Great move by Billy getting Kendall. I've always been a fan of his as whenever he faced the Giants he always gave them trouble, and in my opinion he's one of the toughest outs in baseball. He fits in perfectly in the A's system with a career .387 on base percentage. And they get rid of a inconsistent Redman and a washed up Rhodes, both had two years left on their contract.
Been a pretty good offseason for both of my teams so far. 🙂
Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove
Been a pretty good offseason for both of my teams so far. 🙂
yes it has ya [email protected]/k...wish somethin would happen in atlanta...but maybe no news is good news?
the giants also goin after Armando Benitez now...
Originally posted by Shaolin Monk
yes it has ya [email protected]/k...wish somethin would happen in atlanta...but maybe no news is good news?the giants also goin after Armando Benitez now...
Armando Benitez with the Giants...I like!drool
I guess after the Raiders signed Warren Fat whose been a bust and the Kings biggest signing this offseason was Greg Osterfat and Osterfat is well...Osterfat, some good signings were eventually going to happen to some of my teams. 🙂
Originally posted by DanZeke25
The Expos are now the Nationals... The Washington Nationals.. there Home jersey is red.. they don't no about away yet, there logo is gonna be red, white, blue and gold
Halos gave them a good trade with Jose Guillen. It will improve in their bats and the teams looks like building up. Interesting baseball coming from Washington soon.
I heard that the Nationals want Griffey. And here is a rumor i saw on Phillies.com its a 4 way deal
Phillies get: Andrew Jones from the Braves
Braves: Gat Kevin Brown from Yankees
D-Backs: get Phillies prospescts
Yankees get: take a wild guess, Randy Johnson
now, i like the part about the Phillies getting Jones, but i dont like tha part about the Yankees getting Johnson, so i hope that trade doesn't go down. Its just a rumor anyway.
Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove
Armando Benitez with the Giants...I like!droolI guess after the Raiders signed Warren Fat whose been a bust and the Kings biggest signing this offseason was Greg Osterfat and Osterfat is well...Osterfat, some good signings were eventually going to happen to some of my teams. 🙂
It's official Benitez signs with the Giants for 3 years. Finally Gagne is going to have some competion in the west.
Originally posted by DanZeke25
I heard that the Nationals want Griffey. And here is a rumor i saw on Phillies.com its a 4 way dealPhillies get: Andrew Jones from the Braves
Braves: Gat Kevin Brown from Yankees
D-Backs: get Phillies prospescts
Yankees get: take a wild guess, Randy Johnsonnow, i like the part about the Phillies getting Jones, but i dont like tha part about the Yankees getting Johnson, so i hope that trade doesn't go down. Its just a rumor anyway.
I love Andruw Jones in CF, but dislike him at the plate...never know what Andruw you are gonna see...I would almost be all for that trade...especially because Lofton would come to Atlanta with Brown, and the possibilities of getting some of the Phillies prospects. But like you said Zeke, I don't want Johnson goin to the Yankees.
The one thing that is tough about 3 way/4 way deals is that every party must agree....and thats extremely hard to do.
It would bother me to see Andruw leave, as he said before the trading deadline this year(when the Braves and White Sox were thinkin bout swapping Magglio Ordonez for Jones) that he loves Atlanta, would take a pay cut to stay, and doesn't want to play for another ballclub while Bobby Cox is the Manager in ATL. But he needs to step it up at the plate...low and away is his nemesis.
Glad Benitez signed with the Giants...congrats doc
Originally posted by wuTa
i like how every year before the season starts that all the "experts" say the giants are going to suck and be lucky if they dont finish last yet every year there in the playoff race
which is why the only baseball analysts I really like are Peter Gammons, Harold Reynolds, and Ken Rosenthal. I've talked with Rosenthal a few times, and got a nice email from him in September, thanking me for backing him on the idea that the Phillies would NOT win the NL East.
I wish Gammons/ESPN would bring back Diamond Notes, I loved those when I was young.
Originally posted by Shaolin Monk
which is why the only baseball analysts I really like are Peter Gammons, Harold Reynolds, and Ken Rosenthal. I've talked with Rosenthal a few times, and got a nice email from him in September, thanking me for backing him on the idea that the Phillies would NOT win the NL East.I wish Gammons/ESPN would bring back Diamond Notes, I loved those when I was young.
Yup, Gammons is the best, along with Harold Reynolds. Too bad Peter is gettin pretty old and probably will be stepping down soon. Then ESPN will probably bring in mister "I think I'm a superstar" Sean Salsbury 😘
I love Peter, great on TV and writes great articles. I also love that he is always open to new theories that most other conservative baseball writers aren't. Harold is great too.
Kruk lost the little respect that he had from me when he said that Schilling should be ahead of Santana on the Cy Young voting because Schilling had more "wins" than Santana. Any "expert" should know that wins and loses are the worst barometer to determine who is the better pitcher as wins have as much to do with the pitchers own offense and bullpen as how good the pitcher pitches.
Monk thanks, it's been an amazing offseason for my teams and if Beltre signs with the Giants I will truly know what it feels like to be a Yankee fan...I know I'm dreaming but what can I say, I dream big. 😗
Originally posted by Shaolin Monk
http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3211080❌ 👇
Not surprising since the tumor disease he had comes from taking steroids.
It will be interesting to see if there's a difference in Giambi this year without the juice, because I really don't think it makes much difference on on-field perfomance other than maybe hitting a ball a little harder and the ball going a little farther as bat speed and eye contact are way more important to hitting the ball far.
Certainly this is only the beginning as this steroid scandal is about to explode.