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  1. Brad
    It's always hard to improve on an original unless you approach it from a different angle, which makes it different but not better but also not worse as they may be different things. Better implies a comparison between two similar things but an interpretation is not necessarily similar.
  2. Brad
    I don't understand the relevancy comment. No one really remembers the awards in any category until they'r trotted out a few times a year but it sure makes the recipient feel good and is a recognition of success at that time.
  3. Brad
    I don't use the post office at all except for international, where I have no choice.
  4. Brad
    I'd have to think that the Orioles aren't too happy that Weiters accepted the offer; he just doubled his salary and Angelos is cheap. The alternative is to negotiate a long term deal for those who accepted. I think that can still be done.
  5. Brad
    My son, who is an Angels fan, was very happy about the trade until I told him that they traded Sean Newcombe (their number one prospect) and number two prospect (also a pitcher). Then he wasn't so sure. The Angels have a lot of needs and if I were the GM, I might have used those prospects for a LF and some more established pitching but perhaps they think they can satisfy that in the free agent market.
  6. Brad
    Apparently, the Mets asked the Braves about Simmons and they wanted Matz and Conforto. Yeah, right. That must have been earlier this year because the Braves settled for less yesterday.
  7. Brad
    Angels made a great move today in getting Simmons from the Braves. Hate to see Aybar go but I understand the Angels move as Aybar is a free agent at the end of 2016. I wonder if the Braves now intend to move Aybar.
  8. Brad
    "They hurt less." Priceless. Thanks but no thanks!
  9. Brad
    His performance in the WS was none too good, to put it kindly. However, he's a much better Left Fielder than a Center Fielder. If I recall correctly his poor plays came while he was in Center Field. He also has a terrific arm. One of the problems with the Gold Glove in the past (don't know if it's still necessarily the case) that the same people would win year after year. I haven't seen the Rays play this year but I'm not sure how Trout hasn't won a gold glove yet.
  10. Brad
    Hot Stove Predictions, courtesy of MLB Jim Duquette predicts Greinke to Giants.
  11. Brad
    They're still playing ball at CitiField, a week after the end of the World Series, Cricket Exhibition at Citi Field I lived overseas when I was a kid and played it a little when we lived in Trinidad. However, I have no idea how it's played anymore.
  12. Brad
    I've got five years on you Happy Birthday!
  13. Brad
    This is a very good version. Hadn't heard it before. Good as the Eddie Jefferson one.
  14. Brad
    Saw that. Some things are more important than money. After all, how much can you really spend.
  15. Brad
    Sounds like a great idea.
  16. Brad
    I don't blame players like Gordon trying to get as much as they can. Careers are short.
  17. Brad
    It was just idle gossip that two of the different hosts on MLB radio (on XM Sirius) mentioned. If I were the Royals, I too would keep Zobrist. I think I heard someone say that the Met pitchers said they wanted him on the team.
  18. Brad
    Yes, he did pitch more. In fact, he broke the record for most innings pitched after TJ surgery. That has to raise a lot of alarms. Terry Collins said that the starters will not start pitching until late in spring training. The amount of innings pitched by all the starters, all of whom have had TJ surgery, except for Syndergaard, has to be monitored. Let's hope they don't break down next year. On the Angels front there's a lot of chatter that Alex Gordon might go to the Angels. Zobrist will be in high demand. Would love to see him on the Mets.
  19. Brad
    I'm with Steve on this: small doses is fine but I do like Lambert Hendricks & Ross. Real talented folks.
  20. Brad
    What's not to like? I enjoy it quite a bit as I do with Carnegie Hall.
  21. Brad
    Why did Maddux leave Texas? Was it mutual or was he fired. At any rate, he will have a lot of work to do, starting with finding a closer unless they've lost their minds by keeping Papelbon.
  22. Brad
    It's impossible at this point to figure out who is the favorite, although I'd probably give the nod to KC. In the case of the Mets, for example, Cespedes and Murphy are gone and they need to rework the bullpen. Who knows how they will be next year, just as who knows how any team will be next year, not to mention you can't account for injuries.
  23. Brad
    Subject to what the Mets, Marlins and Nats do in the offseason, it could be interesting times in the NL East. Mets dominated the Nats when it counted in 2015 after being dominated for a couple of years themselves by the Nats.
  24. Brad
    TC got a two year contract worth around $3 million. Guess less than $1.6 million was ok with him.
  25. Brad
    I know, pie in the sky.
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