Opperman
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He has a MLB career, besides the man just turned 29 and he has been in the league full-time for 7 years! He was 22 when he started full-time in MLB, alot of players dont make it that fast, so his stall must not have lasted very long! And at the age 29, he still has time to establish himself as a very good RP!
FYI: Every pitcher cant be Greg Maddux! thumb
As usual, you miss my point. Farnsworth's million-dollar arm lets him get away with being dumb...to a point. Greg Maddux didn't have a million-dollar arm.
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And if #31 was as dumb as Farnsworth, he woulda stalled out in AAA and never had a real MLB career.
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First, Memphis traded Bonzi Wells to Sacramento for Bobby Jackson and Greg Ostertag...then this bombshell hits today.
EDIT: whoops, 13 players...
Memphis GrizzliesTo: Eddie Jones, Raul Lopez
From: Jason Williams, James Posey, Andre Emmett, Greg Ostertag
Miami Heat
To: Antoine Walker, Jason Williams, James Posey, Andre Emmett, draft rights to Roberto Duenas
From: Eddie Jones, Rasual Butler, Qyntel Woods, draft rights to Albert Miralles, 2 second-round picks
Boston Celtics
To: Curtis Borchardt, Qyntel Woods, draft rights to Miralles, 2 second-round picks
From: Antoine Walker
Utah Jazz
To: Greg Ostertag
From: Kirk Snyder, Curtis Borchardt, Raul Lopez
New Orleans Hornets
To: Rasual Butler, Kirk Snyder
From: Draft rights to Roberto Duenas
Miami sells their future for a really, really, really good chance to win right now.
Boston gets a little back for a player they weren't going to re-sign -- though they're probably going to cut Woods.
New Orleans took on a pair of contracts to make it work.
Memphis improves its cap stuation, since Jones comes off sooner than Williams or Posey. They also made their roster a better fit for Mike Fratello's system as Jones is an outstanding defender and there's only four SG/SF's to get minutes to instead of five or six.
Utah gets a large body back in the fold.
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Well, we did know he was taking performance-enhancing drugs...
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Four sure-fire HOFers and a guy with a fringe chance...yeah, it must be hard winning when 20% of your roster is going to Cooperstown.
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we might as well just give up because we could keep telling them the stats all the way through October and these Cardinal fans still arent gonna admit that Edmonds isnt playing as good as Jones, Lee, Cabrera, Griffey, Floyd, or Burrell...atleast theres still 2 people that can realize the obvious.
So if I'm understanding you and gotmilk right, the clear-cut best team in the NL didn't deserve to have any starting all-stars?
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WC can't play their division winner in the first round.
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Beach Volleyball is big in South America (like Brazil, etc.) and anywhere that men live.
Europe has a disproportionate voting power in the IOC since they have more countries than we have states, per square mile.
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So?
Let me ask you a question. Two fielders are in CF and see the exact same 100 balls.
One of them gets 75 outs, 5 errors, and the other 20 are hits.
The other gets 50 outs, 1 error, and the other 49 are hits.
#2 has a better fielding percentage. Which one is the better fielder?
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because Jones, Floyd, and Burrell all have a higher batting avg, more hr's, more rbi's....Cabrera and Griffey Jr. have the same amount of hr's with more rbi's and a higher avg....Carlos Lee is barely behind in ba and is way ahead in hr's and rbi's. what other reasons does it take for you to wake up and see the obvious.
There's more to it than average, HR's, and RBI's. Edmonds is a Gold Glove centerfielder, while Floyd and Burrell are below-average DH's trying to play the field.
Edmonds' offensive skills are underrated when you only look at avg/hr/rbi. Cliff Floyd's and Pat Burrell's are overrated a bit.
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To be fair, the Olympics aren't about the USA. And baseball is really only played in North America, Central America, and small parts of Asia.
Besides, the upcoming World Cup of Baseball or whatever the heck they call it will be five times as good as Olympic baseball ever could be.
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Fielding percentage means very, very little. Rolen has committed errors on balls Ensberg can't get to.
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But most of those 14 have come in smaller divisions, while the Cardinals won most of their 9 with just two divisions.
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I think it is being blown way out of porportion and I think 20 games is way to harsh! I mean, the man made a mistake by shoving the camera out of his hand, but whats the big fuss over? Rogers has always been friendly and respectful and he ask the cameramen before coming on the field to not get in his face on that day and I almost believe they went after him, just trying to make him do something! If I were Rogers, I would have went after the camera like he did, but instead let that channel know that they would never get another interview with him due to the actions of there cameraman! What I think is funny, is that some members of the media try to be your friend and laugh and cut up with you and ask for interviews, but then turn right around and do stuff just to try and make you stap so they can put you on the news! I think Rogers should have been fined a few thousand dollars and put it o rest! Randy Johnson didnt get suspended for doing pretty much the same thing! Alot of athletes have had run ins with camera's and not gotten suspended! I think Selig made a mistake which doesnt surprise me at all considering he is the worst commisioner in all of the major sports!
No, I think you're underestimating it. It wasn't a mistake, it was assault and battery. He went after two different cameramen. What were they doing wrong? Randy Johnson's was different, they were blocking his way as he was trying to walk down the sidewalk. Rogers went out of his way to go after these two guys. Also, Johnson didn't twist a 20-pound camera around, causing arm and back injuries.
I think 20 games is about right, IF it's without pay.
Selig is the second-worst commissioner in all of sports. Gary Bettman is, without doubt, the worst.
That never worked for me when I did something wrong, why should it get him off the hook?
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Excuse? I am not making excuses, why would I do that, the Braves are winning! Besides, I dont think the Cards have had there 2-3-4 pitchers(Hudson, Hampton, Thomson) miss a major part of the season thus far! That is 3 pitchers that have missed over 20 starts combined! And let me remind you of one more thing, the Cards have some vets with expierence replacing there injuried players(Mabry, Taguchi, Diaz) and the Braves have a bunch of inexpierenced players(Johnson, Marte, McCann, Betemit, Orr, Langerhans,etc) who are really playing like vets and who took 2 out of 3 from the Cards! But no excuses here, the Braves are one of the best teams in MLB so why would I be making excuses?
I'd rather have Andy Marte than somebody with experience. Easily. Experience is highly overrated. It's all about skill.
.......it will probably be more of a shoulder or an elbow that robs their chances of winning the wildcard. ive just got a feeling that Prior and Wood can stay healthy for 3 more months and get them a first round butt whoopin by the Cards.
Braves acquire Farnsworth
in Lookouts, Redbirds, Smokies, Sounds, & Major League Baseball
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No, I don't think Farnsworth is a wonderful addition to anyone's bullpen.
There are some pitchers with million-dollar arms and brainpower. The Cardinals rocked one of them tonight. Pedro, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Chris Carpenter, etc.
There's a whole class of other guys who throw a million miles an hour and don't know how to use it to be a good pitcher.
If Farnsworth is as great as you think he is, why did the Cubs -- who may have had the worst bullpen in baseball over the last two years -- let him go?
And I'd say spraining your knee by kicking an electric fan in the clubhouse is a sign you're not overly intelligent. And doing that also tends to not be a team-player type move.