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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Wed Feb 4th, 2009 05:56 am |
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DarkSoul1984 wrote: Dude, as a Detroit sports fan, I can tell you that what you just said applies to pretty much every player and doesn't matter a tinkers damn.
Watch their walk/pitch count in spring training. Lord knows I'm glued to anything Detroit Tigers on the internet right now.
Do you think we should take a shot at manny? Dump sheff,put manny in left,move guillen to dh? Dombrowski has a good relationship with his agent,maybe we can swing a deal. He's going to play somewhere,why not in the D?
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DarkSoul1984
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Posted: Wed Feb 4th, 2009 06:07 am |
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At this point in his career Sheff is good for maybe 20 homers a year and maybe 80 RBIs. Pretty much every other hit he is gonna get is going to be a single since he isn't going to be legging out any extra base hits. I'd say keep him at DH. Besides, I've always liked him, what with his chip on his shoulder and his telling everyone they can test him for steroids whenever they wanted.
Manny's too expensive for us right now. I'd rather spend that money on pitching or a consistent .300 hitter; not a Manny.
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Wed Feb 4th, 2009 06:37 am |
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| We need the power and guillens knees don't need to be in left.
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DarkSoul1984
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Posted: Wed Feb 4th, 2009 07:01 am |
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We've got Miguel and Magglio.
How much more power do we need? Starting pitching was our weak point last year. It'll be interesting to see if the starting rotation holds up b/c that'll automatically help the bullpen out...
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Wed Feb 4th, 2009 07:57 pm |
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DarkSoul1984 wrote: We've got Miguel and Magglio.
How much more power do we need? Starting pitching was our weak point last year. It'll be interesting to see if the starting rotation holds up b/c that'll automatically help the bullpen out...
Maggs won't hit 35 like manny can,maggs will hit 20 at best. Manny gives us .320 and 35 rolling out of bed. And look at what he did in the playoffs last year! Our only pop is miggy,curtis and guillen. We get nothing from catcher,3rd, ss and 2nd.I love polanco but his 2 hrs a year leave me wanting,lol.
Manny in left,guillen at dh and thames when they need a rest. We should've gotten a legit hitting 3rd baseman in the offseason but instead they traded our best out field prospect(matt joyce) for another shakey starter. We got holes in our line-up but it looks alot better with manny than with sheff.
1.Granderson 2. Polanco 3.Ramirez? 4.Cabrera 5. Guillen 6. Ordonez Most days those are 6 real tough outs. The bottom of our line-up barely exists.
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Posted: Wed Feb 4th, 2009 11:44 pm |
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But what would that cost us? I'd rather get two consistent .300 hitters for less money than another 35 home runs.
Renteria left me wanting all last season. Polanco does what I want my 2B to do.
I mean hey, if they pick up Manny, great. But if I were Dombrowski I wouldn't be gunning for him.
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dem4life
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Posted: Thu Feb 5th, 2009 12:45 am |
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Boras: Manny-Dodgers talks to continue
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3883330
Manny Ramirez's agent, Scott Boras, says he expects to resume contract discussions with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, a day after rejecting the team's one-year, $25 million offer for the right-handed slugger, MLB.com reported.
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dem4life
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Posted: Thu Feb 5th, 2009 12:48 am |
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| For the kind of $$$ Manny wants, I would rather us get reliable pitching. Our bats should be okay, it's how many runs we give up that I'm worried about...
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DarkSoul1984
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Posted: Thu Feb 5th, 2009 12:51 am |
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Oh Scott Boras...
Professional sports agents are ruining the sport.
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 12:06 am |
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dem4life wrote: For the kind of $$$ Manny wants, I would rather us get reliable pitching. Our bats should be okay, it's how many runs we give up that I'm worried about...
On the days we have to dh guillen,and their will be plenty of those days,we get nothing from the left side of the field. laird,inge,whoever is at short ,thames,all weak hitters. Yeah marcus might hit 10-15 hrs but all 4 are'nt mannys production,whatever it costs. Power at the corners,1st,3rd,left and right...we have 1 out of 4. Too many holes in our line-up right now. Mannys a game changer,sheffs done.
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 12:07 am |
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| http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-bonds-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns
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DarkSoul1984
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 02:28 am |
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*gasp*
Inge is my favorite player. And Thames gives more like 20-25 home runs.
They aren't Mannys, but we don't have to pay them like Mannys either.
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 01:16 pm |
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DarkSoul1984 wrote: *gasp*
Inge is my favorite player. And Thames gives more like 20-25 home runs.
They aren't Mannys, but we don't have to pay them like Mannys either. My kid loves inge,does'nt keep brandon from hitting under .200 though. And you gotta play marcus everyday and take his giant load of k's just for a chance he MIGHT hit that many. He's a decent back-up and so is inge but it ends there.
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 01:31 pm |
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When we went to the series in 2006, we weren't exactly loaded with talent either.
All we need is for these guys to play like a team. The only big move I want to make is replacing Pudge with a consistent .300 hitter with 80+ RBIs.
If we go and sign Manny......then we're becoming like the Yankees.
Boo! Hiss!
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 01:51 pm |
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DarkSoul1984 wrote: When we went to the series in 2006, we weren't exactly loaded with talent either.
All we need is for these guys to play like a team. The only big move I want to make is replacing Pudge with a consistent .300 hitter with 80+ RBIs.
If we go and sign Manny......then we're becoming like the Yankees.
Boo! Hiss!
You can't keep chasing '06 3 years later. Most of those guys had career years and only polanco,ordonez,guillen and curtis have consistently lived up to those numbers.
For pudge you got laird(.250) and sardinha.
If your going to compete in mlb today you have to spend some money. Signing manny does'nt make us the yankees. Signing 5 guys at manny prices makes you the yankees(look at their payroll compared to ours).
We needed to upgrade in left and at ss,3rd and catcher and we did'nt. We signed a bunch of questionable closers and traded away our future left fielder in joyce for a 500 starter.
To many holes to plug.
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grassroots
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 02:57 pm |
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Dr.Strangelove wrote: DarkSoul1984 wrote: When we went to the series in 2006, we weren't exactly loaded with talent either.
All we need is for these guys to play like a team. The only big move I want to make is replacing Pudge with a consistent .300 hitter with 80+ RBIs.
If we go and sign Manny......then we're becoming like the Yankees.
Boo! Hiss!
You can't keep chasing '06 3 years later. Most of those guys had career years and only polanco,ordonez,guillen and curtis have consistently lived up to those numbers.
For pudge you got laird(.250) and sardinha.
If your going to compete in mlb today you have to spend some money. Signing manny does'nt make us the yankees. Signing 5 guys at manny prices makes you the yankees(look at their payroll compared to ours).
We needed to upgrade in left and at ss,3rd and catcher and we did'nt. We signed a bunch of questionable closers and traded away our future left fielder in joyce for a 500 starter.
Too many holes to plug.
All about money for now.But it may not last with the economy tanking like it is...even the entertainment business is feeling the hits.
That being said,I've been a diehard fan since tee ball.
Dodgers 4-3 over the Phillies this year.
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Dr.Strangelove
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 03:05 pm |
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grassroots wrote: Dr.Strangelove wrote: DarkSoul1984 wrote: When we went to the series in 2006, we weren't exactly loaded with talent either.
All we need is for these guys to play like a team. The only big move I want to make is replacing Pudge with a consistent .300 hitter with 80+ RBIs.
If we go and sign Manny......then we're becoming like the Yankees.
Boo! Hiss!
You can't keep chasing '06 3 years later. Most of those guys had career years and only polanco,ordonez,guillen and curtis have consistently lived up to those numbers.
For pudge you got laird(.250) and sardinha.
If your going to compete in mlb today you have to spend some money. Signing manny does'nt make us the yankees. Signing 5 guys at manny prices makes you the yankees(look at their payroll compared to ours).
We needed to upgrade in left and at ss,3rd and catcher and we did'nt. We signed a bunch of questionable closers and traded away our future left fielder in joyce for a 500 starter.
Too many holes to plug.
All about money for now.But it may not last with the economy tanking like it is...even the entertainment business is feeling the hits.
That being said,I've been a diehard fan since tee ball.
Dodgers 4-3 over the Phillies this year.
The economy did'nt stop new york from signing a bunch of guys and it should'nt stop ilitch from signing one.
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grassroots
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 03:39 pm |
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Dr.Strangelove wrote: grassroots wrote: Dr.Strangelove wrote: DarkSoul1984 wrote: When we went to the series in 2006, we weren't exactly loaded with talent either.
All we need is for these guys to play like a team. The only big move I want to make is replacing Pudge with a consistent .300 hitter with 80+ RBIs.
If we go and sign Manny......then we're becoming like the Yankees.
Boo! Hiss!
You can't keep chasing '06 3 years later. Most of those guys had career years and only polanco,ordonez,guillen and curtis have consistently lived up to those numbers.
For pudge you got laird(.250) and sardinha.
If your going to compete in mlb today you have to spend some money. Signing manny does'nt make us the yankees. Signing 5 guys at manny prices makes you the yankees(look at their payroll compared to ours).
We needed to upgrade in left and at ss,3rd and catcher and we did'nt. We signed a bunch of questionable closers and traded away our future left fielder in joyce for a 500 starter.
Too many holes to plug.
All about money for now.But it may not last with the economy tanking like it is...even the entertainment business is feeling the hits.
That being said,I've been a diehard fan since tee ball.
Dodgers 4-3 over the Phillies this year.
The economy did'nt stop new york from signing a bunch of guys and it should'nt stop ilitch from signing one.
I wish George would sell the team to the City of NY and let Michael change the name to Bronx Bombers and every time they make the playoffs everyone gets a year of free parking
Win the World series and they throw in free subway rides until 2010.
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dem4life
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 06:02 pm |
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DarkSoul1984 wrote: *gasp*
Inge is my favorite player. And Thames gives more like 20-25 home runs.
They aren't Mannys, but we don't have to pay them like Mannys either.
I too, am an Inge fan. I love a utility player. Now if only he could start hitting on a consistent basis...
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Spitball Grubbs
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 06:09 pm |
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| I'm ready to see some Mr. Snappies and Uncle Charlies result in some taters and dingers by Josh Hamilton. "Get out the rye bread and mustard grandma, coz that's a grand salami."
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