Elster88

Frayed Knot wrote: I think the Rox have been off everyone's radar for most of the year Prob since we haven't played them yet this year.

Good stuff.

Whatever the reason it fell through....I was trying to get a handle on how saying that I don't like the Nady trade and that I don't blame Omar for the Oswalt deal falling through is a contradiction. Either way I don't see it. And either way I'm getting bored with this discussion. And it was at least in part due to the Sanchez injury. Even if Baltimore didn't pull out, I swear I heard Omar say he wouldn't have gone through with it after Duaner got hurt.

Glavine 3.5 Bradford 0.75

ABG wrote: Oswalt wasn't available. Trading Nady was a mistake. I don't see any contradiction there. And no, it didn't have to be Oswalt. But my belief is that had he been willing to trade Milledge that he could have had someone out of Schmidt-Zito-Oswalt. And my belief is that this team will not only fail to win the World Series, but will likely fail to make the World Series because of this singular decision around the deadline. We agree that Omar panicked in making the trade of Nady for Hernandez. What we don't agree on are the questions of his need to address the bullpen, his fundamental misunderstanding of the teams weaknesses and (maybe) his mistake in keeping Milledge at the expense of missing out on a starting pitcher. And, for the record, I'm not especially concerned about the state of the corner outfielders. That has little if anything to do with my opposition to his deadline actions. He had a trade ready to go through for a frontline starter on the day of the deadline. That day it fell through due to injury. I don't see how you blame him for not being able to start from scratch and come up with a brand new trade in a 12 hour window.

ABG wrote: ABG wrote: Oswalt wasn't a possibility because of the reprecussions of Sanchez's injury. Not Omar's fault. My own feeling is that Omar's mistake wasn't his decision NOT to overpay for a starter but his panic-move of Nady for Bert. I still don't buy this assertion that Sanchez getting hurt prohibited getting a starter unless you assume that Heilman HAD to go in any deal. Also, your two statements are contradictory. How are they contradictory? They're contradictory because you are blaming Omar for addressing the bullpen in one statement while using it as his defense in another. You will say that you are blaming him for addressing it in the manner he did, but my point is that he didn't need to address it at all. The team's weakness, even after losing Sanchez, was the front end of the starting rotation. Not the bullpen. I do not believe that any trade we could have made or not made for the bullpen could have changed that equation. You are completely wrong in saying that my statements are contradictory. I'm blaming him for making a bad trade, and saying it's not his fault that a deal fell through when a guy got hurt. There is no contradiction.

ABG wrote: Elster88 wrote: Oswalt wasn't a possibility because of the reprecussions of Sanchez's injury. Not Omar's fault. My own feeling is that Omar's mistake wasn't his decision NOT to overpay for a starter but his panic-move of Nady for Bert. I still don't buy this assertion that Sanchez getting hurt prohibited getting a starter unless you assume that Heilman HAD to go in any deal. Also, your two statements are contradictory. How are they contradictory?

Oswalt wasn't a possibility because of the reprecussions of Sanchez's injury. Not Omar's fault. My own feeling is that Omar's mistake wasn't his decision NOT to overpay for a starter but his panic-move of Nady for Bert.

I'm concerned.

Nobody's watching the game tonight.

10 K? Wow. Done. I hope I lose.

When Milledge first got called up and was throwing guys out left and right I thought he would be a stud in the outfield. Now I'm relieved that the 3.2-run handicap that comes when he is in the lineup is avoided today.

I actually won't be at the Saturday game. I'll be there Sunday.

Johnny Dickshot wrote: ="Elster88"]]Perez is on the same day as Pedro and IMO is most likely to throw a 2-hit, 14-K kinda game. Let's see him! I'll take a friendly wager of 5 cyberbuxx that he doesn't. Well, I meant, most likely of the candidates we could use, but let's make it interesting. Let's do it for a Michelob Light. Feel free to change the terms....14 K is a little high. And 2 hits is a little low.

I want it too. But it ain't happening. Prediction archive it: Perez will not make a meaningful contribution to the Mets either this year or next. I hope I'm wrong. But I'm not.

]Perez is on the same day as Pedro and IMO is most likely to throw a 2-hit, 14-K kinda game. Let's see him! I'll take a friendly wager of 5 cyberbuxx that he doesn't.

Better Heath Bell than Jose Lima.

Tough call, but I'd rather rest him than risk breaking him again. He usually only needs a couple of starts to get on track, no?

Willie confirms that they are keeping a close eye on Lastings and looking for other OF'ers.

Crap that's what I meant. Good catch irish.

My idea----put him on an island and let him rest with his back against a palm tree. Let's give him the September 23rd and 28th games as warm ups for the playoffs.

Willie on M&MD: Pedro to the DL with the hip calf. "Precautionary more than anything," says Willie.

I gave him 6 because it's player of the game polling, not player of the win polling. He had about as good a game you can have hitting-wise, and did it when the rest of the offense got completely shut down. His individual accomplishment isn't lessened because it was a loss. In fact, it's more impressive because no one else could do anything with the bat yesterday.

Nope. Almost exactly the opposite, IIRC. The wildcard winner plays the division winner with the best record, unless they came from the same division. Then the wildcard winner plays the division winner with the second best record of the division winners (in that scenario, the teams with the best and worst division records among division winners are matched up). Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Tremendous amount of apathy lately. I'm starting to wonder if this Schaefer stuff should continue into 2007. I hope you keep it going. I, for one, appreciate your hard work and try to never miss a game. Maybe peeps are on vacation? Edgy is at least.