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He won't have to fake the injury if Zambrano gets to him Is that 3 wins he's blown for Big Z already? Yup. I agree with whomever in the gamethread said we should just make him a bartender at the Clevelander permanently. And at 9 million a year, he better be Sam ****ing Malone.

He won't have to fake the injury if Zambrano gets to him

25 straight scoreless innings for Javy and 1 run in last 38. 11 straight quality starts and 15 out of 16. The 'contract half-year' is the new 'contract year'.

Just to be clear: my post wasn't meant to complain or wish that we'd been worse over the last 7 years....the baseball draft is more of a crapshoot than any other sport and yes, we picked Dominguez over Heyward. I mentioned Tampa Bay because they were bad for so long, and then after striking gold with Longoria and Price, they're one of the best teams in baseball. I'm grateful that we've at least had something to play for the last few Augusts and Septembers. Our record just surprised the hell out of me -- it shows just how stuck in mediocrity we've been, and how far we're removed from the "magical one year runs".

Should've posted this before we won yesterday, so it would've been a perfect .500...... I just added it up, and from the 2004 season on, our cumulative record is 546 wins and 545 losses. This includes our current 60-60 mark this year. While we were great in one season bursts earlier in our history, we've since settled into being the quintessential .500 franchise, one that is neither great nor could benefit from high draft pick after high draft pick (ala Tampa Bay.) Thought it'd be an interesting figure to bring up.