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Thanks! If the powers that be would re-activate Matthew I'd use that one.

It will be interesting to see if Manny signs up with the Dodgers with this two year $50,000,000 contract. It could be said that it's vastly more money then Manny deserves, but he did the impossible: got the Dodgers playing with emotion. Though it's a fact that the year before free agency seems brings out the best in players, even Andruw had a much better year in 2007 then in 2008. edit: to make some sense

Well, it's nice to know that I'm semi-remembered around here. Yes, I have had "real life" intervene: I now have a new position, much more responsibility, and an killing travel schedule -- spent all of September in Madagascar & Uganda and I've been in my home about twelve days since September 1. I also just needed time away from the org. as I was letting some of the things going on here have too much of an effect on me. So I took a vacation, but still checked in on the action. It was an act of tremendous self-control not to sign up and ride Dan about the choke job that J.D. Drew did in game seven of the ALCS (sorry Dan!). So, since I would like to begin anew, I thought I'd use my other name that I've used on other boards and start all over again here. Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone.