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[clyde]

Make that Granny Sizeless.

[horseofcourse]

I can't believe he washed up faster than Rick Manning. Rick must be chuckling silently on the cable broadcasts thinking "man, he's not even as good as I was as a Brewer!"

[clyde]

Well that plus DH Hafner who can't do anything but dh and that's when they are not playing an NL team....and when he's not hurt,that's 20 million tied up in two players who don't play all that much.


What was Shapiro thinking??

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by clyde

Well that plus DH Hafner who can't do anything but dh and that's when they are not playing an NL team....and when he's not hurt,that's 20 million tied up in two players who don't play all that much.


What was Shapiro thinking??

He was thinking they didn't cost 20 million each which is what the big ones cost now and he got them somewhat cheap I guess? Grady was really good for the most part. He always struck out a ton but made up for it with a really high OBP due to tons of walks and really good speed on the bases. He looked great his first several weeks back then hurt his other knee and has been beyond pathetic since returning from that one. I guess in hindsight it would have been better to give CC his 20 plus million and let those two wither away for someone else. Tough to know that stuff though.

[clyde]

I guess I was thinking more of the brunt of that 20 million...Hafner.



Oh it's water over the dam.

Who cares now?

I shouldn't have injected it into this mess.



But they are starting to resemble Major League I

[horseofcourse]

ON the bright side the trend now is to not hit. The Giants are world champs and they can't hit crap...never could...never will. They're starting to pull away again. The Tiggers have the best pitcher in the AL in Verlander, but I was looking at them the other day, and they have no other starters with an ERA under 4. The Indians have 3 of them. They don't pitch nearly as well as the Indians for the most part, though they do pretty much have that automatic win every 5th day which is nice. They have a couple good relievers....Albuquerque and Valverde but not nearly as many good ones as the Tribe (despite the melt down last night!). I hate to say it, but the key to the rest of the year is Exhausto. If he were just pitching like last year, we'd still be 5-6 games up. If he can somehow figure it out we contend all year, if he continues his 20 loss pace, good night Irene.

[clyde]

Hey that's a great point,was thinking about it myself.If the relievers just stay the same and the starters get just an itty bitty ( TM ) better........





Oh fucl< it.

They'll still suck.