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My wife was cooking out on the deck last night & left the sliding door unlocked. Well sometime between 11pm last night & 6 am this morning someone came in , took her cell phone & purse. The good news is we are fine & most valuable stuff was left here its just creepy to think someone was in your house while you were sleeping.

I bought a Geoff Jenkins Jersey today. Its about the equivlent of being on the cover of SI. The last jersey I bought was a beautiful Packer jersey with the cloth lettering & name. I wont mention any names but within 72 hours that Packer was crashing a prom party. When I went to wear old 89 out after that my wife screamed at me. Needless to say I have only wore it a handful of times since. Good thing prom season is almost over. Just thinking he wont be a Brewer in 72 hours. So depending on what side of the fence your on Im sorry or your welcome.

BK Kim does interest me however I would think he has to be a free agent soon. If he's gone after this year I would pass on the deal .He has been in the league forever. I personally would like to see him setup in the 7th for Turnbow.

We really dont match up with the Phillies all that well. I think we would have to look at a 3 way trade to get anything don with them. Just one that pops up in my mind would be Phillies get: Mench Miller Padres get: Rowand minor leaguer Brewers get: Branyan Royce Ring Just a thought but I believe the Padres were interested in Rowand & the Phillies in Mench. Branyan at least would fit at 3rd with Graffy until Braun is ready.Ring has always had potential as a closer in the minors but was also tough on lefties in the minors.

Pirates get: Jenks Turnbow M Rivera Jenks gets his wish, although he would probally have to share some time with Nady, Turnbow comes in as the closer since Gonzalez was traded. While they are pretty stocked at the catcher position, Neil Walker is no where towards close, Maldonando is not major league tested & Doumit does not look like he can hit major leage pitching same as Cota. Rivera looks like a nice backup. Brewers get: Jose Bautista Damaso Marte Jose becomes the semi regular 3rd baseman until Braun arrives which he(Bautista) steps into the semi super sub role since he can play 2nd & the OF. Marte would become the other lefty in the pen. Just browsing the 07 rosters tonight. Also thought of Hector Luna of the Indian to play 3rd. I know Quinlans name has come up on another thread. Mike Morse name came to mind too. Just some ideas.

Since our outfield is in a mess & we have Hall locked up for a while it got me thinking. Could we put Hall back at short & trade Hardy,Carlos V, & Gwynn Jr for a bat. I would love to trade them for Carl Crawford but I dont think that would happen. The two names that came to mind are Baldelli or Teahen. I think we are in win now mode. I know we have Braun at 3rd but he is not a good defensive 3rd baseman. Hes not BJ Upton awful but I think Teahen would be better, As for Baldelli hes locked up for a while & can play a good defensive center & can hit & steal a base. We could probblay get Upton & plug him in center & leadoff but I dont want a poor defensive player with an attitude. I think out two biggest problems in 07 will be our defense & our bats. This could be a way to fix some of those problems. Just want to to see what others think.

B.J. Upton would fetch a lot more than Carlos Villanueva for Tampa Bay Im not so sure about that one. I believe I read somewhere(could be Sports weekly) that the Rays were taking offers on Upton due to his attitude, poor defense, & his regression in hitting.

BJ Upton to the Twins, The Twins trade......

Josh Fields to the Padres. The Padres trade

Just my opinion here but if Suppan came in to be the ace of the staff I could see a four year deal for 45 million. Suppan is on the wrong side of thirty & would be 3rd to 4th best pitcher on this staff. Would we not be better giving a Steve Trachsel/John Thompson(4th or 5th starter) type a two year deal to bridge a gap until ZJ or Yo are ready. Saving some of this money for a better free agent class or at very worst to extend the contract of our own pitchers.

Brewers trade: Kevin Mench & Ben Hendrickson Royals trade: Esteban German & prospect German could play center & leadoff. He hit .326 with .422 obp in 279 at bats, he can steal a few bases. I think he is a bad defender though. Mench could DH for them.

Church could be going to the Phillies for Ryan Madison:from rotoworld Just throwing that out as a possible roadblock.Or more proof that Rowand is out.

Purely speculation: Clark,Turnbow,& Capellan for Rowand,Lieber & a prospect. Maybe Racine/Franksville native Jason Jaramillo. Then Mench for Lopez. Then take the best of Lopez,Liber & Vargas for the 4th & 5th spot.

I think you take all four to spring training. Estrada starts, Closser will go to AAA. Miller & Rivera then compete for the left over spot. If Miller retires or one of them gets injured were covered. That being said I m all for keeping Miller just due to the fact that he is a hometown boy & we dont get many of those. Every team could use an extra catcher, & we could probally use an extra pitcher right around that time.I will always remember names like Tommy Phelps, Shane Nance, Adrian Hernandez & Jered Fernandez making the team. It would be nice to use the 3rd catcher to get just a little better arm than that.

Since when did Mench become thirty. According to my calculations he should be twenty eight.

Darn right, Wendys makes me think of Selig-Prieb.

Im not big on Dave Roberts or Juan Pierre. Personally I would like to see Kenny Lofton roaming center come opening day but I dont think thats going to happen. I think we could take a small gamble on Chris Duffy. Granted his stats are not great, however he plays good D in center & has an above average arm. He stole 26 bases in 27 attempts (314 at bats). Granted he needs more patience at the plate to be a good leadoff hitter(.317 on base%). Just throwing it out there.

I agree , Gary is going to get a hansome payoff from some team(hopefully not the crew) & I am not sure it was not all smoke & mirrors this season. I know a lot of people would disagree with me but I would like to see Kenny Lofton play center for the crew. He gives them a leadoff hitter & would let Weeks move to the 3rd spot in the order. He could give a little coaching help to TGJ. If TGJ plays well, I sure a team would be looking to trade for him.

To me I rather take a chance on signing Kenny Loften to a 1 or 2 yr deal. Granted he is 40 yrs old but he would fill center & leadoff postions plus he could coach TGJ . If TGJ starts hitting Loften could always be traded(probally much easier than Pierre could if he gets a big contract). Just my take.

I looked at Sutter & Gossage stats. While I am not big on a reliever in the Hall, they both have decent stats. They seem to be their own setup men too. Goose had some domitating years but many average years also. If I had to vote for Goose it would be no, but I would give a yes to Sutter.

I going to contrdict myself because I think I brought up Dick Allens rep in his hof trial. Was Pete a jerk. Sure. Was he a horrible gambler. Yes. Was he an honest man. Not really. Everyone knew he bet on baseball. Many people have said if he would just admit to it then we can look at letting him in. Pete did admit it on his own terms. Now people can say he was a liar even though we knew it in the first place, it was just confirmed. If I knew he threw games as a player, my vote would change, I dont think he would have thrown them as a manager either. Would I want Pete on my team or as a teammate. Abosolutly, he would give his all plus some to win no matter who got in the way. Do I want my children to grow up like Pete. Never. But theirs a long list of people that I dont want mt children to be like including Mike(Jordan). Pete should be in the Hall(for his accomplishments) but not allowed back in baseball as a coach,manager, agent or anything else.

Greg, sorry I did not research this one as hard as I have on others. After further review his stats do outshine the others I had mentioned(although George Foster had a heck of a 3 or 4 year stretch & overall if I had to pick a team I would pick Murphy over Allen due to his 5 gold gloves but I was way off stat wise.). Stats are one thing, peforming to help your team is another. His tirardes include numerous fights with teammates,ridiculing his manager(Chuck Tanner) behind his back, expressing hs dislikes about his teammates in a newspaper, going into voluntary retirement to force a trade. He was a very talented player & like it or not talented players become leaders, good or bad. He was TO before TO. I know its not called the Hall of Fame for nice guys but it sounds like he did little to help his team except with his bat. I think if your going to have an attitude like his,& make it in the Hall you have to dominate durring your era as Barry Bonds or Reggie Jackson did. I 'll stick with my no vote.

Ive got to vote no on Dick Allen, I think he was a very good player but not an elite player. To me if you put Allen in the Hall then you have to look at player like Dale Murphy, George Foster, Andres Galaraga, & Joe Carter.

This was a hard one for me. First I have to take him being a Cub out of the equation. Thats hard to do in it self. I never got to see him play so all Im going on are stats & what I have read about him. Unfortunatly he had a shorter career than what he probally should have (due to being dieabetic I assume). If healthy he could have consivelby had 2700 hits 400 hr's & 1500 RBi's if not more. I think those numbers would have put him in no problem. But do to no fault of his own he did not reach those numbers. He really wasnt dominant as Kirby Puckett was even though his career was cut short also.The problem is he did many things well but did not dominate at any one of them. People look at Boggs & can say he always his for a high avg or look at Ozzie Smith & say his defense was awsome. With Santo you cant pick out any one thing.He's probally the best at 3rd to be eligable but not to be in(although someone has to be that person). In the end I give him the nod to get in although that being said Ken Boyer should go in at the same time. Both of their stats are very similar & they both won 5 gold gloves. Maybe they should have tiers to the Hall.Tier 3(guys on bubble such as Santo & Boyer)Tier 2 (a solid player such s B Robinson or Boggs) Tier 1(the elite such as Brett & Schmidt). Just an Idea.

Well here I go. This was not as clear cut of a case for me as it was everyone else. All the tests(Black Ink, Red Ink(?), HOF Standards, ect) say he should be in. I compare him to Sutton & Niekro & I think very comparable so he should be in.I look at his wins & k's & think this guy should be in. Then I sat down & really looked at his stats. 250 losses, 7 seasons with 15 or more losses & 3 seventeen loss seasons in a row. .534 winning percentage is good but not dominating.One time 20 game winner(although he did have 10 seasons with 15 wins or more) one time k leader. again good but not dominating.He also posted one actual bad season in the Homer dome so I dont really take that into account. Then I thought of all the talk of Rafeal Palmerio(sp?)(pre steroid talk). And how he was never really dominent even though his numbers were very good if not excellent.Reminds me of Bert. He pitched in a different era when pitch counts did not matter as much(if at all). He was either a gamer or had health on his side or a little of both.He pitched for a few above average teams & many average teams if not below average teams. Often he was the best picher on these teams.Many small market teams probally hut his chances. My conclusion: I believe it takes a combination of health, stats, skill & some luck to make it in the Hall. Bert had some of it all. I vote yes to put him in. As I said before he pitched in a different time. Even though they will not have the same stats as Bert,I think we will have to seriously take in considertion David Wells, Tom Glavine & Mike Mussina for hall consideration in the future.