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Official 2007 MLB Thread - The quest for another .500 champion

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man has been charged with beating his mother to death with a barbell after losing his temper while watching a baseball game on television.

Michael Anthony, 25, was watching the New York Mets lose a game on Saturday from his home in the borough of Queens when he began furiously banging on the walls, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement on Monday.

His father Fred Fischman shouted at him to stop, but Anthony punched him in the face and threw him to the ground, according to the criminal charges.

When Anthony's mother, Maria Fischman, 61, tried to intervene, prosecutors said he stabbed her once in the head with a knife before chasing her into a bedroom where he struck her several times with the 20 pound (9 kilogram) barbell.

"It is difficult to imagine a crime more heinous than that of a son viciously attacking his parents and, in the process, fatally beating his mother to death," Brown said.

Anthony has been remanded in custody and faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted.
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Jesus.
 
In need of arms, Dodgers look to acquire Blanton from A's
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2955237&campaign=rss

L.A. is stocked with prospects, from third baseman Andy LaRoche and outfielders Andre Ethier (a former Oakland prospect who was traded for Milton Bradley) and Matt Kemp to left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Scott Elbert and right-hander Jonathan Meloan.

The Dodgers and Athletics have been talking about a package of three frontline prospects for Blanton, and on Monday night, they were in the process of mixing and matching possible combinations. Blanton makes just $380,000 this year, and will be eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter. Teams rarely trade young and cheap and established starting pitchers in the current market, which explains why Oakland is asking for a high price in return for Blanton.
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Y2Kev said:
Luis Castillo....to the mets....hmmmmmmmmmm....hmmmmmmm......castillo hmmmmmmm
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****. I hope the Twins didnt call no trade backs, becuase the Mets need to undo this trade. I know they gave up no one important, but since Randolph is such a genius, he will surely play Castillo over Gotay at least 3 times a week. How can you not play Gotay when he is batting .350?! Gotay is the future.

And the Mets better not trade for Griffey because he snubbed New York when he was a free agent years ago and we here at New York dont like his kind (the kind that say they dont want to play in New York, that is).
 
super funk said:
And the Mets better not trade for Griffey because he snubbed New York when he was a free agent years ago and we here at New York dont like his kind (the kind that say they dont want to play in New York, that is).
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Delgado snubbed New York in 2005 and no one seems to have any problems with him. New York is a very "in the now" sports town. You perform, you're liked.
 
BP top 10 Braves Prospects to start the year......

Very Good Prospects
1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
2. Matt Harrison, LHP
Good Prospects
3. Neftali Feliz, RHP
4. Eric Campbell, 3B/2B
5. Elvis Andrus, SS
Average Prospects
6. Brandon Jones, OF
7. Joey Devine, RHP
8. Jeff Locke, LHP
9. Chase Fontaine, SS
10. Anthony Lerew, RHP


GUTTED AM TOTAL
 
siamesedreamer said:
BP top 10 Braves Prospects to start the year......

Very Good Prospects
1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
2. Matt Harrison, LHP
Good Prospects
3. Neftali Feliz, RHP
4. Eric Campbell, 3B/2B
5. Elvis Andrus, SS
Average Prospects
6. Brandon Jones, OF
7. Joey Devine, RHP
8. Jeff Locke, LHP
9. Chase Fontaine, SS
10. Anthony Lerew, RHP


GUTTED AM TOTAL
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*shrugs*

To me the only one that hurts is really Salty. Harrison has been injured and didn't perform up to expectations at AA. Elvis is still super young and NOT hitting. I like Lillibridge better and am glad we haven't traded him... yet. If we can get Arroyo though...
 
Triumph said:
To me the only one that hurts is really Salty. Harrison has been injured and didn't perform up to expectations at AA. Elvis is still super young and NOT hitting. I like Lillibridge better and am glad we haven't traded him... yet. If we can get Arroyo though...
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Agreed on all points.......just thought it was interesting.
 
Dr. Strangelove said:
Yeeaaah. Not a fan of this proposed deal.
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Dye's numbers post ASB:
.317/.394/.698 with 6 HR.

He was an MVP candidate last year. If its a situation where we send WMP and a middling pitching prospect for him, its a big upgrade to the team. Hell, if he comes here and tears it up for August and September we could offer him arb. (which he'd never except, wanting to start and a long term deal) and recoup two early draft picks out of it, making the talent exchange rather negligible. I don't think thats an option for CWS since he might accept their arb offer if it paid more than he was seeing on the market, as he'd still get to start there.

I think the major issue with Drew is he's trying so damn hard to stay on the field every day, finally playing through injuries, that he just can't produce. He was spelled regularly in L.A. and ATL for his big seasons, especially against lefties. You'd set up a similar situation with Dye, where he takes every RF start against a lefty plus an extra one each week for the rest of the year along with spelling Manny, Ortiz, and Crisp (by Drew covering CF) each once a week as well.

The Sox are 8 games ahead in the division, if they can get Dye it makes for an excellent opportunity to get the key players regular days off without sacrificing on field play. Not much better situations than that if you're a team with sights on making a major playoff push.
 
Link said:
Delgado snubbed New York in 2005 and no one seems to have any problems with him. New York is a very "in the now" sports town. You perform, you're liked.
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Yes very true. I think I am the only person who actually remembers or even cares. Plus, I dont think anybody will mind not having to see Shawn Green everyday.
 
Way to go M's with an awesome win! What a performance by Batista, Morrow and Putz! Even after we lost seven games in a row, Anaheim wasn't able to pull away with the West.
 
Drek said:
Dye's numbers post ASB:
.317/.394/.698 with 6 HR.

He was an MVP candidate last year. If its a situation where we send WMP and a middling pitching prospect for him, its a big upgrade to the team. Hell, if he comes here and tears it up for August and September we could offer him arb. (which he'd never except, wanting to start and a long term deal) and recoup two early draft picks out of it, making the talent exchange rather negligible. I don't think thats an option for CWS since he might accept their arb offer if it paid more than he was seeing on the market, as he'd still get to start there.

I think the major issue with Drew is he's trying so damn hard to stay on the field every day, finally playing through injuries, that he just can't produce. He was spelled regularly in L.A. and ATL for his big seasons, especially against lefties. You'd set up a similar situation with Dye, where he takes every RF start against a lefty plus an extra one each week for the rest of the year along with spelling Manny, Ortiz, and Crisp (by Drew covering CF) each once a week as well.

The Sox are 8 games ahead in the division, if they can get Dye it makes for an excellent opportunity to get the key players regular days off without sacrificing on field play. Not much better situations than that if you're a team with sights on making a major playoff push.
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I think it's far more likely that Dye regresses to suckitude soon rather than continuing to rake it for 3 more months. If I were the Sox I wouldn't take a chance on him unless we gave up almost nothing, and even then, that cause a logjam in the OF that can't be easil resolved.

Just not that smart a move for Boston if it happens.
 
Hey Angel fans:

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siamesedreamer said:
BP top 10 Braves Prospects to start the year......

Very Good Prospects
1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
2. Matt Harrison, LHP
Good Prospects
3. Neftali Feliz, RHP
4. Eric Campbell, 3B/2B
5. Elvis Andrus, SS
Average Prospects
6. Brandon Jones, OF
7. Joey Devine, RHP
8. Jeff Locke, LHP
9. Chase Fontaine, SS
10. Anthony Lerew, RHP


GUTTED AM TOTAL
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meh im not too worried about it, our team is young and we draft and develop players extremely well so our farm system will be just as good in a couple of years.
 
the jabba era is almost upon us

7th - jabba
8th - gagne
9th - rivera

make it happen cash-man. don't let alan horne hold it up!
 
jman2050 said:
I think it's far more likely that Dye regresses to suckitude soon rather than continuing to rake it for 3 more months. If I were the Sox I wouldn't take a chance on him unless we gave up almost nothing, and even then, that cause a logjam in the OF that can't be easil resolved.

Just not that smart a move for Boston if it happens.
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Dye's career OPS+ is 109, and he's been over 100 every year since 2000(with the exception of 2003 when he was injured and only played in 65 games).

Hell, look at his last 2 years:
118 OPS+
152 OPS+

I can't see how someone would think because of a bad first half he suddenly sucks. He's been above average his entire career, and in 4 or 5 seasons, well above average. Somehow a poor first half has turned into some myth that Dye only had one good year, which was last year. That simply isn't true.


That being said, I really hope he re-signs with the White Sox. KW is going to sleep on Boston's counter offer, and I really hope he passes on it.
 
Mariners' fans rejoice!! Chris Reitsma is out for the season! No more having to watch him give up countless runs in close games! Morrow is the new set up man.
 
Sumidor said:
Mariners' fans rejoice!! Chris Reitsma is out for the season! No more having to watch him give up countless runs in close games! Morrow is the new set up man.
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i guess this would be a bad time to tell you that the mariners have shown interest in igawa and the yankees have dangled farnsworth to them also :D
 
apparently the dotel deal reports were all premature. Braves have not acquired him, nor have the discussions been "that serious" according to mlb.com. Braves are waiting on the Teix trade to be finalized today before making any more moves. Maybe JS should go hard after Bronson Arroyo instead of Dotel....Dotel would be nice (especially for davies) but Braves do need a starter more than another reliever at this point after getting mahay from Texas.
 
Ugh, and we had Dotel last year.
Why didn't we keep him? A second year on his deal, and he'd be here setting up Mo right now. :-\

6 hours left, guys; the dominos must fall!
 
Joe said:
i guess this would be a bad time to tell you that the mariners have shown interest in igawa and the yankees have dangled farnsworth to them also :D
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Haha, as a die hard Cubs fan I'll just say this:

Kyle Farnsworth is like cancer. Get rid of him at ANY cost.
 
Karakand said:
How original. Can I offer you a cup of Starbuck's before the Pearl Jam concert?
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I'll see your cup of Starbucks and Pearljam and counter with a Jamba Juice before Sublime and Reel Big Fish.

Joe said:
i guess this would be a bad time to tell you that the mariners have shown interest in igawa and the yankees have dangled farnsworth to them also :D
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Haven't heard anything about the nutty prof, but the M's as a team haven't expressed interest in Igawa. Ichiro and Kenji have.
 
Proctor for Betemit?

...I dunno.

On the one hand, he's a young switch-hitting guy with power who can play any position pretty well. If he doesn't instantly start @ 1B, he upgrades our bench a lot (peace out, Miggy C and Chris Basak). On the other hand, Proctor wasn't necessarily what was wrong with our bullpen. I definitely would've rather traded some mid-tier prospects for him.

That said, if we're moving Proctor, does Cashman have plans for a new arm before the deadline? Or does this further cement JOBATON?
 
Joe said:
the jabba era is almost upon us

7th - jabba
8th - gagne
9th - rivera

make it happen cash-man. don't let alan horne hold it up!
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I was talking about this yesterday on #ga.

Edwar Rodriguez
Joba Chamberlain
Ian Kennedy
"King" Phil Hughes.

Why are we paying all these old farts to come in to stink it up when we have such ridiculous prospects in our system?
 
Wellington said:
I was talking about this yesterday on #ga.

Edwar Rodriguez
Joba Chamberlain
Ian Kennedy
"King" Phil Hughes.

Why are we paying all these old farts to come in to stink it up when we have such ridiculous prospects in our system?
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It's not always good to just throw rookie relievers into pressure situations

Cla Meredith and Craig Hansen :(
 
Wellington said:
I was talking about this yesterday on #ga.

Edwar Rodriguez
Joba Chamberlain
Ian Kennedy
"King" Phil Hughes.

Why are we paying all these old farts to come in to stink it up when we have such ridiculous prospects in our system?
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Probably the same reason why we pay suck ass Igawa millions to suck ass. We have a shitty GM that is severely overrated and he knows NOTHING about pitchers and barely anything about hitters.

Weaver
Pavano
Brown
Vazquez
Igawa
Wright
Loaiza
etc etc etc

This man has done nothing to warrant staying around and if he trades away Proctor and keeps Farnsworth on the team I don't know how anybody can defend this guy.
 
Torre will never use guys like Edwar Ramirez and Chris Britton, no matter how good they were in the majors when they were here or how good in the minors they do; as long as he has vets to use, he will always favor them over kids. :-(

If we don't pick up a new bullpen arm, things should shake out like this:

- DFA Farnsworth (it was gonna cost eating his contract anyway to trade him)
- DFA either of Myers or Villone (neither of them is awesome as a LOOGY)

Then, the bullpen should be:

- Vizcaino
- Chamberlain
- Britton
- Rivera
- Ramirez
- Bruney
- Whoever is left of Myers or Villone

Bruney, Britton and Ramirez can be used to get some work in ala Proctor anywhere through the 7th. Joba and Viz can do 7th and 8th inning work only. Mo is for the 9th. All gravy.
 
I can't make sense of that move at all.

I mean, Proctor is really going to breakdown at some point and he's way overworked and really should be taking a drive through Correction City sometime soon, but for a utility man?

And that weakens the bullpen....

.........................unless....
 
Karakand said:
How original. Can I offer you a cup of Starbuck's before the Pearl Jam concert?
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I despise coffee and grunge music in general is a big Meh to me but you can supply the obligatory 116 joke and the official "I survived Bill Bavasi and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
and a World Championship :(
 
jermaine dye is heading to the red sox for wily mo pena and manny declarmaren, dependent on dye waving his no trade clause


Also, Red Sox frontrunners for Gagne.
 
siamesedreamer said:
jermaine dye is heading to the red sox for wily mo pena and manny declarmaren, dependent on dye waving his no trade clause


Also, Red Sox frontrunners for Gagne.
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So Gagne is really going to be alright to be the setup guy? Jeez Boston is pretty good bullpen if they land this guy.
 
Y2Kev said:
I can't make sense of that move at all.

I mean, Proctor is really going to breakdown at some point and he's way overworked and really should be taking a drive through Correction City sometime soon, but for a utility man?

And that weakens the bullpen....

.........................unless....
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Here's what USSMariner says about the trade

USSM said:
Also, the Dodgers just sent Wilson Betemit to the Yankees for Scott Proctor. It’s amazing how badly the Dodgers are being run right now. As most bad organizations do, Los Angeles focused on his batting average (just .229) and not his secondary skills (.359 OBP, .474 SLG) and decided that he couldn’t help them, despite the fact that they’re struggling to score runs while giving lots of at-bats to total scrubs like Juan Pierre. The Yankees make a golden pickup here, giving up nothing of value for a 25-year-old who can help them.
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You guys got a total steal
 
siamesedreamer said:
jermaine dye is heading to the red sox for wily mo pena and manny declarmaren, dependent on dye waving his no trade clause

Also, Red Sox frontrunners for Gagne.
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Not a good trade IMO. Dye is a nice player but he is not going to be happy being a platoon of in his contract year. And declarmen is valuable. I can't put that much faith in timlin down the stretch. Should have just held on to him and let WMP spell Ortiz while he's injured.
 
According to Ken Rosenthal over at foxsports, the Sox are about to acquire gagne. The deal hinges on Gagne's approval, which he might not give. (He can veto a trade to the Sox)
 
bluemax said:
I'll see your cup of Starbucks and Pearljam and counter with a Jamba Juice before Sublime and Reel Big Fish.
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SUMMERTIME... THE LIVING'S EASY

Weaselred said:
I despise coffee and grunge music in general is a big Meh to me but you can supply the obligatory 116 joke and the official "I survived Bill Bavasi and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
and a World Championship :(
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I will only pull the kiss the rings trash talking in NBA threads. :D
 
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