Herc

so let me guess, is ray lewis why you are saying taylor is 'possibly' the best LB ever? what a surprise, the guy who murdered the giants in the superbowl....

possibly? no bias there, dog.....

it's in the past. if eli doesn't work out, he doesn't work out and it'll suck. but it's not judgement day yet

and the hunt begins

that's fine, i mean while i am the biggest jacobs fan and think he will have a great season, he hasn't proven he can be an everydown back yet. however, the guy was a great fantasy asset last year and he didn't even get that many carries. even if he splits carries with droughns (which i doubt will be the case, but just from a worst case scenario point of view) he'll still get all the goal-line carries. the TD's will be there and he'll probably have more yards (who cares about ypc in fantasy?)

he's a lot more tolerable tonight, maybe cuz the dodgers weren't in an early 7-1 hole

ugh, getting read for it again in just 2 mins. last night all i heard about was how bad chris young was at holding runners (duh) while he dominated the dodgers and won the game. am i going to hear how bad peavy is at flossing while he shuts down that weak ass lineup?

i dont know, i haven't been impressed with cruz's fielding at all this season. his error tonight was particularly bad, any major leaguer should be able to catch a single that bounces right to them. and since that was ruled an error i dont see how young gets charged for an earned run. he had a 1.13 era since may 1st coming into this game too, should'vejust been 1 run in 6 IP tonight. i hope we light up penny tomorrow so cy and peavy are 1-2 in era

yeah i know he's a legend but i never really listened to him before i got extra innings this season so this is all i have to go on

he's making a game i was really looking forward to completely unbearable. he doesn't shut up and he repeats himself constantly

ugh, bradley can't get here fast enough, cruz just let a single get by him and the go-ahead run scored

haha yeah i'll take a .290 hitter. no one on the team is hitting .300 huge upgrade for us (sad, i know)--i dont care about his attitude problems of the past, he's way better than the sledge/cruz platoon and we have gold glove caliber players in center and left now

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres agreed to acquire temperamental outfielder Milton Bradley from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night, the second time in just more than a week that the team decided to add a player with a history of blowups. Bradley The Padres will send Oakland a minor league pitcher, several people with knowledge of the deal said, speaking on condition of anonymity because it had yet to be announced. Bradley could join the team during a weekend series at the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of his former teams. General manager Kevin Towers confirmed in an e-mail Thursday that the Padres had interest in the outfielder, but declined further comment. Manager Bud Black said he hadn't spoken with Towers on Thursday, an off day for the team, and couldn't confirm the deal. But Black said he knew the Padres had discussed Bradley the day before, and added that it was more than likely that Bradley would play left field. Earlier Thursday, right fielder Brian Giles came off a five-week stay on the disabled list in time for the series opener Friday at Dodger Stadium. The two-time defending NL West champion Padres have the slimmest lead possible in a tight race in the division, one percentage point ahead of Los Angeles and one-half game ahead of Arizona. If healthy, Bradley could be an upgrade over the tandem of Terrmel Sledge and Russell Branyan in left. Oakland designated Bradley for assignment a week earlier, cutting ties with a player who was expected to play an important role on the team this season. The day before the A's designated Bradley for assignment, the Padres obtained embattled catcher Michael Barrett from the Chicago Cubs. Barrett and Carlos Zambrano got into a skirmish in the dugout June 1 and it carried over into the clubhouse where Barrett got a black eye and needed stitches in his lip. Less than two weeks later, Barrett and pitcher Rich Hill had a verbal exchange in the dugout during a game against the Seattle Mariners. An emotional player, Barrett was the central figure in a brawl with the White Sox last season. He set it off by punching A.J. Pierzynski in the jaw after he'd been run over at the plate. Barrett was suspended for 10 games. The addition of Bradley to an otherwise laid-back clubhouse could raise eyebrows. However, before he traded for Barrett, Towers said he spoke with pitcher Greg Maddux, Barrett's former teammate with the Cubs, and was assured that the catcher would mesh well with the club. "He told me that pretty much anybody could fit into this clubhouse," Towers said the day Barrett joined the Padres. Bradley, who agreed to a one-year, $4 million deal with Oakland in the offseason, has always been known as much for his volatile behavior as his baseball skills. In 2005, he accused Dodgers teammate Jeff Kent of a lack of leadership and an inability to deal with black players. Bradley was also suspended for the final five games of the 2004 season when he slammed a plastic bottle at the feet of a fan in the box seats in the right field corner at Dodger Stadium after someone threw it on the field. Nobody was injured. Bradley had two run-ins with police during traffic stops in Ohio, one that landed him a three-day stay in jail and another that nearly sent him back for a second visit. When he was with the Dodgers, police responded three times to Bradley's home on domestic violence calls, but he wasn't arrested or charged. The A's designated Bradley for assignment to avoid a logjam in the outfield with the emergence of rookie Travis Buck and the return of other players from injuries. Bradley had been on the disabled list three times this year. Asked how he was feeling two days before being designated for assignment, Bradley curtly responded, "I'm healthy and on the bench." Bradley was activated from the DL the following day and went 0-for-3 with a walk. Bradley first was shelved from April 23 to May 10 because of a strained left hamstring. He went on the DL a second time May 15-29 when the hamstring flared up again, before being sidelined a third time June 3 with a calf injury. His missed 51 games in all with the injuries and has had five stints on the disabled list in two seasons with Oakland. He was hitting .292 with two homers and seven RBIs in 65 at-bats this season.

holla at jon daniels, you can get one for .50 on the dollar, trust me i know

yeah i agree, phillips has no business being in the majors

no reason to be mad, but still....in the words of derek coleman: whoop de freakin doo

well said

haha i know, i was bragging a couple of weeks ago and then got swept by the mariners

im glad olberman's mom was hit in the face with a baseball

that's fine, our prospects stink--except matt bush

he started hot, got hurt, and then has hit like shit since. dont know what's wrong with him but he hit .339 with 9 hrs and 40 rbi last year in less than 200 at bats, maybe he's more effective as a part-time player?

ha, we're not heavy anywhere. i'm no fan of the giles brothers--especially the post roid giles brothers. adrian gonzalez is our WHOLE offense. he leads the team in hits, doubles, triples, hrs, avg, obp, ops, slg, and basically every catagory imaginable (other than steals probably), and as much as i love the guy he can't carry an offense. we need another bat badly. it's good to hear dye's on the dl if it's not that serious. if he comes off before the deadline then the injury willonly keep his value down--maybe evenlower it. i wouldn't sleep on him in the 2nd half of a contract year in a new environment and no guillen--especially if that injury contributed to his shitty numbers. the sox were smart to not give into schilling during the offseason. he knew he wouldn't make itoutof the season with no injuries and sparkling numbers. i suspect mo might've felt the same way which is why he uncharacteristically spoke out in the spring

yeah i've never been that sold on buerhle but he can boost anyone's rotation. you wouldn't rather have taveres in the pen? i haven't followed him recently as a starter, is he really pitching that well?

seriously though, you dont see a difference between shockey and tiki? i'm not aware of shockey saying anything or manipulating the media for the sole purpose of putting money in his pockets like tiki did the past few years.

the post the dog is referring to was made in response to the dog's intial post in this thread. he brought up shockey first and made an assumption that we all give him a free pass--this is the part of the dog's point that the admiral respectfully disagrees with