Archive for July 26th, 2007

Thoughts on Bonds…..

Barry is getting a bit ornery.  From the NY Post…
On the field, Bonds has not hit a home run in a week, since he hit two against the Cubs. Bonds said his swing feels fine and took umbrage when a reporter said he had to be happy the Braves pitchers challenged him this week.
“Challenging me [...]

C’mon. Schuerholz is not that Dumb.

Would anyone in the National League take on Johnny Damon at $13M per year for the next two years when the guy has a below average arm and is clearly diminishing in the field?  Especially in exchange for a top catching prospect like Saltalamacchia supposedly is?  This is pure speculation.  Damon is untradable (plus he [...]

Damon to Braves

Interesting.   Hmmmmmm….  This comes out of nowhere.  That’s a deal for the future – something the Yankees do not generally do.  It’s a real gamble for both sides, because Damon could get hot and propel a team into the post season.  I would do it.  Hunter is available as a free agent.  He’s a young [...]

Damon to the Braves?

It appears the Yankees are trying to dump Johnny Damon. As everyone on the Roundtable is aware of, I want Jarrod Saltammachia in a Yankee uniform. If Jarrod is in the deal, GET IT DONE CASHMAN. Young power hitting catchers are hard to come by.

Only in Baseball

I just read an article that Jorge De La Rosa is pitching for the Royals tonight.  That’s not significant, what’s significant is that he gave up A-Rod’s 400th career HR (when he was pitching for Milwaukee) and now has a chance to give up his 500th HR. Only in Baseball do you get such storylines.

Moose steps on the Mania Express

Better Moose.  Better.  We need more though. I need to see more in order to give you a seat on the train.  A-Rod gets another sticker.  And, Melky had a really good game last night.  For a while, he drove in all of the Yankees runs.  I must acknowledge his play of late, which has been wonderful.
I have to say, [...]