In Beane We Trust.

 

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Quite a move for the Phillies. I think it'd be cool to see them win the division this year, and pitching is certainly what they needed to beef up their chances of that happening.

The Baltimore Orioles acquire IF Juan Castro from the Colorado Rockies for IF Mike McCoy

"I think it'd be cool to see them win the division this year,"

 

They did last season thanks to the Mets being boneheads.. will liekly not happen this season...

 

We're tied now!!

 

Pretty big series coming up.

"I think it'd be cool to see them win the division this year,"

 

They did last season thanks to the Mets being boneheads.. will liekly not happen this season...

 

We're tied now!!

 

Pretty big series coming up.

It's times like these when I wish I had the MLB online video package. ESPN did pick up the Wednesday game though right?

The Los Angeles Dodgers sign IF/OF Pablo Ozuna

 

The Milwaukee Brewers acquire 2B Ray Durham from the San Francisco Giants for P Steve Hammond and OF Darren Ford

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquire P Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for IF Emilio Bonifacio

 

The Houston Astros sign P Jim Brower to a minor league contract

 

The San Diego Padres trade P Randy Wolf to the Houston Astros for P Chad Reineke

 

The Washington Nationals sign SS Cristian Guzman to a 2yr contract extension

FIGHT

Fan goes to hospital, 17 ejected after minor league brawl

 

Yankees hierarchy discusses Bonds

Club officials meet as Trade Deadline looms next week

LINK

 

 

 

Brewers sign OF Jay Gibbons to a minor league contract

Nady and Marte to the Yankees for ?

LINK

 

Another more complete LINK

Nady and Marte have been dealt for right-hander Ross Ohlendorf and three prospects. Those prospects are believed to be lefty Phil Coke, outfielder Jose Tabata and right-hander George Kontos.

 

 

 

 

Dodgers release P Matt Riley and IF's Mark Bellhorn and Ramon Martinez

Mariners sign P Oscar Villarreal to a minor league contract

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The Cleveland Indians acquire P Anthony Reyes from the St.Louis Cardinals for P Luis Perdomo

 

Dodgers acquire 3B Casey Blake from the Cleveland Indians for P Jon Meloan and C Carlos Santana

 

White Sox release P Esteban Loaiza

Manny says he'd approve a trade

 

 

Gossage, Williams choke up during acceptance speeches

Hall induction day

 

I would like to congratulate both D. Williams and Rich "Goose" Gossage.

 

Two people who made a tremendous impact for the Padres first National League Championship 1984

I liked Gossage's speech a lot. I almost felt bad for the guy when he started getting choked up.

Goose deserved to be in there YEARS ago.

Goose deserved to be in there YEARS ago.

Was this is 2nd try? I thought he had been on there before and didn't make it..It's all about the year that you're trying to enter truthfully. Even qualified players get turned down when there's a phenomenal hall inductee class.

Was this is 2nd try? I thought he had been on there before and didn't make it..It's all about the year that you're trying to enter truthfully. Even qualified players get turned down when there's a phenomenal hall inductee class.

It was his ninth year on the ballot. Exceptional closer that often went 2-3 innings to get a save unlike today's prima donna's that pitch for an inning or even less to get a save.

"prima donna's that pitch for an inning or even less to get a save. "

 

L0L Prima donnas? Like thye chose that. That's 100% manager decision to make that change; not the players.

 

And, the old days were full of whiny prima donnas. We just didn't hear about it because the media were wussies.

That's 100% manager decision to make that change; not the players.

So all the managers just decided to stop using pitcher to close games in the 7th inning? And when did this trend begin? Pitch counts also a managers decision as well, no outside pressure from management, agents, the players themselves?

Considienrg that most picthers would prefer to eb starters (for the glory!), I seriously doubt that pitchers/relievers/closers as a group went to MLB and made a demand to only picth 1 inning because any more than that would be cruel and unusual. L0L

actually, the concept of pulling pitchers earlier than most of us think is acceptable began quite a while ago (in the early 90s maybe?) with the biometrics thing. someone did some analysis and determined that pitchers lose effectiveness around 100-110 pitches. basically, they noted that pitchers had much better w/l records, lower eras and gave up fewer hits if they stopped pitching before 100-110 pitches. tony larussa jumped on this and began yanking his guys in this region, no matter how well they were pitching. he's moderated his willingness to do this over the years (he lets carpenter complete games, for example, even if he hits 120 pitches), but he still has a knack for pulling a guy in the 7th even though he's given up only a few hits. other managers hopped on the bandwagon and it has become the norm across the league.

 

yes, it is the manager's decision, but he's certainly talking to others for input (larussa and duncan are peas in a pod, for example). he's also watching the pitches to see if they're hitting their mark, and looking at pitcher mechanics (pitching coach's job) to see if bad habits are creeping in (which is a sign the pitcher is getting tired). it's incredibly complicated overall (the reasons), and i'm not 100% convinced it is always the right decision. sometimes a pitcher just has the opposing team's number and they ain't gonna hit him regardless of how many pitches he's thrown.

 

taks

The Cleveland Indians acquire P Anthony Reyes from the St.Louis Cardinals for P Luis Perdomo

about time they got rid of reyes.

 

Dodgers acquire 3B Casey Blake from the Cleveland Indians for P Jon Meloan and C Carlos Santana

o ye como va, felipe!

 

taks

Angels and Braves complete deal that would send Mark Teixeira out West for first baseman Casey Kotchman and Minor Leaguer Stephen Marek.

http://trades.mlblogs.com/

 

My AL team is looking good.

 

 

 

 

 

Mariners sign P Jorge Sosa to a minor league contract

Dodgers and Red Sox taking trade for Manny. Philly and the Marlins?????

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/base...gers/index.html

Yankees fill need, acquire Pudge

"NEW YORK -- Dealing from their greatest area of strength to fill a pressing need, the Yankees acquired 14-time All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers on Wednesday in exchange for right-handed reliever Kyle Farnsworth."

 

LINK

 

 

White Sox sign OF Jason Tyner to a minor league contract

Mets release P Juan Padilla

The Seattle Mariners claim P Luis Munoz off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates

Report: Griffey to White Sox pending OK

Sixth-leading all-time home run hitter must approve trade

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb

 

Today's the trade deadline, so expect a lot of action. Too bad I can't edit this thread as I go, instead of making new posts all the time..

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