Posted on 07/24/2005 4:54:14 PM PDT by ken5050
OK, all you Freeper baseball afficionados. It's early Sunday evening..it was a hell of a week for the national pastime, and I wanted to get our weekly thread up and running...I won't have a chance late tonight, early tomorrow, and there is much to talk about..
Heard a rumor on ESPN about Bob Wickman maybe going to the Red Sox. It will be interesting to see how the Tribe does this week on the west coast road trip to Oakland and Seattle. Not sure yet whether the Indians will be buyers or sellers...may depend on their performance this week prior to the trading deadline. Supposedly the Yanks had scouts at the Indians - KC series earlier this week, looking for a CF.
Don't look now, but here come the Phillies (again)!
I don't think Thome is through yet, but at 35 it will be tough to regain his previous form. The Indians management has been patting themselves on the back for not going the extra mile and signing Thome to a long-term deal when he was a FA a couple of years back. The team doctors were skeptical Thome's back would hold up through a long-term deal. Still wish we had Manny though. The guy is just an RBI machine.
How can you collapse if you were playing way over your head for more than half a season.. Their record in one-run games was unreal..
They win five on this upcoming nine-game road trip and I'm going to become a believer. For now, I'm just another pissed-off Phils phan.
Rumor in today's NY POST says that Mets might try for Manny this week...he's due $57 mill next three seasons..and the Mets outfield does NOT have a door in the fence..(LOL)..The Mets are gonna resepmble the Dominican Republic All Stars..Manny, Pedro, and Reyes..
They're NOT trading Billy Wagner..
Kevin Millwood pitched a good game for the Tribe today. 2 runs in 7 2/3 innings. Lots of speculation that Millwood is on the block, since he was signed to a one year make good contract before the season. He has a losing record, 4-7, I think, but has had very little run support and has pitched much better than the record indicates.
Pookie, you must be close to my age. I just passed the half century mark.
I saw Stan the man hit a homer over the "right field porch" at the old Sportsmans Park in 1963. (showing my age, i was maybe 8 at the time).
God love Stan the Man. Still the biggest name in St.Louis.
Mo is my choice for AL Cy Young. Garland will have 20 wins and a good ERA. That's the ideal resume. Buehrle could get to 20. Hard to say. I wonder if they will take votes away from each other like Ortiz and Manny.
Anyway, Mo deserves it. A 0.89 ERA for a closer-- it blows out the water anything he's ever done in a season. It's ridiculously good. He's been the team MVP and has kept the Yankees in the WC and division hunt.
That was Olney talking out of his butt.
I think the rumor was for Glavine. No way we do that trade for Glavine.
Correction. Mo is now at 0.85 for an ERA, with 25 saves in 27 chances.
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AJ Burnett may be dealt from the Marlins to the White Sox.
Rivera is actually having the best season of his career. The guy is unbelievable.
Stan the Man is one of the least appreciated truly great hitters who ever lived. Maybe not in St. Louis, but among fans in general. He has to be among the 10 greatest to ever pick up a bat. Not to mention a wonderful, good-natured guy. To me, his equivalent unappreciated elite pitcher is Warren Spahn. Spahnie was unbelievable. An unmatched pitching machine.
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