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Brad

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  1. What Scott said. My best to you both. My brother in law has lung cancer and they just discovered some new metastases. As my sister said, not good.
  2. Good question. I like the catalogue and came just in time so my wife can order me something for Christmas.
  3. Madrid's performance against Barca was an absolute disgrace. The Spanish daily Marca posed the following question: do the players not respond to Benitez or does he not know how to coach them? Whatever the reason, they need to bring back Ancellotti.
  4. Congratulations Dan. Looks like a great place. I can't even begin to tell you what a place like that would cost in the northeast. A 2 acre lot here in NW New Jersey is probably $500 to $600 K.
  5. Followed Late's suggestions. Although I didn't go through the whole list, some are worth hearing but some like Lavinia Turner, in my opinion, are not. This set will, on balance, be worth it for his playing.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. I don't use the post office at all except for international, where I have no choice.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. "They hurt less." Priceless. Thanks but no thanks!
  14. 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.
  15. Hot Stove Predictions, courtesy of MLB Jim Duquette predicts Greinke to Giants.
  16. 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.
  17. I've got five years on you Happy Birthday!
  18. This is a very good version. Hadn't heard it before. Good as the Eddie Jefferson one.
  19. Saw that. Some things are more important than money. After all, how much can you really spend.
  20. Sounds like a great idea.
  21. I don't blame players like Gordon trying to get as much as they can. Careers are short.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. I'm with Steve on this: small doses is fine but I do like Lambert Hendricks & Ross. Real talented folks.
  25. What's not to like? I enjoy it quite a bit as I do with Carnegie Hall.
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