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ok man, if it makes you that much happier i'll give Wakefield the EDGE over Chacon. I'll give Schilling the edge over Randy, Paps over Wang, Clement over Pavano, Foulke over Rivera, etc. God forbid you guys accept that maybe your guys arent the best. My post was just a prediction. We dont know if Chacon is going to be better or if Wake is going to be better. Based on last year, and the ages of the two I think it was fair to list them as equal for now. I'm sorry.

I dont understand why you guys dont understand it. Being a good reliever doesnt mean you'll be a good starter. Mariano Rivera is the best reliever in the history of the game, but it would be ridiculous to say he's a good starter.

If he is in fact 26. There is speculation that he is not. Thats why the Cards were reluctant to give him 7 years, if you remember. Personally, I believe he is 26, but there is no denying that he looks like he's at least 30.

Wang pitched well before AND AFTER he came back from the injury. Paps has started 2 games in his life. As far as i'm concerned, Wang is much more proven. We're not going by careers here. If we were, then Randy would edge Schilling, Moose would edge Beckett, Wang would edge Paps, Pavano and Clement will be equal, and Wake would edge Chacon making it 3-1--1 in favor of the Yankees. Dont be an idiot. Nobody has said for sure that Pavano wont be healthy when the season starts. As of now, he wont be able to throw off of a mound until next week. Didnt know the season started next week. Nobody can prove Pavano said that, that was a newspaper report, and if Pavano had made a quote like that i'm sure he would stand by it. He has not, he has denied saying it. I believe him, as I find it hard to believe he wouldnt want to be a part of the team he grew up rooting for. And Clement can get hurt just as easily as Pavano. Again, like I said before, these guys are equal.

Those were just my predictions as to who would be in the rotation, and not in any specific order. I think Wells will get his trade and Arroyo will be in the pen. And I must respectfully disagree, Wake = Chacon. Wake is older and does get knocked around from time to time. As does Chacon. But I gave Beckett the edge because of his age vs Mussina, so the same applies here.

Randy vs Schilling - Equal. (And thats being generous, my personal feeling is that Randy is better just based on the fact he had some success last year. And no, Schilling's ONE great game doesnt count) Mussina vs Beckett - Red Sox (when healthy and at his best, Mussina is just as good as Beckett. Both are different types of pitchers, but the fact that both are prone to DL time. However, with Beckett's youth, I give him the edge.) Wang vs Papelbon - Equal (Based on the fact that Wang had a real good year last year. As did Papelbon, but his was out of the bullpen) Chacon vs Wakefield - Equal (Yes, Chacon was so good last year that I dared to say that he was equal to the immortal Tim Wakefield) Pavano vs Clement - Red Sox (WITH A VERY SLIGHT EDGE. Both had injuries last year, but Clement had a successful first half. Bot when healthy, both are as good as the other) So the Red Sox get two edges, but the Yankees make up for that in the bullpen. And the two Sox edges were pretty slight edges. I should have given Randy the egde over Schilling, I just didnt want to hear you guys bitch about it. NOTE: These are just what I predict the starting rotations to be. Obviously could be wrong

Just as much as you, my friend.

I accept him. Way to go there, reading our minds and whatnot. Our pitching is just as good as yours. And i'm sure you guys believe you have a shot at the WS. I doubt it. I really think Torre is safe for the duration of his contract. If he wanted to go he would have quit last year, and if Steinbrenner wanted him to go he would have either A) fired Joe, or told Joe he didnt want him, which would have led to Joe quitting. The way they act lately, seems like they have reconciled all of their differences and all is good between them. I'm not worried about it. That was just Steinbrenner displaying his attitude. Confidence, and certainty. I respect him for it, and I sure as hell hope he's right. Yankees in 2006

These ballplayers dont see it as cheating, just enhancing their abilities. To them it's like a High School student getting extra Math help to improve his grade, and maybe push him atop the class or something. Its no big thing to them.

I never suspected Trot, but i'll kep that one in mind.

Ask a700hitter and he'll tell you Tony Fernandez was just as good as Jeter.

I think your overexaggerating just a wee bit.

I bet you said the same thing about second base. What happened last year? Jeter in 1996?

I am "26 to 6's Champions" ...lame name, but couldnt think of anything else. I do plan on changing it, and I will let you guys know when I do.

I mean seriously man. I know you like to stick to your guns on what type of player you think should play a particular position, however, it doesnt always work out that way. Sorry to say so. And who's to say that none of them could excell in the Majors? Melky has been a very good hitter, with a good power bat throughout his Minor League career. Just because he had a rough week in the majors doesnt mean his bat will never translate. Thompson doesnt have much of a bat, but Sardinha can hit pretty well. I was just throwing those names out there in objection to Carlos Lee.

I dont remember somebody being brought up for a Mets series. I do remember KEvin Reese being brought up, btu I thought that was prior to a Boston series. Coulda been the Mets though.

Considering he signed a Minor League contract, I would assume so.

They could keep him in AAA and god forbid Ortiz or somebody goes down there he is.

Yea. I doubt Thompson will ever amount to much. Though there was talk last year that he would get promoted to be the Center Fielder.

Nooo....saturday is party night.

I'm in Zach. Live draft? I hope not, risk that I might forget. I think we should just do the ranking stuff.

I'm tellin ya man. This thing needs to be moved to November, after the World Series, from now on. This is ridiculous.

How come all of the other pitchers to pitch for the MArlins dont go on the DL with blisters? I dont see Willis or Burnett (when he was there) going down with blisters due to heat.

I wouldnt want Lee personally. Hopefully by then Melky, Sardinha, or Thompson or someone will be ready. It'll be nice to see some young faces in the outfield.

Up until a few years ago the player got to choose. But the Hall of Fame had to intervene. Many point to Wade Boggs' "agreement" with the Devil Rays to go into the Hall as a Devil Ray as the reason, however that didnt become an official policy until a couple of years ago. So i'm sure it was because of that in addition to a couple other incidents. But yea, the Hall chooses now.