emunney

Any word on a replacement? [hint] you [/hint]

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Shane Nance is back! Ah, to be left-handed.

Good to see Rickie joining the fun.

H0FFY, I thought I was on top of this thread before you posted. I have to assume a chook is an x-factor you inserted/invented/learned down under. Good on you, mate. Also want to point out that while Pujols, every year, has by any standard definition crushed, raked, been a great hitter, or what-have-you, he has not performed identically every year. His statistics fluctuate like anyone elses. Thus, while it's easy to say that he'll be good, it's only so easy because his margin of error is so huge: he would have to drop off substantially and "unpredictably" just to be not-great. And a crazy insane drop off would be required before anyone started calling him, say, Albert Poo Holes, whereas normal fluctuations might be more noticeable in a player who barely has his head above water, so to speak. There are many more players (many) who tread this line than there are Albert Pujolses (one).

It definitely did hit the pole, but not by much.

Kane Davis did seem an odd choice. Maybe Ned figured that if he put him in quickly enough, it would be Davis that was injured instead of Sheets.

Bill, whatever happened apparently happened on that pitch behind Chipper. He just came up grimacing and holding his right arm. Ned and trainers ran out to the mound and tried to stretch him out for a minute, then did what looked like a stress test on his elbow, though it could have been the rotational strength of his shoulder. The look of pain and disappointment on Ben's face was palpable.

Sheets looks hurt, they're stretching him out and performing some stress tests on his elbow.

Betemit just got seriously owned.

EDR, I'm with you. Thrilled that I get to see Sheets.

So it's good news on Dennis, then? That post by Dennisfrancis the day after the injury had me pretty worried; it's good to see that it wasn't even bad enough to shut him down.

Hate to split hairs (but not really), but if it is only a 1% chance, then 350,000 dollars is way too much for that ticket. If it's a 20-25% chance, though, I can get behind that.

Didn't Rickie show up at Southern around the same size?

I was pretty happy to get an arm like Rogers' in the system last year, but the player I (and many others on the board) wanted was Chris Nelson. This year that player is Maybin. The pick has got to be Braun.