Halladay IV: A New Hope

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:54:51

Bucky wrote:geeez i forget what happened there did the chick marry him anyway

Stacy? Gave her ass to the scalper

by **gpicaro** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:58:54

Andrich was the winner on Joe Millionaire, chosen by Evan Marriott above all others. Their relationship soon fizzled. She claimed that she was attracted to a completely different type of man; he claimed that she lost her sex-appeal when the show was over. The million dollar check was real, though; the two of them split the money. Zora would later explain in the VH1 show Secrets of Reality TV 2 that Marriott told her via cell phone that he did not pick her, that Fox wanted him to pick her.

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:06:43

"I love Zora, but she's all complimicated"

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:10:06

Heymen tweet:

aggressive #brewers look like threat for halladay. hearing manny parra's name. but wouldnt escobar/ gamel have to go too?

by **Woody** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:12:11

RT @hemanSI aggressive #brewers look like threat for halladay. hearing manny parra's name. but wouldnt escobar/ gamel have to go too?

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:23:15

gpicaro wrote:
Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi expects the Roy Halladay trade talks will come to a head early next week, he said Wednesday.

Ricciardi said the Blue Jays "haven't even really exchanged names" yet with teams pursuing Halladay because they're still scouting the minor-league systems of the clubs involved.

"But we're getting really close to sitting down and telling teams, 'This is what it's going to take,'" Ricciardi said. "I'd say going into Monday, we'll pretty much have our cards on the table."

That wouldn't leave those teams much time to complete a deal before the Jays' unofficial deadline of Tuesday, July 28. But Ricciardi quipped: "We'll see how fast people want to move."

Ricciardi did say, however, that he doesn't consider next Tuesday to be a firm deadline.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story.id=4347517

you mean we have run through obver 150 pages of speculation here and there haven't even been any names exchanged yet? what gives?

by **laf837** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:25:18

gpicaro wrote:
Andrich was the winner on Joe Millionaire, chosen by Evan Marriott above all others. Their relationship soon fizzled. She claimed that she was attracted to a completely different type of man; he claimed that she lost her sex-appeal when the show was over. The million dollar check was real, though; the two of them split the money. Zora would later explain in the VH1 show Secrets of Reality TV 2 that Marriott told her via cell phone that he did not pick her, that Fox wanted him to pick her.

holy shit! This is going to sound either gay, pretentious, pathetic or all of the above but I have taken up yoga the past couple of months and I had her as an instructor a few times. I never made the connection...until now. She is blazing, btw. Evan marriott is a puss

by **gpicaro** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:29:01

laf837 wrote:
gpicaro wrote:
Andrich was the winner on Joe Millionaire, chosen by Evan Marriott above all others. Their relationship soon fizzled. She claimed that she was attracted to a completely different type of man; he claimed that she lost her sex-appeal when the show was over. The million dollar check was real, though; the two of them split the money. Zora would later explain in the VH1 show Secrets of Reality TV 2 that Marriott told her via cell phone that he did not pick her, that Fox wanted him to pick her.

holy $#@!! This is going to sound either gay, pretentious, pathetic or all of the above but I have taken up yoga the past couple of months and I had her as an instructor a few times. I never made the connection...until now. She is blazing, btw. Evan marriott is a puss

I always thought she was hot too. I knew she was from Jersey, but didn't know she was still around. She was on a few NutriSystem commercials a few years ago so I figured she was trying to get into acting or something.

by **S2D** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:29:23

Woody wrote:RT @hemanSI aggressive #brewers look like threat for halladay. hearing manny parra's name. but wouldnt escobar/ gamel have to go too?

Uh, Manny Parra? Seriously? Seems exactly like JA Happ with a better major league k-rate, thus far.

by **FTN** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:30:30

Parra is garbage.

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:33:59

You know that facebook program that turns your picture into a cartoon. Maybe someone can invert that to make flop's avatar look real

by **S2D** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:35:23

I know nothing about him except what I can see in their stats, side by side on the cube. They really don't look any different. They're even about the same age, and my guess is, if Happ continues to start, Parra's numbers are about what we could expect from him.

Why is Heyman calling this an aggressive approach?

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:55:02

Stark:

Ricciardi said he considers four teams to be "really, really serious" bidders on Halladay, with "a couple" of others "on the periphery." It's believed that the Philadelphia Phillies continue to top that list, with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox still involved at various levels, and the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox continuing to check in.

The Phillies have told Toronto they prefer not to include their top pitching prospect, Kyle Drabek, in a Halladay deal. Nevertheless, Ricciardi confirmed that the Jays still plan to scout Drabek's start Wednesday night in Altoona, Pa.

by **FTN** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:56:39

so if drabek twirls a gem, then we offer drabek + a lesser package of secondary guys. we should be able to keep brown and taylor.

by **VFB** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:58:00

no pressure, drabek :lol:

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:59:48

There's a weird part of me (OK, all of me is weird) that wants Drabek to do poorly so maybe we can get off the idea that he has to be the centerpiece of the deal. It's a stupid way for me to think (what else is new?), but it's there.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 13:05:21

gpicaro wrote:
Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi expects the Roy Halladay trade talks will come to a head early next week, he said Wednesday.

Ricciardi said the Blue Jays "haven't even really exchanged names" yet with teams pursuing Halladay because they're still scouting the minor-league systems of the clubs involved.

"But we're getting really close to sitting down and telling teams, 'This is what it's going to take,'" Ricciardi said. "I'd say going into Monday, we'll pretty much have our cards on the table."

That wouldn't leave those teams much time to complete a deal before the Jays' unofficial deadline of Tuesday, July 28. But Ricciardi quipped: "We'll see how fast people want to move."

Ricciardi did say, however, that he doesn't consider next Tuesday to be a firm deadline.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story.id=4347517

Ricciardi list for Rube: Drabek, Brown, Taylor, Happ, Marson, Donald, Hamels, Howard, and Utley, with the Phils picking up all salary for Hamels, Howard, Utley, and Halladay. Because Ricciardi is a posturing tease of a douche that wants to rape the other team, urinate on the victim, then brag about it afterwards.

Srsly... Ricciardi's gonna want a lot. He's looking for a "score". What he gets/settles for or even pulls the trigger, dunno. I think I mentioned before, I suspect he's using this as a performance review and a means of garnering national attention because the Jays are expected to have new ownership soon. Even though Ricciardi's signed through 2010, he's insecure about whether the new ownership will retain him.

by **philliesphhan** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 13:05:51

It makes no sense how the Rays would even remotely be involved. Their "big" contract this offseason was signing Burrell for 8M a year.

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 13:06:21

Agreed. It'll be interesting to see whether he overplays his hand.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 13:49:58

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