I’m still petrified of that ’stache

Although I am drinking the kool-aid too, and would love to see Peavy in Anaheim.

…but let’s be realistic.

They are going to want alot more than that to pry Peavy out of SD.

And I’m not talking about GMJ. I don’t think the pieces we have match up with what SD wants.

why make us do the heavy lifting?

Picking on typo’s, that’s top notch. The internet has ruined both of us.

If it came off as a demand, that was unintentional. I didn’t think he was discounting anything (he didn’t mention a thing about RJ which was the meat of my post) I was hoping to see something that negated everything i’ve been reading about (that there have been no reported discussions with TR).

Is it that time of the month around here?

no Shields in your bullpen.

“Give Mathis as many games at C possible for his D.”
so those 13 errors and Napoli’s .960 OPS meaning absolutely nothing to you, huh?

Moreso than almost all other positions on the field. But holy hell, Mathis was so INCREDIBLY BAD at hitting last year, while Napoli was so incredibly good. I know there’s only so much you can teach, but if I’m Scioscia, I come over to Napoli’s house every morning this offseason and teach him how to call a game, block bad pitches, and throw to second (after his shoulder heals, of course). EVERY MORNING.

Because if Jeff Mathis starts more than 40 games next year, we’ve got problems.

maybe not as historically amazing as Mathis is, but he is no slouch behind the plate. Throwing errors are HUGE for catchers, those errors put runners on 3rd, or in some cases this year, he made bad throws to 3rd and the runner scored. Mathis was a catcher this year who IMO cost us runs. And I backed him for a lot of time this year, hoping he would turn it around, and after checking out the numbers recently it became very clear to me who should be behind the plate, and not just more, but a lot more. and that’s Naps

Remember that we ALMOST got Soriano at the ‘06 trading deadline but either the Nationals tried to wipe out our farm system or Stoneman sat on his damn hands again until it was too late (that was the failed deal that pushed me over into straight-up Stoneman cynicism for a while…in hindsight, he’s OK).

The trouble with signing Soriano in the 2006 offseason is that he wanted WAY too much money. Arte went so far as to say that at the amount Soriano wanted, Arte may as well have given him the keys to the franchise, too.

I wanted the Cabrera trade last year, as a back-up if we missed out on A-Rod (which was also out of our control, in the end). Given that the Marlins also tried to r**e our farm system, I think it was a good move not to do it.

And Konerko? Glad we dodged that bullet—and keep in mind I wanted him at the time, too.

Another Big Bart disaster waiting to happen. I’d hate to see another great pitcher go down in flames after being overworked—and I’d especially hate to see him do it on our team.

If Randy could still pitch as he did when his mullet became its own entity, I would say "welcome aboard." But the guy is 45, makes 8 figures and has a bad back. As much as his mullet transcends its physical existence, his body has no such ability to defy the space-time continuum. I say "no thanks."