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The red Sox should have taken advantage of this one-sided trade when they had the chance.

We'll both have to wait and see.

I said that he is not as good as millar. I didn't say that he is as good as Millar was. He's not much better than Millar is now. I also said that our docs would have to ive the go ahead on Sweeney. Are you a doctor? If he is that messed up, I would hope our docs would give the thumbs down. When healthy this guy is an offensive force. I am not a doctor, so I can't speak with authority as to the state of his health, and neither can you.

Agreed. That's why you'd get more trade value for him.

Brandon Inge is faster than Youklis and he has a gun for an arm. He hit 13 Hrs in his first full year in 150 less ABs than Youklis in '06. That would project out to 18 HRs at Youkils # of ABs. Is that a valid comparison? If Youk like Inge improves his HR/AB ratio by 30%, he'd be an 18 HR/yr guy. Big whoop.

Sure we would have taken him as a FA. There are several teams that would be interested in him as a FA. If he signs with a team as a FA, presumably he would want to play for them, eliminating the attitude issue. Now that attitude issue is out there front and center, plus it will cost a team more than $ to get the unhappy prick, because the Yankees want to get a player(s) in return. The whole risk-reward analysis has been changed drastically. My opinion is that he stays with the Yankees in '07 or they have to give him away and eat a lot of salary to get an A level prospect. I think Cashman made a blunder here. If this was done solely to keep him from the Red Sox, I would suggest that Cashman put his efforts and cash to more constructive use for his team.

But what are you controlling ... ? He's not that good. He's not as good as Kevin Millar was in his best days.

Why should a GM take that kind of risk? He found a number of jobs after Milwaukee. He has always been an ass, and he has always found a job. If he acts like an ass in '07 but he can still hit, he'll find a team in the FA market. In the meantime, the GM that traded talent to pay this disruptive ass $13 million would live to regret it.

This is a guy that has admitted to deliberately making errors in Milwaukee because he wanted out. In 2005, he threatened any prospective trading partner that they would n't be happy if they got him in a trade. You don't think this type of behavior gives GMs concerns?

I care or I would not have asked. He's a great hitter. If he is a one year commitment, and our docs think his back can hold up for a year, KC might give him away. The guy is a great hitter. If we could get 120 games from him, he'd be better than a full year of Youk at first.

Ervin Santana is not Johan. He's not a stud yet.

Yanks are set to fire Mazzilli. I guess he's this year's scapegoat for the chokers in the Bronx. http://www.nypost.com/seven/10272006/sports/yankees/yanks_fire_maz_yankees_george_king.htm

The talent gap is closing . The AL stars are getting past their prime and the NL has more budding stars, e.g. Howard, Miguel Cabrera, and Pujols is only 26. The better offensive production in the Al is more a function of the DH than anything else.

Congratulations to Jeff "Home Run Derby" Weaver who the Yankees dumped for Kevin "Headcase" Brown. Nice move!

NFL Point Spreads For Week 8 - NFL Game Dates 10/29 - 10/30, 2006 Spread Category : Date & Time Favorite.................. Spread......................... Underdog 10/29 1:00 ET At Tennessee............... -3............................... Houston 10/29 1:00 ET At Philadelphia...............-6.......................... Jacksonville 10/29 1:00 ET At Cincinnati............... -4.5................................ Atlanta 10/29 1:00 ET At NY Giants................-9.5............................Tampa Bay 10/29 1:00 ET At Chicago................ -16.5........................San Francisco 10/29 1:00 ET At Green Bay.............. -3.5................................ Arizona 10/29 1:00 ET At Kansas City............... -6................................. Seattle 10/29 1:00 ET At New Orleans............. -2............................. Baltimore 10/29 4:05 ET At San Diego................ -9............................... St. Louis 10/29 4:15 ET Pittsburgh..................... -9........................... At Oakland 10/29 4:15 ET At Cleveland............... -1.5................................ NY Jets 10/29 4:15 ET At Denver................... -2.5......................... Indianapolis 10/29 8:15 ET At Carolina................... -5................................... Dallas Monday Night Football Point Spread 10/30 8:30 ET New England............... -2.5........................ At Minnesota Straight Category : Date & Time Favorite.................. Spread.......................... Underdog 10/29 1:00 ET At Tennessee................................................... Houston 10/29 1:00 ET At Philadelphia............................................. Jacksonville 10/29 1:00 ET At Cincinnati....................................................... Atlanta 10/29 1:00 ET At NY Giants..................................................Tampa Bay 10/29 1:00 ET At Chicago................................................San Francisco 10/29 1:00 ET At Green Bay..................................................... Arizona 10/29 1:00 ET At Kansas City.................................................... Seattle 10/29 1:00 ET At New Orleans............................................... Baltimore 10/29 4:05 ET At San Diego.................................................... St. Louis 10/29 4:15 ET Pittsburgh..................................................... At Oakland 10/29 4:15 ET At Cleveland....................................................... NY Jets 10/29 4:15 ET At Denver.................................................... Indianapolis 10/29 8:15 ET At Carolina........................................................... Dallas Monday Night Football 10/30 8:30 ET New England.............................................. At Minnesota Monday Night Football Total Points Scored : ..................... ___47_____

Another blunder by Duncan. What a horror show! These two teams play defense like a high school team.

I can't believe that the Skankees lost to these bums. They are a defensive nightmare. They have two stars--the incredibly shrinking IRod and Mags. Everyone else on their roster is unimpressive. They have some nice arms on their staff, but we are not talking about a staff of Hudson, Zito and Mulder. It really would not have taken many moves by the Red Sox FO to have made the '06 team competitive. Jason johnson and Kyle Snyder were not the answer. They were a bad joke, and it demonstrated a total lack of effort by the FO to improve the '06 team. A team with 83 wins is likely to be the World Champion. It just goes to show that this year every team in the post season had a chance to win it all.