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  1. Invader3K
    Incredibly difficult since you can't pinpoint who was doing steroids and when. Also, if a juiced batter was hitting a possibly juiced ball thrown by a juiced pitcher, how would you evaluate that?
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    Here's something I was thinking about today. I'm getting a little bit tired of the references to "The MLB Record Book," like there's some Dead Sea Scrolls type of tome that Bud Selig keeps under lock & key in his offices. "They should put an asterisk next to his record!" Give me a break. We live in a modern digital age. People will make of the various records what they will. People will know the circumstances. All the self-righteous moral indignation is getting pretty old, especially from these media types that never bothered to mention any PED use which they surely had some inkling was happening during "the steroid era."
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    Yeah, I'll definitely be tuning in tonight to heard Conan. Last night Leno made some pretty amusing comments about this whole situation as well. Heh, it would be funny if this all turned out to be a huge ratings ploy, but NBC execs aren't clever enough to think of something like this.
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    Actually, MLB Trade Rumors has this gem up about Sheets from late this morning: 11:50am: MLB.com's Carrie Muskat tweets that Cubs officials say Sheets' current asking price does not fit their budget. Sheets' agent Casey Close could stand to do a better job controlling the information on his client, because the reports of a $10-12MM demand make him look bad. Muskat says the Cubs are still looking for right-handed relief.
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    Yeah, the problem seems to be that instead of controlling costs for younger players, the arbitration process tends to inflate the cost of the players to FA levels by their fifth and sixth year. They should really review the whole process with the next CBA.
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    I think it would be worth it. Haven't heard the Brewers linked to him at all, and it seems like they don't even have the payroll flexibility to consider a contract like that, which is probably a shame.
  7. Invader3K
    Agree, Crew07. The odds are way stacked against him. Of course I'll be pulling for him, just like I pull for any player to hopefully help the Brewers out. I just am not that optimistic. I heard last season talk that Capuano was almost overly cautious in his rehab. Does anyone have further commentary on that?
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    bobskube, good to see you around here again. Any insight as to who the Crew may actually be targeting?
  9. Invader3K
    Supposedly the Cubs are going after Sheets. I would not like to see that. Really, he can go anywhere but the Cubs or Cards as far as I'm concerned. You have to wonder if he signs with the Cubs, if it's because of a Favre-esque vendetta against the Brewers.
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    I guess I lean toward giving him the benefit of the doubt and just moving on at this point. I don't have any interest in vilifying him indefinitely, because at least he finally came forward and admitted it. That's more than you can say about Bonds, Palmeiro, Clemens, etc. He could have just stayed retired and never spoken of it again. Yes, his new job with the Cards probably played a factor, but it's not like he's going to be making a fortune as a hitting coach, so you can't chalk it up to financial incentive. I do think him saying that he could have hit all those home runs without steroids/PEDs at all was disingenuous, but it doesn't bother me that much, either. I guess part of me is just tired of talking about "the steroid era", and all the general finger pointing involved.
  11. Invader3K
    Heard Scott Skiles was hospitalized today. Not sure on the exact circumstances. When it rains it pours, I guess.
  12. Invader3K
    I think Leno appeals to a bit older demographic, while Conan appeals to younger folks (like 20 and 30 somethings).
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    I used to really like Conan in my college days, and then would still watch in my early post-college days. Eventually my work schedule didn't allow me to stay up late enough to watch him, so I've appreciated that he's on before 11:30 PM locally now. After all the years he spent in that time slot when not many gave him great chances of success, he deserves to have the marquee late night show on NBC.
  14. Invader3K
    There are still a ton of FA starting pitchers out there. It's not like they are signing by the day. In fact, the market for SPs in general has been pretty quiet lately. I think Melvin is being shrewd in waiting the market out. I mean, if he can get Washburn or Davis cheaper (just to use an example) than the other by waiting, is it really that big a difference?
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    I agree. Especially since many of the international teams had weeks to prepare, while the USA team barely had any time to prepare as a unit.
  16. Invader3K
    I believe it is 7 PM EST, 6 PM CST.
  17. Invader3K
    The Bucks sure don't seem to ever catch any breaks, that's for sure.
  18. Invader3K
    I do give him some credit for coming clean, finally...but ultimately it comes down to, "Are you sorry you did it, or are you sorry you got caught?" I guess he could have just continued keeping quiet about it, but that would have hurt his team. I'm sure he probably agreed to make a statement on this before he took the job with the Cardinals.
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    though there is already an anonymous source claiming he used HGH, which he didn't admit I could be wrong, but wasn't HGH neither illegal in the US nor banned by MLB during that time period? I could have my PEDs mixed up, admittedly.
  20. Invader3K
    The whole situation seems weird. I just read comments this morning from an NBC executive basically saying, "We should be giving these guys more time." It sounds like they are essentially caving into pressure from local NBC affiliates that have been unhappy with the changes. Personally, I've liked the new shows. Leno at 9 PM (locally here) was a nice innovation, and Conan definitely deserved an earlier slot after having the later show for so many years. I wish they'd stick with it. I don't watch either show religiously, but when I have caught both of them, I thought they were at least reasonably entertaining.
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    "Bush, Cappy, Sabathia, Cordero, Lincicum are all guys off the top of my head he traded for." Huh? Anyway, like others have illustrated, Melvin hasn't just sat on his hands. For the folks pining for "hard throwing youngsters," you can point to names like Capellan. The problem is young pitching is incredibly difficult to project. For every Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain there are probably dozens of hyped young fire ballers that never pan out.
  22. Invader3K
    My prediction that he would not be a starter was just a guess. I don't have anything to back it up. I just find it somewhat hard to believe that after his very lengthy recovery, he'll be able to take the ball every fifth day and go 5-6 innings consistently. Hopefully I'm wrong, as the Brewers could certainly use him as an option for the rotation, at least.
  23. Invader3K
    Go figure. As Redd is looking better and better, he hurts his knee. Hopefully not too serious, but we know how these things tend to go.
  24. Invader3K
    If he thinks replacing Looper with Wolf is going to all of a sudden make us a contender he is crazy Actually if we had Wolf instead of Looper last season, we would have been much closer to making the playoffs.
  25. Invader3K
    Exactly. Plus, you never know...say Weeks gets hurt early in the season again. It might be nice to have the flexibility of sliding McGehee to second and playing Gamel at third. Counsell could fill in as needed.
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