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Re: free agents ?

t...@nomail.please (JustTom) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:31:24 UT

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:20:37 -0400, "RJA" <r...@nospam.cinci.rr.com>
wrote:
You're dreaming on this one. Zimmerman ain't going nowhere.
Problem is when the next great hope Alonso gets put in the lineup in
2010, you replaced just about your only decent RHed bat with another
lefty.

Re: Cubs done

t...@nomail.please (JustTom) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:28:46 UT

Same here. It was just....wrong down in my bones though, especially
when they showed shots of Lasorda in the crowd.
It;s weird that after all of this time, I can still redall the hated
dodgers lineups almost as clearly as I can the BRM.
Of all of them, I just couldn't bring myself to hate Cey.

Re: free agents ?

t...@nomail.please (JustTom) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:23:23 UT

On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:36:33 -0400, Kevin McClave
Still only 22 other outfielders 21 or younger, and only 10 who played

Re: free agents ?

t...@nomail.please (JustTom) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:12:27 UT

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:12:07 -0700 (PDT), tom dunne <dunn...@gmail.com>
wrote:
You know, reds aside, it's simply amazing to me that Ted Williams
was over 100 points higher than #2.

Re: free agents ?

t...@nomail.please (JustTom) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:10:16 UT

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:05:04 -0400, "RJA" <r...@nospam.cinci.rr.com>
wrote:
There are no other names on the list. That was the point. What he
accomplished was pretty good and has only been bested by 13 other
outfielders. The "forgotten names" on the list I guess would be
Blefary and Ennis.
Kevin asked if a .767 OPS was good for a rookie corner outfielder so I

Re: free agents ?

dunn...@gmail.com (tom dunne) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:30:56 UT

On Oct 5, 8:36 pm, Kevin McClave <kmccl...@SPAMBUNKERtwcny.rr.c om>
wrote:
There is that. But even so, Bruce is a very respectable 96,
considering his youth and inexperience. Better than Brandon Phillips
in '08.

Re: free agents ?

kmccl...@spambunkertwcny.rr.com (Kevin McClave) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:36:33 UT

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:12:07 -0700 (PDT), tom dunne <dunn...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I suspect that maybe I should have asked about OPS+ not OPS...
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Kevin McClave
"Few (people) are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the

Re: End of the line?

dunn...@gmail.com (tom dunne) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:28:58 UT

I think Phillips just doesn't understand what it means to be a team
leader. Larkin's a great example, batting first or second most of his
career and winning an MVP in the process. Derek Jeter is the man in
New York, and he's essentially played his whole career in the second
spot. Doesn't matter who's behind him, Giambi or A-Rod or Posada or

Re: free agents ?

dunn...@gmail.com (tom dunne) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:12:07 UT

That's really the point of the list. How many successful 21-year old
rookies do you see at all? At Bruce's age, most players are two or
three years away from the majors, while he's already a roughly league-
average player. Votto's a very promising player, he'll be in the top
two for RoY, and he's already three years older than Jay Bruce is.

OT - Anna Kournikova In A See-Thru Bikini

eileendove...@yahoo.com (Eileen Dover) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:16:26 UT

Wow! She may as well be totally naked - this bikini is like Saran
Wrap:
[link]

Re: Cubs done

no_this_i...@my_email.com (Orange J. Dood) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:40:43 UT

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea, tmbowma...@yahoo.com?
Man, I remember the '95 series so fondly... punked those blue
bastards...

Cubs done

tmbowma...@yahoo.com — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:13:49 UT

Brought a smile to my face. I never thought i'd find myself rooting so
much for Dodger blue.

Re: End of the line?

r...@nospam.cinci.rr.com (RJA) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:33:40 UT

Well, he was the cleanup hitter for most of 2007 as well. It's hard to say.
After May, he pretty much went into the crapper. Griffey and Dunn were here
until August.
So next year when Baker bats him 2nd, do you see him backing off of the long
ball and playing a different role (get on base, move leadoff man over like

Re: yonder alonzo

r...@nospam.cinci.rr.com (RJA) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:25:29 UT

I think he played a few games in Sarasota.

Re: yonder alonzo

david.no.sh...@wright.spam.edu.please (David Short) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:39:50 UT

[link]
20 at bats for the Sarasota high A team.
He signed late.
I thought he had some PT with the Lookouts, but I must be mistaken.
dfs