I hope the headline tomorrow in the NY papers is "Braves Cox Cause Mets to Choke" or something like that

Thankfully the Knicks will rise to the top of the pack to give the East some dignity.



I'm not drunk.

new fantasy league or keeper league...first year will be free. Call it a tester year.

Its not any good. Its all the good. The free version beats the shit out of any other messenger so the feature Pun mentioned and also just being able to talk to absolutely everyone. Its is the shit and the piss rolled into a ball.

Figured I'd get the dig in before y'all did.

Oh snap!

I pitch as well. Luckily I haven't been hit too hard in the last couple of years. For being slow I seem to be pretty quick with my reflexes.

So where are the pics of the AZ chicks playing grab ass?

I'm certainly not pissed with the Bengals' draft. I'm happy with what they did. What pissed me off is that McGahee came into the division, which automatically makes Baltimore better and Pittsburgh just refuses to go away. I was really looking forward to Cleveland continuing to be a perennial doormat and an easy two wins every season. I'm pissed that they look like they're trying to improve.

Also, that was some absolutely brilliant work at the draft, getting the hands-down best O-Lineman, then trading for the hands-down second-best QB. Just really competently done, which is something no one's used to seeing from the Browns.

uhh yeah me too

For anyone who's interested in the writings of Paul Shirley, there's a chat going on right now here.

Also, he's got two new articles up on ESPN, which can be found here.

Oh please. I have all sorts of stuff up there other than stats. Memories of bad WCW angles. Hundreds of bad horror movies. Lots of weird songs that get stuck in my head. The Pin numbers of my friends, just in case. My irrational fear of mushy food. Repressed memories of dildos and male cybersexxing. The newfound knowledge that WAY too many of you have shit yourselfs in your lifetimes. Lots of stuff.

You punk ass, mark bustah.

Morneau at 1st sort of blocks the most logical move. And I'm not sure a move to the OF saves him any. He played 17 games at DH so I'm guessing they'll keep going that route. Try and give him those days rest and conserve him. But he's a good defensive catcher so it sort of puts an issue at play. They've got an offensive catcher. That's a commodity. Move him somewhere else and you (a) lower his value and (b) create a hole in your lineup that you're likely to fill with a poor player at at least one side of the ball.

BABIP is an interesting stat. Its supposed to help try and predict how much of a player's success is due to luck. Guys who have abnormally low BABIPs probably got screwed out of a few hits because of good defense or bad luck. Guys who have high ones probably got lucky. Helps for pitchers too. Definitely an interesting stat to look for if you're trying to gauge sleepers and busts in your drafts.

Delcarmen's a pretty good prospect. And with the Boston system a bit shallow right now (at least in the top half) after the trades of Hanley, Sanchez, Bard, and Meredith, the sickness of Lester, and the callup of Papelbon... Delcarmen's one of the few guys who will be in Boston in the next year or two. Strikes folks out without too many baserunners. He's either just below or equal with Hansen depending on how you judge Hansen's rookie season and what it does to his value. More importantly he's already had success as a ML reliever and that's Boston's biggest weakness. Hansen and Delcarmen are going to have to play parts in that pen this year. Losing them hurts the pen to boost the offense. And the offense is currently stronger than the pen.

In that trade scenario you're losing Tavarez too from the pen. And if they're taking on Lowell, Tavarez, and Clement I'm guessing Colorado isn't eating much of Helton's contract at all. So no, I don't like that deal if it were on the table. Depending on the money.

I saw some article today that said Colorado have them a list of prospects they'd want. Delcarmen, Hansen, Ellsbury, Daniel Bard, or Clay Bucholz. And they'd be willing to settle with Lester. That's so nice of Colorado. If that's the list of prospects Colorado wants I stay away big time. Most stuff I'm reading seem to say that Epstein is staying strong at going no further than Lowell/Tavarez/Clement.

www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5312977,00.html