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Adrian Gonzalez was presented today. I just hope he delivers, I don't care to see another Lackey. :sweat:

Jav_sol wrote:Adrian Gonzalez was presented today. I just hope he delivers, I don't care to see another Lackey. :sweat:

I hear ya... We've gotten our share of lemons over here in SoCal. :bleh:

Jav_sol wrote:Adrian Gonzalez was presented today. I just hope he delivers, I don't care to see another Lackey. :sweat:

Don't think he'll disappoint, :fingerscrossed: if he could put up the numbers he did with the Padres in that park imagine what he'll do batting cleanup in the lineup and ballpark. :victory:

Gonzalez will have a terrible season against the Jays, I mean... oops, forgot Marcum has been traded to the Brewers. Never mind. :beaten:


Rumours about the Jays going after Greinke. I like him, but giving up Snider and Drabek? Hmmmm, that's a tough one.

BoSox sign Carl Crawford... Now people are saying that the Sox are the team to beat in the AL.

bmwracer wrote:BoSox sign Carl Crawford... Now people are saying that the Sox are the team to beat in the AL.

Hope that's right but now there's almost no doubt the Evil Empire :twisted: are a lock to sign Lee.

bmwracer wrote:BoSox sign Carl Crawford... Now people are saying that the Sox are the team to beat in the AL.

In theory, they should have a good batting lineup. Then again, they were suppose to have great pitching this past season. :beaten:

hitomi #1 wrote:
Hope that's right but now there's almost no doubt the Evil Empire :twisted: are a lock to sign Lee.

Looks like there's two evil empires now. :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote:

Looks like there's two evil empires now. :sweat:

What? :puppydog: No they're not, just obeying the wishes of baseball fans everywhere and are trying to prevent the Evil Empire from getting back on top. :victory:

Looks like Cliff Lee is going back to the Phils for $100M over five years.

bmwracer wrote:Looks like Cliff Lee is going back to the Phils for $100M over five years.

Better make that 3 evil empires :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:Better make that 3 evil empires :shakehead:

And they're all back east.

We just have evil (the McCourts), but no empire.

gaijinmark wrote:

Better make that 3 evil empires :shakehead:

As much as I dislike Evil Empire #1 :twisted: do give them credit for instead of just pocketing their huge profits every year they do try to put the best product on the field every year regardless of the insane costs. :nut: Teams like the Pirates and Royals do the opposite, both those teams make a good profit every year due to the tax they impose on teams that go over the salary threshold, those teams spend nothing on trying to deliver a good product for the fans, instead they just pocket the money, actually if they spent some of that they may even realize an even bigger profit. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:Looks like Cliff Lee is going back to the Phils for $100M over five years.

That's quite a shock, huh? :shocked: There was a 3rd team rumored to be in the mix, didn't expect them to be the team to nab him, Yanks offered 7 years at close to $160M, plus the Rangers offered more than the Phils, guess he feels he can live off the Phils contract and that they offer the best chance to win the WS. :sweat:

Godzilla wearing green and gold next year: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-athletics-matsui

And Russel Martin has joined the evil empire:http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-rivera

gaijinmark wrote:Godzilla wearing green and gold next year: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-athletics-matsui

He's moving up the coastline, ne?

He'll be in Seattle come 2012. :mrgreen:

And Russel Martin has joined the evil empire:http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-rivera

He'll probably turn things around and have a great year, much to the Dodgers chagrin. :(

Hall of Famer Bob Feller dies at 92
By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer

CLEVELAND – Bob Feller, the Iowa farm boy whose powerful right arm earned him the nickname "Rapid Robert" and made him one of baseball's greatest pitchers during a Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Indians, has died. He was 92.

After much talk about him getting moved, Zach Greinke finally did today, getting traded to the Brewers, also going to them was SS Betancourt. Brewers also picked up SP Marcum a few weeks back, looking like they could be the early favorite for that weakish division. :naughty:

A convicted drunk driver was sentenced to 51 years in prison for the crash last year that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two other people.
An Orange County judge handed down the sentence for Andrew Thomas Gallo, 23, on Wednesday morning.
The April 9, 2009, death of Adenhart just hours after he made his first start of the season for the Angels, pitching six scoreless innings, shocked baseball fans and non-fans alike.
Courtney Stewart, a student and former cheerleader at Cal State Fullerton, and Henry Pearson, a 25-year-old law student who was building a sports-management business, also were killed in the crash.
Gallo had been convicted of driving under the influence three years before the crash and was still on probation when it happened.
When his blood-alcohol level was tested a couple of hours after the crash, it was 0.19%, more than twice the legal limit for driving, officials said.

Hey, the Boston Globe has its own HOF ballot online: http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/2010_halloffame_survey/

Voted for 3, wasn't quite sold on 2 others, probably have my standards too high. :mrgreen: