Fatter than Joey

Would also explain why the Brewers offered it, even assuming they had no desire to bring him back. I think the Brewers had a desire to bring Sheets back, if the price was right -- They probably figured they would be outbid.

His camp must not be concerned about it enough to have declined arbitration What puzzles me, is that I assume that both sides are looking at the same medical information. I just think, Sheets does not want to return to the Brewers and that is the primary reason he declined Arby's -- He may have made a irrational decision....

Thanks Rotoherb.... I would like to now change my vote to trade Rickie for a bag of balls.

Was the fortune teller having an affair with the deceased?

Are the Braves replacing both their announcers from last year? -- I know one guy died (Carey), and the other long-time announcer retired.

$6.5M seems to be overpaying a bit, but at this point I don't really care. I think it is pretty fair -- I wonder if the option is his, ours or mutual. I think this bolsters our whole pitching staff from top to bottom.

Did the dude drive off a bridge?

Who was Jorge Julio squeezing?

Did the Death Card have a picture of Ned Yost and "playoff window" on it?

I did the same thing and got -- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi -- Which is pretty good since I uploaded a picture of Saxby Chambliss. Edit -- I did the same thing for Ned Yost and got...... Donald Rumsfield..... That cracks me up more than you can ever know.

The celebrity who was second closest to me is David Hasselhoff. I'm not sure what to take from that. I'm sure David Hasselhoff is pissed.

Think about who designs the keyboard. Programmers. The question mark has always been a shifted character to the right of "M" http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3383/2/op_typewriter_keyboard_ep.jpg /old guy

That's not being defensive, it is just looking at the facts. I think that there are a lot more opportunities to make money in the big cities outside of a player's MLB salary.

How about a Tarot card? yes Was it the death card?

Mike Squires would be another.

Dividing is for squares.

Is the man a zombie? Did the man walk into a zombie operated restaurant? Did someone bite him? Did he shoot himself with a nailgun? If Ned Yost became a zombie would that make him less employable? Did he have to leave the building to go from the restaurant to his home? Was the food meat?

When he sat down to eat what he ordered, did he initially intend to finish his meal?

And you have to include the clowns - their production is legitimate production, even if the production was barely legit. Sure -- but the context of this conversation is "a Brewers starting 2b". You can't interchange "average 2b" with "average starting/qualified 2b". I also think he has the potential to hit maybe 30-40 points higher than '08, and that would put him above average in the OPS department. So part of his averageishness is still potential - almost any upswing at all and he is beyond refute, average. Agreed. If he could hit .260 and still maintain his BB rate -- he would certainly be an average starter, if not better. With more than the UZR data point, I find it tough to argue he's definitely below average defensively and once again I think it's fairly easy to say he's about average, give or take. I find it tough to argue that he is an average fielder. He may have performed better in 2008, but I don't think it is fair to conclude that he has reached or sustained that plateau. He may have gotten a lot of fat bounces last year. Yadier Molina hit .304 last year, I don't think it is fair to conclude that he is now a .300 type of hitter. If he isn't average, are there 8 second basemen in the NL right now that you'd take over him without a second thought? He is probably the worst (save Sanchez) 2b that gets enough bats to qualify for a BA title playing 2b in the NL. Finally, FWIW, fangraphs has him with the 6th highest WPA among second basemen last year (and it's a positive number). *shrug* that's a pretty situational stat. I am not saying he sucks or anything like that. I think his value is in his price tag, he cost us ~$1M last year, and that is a good value, if he gets a big Arby's raise, his value is more questionable.

Was he eating at a restaurant called "Donner's Pass"? Was this guy contemporary?

It is unfortunate that he is "only" league average offensively and with the glove now According to fangraphs, Weeks is well below-average defensively, and was in 2008. He may have played better in 2008, but I see no indication that he is now an average fielding 2b. I'm not even sure that the claim that he is an average hitting 2b holds much water. If you look at 2008, he is below average in BA, SLG, and OBP. I think the term "league average" is being abused in this discussion .... If you throw in every clown that logged in any time at 2b in 2008, then perhaps Weeks is "average"... However if you compare Weeks to "National league starting 2bs" -- Weeks is definitely below average both with the bat and glove. Since he is cheap and under control for 3 years, I think he is a guy to hang on to unless we have a better player to replace him. I think we are going to have, and currently have, more pressing concerns with replacing bad players and acquiring pitching before we seek out doing something about average players. I think that this is spot on. Weeks may be upgradable, but we don't have any internal options that are better -- and if we are to make a blockbuster trade, I would rather it involve pitching or a 3b. I can deal with Weeks leatherfacing up the middle IF for one more year -- or at least I hope I can.

Was he eating one of those poisonous blowfish?

So I am playing Rock Band 2 with the kids, and we are on tour -- and Aqualung comes up on our setlist. I saved the day with precision drumming and an energetic vocal performance. My kids think I am seven kinds of awesome.

I know that they are making a new King of the Ring as well.

Hey man -- I was in a situation much like yours before my son started FB. I wanted a camera so I could record games and send them to the grandparents I stumbled on a JVC Everio for $149 in Wal-Mart -- they are usually priced at ~$400. It has been a blast to have and use. I would STRONGLY recommend checking one of these out. It has a 30 GB HDD so I can record 8-10 games before I have to worry about archiving games. I bought a bigger battery for ~60$ and yesterday I recorded 4 BKB games w/o running out of juice. One Sat. morning I put together the below video of the boy's FB highlights -- It took me about 2 hrs, and I have never put a video together. The camera zooms in very well, and records in HD, the youtube video doesnt do it justice when you see it on the TV. Hope this helps.