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I read that as well. Man if I'm in a nursing home I sure as heck don't want a cat around.

Bob is 5'7". Ouch I'm the same height. How come nobody told me I'm a midget?

Those flippin lineups would have made any manaager in sports history have awfully craptastic results. Those lineups would have made most managers put a gun to their head. People say things like above -- without knowing if it is true or if such a thing actually is an attribute that good managers have. The same can be said about those who don't like him. That's why manager debates are so prevelant. It's just so subjective. Really I don't want to engage in a Yost is good/bad debate here -- rather, just want to point out with regards to Estrada, Yost handled this poorly. If he was told by medical personel that he wouldn't harm his leg further by catching and Estrada told him he was good to go then he didn't handle it poorly. We just don't know everything that went on either way. Those of us who have a positive view of Ned will see it one way those who don't will the view it the other way.

I'm very happy for Brady but how am I supposed to cheer agianst the Red Sox winning the AL pennant wiht Brady on the team?

I don't know about Inman's size but I do know the reason taller pitchers are preferable is because of the angle the hitter sees the ball is differant. If the ball comes toward the hitter on a downward angle it's harder to hit for some reason. At least that's the explaination I've heard.

i can picture myself pretending to be wowed by this "new" technology and asking him questions as if I'd been living in a cave. somewhere the Geiko cave man is ranting about this website that thinks cave dwellers are backward. The touching guy is a good one. Anyone who invades personal space should be rounded up and forced to sit between two large sweaty people on a plane.

who would you rather keep on the 40 man roster, Nelson or Nix? Seems Nelson still has a bit of a chance. Nix is by ar the better fielder and has put up very good numbers in the past. He has some speed and some power to go along with his superior defense. Injuries have been his problem. When you're looking at people who appear to be no more than role players versatility and defense have to factor in more.

I'm more willing to give some amount of leeway with a young kid than I am someone who is older. I was pretty stupid myself in my eraly 20's. That said it is disappointing for someone to risk a major league career for recreation or risky shortcuts to better performance. Take care of yourself Salome and come back a better person.

It's not any harder to believe he is playing with a stiff hammy than it is to believe he was simply dogging it in a tie game in the 11th inning with the bases loaded and nobody out. Of all the times someone may dog it for no good reason that would be about the last. I tend to think there must be a problem not related to being lazy. If he had been lazy running out a fly ball or chasing a pop up I'd be skeptical.

I knew going in that dogs love food,but underestimated just how much.I barely have to vacum anymore because Tyson eats almost anything he finds and if i have actual meat/dog treats,he literally starts shaking like if you waved a vial of crack in front of a crackhead. Most dogs are like that. What's worse is when you get one that isn't treat reactive. One of my dogs is like that. When I was training her for frisbee she was so focused on the playing she didn't care about food. I usually get dogs to bring the toy back by putting food it in a ring by my feet. They got the food when I got them to put it in the ring. She was so focused on the game she didn't even react to chicken or fish. I ended up having to out wait her. I'd go out and throw the frisbee and wait 15 minutes until she brought it were I wanted then throw it and wait agian. Until she realized playing was not going to continue until the boss was satisfied. Stubborn little beast.

I don't think it's benficial for Mark A. to be talking about it now though. I have to wonder if it's common to throw out lowball offers to start just to gauge interest. No idea how these things get started. It is also possible someone was offering a very high level AAA player in return with the thought that Fielder was more of a DH than a 1st baseman. Ryan Braun for Prince wouldn't seem out of the range of possibilities right now would it? I don't think Melvin would treat any GM differantly if they threw out stupid trade offers. All that would do is limit his trade partners. He probably just files that away and has a lower opinion of the guy. It may mean he treats them differantly in trade negotiations but I doubt it would stop him from getting the best deal he can. In fact he may even be more apt to deal with them. If they don't scout well they may overpay for someone who has failure written all over them. Ben Hendrickson for a servicable middle of the roataion starter type trade happens when people look at numbers without knowing how they got them.

yes I agree it shouldn't discourage anyone from going. Dog parks are a wonderful place to play with your dog. If you have an active dog they are great places to give them room to work. The website is a very one sided view which is why I emailed him with my point of view. To his credit he not only listened but posted some hints to make it safe. All in all they are as safe as walking your dog in neighborhoods where people let their dogs run off leash when they shouldn't. It was meant more as a way to help make it a good experience. The more you go the bigger a chance of meeting someone less than attentive to their dog. The better informed the better chance of dealing with it.

While I respect Jenkin's time here and what he did for the organization I'm not interested in anyone being paid more than $5 million to be average. We can find average with someone still in arby years via trade or try Gross, Gwynn or Nix for a year. Somewhere along the line we should find out if those guys are good enough to play regularly. With the rest of the team locked up for a while it makes sense to take a small gamble on younger guys who, even if they aren't as good, could be cheap enough to pay others like Sheets or Coco their due.

amazing how little time it took for him to understand that word. doesn't that just aggrevate you to no end? It takes forever to get them to do what you want yet seemingly in minutes they learn something to their advantage. If I didn't love dogs I'd hate them.

If Parra i going to come up, one of the relievers needs to go down. If not Spurling and instead of trashing my opinion, suggest a different one. I'm not trashing your thoughts on who would be DFAed. As I said if soemone would be DFAed it would most likely be Spurling. I just don't agree that someone has to be DFAed. As was mentioned it could have been as simple as they didn't know if they were going to replace Hall with Parra. Or a trade. It's just not very likely at all to simply drop someone who is productive to replace him with someone who has all of what a month in AAA. There is no way they DFA Spurling for Parra. It's just bad managment.