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King of Love and Piss
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King of Love and Piss
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You know that’s right
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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He already said he is retiring when his contract is up, too.
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President of Freedonia
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You know that’s right
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I thought 10/5 rights didn't kick in until exactly 10 years to the day of your debut. So Zambrano's wouldn't start until sometime in August of 2011.
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Inno Knows.
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For Vito:
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Sleepy Bitch
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Alex Rodriguez's 23HR/107RBI are in 463 ABs. |
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You know that’s right
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nobody is disparaging Jim Thome
calm down, Twins fan |
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You can't teach that
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THe Blue Jays are the masters of random, no name players bursting out with huge HR and RBI seasons.
I bet Bautista goes the way of Adam Lind. |
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Big news out of L.A.
Joe Torre to step down as Dodgers manager at the end of the season. Don Mattingly will take over for the 2011 campaign. Hmmmmmm? Maybe Hal will bring him back if Girardi goes somewhere else? |
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Inno Knows.
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No, Joe has to be done
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Yeah, I agree. But I'd still put money down some team will pick up the phone and call him up and ask. No doubt about it.
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These old managers have to slowly phase themselves out of the game. Managers who have been managing for years and years no longer relate to the young players coming up. That's what is happening in St Louis.
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$10 says Jim Hendry is ringing up Torre, LaRussa and Girardi at the end of the year. But I'd rather have Ryno.
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If the Cubs don't put Ryne Sandberg as their manager, and he ends up going elsewhere, and wins, it'll be another Cubs blunder.
The ONLY guy the Cubs should have as manager is Sandberg. The guy has paid his dues. |
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Wouldn't be surprised to see Torre go to St. Louis.
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...the last couple years, Joe Torre hasn't shown any passion. Everytime a camera cuts to the Dodger dugout, Torre looks like he's just sitting there and letting things just...happen.
The guy who lit a fire under Torre was Don Zimmer, he was always there to coach him through things, to give him advice, to hurry Torre along. Once Zimmer left New York, Torre I don't think has been the same. |
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On-nO Asscii to Asscii
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This article inspired a conversation between a fellow Twins fan and myself about whether or not Minnesota will re-sign Jim Thome, who his suitors will be, and how much he'll get next year.
http://pinetarandpocketprotectors.wo...eason-signing/ It's quite the good read. I'm guessing (completely arbitrarily, mind you) that we'll offer him about 6.5 for 1 year or 10 for 2 and not get the deal done because Tampa or some other team will offer him more money. I'm basing this on the fact that we have been paying Nick fucking Punto 4 mil a year for the last 2 years, and unless the Twins do the unthinkable and exercise their 5 mil option for punto next season, they'll have that money off the books. What do you guys think will happen with Thome this offseason? |
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Inno Knows.
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AN A BOMB!
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REALMENTE
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Turned on the game just in time to see A-Rod's homerun. Pretty huge one; they definitely need this game to get back on track.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Tulo with yet another home run
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Inno Knows.
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How the mighty have fallen
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President of Freedonia
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Yeah I kinda think Torre is gonna just be a figure in an organization, not an actual manager anymore. Dude is 70 years old.
As soon as it was announced that he was leaving the Dodgers, I was prepared to give a Stone Cold Stunner to the first idiot who suggested the Mets go after him |
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you know who would be a good manager for the Mets?
Joe Torre. |
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Sleepy Bitch
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Gardy loves Punto, that's been obvious over the years. I'll like him better when he quits playing (read: batting) and starts coaching. I'm sure he'd be well suited for that. |
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Torre
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King of Love and Piss
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The Cubs will go get Jim Thome
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President of Freedonia
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Rockies aquire Octavio Dotel from the Dodgers for a PTBNL.
Must be gearing up for that last minute push they've had the last couple seasons. |
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Royals celebrate 25th anniversary of their only World Series title with an interesting stat.
Since 1986, the Royals have lost the most games in MLB (16 more than the Pirates) and haven't been in the playoffs for the past 24 years. The 2nd worst team during those years managed to make it to the playoffs 3 times (the Pirates). Only difference between the Royals and Pirates is the Royals managed to have more winning seasons even if none of them were enough for the playoffs. |
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President of Freedonia
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Interesting move considering Dotel wouldn't even be eligible for the playoffs if the Rockies make it. If he ends up playing a huge role in the playoff run that would be almost like getting a major player injured. Even if you get into some complex situation where the Rockies try to use the loophole that a guy on the 60-day DL can be replaced by anybody, the replacement still had to be in the organization by August 31st.
Still not as big of a head scratcher as a few years ago when the Red Sox traded for Mike Stanton like 2 days before the playoffs. |
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Temporary
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Can some explain to me why everyone wants Joe Giradi? Don't really see it.
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President of Freedonia
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Furthermore, I don't know why so many people think Girardi will leave. Why would you want to leave a perenniel WS contender? And it's not like the Yanks are gonna dump him if they don't win the WS. Even if they get knocked out in the first round that won't be enough to warrant totally getting rid of the guy a year after a WS win.
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Temporary
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Giradi leaving The Yankees makes no sense either. He'd be real dumb if he did.
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Former TPWW Royalty
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In Florida, the young players along with the fans and media loved him but the owner and veteran players disliked him. Mainly it was because of his confrontational style when given demands he think didn't help the team or interfered with his managing style. The problem would be similar to why Randy Johnson and Joe Torre left the Yankees in the fact the media and crazier segment of the fanbase is too much to deal with year in and year out. Every big market team manager deals with this but in New York its magnified a lot more due to the huge sums of cash and tradition of every season must be worth a title or its a failure. |
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President of Freedonia
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Holy shit Troy Tulowitzki
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You know that’s right
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Imagine if Troy's HGH worked throughout the year and not just in September.
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