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    Fantasy Baseball 2010

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I'm assuming that the VC league is already formed and ready to roll so I hope I am not stepping on anyone's toes by posting this.

     

    A league I'm in is looking for at least one more player. Possibly several more.

     

    It's a head-to-head yahoo league with an autodraft. You can edit your draft preferences ahead of time.

     

    IIRC, the stats are HR, RBI, AVG, SB, R, ERA, W, WHIP, K, and Saves. PM me for the league ID and password.

    2010 MLB

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    The Nationals are starting Stephen Strasburg in AA, presumably to get another year of service time.

     

    He should be up in June or thereabouts.

     

    The White Sox, on the other hand, are probably breaking camp with a 26 year-old rookie at the back of the pen.

    Sergio Santos is going to play in the major leagues with fewer professional innings pitched than Strasburg because he's out of options. He's a converted shortstop who, other than a high K rate, never had success pitching in the minor leagues. He's pitched quite well in spring training.

    The one time I saw him on TV I thought his stuff was impressive.

     

    http://www.thebaseballcube.com/pitching/S/Sergio-Santos.shtml

    http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100325&content_id=8934750&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

    2010 MLB

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    As big of a Cub hater as I am, the taxes on tickets and other tourist expenditures are more fair than the public

    financing used to build, say, the new facility shared by the Dodgers and White Sox.

    2010 MLB

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I've read that as well. However, enough money can usually overcome an objection like that.

     

    That reported offer just seems way off compared to what other free agents are getting. The only similar deal that I can think of would be Abreu--and he signed early in the off-season when it wasn't clear that veteran hitters were going to sign for bargain prices.

    2010 MLB

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I would like to point out that after I defended the Omar Vizquel and Andruw Jones signings as quality bench pieces, the White Sox have held firm on the ridiculous notion that they need "flexibility" at the DH spot. That is to say, they don't want to go the conventional route of using one good hitter as the DH. If they are to be believed, they are going to use the DH spot to give position players rest. This means plenty of ABs for Vizquel, Jones, and Mark Kotsay!

     

    Meanwhile, the Twins have filled the holes in their lineup. It seems like the Sox are wasting what may be the only year with these 4 starting pitchers.

     

     

    I just saw this on MLB. It said Damon hasn't accepted and there is interest from Detroit and Tampa as well. The report stated the Braves offer may include deferred payments.

     

    His arm doesn't play well in Atlanta's and Detroit's OF.

    The White Sox are reportedly in the mix for Damon. He would would primarily DH. That would reasonably happy, as their lineup would at least be middling.

     

    I gotta think that the reports of Detroit offering 2 years @ 7 mil/yr are Boras bologna, or he would have signed long ago.

    RIP USA

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I'm all too familiar with Bayh, and I think I can say with some certainty that he just never seemed real comfortable being in the Democratic Party. Especially being from Indiana.

     

    Now like I said I'm not going to be real sad when he's gone, but the thing that rubs me wrong is the way he went about this. He announced at 2 PM yesterday, and at noon today anyone who wanted to be a candidate had to file (with 4500 signatures). Everyone assumed he'd be the guy. So now there will be no primary for the Dems.

     

    It's like he slapping us in the face on his way out the door.

    My understanding is that it's not just 4500 signatures, but also a certain amount in every congressional district. Not going to happen.

     

    Apparently he wants the party bosses to pick the nominee, which is not very democractic (lowercase d).

    RIP USA

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Eh...there are SO many other things to ridicule about her that I cannot be bothered by five or six words scrawled on her hand.

     

    She nailed her speech, but her content was scary/dicey/dopey. Obama reads his speech from a teleprompter but his content is better.

     

    Problem is, there are a LOT of angry people out there. I've discussed this before, but there isn't any great conspiracy here. A lot of folks with a modest understanding of American History are VERY angry in the hinterlands. They may not really be sure exactly what they want or whether it is just rhetoric, but Anger is a motivating force.

     

    We would be well served to remember that before 9/11 in New York there was 4/19 in Oklahoma City. The greatest act of Terrorism on American soil prior to 9/11 was undertaken by angry, disenfranchised ultra conservatives.

    Presumably she had her speech in paper form. The notes were for a Q&A.

    2010 MLB

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I would like to point out that after I defended the Omar Vizquel and Andruw Jones signings as quality bench pieces, the White Sox have held firm on the ridiculous notion that they need "flexibility" at the DH spot. That is to say, they don't want to go the conventional route of using one good hitter as the DH. If they are to be believed, they are going to use the DH spot to give position players rest. This means plenty of ABs for Vizquel, Jones, and Mark Kotsay!

     

    Meanwhile, the Twins have filled the holes in their lineup. It seems like the Sox are wasting what may be the only year with these 4 starting pitchers.

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