I hear Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen, Dennis Haysbert and the rest of the Major League cast have been invited to spring training for the Marlins.
On Dec 6, 2007 7:45 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Tigers just sewed up the central division...in December. Now I know > that's not saying much, with the worthless Royals, the sell happy Twins, > and > the "ready to return to mediocrity" Indians. > > It remains to be seen whether you guys have done enough to compete with > the > Yanks and Sox. I guess I'll root for you.....even though you've just tried > to beat them at pretty much their own game. > > Incidentally, did you see that the Marlin's opening day pay roll stands to > be at about $10 million....for the ENTIRE TEAM??? Cripes. > > On Dec 5, 2007 8:49 PM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, quite an off-season for the Detroit Tigers. > > > > Third base was a weakness - at least offensively. Now the Tigers have > > Miguel Cabrera, whom I can only describe as a "stud". Good for 30 > > homers, 100 RBI, solid batting average and on base... > > > > Carlos Guillen was a pathetic defensive shortstop. Now we have Edgar > > Renteria, who can hit pretty well and is excellent defensively too. > > > > Sean Casey was slow as molasses, had no power, and a crappy on base > > percentage. Well now we've got Guillen's offensive power at a > > position where he will hopefully cause less damage defensively :) > > > > How's this for a top 7 lineup: > > > > #1 Curtis Granderson (CF) > > #2 Miguel Cabrera (3B/LF) > > #3 Carlos Guillen (1B) > > #4 Gary Sheffield (DH) > > #5 Magglio Ordonez (RF) > > #6 Edgar Renteria (SS) > > #7 Placido Polanco (2B) > > #8 - Ivan Rodriguez (C) > > #9 - Jones / Thames/ Inge (LF/3B) > > > > And now the starting rotation with Dontrell Willis looks solid too... > > > > Jeremy Bonderman > > Justin Verlander > > Dontrell Willis > > Kenny Rogers > > Nate Robertson > > > > (in no particular order).... > > > > Now if only we had a closer who didn't SUCK.. The bullpen has me > > worried, with Zumaya out (and we wonder if he'll ever come back at > > 100%)... Jones is always a rollercoaster ride. > > > > But one things for sure... the Tigers are a LOT better suited to > > contend this year. They gave up the farm for Willis and Cabrera, but > > I think it might've been worth it... it's not like we traded the farm > > for two old farts.... these are young stars, age 25 and 26. Florida > > will probably enjoy having Andrew Miller and CAmeron Maybin though.. > > maybe even this year. > > > > -- > > Rick Root > > Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at > > www.opensourcecf.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247744 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
