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[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=101539:date=Jun 15 2010, 03:41 PM:name=1060Ivy)-->QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Jun 15 2010, 03:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->At this point in the year, has Tyco shown us more than Jake Fox did last year or Micah Hoffpauir did the previous year?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Probably not, but his advantage is that he is about 4-5 years younger.

[ruby23]

Tyler Colvin is my new Ryan Theriot.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=101544:date=Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Tyler Colvin is my new Ryan Theriot.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not there yet, but given his shortcomings and our track record on player development, it wouldn't shock me if I found myself agreeing with you in a few months.

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=101544:date=Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Tyler Colvin is my new Ryan Theriot.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What was your term of endearment for Theriot? "Penis wrinkle?" Got anything like that for Colvin?

[Rappster]

<!--quoteo(post=101554:date=Jun 15 2010, 04:17 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 15 2010, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=101544:date=Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Tyler Colvin is my new Ryan Theriot.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What was your term of endearment for Theriot? "Penis wrinkle?" Got anything like that for Colvin?
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You're on Colvin now? Already?

Lovely.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=101544:date=Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 15 2010, 03:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Tyler Colvin is my new Ryan Theriot.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I find this extremely entertaining given Geovany Soto was once your new Ryan Theriot and Soto is currently OPSing .860.

[kbwsb]

Who is going to be our (probably lone) representative to the All-Star game this year? Considering that no NL catcher has stood out, it very well might be Soto.

The only other viable candidate is Marmol.

[Butcher]

Could be Byrd, Marmol, or Soto.

[1060Ivy]

<!--quoteo(post=102369:date=Jun 21 2010, 04:29 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 21 2010, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Could be Byrd, Marmol, or Soto.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Add Silva to that list

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=102370:date=Jun 21 2010, 04:40 PM:name=1060Ivy)-->QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Jun 21 2010, 04:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=102369:date=Jun 21 2010, 04:29 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 21 2010, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Could be Byrd, Marmol, or Soto.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Add Silva to that list
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Or Silva.

[kbwsb]

You're right. Both Byrd and Silva are having All-Star quality seasons, which, truthfully, speaks well of Jim's off-season moves.

[Destined]

David Price, Clay Buchholz, and Phil Hughes are all tied for the AL lead in wins with 10. Talk about making good on their "can't miss" potential as prospects a couple years back.

[rok]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...T-cub22.article
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->''He's happy here. He likes the surroundings here, and I don't know much about anything else except we're happy that he's here,'' said Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik, whose trade for Bradley is only the most conspicuous of several offseason deals that haven't worked out for Seattle.

But despite Seattle's tree-hugging, feel-your-vibe best, <b>Bradley's still hitting only .215 with a .303 on-base percentage</b> -- with almost exactly the same production before his two-week break as after.

In fact, it was hard to tell over the weekend just what had changed at all. Partly because he wouldn't allow so much as a question, much less provide an answer.

''Beat it,'' he said. ''No chance.''

But Zduriencik clings tightly to optimism as he talks carefully about the guy he's stuck with for another year after this.

''Anytime you go through any kind of issues with players as a general manager, you always care for the player and [hope] that he comes out of the thing good,'' Zduriencik said. ''It could be an injury; it could be a family situation; it could be a personal thing. ... We're all in this together.

''It's something that happened,'' he said of the May tempest and fallout, ''and right now I've been very happy with the results. Where he's at right now, it's been real good. Very, very good.''

Manager Don Wakamatsu, dismissing Bradley's issues as in the past, said he believes Bradley is in a good place now emotionally.

''All we care about is Milton being comfortable here and producing,'' he said, ''and we're on track to get both of that.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=102423:date=Jun 22 2010, 09:42 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 22 2010, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...T-cub22.article
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->''He's happy here. He likes the surroundings here, and I don't know much about anything else except we're happy that he's here,'' said Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik, whose trade for Bradley is only the most conspicuous of several offseason deals that haven't worked out for Seattle.

But despite Seattle's tree-hugging, feel-your-vibe best, <b>Bradley's still hitting only .215 with a .303 on-base percentage</b> -- with almost exactly the same production before his two-week break as after.

In fact, it was hard to tell over the weekend just what had changed at all. Partly because he wouldn't allow so much as a question, much less provide an answer.

''Beat it,'' he said. ''No chance.''

But Zduriencik clings tightly to optimism as he talks carefully about the guy he's stuck with for another year after this.

''Anytime you go through any kind of issues with players as a general manager, you always care for the player and [hope] that he comes out of the thing good,'' Zduriencik said. ''It could be an injury; it could be a family situation; it could be a personal thing. ... We're all in this together.

''It's something that happened,'' he said of the May tempest and fallout, ''and right now I've been very happy with the results. Where he's at right now, it's been real good. Very, very good.''

Manager Don Wakamatsu, dismissing Bradley's issues as in the past, said he believes Bradley is in a good place now emotionally.

''All we care about is Milton being comfortable here and producing,'' he said, ''and we're on track to get both of that.''<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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De Nile ain't just a river in Egypt.

[rok]

Marlins supposedly fire Fredi Gonzalez. There's a shocker.

Rumors are already starting that he could replace Cox with the Braves next year.