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Anderson!

sigh... god damn u yanks

it was not Dusty , Jack told him to try not use him only if he had to

that good cuz i rather him not go than get injuryed and not play for bout 1 month or so

Doug only makes $1.75 million this year. He could see a raise through arbitration maybe up to $4 or 5 million. very true we can offer him y dont the Marlins make this trade... TRADE : Twins get : Derrek Lee , Brad Penny , and player to be name later Marlins get : Doug Mientkiewicz , and cash or this one TRADE : Twins get : Brad Penny , and Prospect Marlins get : Jaque Jones

I run the site. :plain Truth is I don't even post much, I'm too busy working on the site and forums. Things don't just magically appear. i know u run the site... i was only kidding.. wow and i always things in this board appeared magically got my hopes down!!

what is the Isoptoes record ?

2003-2004 LA Lakers = 2002-2003 NY Mets? no there the 2003 Philles !

28 wins

I got so frustrated on my hunt for a new jersey today (in Miami, FL) that I just felt I'd share the events with you all: I would've just gone straight to Marlins en Miami, but this was past 5 PM and they were already closed. I felt compelled to get a jersey TODAY. So I decide to make a stop at the Sports Authority @ Dadeland North first. The place is overstocked with UM, FSU, and UF stuff as well as tons of damn Seau jerseys. There was ONE Marlins t-shirt in the entire place and of course it was made for obese men - XXL! I patiently drive over to Dadeland Mall where I make my first stop at Champs Sports. At least they had a JERSEY this time it was XXL. What REALLY pissed me off is that when I went to look at visors, they had the Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, and Red Sox, but NO Marlins! Oh, and of course the place is packed with Dolphins jerseys. This time I also saw a bunch of those classic jerseys. Next stop - Foot Locker. They had 1 Marlins jersey (a Pudge one!) and a bunch of the classic ones as well as modern Atlanta Braves and Yankees and Oakland and whatnot. The Pudge jersey was in Medium, but that kind of went down past my knees. However, the Foot Locker guy says to me: "Oh, now that they're winning you're coming out to buy a jersey?" which pissed me off even more because a) that's not true - I have plenty of Marlins apparel and b) well, I was already frustrated - I didn't need to be accused of being a bandwagoner too! So after yelling at the guy and arguing with him about stats and finally proving to him that I know more than he does, I somewhat stormed out and went for a drive... Final stop - Sports Authority on Kendall Drive. Quick walk to the back of the store shows 3 Marlins Jerseys and various other t-shirts!!! They even had kids sizes for me! I got a home team Lowell jersey. Other options included a home Pudge jersey and the black Pudge jersey. I was so disappointed, though, that many premier athletic retail stores in Miami did NOT have an adequate supply of Marlins apparel -- DURING BASEBALL SEASON! Have any of you guys had similar experiences? wow that some mess up day for u

Das- If you're packing to get out of the way of the Hurricane, then go for it. If you're packing to leave this place- "Say it ain't so, Joe!" Whose lap would I dance on???? mines... lol j/k

Welcome!

HR derby , even tho the Slam Dunk is right behind the HR derby

i won $ 143 !!!! cuz between my family we bet for players , and i went for Pujols and he went all the way to the final and no one from my family picked Anderson !!

aww didnt see that..

NL starting lineup SS Edgar Renteria, Cardinals CF Jim Edmonds, Cardinals LF Albert Pujols, Cardinals DH Barry Bonds, Giants RF Gary Sheffield, Braves 1B Todd Helton, Rockies 3B Scott Rolen, Cardinals C Javy Lopez, Braves 2B Jose Vidro, Expos NL starting pitcher: Jason Schmidt, Giants wow 4 Cards in Starting Lineup and first 3 batters r cards !! y cant we get people like that

He was named ROF inthe st Half! Pujos was the MVP of the first half also... Pujols, Delgado garner top honors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jayson Stark ESPN.com Well, we're halfway through another baseball season. And it's been a great year to be a GM with a computer, a great year to be a guy who wrote a book about a GM with a computer, and a great year to be a hair stylist with a Tampa Bay Devil Rays account. Jason Schmidt has pitched like an ace for the NL West-leading Giants. On the other hand, it's been a lousy year to be a manager with a boss named Steinbrenner, any pitcher in Detroit or a 513-homer guy with a broken bat. But it's been a spectacular season so far, all the same. So Vanna, the envelopes please ... AL MVP Carlos Delgado, Toronto Was it really just a few months ago that the Blue Jays had convinced themselves that Delgado was a guy you couldn't build an offense around? Uh, never mind. He's suddenly heading for one of the monster years of all time. Only three players in history have ever had a 165-RBI, 130-run, 50-homer, 90-extra-base-hit, 1.000 on-base-plus-slugging season -- Babe Ruth, Hack Wilson and Jimmie Foxx. But that's where Delgado is heading if his second half matches his first half. Scary. Apologies to: Bret Boone, Nomar Garciaparra, Garret Anderson, Melvin Mora. NL MVP Albert Pujols, St. Louis In the back of our brains, we still hear that little voice screaming, "Are you crazy? NOBODY is more valuable to his team than Barry Bonds." We agree with that little voice. But if Pujols keeps this up, he's going to have one of the most memorable seasons in history, for a team that is in contention ONLY because of its offense. Even if he doesn't win the Triple Crown, he's still leading the league in batting, hits and extra-base hits, and is second in doubles, runs and slugging. And how many National Leaguers have EVER led in all those departments in the same year? How about two -- Stan Musial (1948) and Rogers Hornsby (1920). And he's actually accounted for a higher percentage of his team's runs than Bonds. Apologies to: Bonds, Gary Sheffield, Mike Lowell, Todd Helton, Luis Gonzalez. AL LEAST VALUABLE PLAYER (LVP) Paul Konerko, Chicago Yikes. What HAPPENED to this guy? This time last year, Konerko was an all-star who almost reached the finals of the Home Run Derby. Now he has fewer home runs (four) than Matt Kata (who got called up _ what? - 20 minutes ago?), fewer RBIs (18) than Reed Johnson (who got called up _ what? _ 15 minutes ago), fewer extra-base hits (12) than Alex Cora and a lower slugging percentage (.278) than Chone Figgins. That's the stuff LVPs are made of. Sighs of relief for: Jeremy Giambi, Jermaine Dye, Ben Grieve, Bobby Higginson. NL LVP Edgardo Alfonzo, San Francisco It's almost impossible to get yourself benched in the first three months of a four-year contract. But Alfonzo did it -- on merit. His batting average (.236) and on-base percentage (.311) are about 100 points lower than his numbers for the 2000 Mets. Which is great compared to his slugging percentage (.340), which is 200 points lower. Believe it or not, his last extra-base hit at home was June 8. Sighs of relief for: Pat Burrell, Shawn Green, Roberto Alomar, Adrian Beltre. AL CY YOUNG Esteban Loaiza, Chicago Pedro Martinez (11 starts allowing one earned run or none) is still the best pitcher in the American League. But thanks to his dependable bullpen committeemen, he has six wins. Tim Hudson (whose team is 16-4 when he starts) has probably pitched every bit as well as Loaiza. But thanks to The Curse of Keith Foulke, Hudson has seven wins. So for now, we'll shakily hand this half-trophy to Loaiza, who has already tied his career high in wins (11) and has given up one earned run or none 11 times -- as many as in his previous 54 starts combined. Bear in mind that Loaiza has never had a second-half ERA lower than 3.62. (Of course, he never had a FIRST-half ERA under 4.04.) But the only AL pitchers in the last 25 years who have had a lower full-season ERA than Loaiza's current 2.21 ERA were Pedro, Roger Clemens and Bret Saberhagen. So how the heck did Loaiza worm his way into a group like that? Apologies to: Roy Halladay, Jamie Moyer, Mark Mulder, Martinez, Hudson. NL CY YOUNG Jason Schmidt, San Francisco For 10 starts, Kevin Brown was the best pitcher out there. But now that Brown has lost three in a row, it's hard not to notice that, over the ENTIRE first half, Schmidt has outpitched him in just about every category but wins. They're virtually tied in ERA. But Schmidt leads the league in shutouts (3), complete games (5), opponent batting average (.200) and baserunners per inning. He has pitched into the eighth inning eight times. Brown has done that only three times -- and hasn't thrown a complete game in 44 consecutive starts. So it's a close, close call. But Schmidt has been every bit the dominator Brown has been -- and stayed out there longer. Apologies to: Brown, Mark Prior, Woody Williams, Eric Gagne, John Smoltz, Dontrelle Willis. AL CY YUK Chris George, Kansas City The easy choice here would be to pick a Tiger, just because half their staff is on the road to 20 losses. But that's TOO easy. What's hard is to pick a guy with nine wins (three more than PEDRO) and a WINNING record (9-6). But George isn't your typical nine-game winner. He's a nine-game winner with a 7.11 ERA. And no pitcher in history has ever won nine games, had a winning record and had an ERA that high. The current record-holder is Harry Staley, who went 12-10, 6.81 for those 1894 Boston Beaneaters. So our pal Brian Kingman isn't the only pitching legend whose place in trivia history is under assault this year. Sighs of relief for: Adam Bernero (traded to Colorado), Jay Powell, Joe Mays and Albie Lopez (wherever he is). NL CY YUK Glendon Rusch, Milwaukee Somebody probably should have seen this coming, considering Rusch is in his seventh big-league season, he's never had a winning record and he has the second-lowest career winning percentage (42-75, .359) of any pitcher with this many decisions in the last 50 years (behind only Jesse Jefferson's .325). But Rusch has had a vintage Cy Yuk year, going 1-11, 8.61, and even holding onto his league lead in losses and earned runs allowed despite spending 2 weeks in the minor leagues. Not quite what the Brewers had in mind when they traded Jeromy Burnitz for him. Sighs of relief for: Ryan Dempster, Jose Jimenez, Luis Vizcaino. AL ROOKIE Hideki Matsui, New York By the time Rocco Baldelli played his first high school baseball game, "Godzilla" Matsui had already made more than 3,000 visits to home plate and 266 home-run trots for the Yomiuiri Giants. So it's almost farcical to think of Matsui as a "rookie" in the same way Baldelli is a "rookie." But the rules are the rules. So in a season in which we have two rookies with this many hits (at least 106 each) at the all-star break for the first time since Warren Cromartie and Bob Bailor in 1977, it's hard not to pick Matsui. He leads Baldelli in every major offensive category except stolen bases, triples and career quahogs eaten. Apologies to: Baldelli, Mike MacDougall. NL ROOKIE Dontrelle Willis, Florida He's not a rookie. He's a miracle. We're not allowed to count Nielsen ratings when we compute a guy's rookie-of-the-year credentials. But this guy actually outrated "Law and Order" in South Florida in his last prime-time start. He's only the third pitcher this young since 1934 to win eight of his first 10 big-league starts. (The others, according to the Elias Sports Bureau: Fernando Valenzuela and Mark Fidrych.) And think about this: Eight different opening-day starters have allowed 10 runs in a game this year. Willis has beamed in from Double-A to allow six runs in his last 10 starts put together. Apologies to: Brandon Webb, Brad Lidge, Horacio Ramirez. MANAGERS OF THE YEAR Tony Pena, Kansas City; and Bobby Cox, Atlanta No team has ever gone from 100 losses to a playoff spot. But Pena has been a tidal wave of positivity for a team that hasn't had anything to be positive about since George Brett retired. Meanwhile, Cox's team lost four of its five starting pitchers, spun its bullpen through the Cuisinart and brought back essentially the same lineup that finished 10th in the league in runs scored last year. And he's still found a whole new way to do what his teams have always done -- win. Apologies to: Bob Melvin, Frank Robinson, Felipe Alou. c/o ESPN.COM very nice article

I am just going to insert some left handed hitting names here for us to peruse and see if any of these are possible targets. Names mentioned: Aubry Huff Brian Giles Jacque Jones Jeremy Burnitz Reaching: Geoff Jenkins Doug Mientkiewicz Ryan Klesko (but seems to be having some injury issues right now...) Maybe I am overlooking someone, but the options are not great. Giles is the best available, but will cost us too much. I would like to see Huff, I think he is a fine hitter and young/cheap (for now) as well. Mientkiewicz I only bring up if we need a solid hitter to replace someone departing (Lee?) or even include a pitcher from the Twins, but that is not all that appealing - I know. Klesko would be nice, but I dont know if he is available and also he is having some problems apparently, he has the flu (ok...) but has seen a physician about his shoulder. Who knows what you are getting with him. Anything I left out? all those i take either my favorite D-Ray , Huff or Jones

Darn! I wanted to see Mikey in there. so did i !!

i wouldnt trade i like Lee better he strikes out less , better D

nope , he will not start... 1st - because he wasnt ganna go 2nd - because they have to play Vidro over Castillo cuz he was there lot b-4 castillo so it will not be too fair to sit him down like that

what if hte marlins get conine to play left field? does that change your thinking any? I don't think anyone wants to demote Cabs right now... But anything is possible! That's an interesting point, though. I haven't seen anyone mention it in the multitudes of discussions that have been had on this topic. I did, but nobody paid any attention... u did ? i dont remeber seeing that... got link ?

Wish we still had Dunwoody....I liked him. he was pretty good

Oof.. you're right - that feels like an eternity ago! i think it was more than that