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  1. Valadius
    My grandpa thinks Uggla's going to third.
  2. Valadius
    Apparently, we're in the running for Kuroda, though he's looking for 5 years, $50 million.
  3. Valadius
    If true, the Orioles board I visited will be having a party - that's exactly what they wanted.
  4. Valadius
    The Mets are playing the White Sox on March 29th in the Civil Rights Game in Memphis.
  5. Valadius
    Scuttlebutt is that Omar's meeting with the O's to discuss Bedard again.
  6. Valadius
    Yeah, I believe Pelfrey is included there.
  7. Valadius
    Well yeah, obviously Dukes is in a league of his own in terms of his problems. He's a criminal. Milledge is just a cocky kid.
  8. Valadius
    Rays trade Elijah Dukes to Nats for player to be named later. So that gives them two young outfielders with attitude problems.
  9. Valadius
    SABR ranked him as such in 1999, behind only Bill Klem.
  10. Valadius
    Moving past the disgrace that is Kuhn getting in and Miller being left out, let's look at those inducted (and those that came close): HALL-OF-FAMERS Walter O'Malley - I know, I know, he ripped out the hearts of New Yorkers. But if he hadn't moved the Dodgers, the Mets never would have existed. Barney Dreyfuss - THANK GOD this man is in the Hall. The man that created the World Series and thus created the modern major league structure deserved this. Dick Williams - A great manager. Taking three different teams to the World Series and winning two straight has to count for something. Billy Southworth - Deserves it. Underrated as hell. Fifth-highest winning percentage in history. Four pennants, two championships, three straight 100-win seasons. Bowie Kuhn - Fuck him. Doesn't deserve it. BARELY MISSED THE CUT Whitey Herzog - I hope he gets in next time. Doug Harvey - The 2nd-best umpire of all time didn't make it?!?!? This REALLY surprised me. AND... Marvin Miller - He deserves it, and I don't understand what the damn problem is.
  11. Valadius
    The assumption is it's Bedard. And I'd feel better about it.
  12. Valadius
    From the Daily News: ]Milledge, 22, reportedly was offered with Aaron Heilman and Phillip Humber to the Orioles in a proposal that was rejected. Including Milledge did not make it more desirable to Baltimore, but one baseball official said, "You put Church or Gomez in place of Milledge in an offer and it might be a more attractive offer." It speaks to how Milledge's tumultuous time with the Mets has damaged his status as a top prospect. In 2006, Milledge irritated the Mets after hitting his first career home run, sharing high-fives with fans en route to taking his position in right field. And he irked teammates enough that one hung an anonymous note in his locker that read, "Know your place, Rook!" Earlier this year, the franchise was embarrassed by his performance on a rap song that had offensive language and was seen as derogatory to women.
  13. Valadius
    Oh good lord. Way to aim low, Omar. Ryan Church as the starting right fielder? How are you going to replace Lo Duca's offense? I'm hoping this is some kind of David Justice flip.
  14. Valadius
    Omar at the very least was familiar with both of them by virtue of his stint with the Expos. Hopefully this means that we hold on tighter to Gomez and Martinez. But Omar probably got too desperate to trade Milledge.
  15. Valadius
    Baseball Prospectus' Jay Jaffe says that Tim Raines absolutely deserves to be elected: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/11/29/bp.raineshalloffame/index.html Jaffe ranks Raines as the 9th-best left fielder of all time, behind Barry Bonds, Stan Musial, Rickey Henderson, Ted Williams, Pete Rose, Jim O'Rourke, Ed Delahanty and Carl Yastrzemski. He points out that Bill James ranked Raines 8th in his 2001 Abstract, and the 2nd-best leadoff hitter in history, behind Henderson. Jaffe puts his own spin on WARP to take into account a player's peak, and finds that Raines was more valuable than the average HOF left fielder career-wise and peak-wise. He is also WAY more valuable than Lou Brock or Jim Rice.
  16. Valadius
    The one moment I will NEVER forget about Lastings Milledge - his "first drink".
  17. Valadius
    What Schneider brings to Wifey Watch has made up for 20% of my dislike of this trade.
  18. Valadius
    I dislike it very much. I am very much confused by it. But I won't hate it until I see how the players perform on the field next year.
  19. Valadius
    Cesar Izturis signs with St. Louis: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txcardinalsizturis&prov=st&type=lgns
  20. Valadius
    I tuned in briefly via streaming webcast earlier to the FAN where Russo went off on how Omar is obsessed with Miguel Cabrera and wants to put him in right field. How the hell does this help, Chris?
  21. Valadius
    Jayson Stark is insinuating that Milledge's value has taken a big fall this offseason.
  22. Valadius
    So what the hell did we get Estrada for? Do we just cut him now?
  23. Valadius
    They were called the Blue Jays for like 2 years.
  24. Valadius
    Church is a schmuck. Schneider is all right defensively, but he's not great offensively. It seems we're more collecting players to package later than making a team.
  25. Valadius
    Can't find this in print. I refuse to believe this.
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