that he has heard from the Mets. ] "We don't need to fill third base," Minaya said. "I'm telling you today, we're very happy with David Wright at third base."

] 2007-08 Major League Baseball Calendar October 30, 2007 November 6-9 - General managers' meetings - Orlando, Florida November 12 - AL & NL Rookie of the Year Awards announced November 13 - AL Cy Young Award announced November 14 - AL & NL Manager of the Year Awards announced November 15 - NL Cy Young Award announced November 19 - AL Most Valuable Player Award announced November 20 - NL Most Valuable Player Award announced December 1 - Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents. December 3 - Hall of Fame Veterans Committee voting announced December 3-6 - Baseball Winter Meetings - Nashville, Tennessee December 6 - Major League Rule V Draft - Nashville, Tennessee December 7 - Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept the offers. December 12 - Last day for teams to offer 2008 contracts to unsigned players. 2008 ---- January 5-15 - Salary arbitration filing January 8 - Hall of Fame voting announced January 18 - Exchange of salary arbitration figures February 1-21 - Salary arbitration hearings February 14 - Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players February 19 - Voluntary reporting date for other players February 26 - Mandatory reporting date March 2-11 - Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players March 12 - Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers