FTN wrote:Trading Oswalt for Young would be worse than Cliff Lee for 3 prospects.

I cant take 30 more Kendrick starts

especially since it would take away one of the main justifications of that trade.
a trade this bad after so much smug would be more than i can take.
i'm not sure how long i would have to wait before i could stand to start following baseball again.

Everyone's favorite J. C. Romero in the 8th worked on being J. C. Two BABIP singles followed by a GIDP followed by a ground ball out.

Now Baez in to close it out gives up three straight singles.

5-3 now.

Baez surrenders 4 hits and two runs and then gets the GIDP to end it. He's got that closer mentality.

Phils win 5-4.

smitty wrote:Everyone's favorite J. C. Romero in the 8th worked on being J. C. Two BABIP singles followed by a GIDP followed by a ground ball out.

Now Baez in to close it out gives up three straight singles.

5-3 now.

Wasn't Lidge supposed to pitch today? Maybe they're counting on Baez getting ti to extras.

That was close enough. Good thing it is spring.

Port Charlie tomorrow

phorever wrote:

FTN wrote:Trading Oswalt for Young would be worse than Cliff Lee for 3 prospects.

I cant take 30 more Kendrick starts

especially since it would take away one of the main justifications of that trade.
a trade this bad after so much smug would be more than i can take.
i'm not sure how long i would have to wait before i could stand to start following baseball again.

Wait, what I am missing? Why is this being discussed here? Is it a rumor or something?

Wheels Tupay wrote:

phorever wrote:

FTN wrote:Trading Oswalt for Young would be worse than Cliff Lee for 3 prospects.

I cant take 30 more Kendrick starts

especially since it would take away one of the main justifications of that trade.
a trade this bad after so much smug would be more than i can take.
i'm not sure how long i would have to wait before i could stand to start following baseball again.

Wait, what I am missing? Why is this being discussed here? Is it a rumor or something?

hopefully just a humorously exaggerated rumor.
but that's what i thought the mystery team thing was.

Wheels Tupay wrote:

phorever wrote:

FTN wrote:Trading Oswalt for Young would be worse than Cliff Lee for 3 prospects.

I cant take 30 more Kendrick starts

especially since it would take away one of the main justifications of that trade.
a trade this bad after so much smug would be more than i can take.
i'm not sure how long i would have to wait before i could stand to start following baseball again.

Wait, what I am missing? Why is this being discussed here? Is it a rumor or something?

I am getting annoyed cause sometimes I can't tell when people here are being sre serious or not. But if they are I will go from annoyed to pissed off pretty fast.

swishnicholson wrote:

smitty wrote:Everyone's favorite J. C. Romero in the 8th worked on being J. C. Two BABIP singles followed by a GIDP followed by a ground ball out.

Now Baez in to close it out gives up three straight singles.

5-3 now.

Wasn't Lidge supposed to pitch today? Maybe they're counting on Baez getting ti to extras.

Did he pitch in a B game or a minor league game maybe? I think I saw that somewhere.

so Calvin saying "sources are saying" means something's worth discussing now? sources are saying whoever Calvin got that from (probably himself) is full of shit.

Young career as a hitter away from Arlington:

.326 OBP/416 SLG/ 91 RC+

Now you can't just say that's strictly his ability because most people hit slightly better at home regardless of the park, but his big difference in home and road splits for his career is almost entirely BABIP driven--.361(!!) career BABIP at home, 316 away. I am pretty certain the league-wide BABIP split for home hitters over their road numbers is .005

ISO is .030 higher for his career at home, perfectly explainable by the park

He's also just terrible at 3B. Really really bad

I'm fully prepared to be livd about any trade for him. Please no. Just sign Aybar. Trade for Callaspo. Don't give up Blanton and maybe even prospects for this guy and take on his extra years at huge money. And Oswalt, jesus. I think we could diagnose RAJ as bipolar if that happened

joe table wrote:I think we could diagnose RAJ as bipolar if that happened

BPD isn't an excuse for that level of stupid

Soren wrote:

joe table wrote:I think we could diagnose RAJ as bipolar if that happened

BPD isn't an excuse for that level of stupid

True. How about some sort of an extreme alcoholism that causes him to lose huge chunks of consciousness and make life alteringly terrible decisions

Pretty sure this is pretty close to true, trade or not though

Can admin give the next person to spout a Oswalt for Young rumour a short stint away from the board? The actual thought that a Phillies fan would actively want to spread this rumour makes me seethe with anger. Seriously we have an historically good rotation right now and someone wants to spread rumours about breaking that up for Michael friggin' Young!?

It was discussed on KTCK Dallas this morning but I didn't catch the initial context, probably just talk show noise. Haven't seen anything from the Ranger writers since ST games started.

deal is dead. rangers wanted halladay plus cash.

unfunny

calvin

CalvinBall wrote:deal is dead. Phillies wanted Hamilton, Feliz and cash.

I prefer this rumour.

has rube signed Loliver yet ?

I didn't see anyone post this yet...

http://www.facebook.com/l.php_u=http%3A ... ml&h=40efb

Tastykakes will be available at CBP this year! PB Kandy Kakes, Butterscotch Krimpets, Chocolate Cupcakes, and some sugar free stuff. Can't believe it took this long but glad it's finally happened. I always felt that there needed to be more dessert type options, and considering Tastykake was a major sponsor, I can't believe it took this long.