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WOW....wait all winter and the one day I have to attend a seminar and I'm away from the computer all day this happens. I am really happy for Prince and his family and I am confident we enjoyed his best years. Upon coming here and reading that my initial thought was "that is the worst contract I have ever seen". Only time will tell, but I am very thankful Detroit, and not Milwaukee, is saddled with that one. Best of luck to Prince and the Tigers and I hope to see you in the World Series some day!

I think I mentioned it earlier in this thread, but something gives me the feeling that now that Pujols has signed outside of the division I think the Brewers maybe more aggersive than most think. The KRod arbitration deal throws a wrench into it, but I have a feeling (nothing more than that) that Mark A. views this as a substantial opportunity to be very competitive within our division for a few years. Whether that means its Fielder (which I am not personally a fan of), ARam, or a big trade I just think they will do something to get another bat in the lineup.

If the Crew were to sign Ramirez I personally would sign him to be our first baseman. He is not great at third as it is and has been somewhat "injury prone" over the past few years. I don't know if those injuries are a result of playing third or not but I think it is relatively safe to say it is a more physically demanding position than first. I think an ideal situation would be to sign Ramirez to play first, give Green the opportunity to play third and go with Hairston Jr. at SS. I would then use Gamel as a trade chip to see what he could bring.

Love Shaun but there is no way I run him out there again should his spot come up. I think you give Estrada or even Narveson a look, but Marcum has nothing left at this point.

The St. Louis Cardinals.......there not the Cubs??? Sorry that's all I got!

That is just the News media being.....well....the News media. Every time they open their mouth they overblow the situation. You need to only look back a few days with the "east coast earthquake". I had Fox on and the female anchor was talking about the "breaking news" like the east coast got hit with a 9.0 and the devestation was going to be tremendous. Not making this political, but whatever side they happen to fall on, those on the other side might as well be the devil. Seriously, sometimes I think they would rather watch the country suffer and report on it than for the people on the other side of the aisle to get something right and praise them for it. It's not even really news anymore its "here's 20 seconds of what happened and let me tell you how you should think." It's almost embarrassing to watch.

I will admit I don't know a ton about Fiers's stuff but I remember watching him pitch an inning during a televised spring training game either this spring or last and being pretty impressed. His numbers so far in AAA are extremely impressive...you have got to love 7 IP, 10 k's on 93 pitches??? That is pretty dominant. He is pounding the zone and his opponents are not hitting it. You have to be pretty excited about the kid!

Alright I am going to talk myself into Rickie's injury being not that bad. You know when you watch football and the guy just looks like he blows out his entire knee but then comes back a week later....kind of the ones that look the worst aren't typically....that kind of thing. I don't think it was achillies related. They did nothing with the back of his leg and in my limited experience witnessing achillies injuries the people who suffer them are in horrendous pain. Rickie looked hurt but like he could tolerate it.....but then again the guy did get drilled in the face and come back one day later. Why does this poor kid have such poor luck....by all accounts he is the hardest worker on this team....he deserves some better luck. Oh yeah, and if Starlin Castro wouldn't be so bad defensively he wouldn't have had to go like that at the bag. That was a very routine play that Castro made difficult.

Why does Loe continue to be used in situations like this. The guy flat out isn't that good. Can hawkins get a look once in a whle please

If Prince wins he should donate it to his favority charity...Mark A! Tell him to put it towards an extension!

I have to agree with those that don't agree with this one. So far I think the staff has performed pretty well. Wolf has been great, Gallardo pretty solid save 2 or 3 shaky outings (one against one of the best lineups ever put together), Narvy has been solid and Greinke is fine. The bullpen seems to be rounding into form and I expect better things going forward. Ax has been great save his first few appearances, Loe has had 3 bad appearances but has been pretty solid and Hawkins is looking good. With Saito hopefully back soon I think you will see improvement and hopefully Braddock is able to concur his deamons and get back with the big club.

Mark Rogers being......well Mark Rogers. Maybe Helena will have a spot open in their rotation in a couple of weeks!

And weeks is out there at second....thank God!

Weeks just grimiced after following out....please no....enough is enough