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[MLB] Mauer, Pujols, 2009 MVPs. Winter meetings up next I suppose

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited November 2009
    what happened to the dudes that were all arguin' that derek jeter deserved the mvp as a lifetime achievement award or something

    (I'm really happy mauer and greinke won their respective awards in spite of the legion of idiot sportswriters yelling about HEY HOLD ON NOW THIS GUY HAS MORE WINS or HEY HOLD ON NOW THIS GUY PLAYS FOR THE YANKEES)

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Controversy sells papers

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    You try writing for the New York Daily News and then say Mauer is worthy of the MVP for a month

    No one will give a shit

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited November 2009
    actually I think the more accurate phrase would be "controversy brings in hits"

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited December 2009
    polanco to the phillies is official


    which brings back me saying we should have never traded him away in the first place

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    SchideSchide Yeoh! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The Mariners signed Figgins.

    So that's a thing.

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    ah dang

    the cubs couldn't really afford him anyways, but still

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    SchideSchide Yeoh! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Could have afforded him if they got rid of Bradley.

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    They're trying to move him. The thing is, nobody's going to take him without the Cubs either taking on some of his salary. Or if the other team can dump a player in a similar situation (biggish contract, underperforming player) on the Cubs in a trade.

    And even then, the money's probably not there.

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    Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Yeah I had seen that a lot of giants fans wanted them to do a Rowan Bradley trade but that ain't ever happenin

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    nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I am just waiting for the Mauer contract extension that needs to come

    not sure if I could handle a mauer-less twins team :(

    apparently the end of spring training is the deadline for him

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    HjorvarthrHjorvarthr Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    natek wrote: »
    I am just waiting for the Mauer contract extension that needs to come

    not sure if I could handle a mauer-less twins team :(

    apparently the end of spring training is the deadline for him

    If they don't re-sign him, they'll become the stupidest front office ever

    and I'd like to see Pavano brought back for another year

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited December 2009
    I thought the Burrell/Bradley swap had grown some legs

    or were they just legs to a baseless rumor

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    langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    robothero wrote: »
    polanco to the phillies is official


    which brings back me saying we should have never traded him away in the first place

    As a Tigers fan this made me really excited for about two seconds, until I realized that we don't actually get anything at all from this.

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    robothero wrote: »
    I thought the Burrell/Bradley swap had grown some legs

    or were they just legs to a baseless rumor

    there are a lot of rumors going around

    people are fighting hard to dump their shitty contracts on the cubs, I guess

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    good

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    isn't hating on the cubs kind of boring at this point

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    Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    no fuck the cubs

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    nah fuck the giants

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I don't hate the cubs at all geebs

    I'll take Zombrono off your hands if you think he's too much of a trouble maker


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    Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Nope sorry Tim Lincecum is the best pitcher in the history of baseball and Barry Bonds totally didn't use steroids

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    MarthMarth Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I hope the Astros resign Berkman eventually. Sure, he's not as good as he was with the killer B's, but he's still cool.

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    tim lincecum isn't even the best pitcher in baseball right now you nonce

    also I love carlos zambrano and I want him to stay in chicago forever but if he went to the yankees it would be hilarious

    I have no idea how the new york media would deal with him

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »
    tim lincecum isn't even the best pitcher in baseball right now you nonce

    also I love carlos zambrano and I want him to stay in chicago forever but if he went to the yankees it would be hilarious

    I have no idea how the new york media would deal with him

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    no but see

    zambrano will go out of his way to piss them off if they start bugging him or giving him shit

    a-rod kind of tries to avoid stuff

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Who cares

    He sure as fuck doesn't

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    MarthMarth Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »
    no but see

    zambrano will go out of his way to piss them off if they start bugging him or giving him shit

    a-rod kind of tries to avoid stuff

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    As soon as he punches a Red Sox player all will be forgiven

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    tries to avoid picking fights with the media, I mean

    he still does dumb things but he's not saying that the yankees should "just trade me if they hate me so much" for example

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The thing is if he does anything good against the Red Sox the media will go down on their knees and suck his cock

    And in New York we have had our share of players that hated the Media

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Natinals pick up NYY reliever Brian Bruney for a PTBNL and sign IVAN RODRIGUEZ for reportedly $6 mil over two years.

    Pudge started playing in the majors when I was 11, and was basically my favorite player for years (I was catching at the time in little league). I'm excited to finally see him play. He'll probably serve as a backup/mentor for Jesus Flores (who looks to be healthy again in time for the spring). Boras, his agent, is talking like Rodriguez will get significant playing time, but I'm hoping it doesn't become Paul Lo Duca 2.0.

    Bruney could fill any slot in our bullpen, but wants to find a place as a closer. If he does close, I figure it will be on a temporary basis until Drew Storen makes it up to the bigs.

    Either way, Team Rizzo has said that the focus of the Winter Meetings is pitching, so here's hoping we get something good to back up the eventual rise of Strasburg.

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    langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Damn. I like Curtis Granderson.

    And to the Yankees. Fuck.

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    langfor6 wrote: »
    Damn. I like Curtis Granderson.

    And to the Yankees. Fuck.

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    langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I wonder if baseball will ever adopt a salary cap.

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    Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    hahahaha no

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    SchideSchide Yeoh! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Zen Vulgarity wrote: »
    hahahaha no

    Anyway, I wasn't planning on posting about that trade until it was official.

    So...

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    so rumors are the cubs are going to send bradley to tampa bay who will send pat burrell to the mets, who will send luis castillo to the cubs

    or a one for one deal instead

    this offseason kind of sucks :(

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited December 2009
    pat burrell to the mets isnt very smart

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    DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    the only smart part of that deal is milton bradley going to a team with virtually no press coverage and a fanbase that isn't really at the point where they're going to scream obscenities at their own team

    and if they cubs just trade straight up for burrell, then it happens anyways

    I'm not sure why the mets are being mentioned in this at all

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited December 2009
    phils add ross gload to the bench apparently

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