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Brewers GM on Sabathia rumors

millionairesrow — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:35:36 -0000

Brewers GM on Sabathia rumors

Not much news here; however, a couple of interesting quotes:

"We lost the division by two games last year. One player could make the difference in two or three games."

"You always need pitching down the stretch," Melvin said. "Even though our starting pitching has done pretty well lately, we've got our ears open."

and finally...

Melvin said he was not opposed to trading prospects for a "rental," a player the Brewers might lose to free agency after the season.

"It all depends where we are (in the standings) and if the player could have a major impact," he said. "I've done it before. We have prospects. Whether we want to trade them is our call."

Riccardi on Dunn

millionairesrow — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:59:42 -0000

N.Y. Times article on Yanks interest in C.C.

millionairesrow — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:59:05 -0000

N.Y. Times article on Yanks interest in C.C.

Barfield up, Cabrera down

millionairesrow — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:42:39 -0000

Top Cuban 3B prospect defects

millionairesrow — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:46 -0000

Clarification on potential compensatory picks for C.C.

millionairesrow — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:07:23 -0000

I was reading Jayson Stark's latest on ESPN.com today, and I there was a statement I was hoping some LGTers could help me out with. In the article, Stark quotes a MLB executive:

"Meanwhile, an executive from another club says Cleveland "would have to do better than two first-round draft picks" to justify trading Sabathia. "

and proceeds to run down what the Indians could potentially receive back in an in-season deal for C.C. I've seen this argument used in the past when discussing a C.C. trade, that whatever we would receive would have to be better than "two first-round" picks. First, is this reference to a true first-round pick, and a sandwich pick? Second, is it possible (probable?), that our own FA signings this next offseason would negate any picks we would receive from losing C.C.? It seems to me that saying we would receive two first-round picks is a bit misleading (at best) when discussing any compensation we could receive for C.C. Am I wrong in thinking that our signing of two upper tier FAs this offseason would leave us with nothing in return for C.C.?

Full text of article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos1

Heading to Detroit this weekend - any bar/restaurant suggestions?

millionairesrow — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:41:38 -0000

Hey all. As the title says, some friends and I are heading up to Detroit this weekend for the Indians - Tigers series. We are staying at the downtown Marriott and were hoping to find some suggestions for a few pre-game spots to have a drink (preferably in walking distance to the park), and some post-game spots to grab a bite to eat. Through the wonders of the internet, it appears that "Hockeytown" is a popular destination and is close to the ballpark, but it just seems wrong to me to go to a bar named "Hockeytown" before a baseball game. Our post-game final destination may be the casinos, so any restaurant suggestions in that area would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance for the responses.

Slocum to start tonight (now retracted)

millionairesrow — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:06:53 -0000

Slocum to start tonight (now retracted)

Indians.com has Slocum listed as the probable pitcher tonight.

Omar becomes all-time leader in games played at SS

millionairesrow — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:36:21 -0000

Omar becomes all-time leader in games played at SS

The link title pretty much says it all. Congrats to Omar for quite an achievement.

Victor kicks the bucket, teammates laugh

millionairesrow — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:12:30 -0000

Victor kicks the bucket, teammates laugh

For those of you who need to see it again