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Ahhh...and the jokes commence!! :r :r

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The Giants and Tim settled before walking into the arbitration hearing this morning.

Lincecum gets 8 mil in 2010, 13mil in 2011 plus 2 mil signing bonus (1 mil each year).

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Sorry Mac, it's hard not to. :D

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Any A's fans in here?
I want to know why the A's wanted Rosales and Tavares from Cincinnati, only to DFA Tavares as soon as he arrives? This makes no sense.:confused:
We dumped Tavares so I can't complain, I just don't see the logic in it from the A's perspective.

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Didn't make sense to me either Andy. :confused:

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Maybe they had to take him to get Rosales.

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Rosales has hustle, but he's not worth the overall price they spent if that was the reason. They put pretty much paid about 1.5 to 2 million for him. Not worth it for a guy who probably won't make the 40 man roster after ST.

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Well nobody said the A's were smart.

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Any predictions on where Damon will be?

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If it is true that the Braves offered $4M 1yr, White Sox offered $3.5M 1yr, and the Tigers $14M 2 yr, I would put my money on Detroit.

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Thats where I thought he will end up. The 2 year deal is what Damon is looking for.

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The Big Hurt talks about his accomplishments and his path to get where he is. Imo, the BEST hitter the White Sox have ever seen. His numbers show.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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The D-backs avoided arbitration with Edwin Jackson on Sunday night by agreeing to a two-year contract with the recently acquired right-hander.

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Gonna be hard going back to those losing ways...but then again...he had years of practice with Kansas City. :r :r

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Mark Mulder is going to be retiring. Has not done much since rotator cufff surgery September 2006.

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Same holds true for Carlos Beltran when he comes off the DL :r:r:r

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And the hits just keep on coming. :r :r

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It seemed like such a good move at the time. Dan Haren is a stud now, and Mulder ate up a lot of money. He busted his a$$ rehabbing and I wish it could have worked for him. His agent is saying he is not retired.

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:r:r

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Mark McGwire arrived at the Cardinals' Spring Training camp today and got right to work:rolleyes:

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Injecting? :r

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bingo:D

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It is a wonderful day today now that Spring Training is here.

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:banger

Now, just marking Xs on the calendar until Opening Day. :D

My problem is that I need to decide what team to root for. I've reached a strange point in my baseball fan life: I statyed away from MLB for 17 years. I still feel a few tugs of loyalty to my favorite teams from my teenage years but not the normal undying, FAN loyalty. It's almost as though I'm free to find new favorites, or even to root for everyone. I don't know, just rambling I guess. I'm just excited about spring training and a new season for the first time in almost two decades so I'd probably root for 9 drunk gophers if you could just put gloves and spikes on 'em and get 'em on the field! :D

So, who to root for?

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Finally.....

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:r

That will be an even better day

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So many choices. It's actually pretty tough to narrow down on one team. I've been a lifelong Yankees fan, but I love good baseball and often find myself rooting for teams that play good ball. And i've always had a soft spot for the Tigers, my first ball game was a Yanks/Tigers game back in 86, I find myself rooting for them when they aren't playing the Yanks.

And then sometimes I find myself rooting for the underdogs, but only in the National League. I catch a lot of Nationals games in my parts, find myself hoping they have a better year. And if they or the Yankees aren't on, i'll pretty much root for whoever is playing against the Mets :r

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Which team did you root for in the past?

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Oh yeah!!! :tu :tu

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:tu It's been a long winter.

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Mostly the Cubs, Indians and Mets.

My first and only time attending an MLB game in person was in Cleveland, I've got family in Cleveland, their stadium mustard ROCKS and they've pretty much always been the underdogs so I can't help but keep rooting for them!

I've always enjoyed watching Cubs games. When I was a kid we didn't have cable TV but my grandmother did. When I spent the summer with her I'd try to catch Cubs games on WGN - I liked Harry Carey and Wrigley Field looked great in the summer sun (on TV of course).

And I was playing little league baseball when the Mets came on so strong in the 80s and naturally gravitated towards them because my uncle and cousin were always rooting for them.

But after such a long hiatus from the game the only team I feel any tug of loyalty to is Cleveland. Harry's gone from the Cubbies and the Mets are .... well, the Mets. :) I feel like I've got an almost blank slate now.

Maybe I'll follow the Nationals for a while, see how that goes. Dunno.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this season. Bring on the hot dogs and peanuts and beer and cigars!!!

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Word is A-Rod's cousin is supplying using Pettite's dads prescription to get them.:rolleyes:

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I would follow the team(or teams) you grew up watching. They would probably be more exciting and meaningful to watch and follow:2

And yeah, bring on the sausages, beer, dogs, and cigars!!

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Stick to the Mets Jonathan!! :tu :D

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Yep...Mac's right Jonathon...watch the Mets....looking UP to the Phillies!!
:r

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*fixed it for you* :r


Yep, the old Orange & Blue still pull at me. Gonna have to watch 'em. :)

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Don't worry it is not hard to watch the Mets. Usually they are sitting at the end of the bench waiting to get off the DL. :r

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Nice!! :tu

We'll see Keith!!

Not this year (keeping my fingers crossed).

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Some Johnny Damon news. The Tigers offerred 2 years $14M, but Damon does not want to play in Detroit. :r So now BorASS is trying to get the White Sox serious. They have a 1yr $4-5M deal out there for Damon.

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I f'n can't stand BorASS. Screw Carlos Beltran. GO ASTROS!

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Any Orioles fans in here? I'm looking forward to another losing season!

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http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news...=.jsp&c_id=cws


It looks like Damon is leaning towards Chicago:tu

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Guess they won't be doing the DH by committee like Ozzie said when they elected not to resign Thome.

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They will be using the "committee" dh like Ozzie said. Damon will probably rotate with Rios or Pierre. If the sox get Damon, their bench is going to be insane:D

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The Angels announced today that they have avoided arbitration with shortstop Erick Aybar, settling on a contract for 2010. While the club has a policy of not releasing contract figures, the deal is worth $2.05 million, according to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes. Aybar had been seeking $2.75 million, with the club offering $1.8 million.

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Damon as a White Sock?? I guess stranger things have happened. Delgado is sitll out there...but not certain he could last a full season. :D

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:r

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The white sox pull initial offer to Damon. We should know today or tomorrow if Damon wants to play in Chicago.

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Looks like Damon is going to Detroit. Good pick up for the Tigers, that's for sure.

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I'd rather have Granderson back.