tiger fan checking in...i can't even describe how jealous i am...in a
move that was L-O-N-G overdue, the plug was finally pulled on that piece
of shit joe borowski...this will do wonders for the psyche of all of the
talented young arms in your bullpen...as a professional athlete, how
must it have felt to go to the ballpark every day knowing that no matter
how many light years better you were than the annointed "closer," the
job was never gonna permanently be yours?...i felt your pain each and
every time wedge summoned his boy...how do these stiffs with NO STUFF
become "closers?"...i can only keep praying every day that leyland and
dombrowski follow this GREAT example and tell turd jones to kick a rock
down the road before rodney, dolsi and zumaya are all ruined...if you
ever wanna quit drinking, just agree to down a pint of whiskey everytime
turd jones has a 1-2-3 inning...you'll be stone sober for good...i'm
truly happy for you all...must feel great...it's a down year, but look
at the positives: you no longer have to ever again look at that piece of
shit in the 9th inning, and you can still listen to the greatness that
is tom hamlton every night

"John A Witzke" <JWitzke@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:7180-486EA19F-912@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net...
> tiger fan checking in...i can't even describe how jealous i am...in a
> move that was L-O-N-G overdue, the plug was finally pulled on that piece
> of shit joe borowski...this will do wonders for the psyche of all of the
> talented young arms in your bullpen...as a professional athlete, how
> must it have felt to go to the ballpark every day knowing that no matter
> how many light years better you were than the annointed "closer," the
> job was never gonna permanently be yours?...i felt your pain each and
> every time wedge summoned his boy...how do these stiffs with NO STUFF
> become "closers?"...i can only keep praying every day that leyland and
> dombrowski follow this GREAT example and tell turd jones to kick a rock
> down the road before rodney, dolsi and zumaya are all ruined...if you
> ever wanna quit drinking, just agree to down a pint of whiskey everytime
> turd jones has a 1-2-3 inning...you'll be stone sober for good...i'm
> truly happy for you all...must feel great...it's a down year, but look
> at the positives: you no longer have to ever again look at that piece of
> shit in the 9th inning, and you can still listen to the greatness that
> is tom hamlton every night
>

What the heck. They brought up Slocum and he has a great era of 54.00.
What more do you want of a reliever. Byrd has to be one of the best
starters around with a 3-10 and 5.53 era. They pinch hit Marte for Garko in
the ninth and Garko was 1-3 and slugger Marte (who should be playing little
league) flew out with a .125 ba. Marte must be taking care of Shapiro is
all I can say.

"Petroff" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
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>
> What the heck. They brought up Slocum and he has a great era of 54.00.
> What more do you want of a reliever. Byrd has to be one of the best
> starters around with a 3-10 and 5.53 era. They pinch hit Marte for Garko
> in
> the ninth and Garko was 1-3 and slugger Marte (who should be playing
> little
> league) flew out with a .125 ba. Marte must be taking care of Shapiro is
> all I can say.
>

They need to see if Slocum has MLB level talent.
Same with Marte, he should play every day at 3rd.

The 2008 season is over for this team.
The 2009 pre-season started today.

On Jul 4, 11:09 pm, "Steve-O" <steveone...@alltel.net> wrote:
> "Petroff" <fab...@toast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:E9GdnRwB-spYbPPVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@posted.toastnet...
>
>
>
> > What the heck. They brought up Slocum and he has a great era of 54.00.
> > What more do you want of a reliever. Byrd has to be one of the best
> > starters around with a 3-10 and 5.53 era. They pinch hit Marte for Garko
> > in
> > the ninth and Garko was 1-3 and slugger Marte (who should be playing
> > little
> > league) flew out with a .125 ba. Marte must be taking care of Shapiro is
> > all I can say.
>
> They need to see if Slocum has MLB level talent.
> Same with Marte, he should play every day at 3rd.
>
> The 2008 season is over for this team.
> The 2009 pre-season started today.

Predict Sabathia will go quick! To a National League team, No way the
Yanks or any team in the Central A.L. get him.

For reasons known only to Him, *wolfagain* typed:

> On Jul 4, 11:09 pm, "Steve-O" <steveone...@alltel.net> wrote:
>> "Petroff" <fab...@toast.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:E9GdnRwB-spYbPPVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@posted.toastnet...
>>
>>
>>
>>> What the heck. They brought up Slocum and he has a great era of 54.00.
>>> What more do you want of a reliever. Byrd has to be one of the best
>>> starters around with a 3-10 and 5.53 era. They pinch hit Marte for Garko
>>> in
>>> the ninth and Garko was 1-3 and slugger Marte (who should be playing
>>> little
>>> league) flew out with a .125 ba. Marte must be taking care of Shapiro is
>>> all I can say.
>>
>> They need to see if Slocum has MLB level talent.
>> Same with Marte, he should play every day at 3rd.
>>
>> The 2008 season is over for this team.
>> The 2009 pre-season started today.
>
> Predict Sabathia will go quick! To a National League team, No way the
> Yanks or any team in the Central A.L. get him.

As an Indians fan (from growing up in Brecksville) now living in my adopted
hometown of Chicago, I'd /love/ to see him come to the Cubs. Their
sometimes-suspect starting rotation could use some fortification.

I wonder....

--
Reverend Ozone

"Non illegitimi carborundum est"

"Steve-O" <steveoneill@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:4e4d8$486ef0de$d86046a8$27417@ALLTEL.NET...
>
> "Petroff" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
> news:E9GdnRwB-spYbPPVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@posted.toastnet...
> >
> > What the heck. They brought up Slocum and he has a great era of 54.00.
> > What more do you want of a reliever. Byrd has to be one of the best
> > starters around with a 3-10 and 5.53 era. They pinch hit Marte for
Garko
> > in
> > the ninth and Garko was 1-3 and slugger Marte (who should be playing
> > little
> > league) flew out with a .125 ba. Marte must be taking care of Shapiro
is
> > all I can say.
> >
>
> They need to see if Slocum has MLB level talent.
> Same with Marte, he should play every day at 3rd.
>
> The 2008 season is over for this team.
> The 2009 pre-season started today.
>
Why would they play him at third. He couldn't play when he was at Buffalo.

"wolfagain" <wolf@provide.net> wrote in message
news:20065d23-2d6a-411d-89a0-b6d6327b3a5f@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 4, 11:09 pm, "Steve-O" <steveone...@alltel.net> wrote:
> > "Petroff" <fab...@toast.net> wrote in message
> >
> > news:E9GdnRwB-spYbPPVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@posted.toastnet...
> >
> >
> >
> > > What the heck. They brought up Slocum and he has a great era of
54.00.
> > > What more do you want of a reliever. Byrd has to be one of the best
> > > starters around with a 3-10 and 5.53 era. They pinch hit Marte for
Garko
> > > in
> > > the ninth and Garko was 1-3 and slugger Marte (who should be playing
> > > little
> > > league) flew out with a .125 ba. Marte must be taking care of Shapiro
is
> > > all I can say.
> >
> > They need to see if Slocum has MLB level talent.
> > Same with Marte, he should play every day at 3rd.
> >
> > The 2008 season is over for this team.
> > The 2009 pre-season started today.
>
> Predict Sabathia will go quick! To a National League team, No way the
> Yanks or any team in the Central A.L. get him.
It's too bad he's on the block. He is one of the best in baseball.

"Petroff" <fabien@toast.net> wrote in message
news:FLCdnSWO0_Z3R_LVnZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@posted.toastnet...
>
> Why would they play him at third. He couldn't play when he was at
> Buffalo.
>

To see if he's worth the roster spot the "Powers that Be" gave him.

"Reverend Ozone" <CaptainOzone.1@netzero.teeheeyukyuk.com> wrote in message
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> For reasons known only to Him, *wolfagain* typed:
>
>> Predict Sabathia will go quick! To a National League team, No way the
>> Yanks or any team in the Central A.L. get him.
>

Umm....Why disrespect / slam wolfagain?

His post wasn't offensive to Cubs fans..

He posts here often, and is respectful
of other posters and teams.

His prediction is probably right on the mark.

For reasons known only to Him, *Steve-O* typed:

> "Reverend Ozone" <CaptainOzone.1@netzero.teeheeyukyuk.com> wrote in message
> news:g4oag3$uth$1@registered.motzarella.org...

>> For reasons known only to Him, *wolfagain* typed:

>>> Predict Sabathia will go quick! To a National League team, No way the
>>> Yanks or any team in the Central A.L. get him.

> Umm....Why disrespect / slam wolfagain?

> His post wasn't offensive to Cubs fans..

> He posts here often, and is respectful of other posters and teams.

> His prediction is probably right on the mark.

Not sure to whom you're speaking here, Steve-O. Perhaps there was a third-party
poster whose line(s) I missed?

The line which begins "Predict Sabathia..." was written by "wolfagain" (wasn't
it?) to which I responded that my wish would be that if C. C. was released, that
he go to the Cubs, my "adopted" /favorite/ team.

I did not catch /any/ form of disrespect to Cubs fans, even implicitly. Did I
miss something or mangle my meaning? (What a wretched curse to be a
meaning-mangler of prose!)

And, I agree with his assessment that, if he is traded, he will - hopefully - go
to a National League team 'cause I sure as heck wouldn't want him facing the
Tribe (although I suppose they couldn't get too much worse than they already
are, <cough>).

<P.S. For grins, I watched "Major League" for the first time in ages yesterday.
Forgot what a guilty pleasure it is. I have a professional acquaintance in it
who appears in the cafe and bleacher scenes as one of the drum-beating,
warpaint-wearing fans, Bill Leff, former stand-up comic and radio personality on
WLS 890AM on the Roe Conn show. >

--
Reverend Ozone

"Non illegitimi carborundum est"