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rileydog22 wrote: Word on the street is that Greg Maddux will be in a Dodger uniform by the trade deadline.

He deserves to be in another uniform. He hasn't won in his last 10 games. I'd like to see him finish out his career with either Atlanta or the Cubs.

Yankees pick up Xavier Nady and a lefty specialist from Pittsburgh for (bad) reliever Ross Olendorf and a couple of prospects.  I'm kinda surprised about that, because the rumors were that the Pirates' front office was demanding too much for Nady, but now it seems they weren't demanding enough.  

Yeah, they had one of the best outfields in baseball.  There's very little going for that franchise, but between Nate the Great, Nady, and Bay, they sure had a hell of an outfield. 

Anyways, the Yankees have beaten the Sox in the first two games of this series and a third sweep in a row would be very nice indeed.  I don't have much confidence in Ponson (that was an understatement), but the way the Yankees offense and bullpen have been rolling the Yanks just need him to keep them in the game. 

My lack of faith was well deserved.  Ponson went 4 innings, giving up 10 hits, a walk, and 7 runs (all earned).  

John Lester is tough to score against, but the Sox 'pen is not.  

I saw a snippit on Sportcenter this morning of the Yankees/Red Sox and Manny not even making an effort to beat out a double play ball. Sorry Sox fans, but that guys the biggest pile of steaming feces that I've ever seen. Even if he made the Royals better, I still wouldn't want him.

Did anyone mention the Pine Tar anniversary last week? Still remember where I was when I saw that game.

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crimhead wrote: Texeira got traded today. I guess the Braves gave up and will continue to rebuild.

That makes the Anaheim Angels of California quite a scary club now; not only do they have the best rotation and best closer in baseball, they've also got Vlad, Torii, and Texiera. 

Yank win BIG over the Oriels

Cashman has taken alot of flak the last few years, including from me, but he's made some good moves this year. Getting some good, helpful players for almost nothing.
I just heard the Yanks have traded Kyle Farsnworth for Pudge Rodriguez, not too sue about this one but I don't see it being a disaster, and could work out big  I think.

^ Farnsworth, as you can read all my previous posts about how much I hate that man was actually lights out in Detriot. I think they might anticipate his return.

Some people just can't play New York baseball. Look at Randy Johnson.

rileydog22 wrote: crimhead wrote: Texeira got traded today. I guess the Braves gave up and will continue to rebuild. That makes the Anaheim Angels of California quite a scary club now; not only do they have the best rotation and best closer in baseball, they've also got Vlad, Torii, and Texiera.

Quite possibly a second WS title in 5 years for them.