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John Hart loves this game day thread.   He thinks it has tremendous makeup.

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EXCELLENT PICK

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

john hart's opinion, btw

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOVE THE PICK, GREAT FISH BODY

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey

No need to get fresh.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

PLUS-PLUS FLIPPERS

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

a good chance he’ll be a nice lil player

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

FIVE TOOLS

by Natto on Jun 9, 2009 5:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

5 tool. no.

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

YEAH MIKE, EVERYONE WILL BE HERE

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

crying/laughing

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Trout, do you hate the weather?

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

what a gamer, these are awful interview questions.

by SeeingStars on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

SO UMM LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER!

Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.

by cheno on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m going to the gym, hopefully we pick somebody AMAZING while I’m gone

by superk1ng on Jun 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

gym? what’s a gym?

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol the media is all GLOM on Trout.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gamery Angels player? Eckstein 2.0

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brewers

Eric Arnett?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Desi?

Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.

by cheno on Jun 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah!

I like that pick for the Brewskies.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saw him pitch in the Big 10 tourney. Throws 95 mph with a nice curve—-I like the pick.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

rotorueter is a scout. I bet he wears straw hats.

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stogie in hand!

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/rotorueter smashes calculators

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still no Scheppers

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

/Selig gives the Brewers Strasburg.

by Natto on Jun 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WILL ARNETT

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Eric Arnett makes bad movies

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH COME ON!!!!!!!!

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like the guy with the $5000 suit would never get picked. COME ON!

by Natto on Jun 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

THIS GUY IS AN ATHLETE

LOOK AT HOW HE WALKS OFF THE MOUND

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like big bodies and I cannot lie

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Time is running out for John Hart not to like a pick.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Seriously though, why the hell did Mike Trout show up for this thing? It’s kinda weird. Does he live down the street or something?

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

how close is Millville to Seacaucus? we need an expert of NJ geography

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He’s from NJ… they must be filming somewhere in NY or something.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The studio is in NJ.

by Natto on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WELL THAT MAKES EVEN MORE SENSE

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah they are in NJ Secaucus

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The MLBN studios are in NJ….

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

they are in Seacaucus

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

on a similar note...

why was HR so adament about people showing up? Unless I was absolutely a lock for the top 10, I would absolutely not go.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But THIS IS WHAT IT’S ABOUT Kenshin

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Supposedly he and his family have been publicity whores over the past few months to enhance his profile.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

has Zack Wheeler reported to Arizona yet?

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nope...

he was called up to replace Zito.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can’t we get rid of Sanchez first?

Without killing anyone
We won it 3 times

by ChrisHero on Jun 9, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is it just me or do they keep saying they’re going to look at old draft classes and then they haven’t actually done it yet? Or did I just miss it?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

they read...

the successful picks off from that draft. That’s there look.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I thought they meant they were actually going to talk about them.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

IN DEPTH ANALYSIS

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think showing those lead ins and lead outs is “looking at the draft classes” to them

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They say 3 players names in like 5 seconds before they go to break.

IE: Class of 2000, Adrian Gonzalez, Vernon Wells, BJ Upton..Commercial

by positiveuphemism on Jun 9, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn, I liked Franklin in the second.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm, still no Scheppers. I wonder if his medical records are awful?

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Supposedly he’s asking for a good amount of money. That combined with his shoulder issues probably is why he is falling so far.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

there is also a lot of talk about him talking to Japanese teams which is interesting

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Surprising pop ;(

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

“This kid flew up the draft boards because he’s a baseball player”

lol

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lebron James and Kobe Bryant

did not fly up the draft board.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

there was this one guy who was high on a lot of draft boards but then people found out he was a backgammon player

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

how was his makeup?

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A little heavy. Looked like a whore.

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

franklin runs with bricks in his pants

waiting for 2011....

by Osama91w9 on Jun 9, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love Jim Callis. He just looks annoyed with the MLB Network guys.

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

SCHEPPERS OR WHEELER FALL TO THE 2ND

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

TELL SAEBS!1

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scheppers?

Yeppers.

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tanner the manner

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

GET THEM GIANT BRASS!!!

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

shhhhh

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is…slow. I assume this it will speed up after the first or supp round, hopefully.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Jun 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

PS:

that’s an ugly fucking tie, John.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Frank Marcos says things

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What pick are they on? I stopped watching temporarily.

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Last one was Boston’s pick of Reymond Fuentes.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yahoo drafttracker:

6. San Francisco Giants
The Pick: Zack Wheeler, RHP, East Paulding HS, Dallas, Ga.
The buzz: A great pick for the Giants. [b]He projects very well and allows the Giants to trade Matt Cain for a few bats.[/b] Wheeler has no signability issues. He has a plus fastball and a plus breaking ball.

LOL

by positiveuphemism on Jun 9, 2009 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

GIT R DUN SABES!!!!

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/facedesk

MAH BOY Kevin Pucetas gets nothing but results, and is highly sought after by 29 other major league clubs.

by Sammy Danger on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

if they don’t trade Cain by the end of the week, I’m going to consider it a bad pick

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was almost the perfect plan.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 9, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boricua

brother finds a gig

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why is Selig completely mentally disabled when it comes to speaking?

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why is Selig completely mentally disabled when it comes to speaking?

by quincy0191 on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He has been dead for years.

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grrr. Fuentes to Boston. Compared to Johnny Damon. Is the nephew of Carlos Beltran.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

damn. was looking at him for 55

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too, but it didn’t sound like he would make it that far.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carlos Beltran’s cousin

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I wish Steve Phillips was in studio.

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i wish callis wasnt hiding in the closet

waiting for 2011....

by Osama91w9 on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously. He’s the only interesting/smart guy on the show tonight and they haven’t talked to him that much.

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NURD

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i want a KLaw/Callis/phillips tandem

waiting for 2011....

by Osama91w9 on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They’re neglecting the fact that Jacoby Ellsbury sucks.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Any interesting high-price dudes here for the Yanks?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

kenshin is a high priced dude...

but he never disappoints.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scheppers.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yankees might have a hankerin for some ginger ale.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They’re gonna draft a player from the Sharper Image catalog.

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't James Paxton still available?

Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)

by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yanks are big on Slade Heathcott.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Slade Heathcott? That’s a real name?

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He’s from Texas. What else can you say?

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right in one!

Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)

by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Big Pappi's

new ritual: not hitting the ball

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So I just got the number/code to the Zack Wheeler conference call. It wouldn’t ruin my standing with the organization if i were to, say, post it here, right?

by Grant on Jun 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

We can ask him about McCovey Cove.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

“hi Zach, TakeAGiantStepNGo from McCovey Chronicles…”

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I bet that’s gonna be realllll interesting.

Giants brass: So you gonna pitch good?

Wheeler: Sure, why not. Barry Bonds.

Giants brass: Okay bye!

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ask him why he didn’t know who Tim Lincecum was.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope, not at all. If anything, it would enhance your reputation. Grant Brisbee, future Giants GM.

by positiveuphemism on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How did you do that?

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I’m on a list because of the Giants Magazine stuff, and I get some of the media e-mails.

by Grant on Jun 9, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am VERY jealous

SFDugout.com is BACK! See the Top 50 Giants Prospects!

by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ask him what he thinks about Ackley’s drug trafficking charges.

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BA sez Yankees thinking Heathcott

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

scoop!

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Slade Heathcott for the Yankees, I think I’d heard him pretty early.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Slade Heathcott sounds like a action movie star.

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BIG MCLARGEHUGE

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

CHUNK MANMEAT

MAH BOY Kevin Pucetas gets nothing but results, and is highly sought after by 29 other major league clubs.

by Sammy Danger on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SMOKE MANMUSCLE

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

CRUNCH BUTTSTEAK

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love how the MLB guys say that everyone has 5 TOOLS!

by xanthan on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

JOHN HART LIKES THE PICK

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bryce Harper: The first 10 tool player

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Everyone has 5 tools…some just don’t work very well. Molina’s speed tool is like an allen wrench…you only need it when you assemble something the first time then you throw it away.

by positiveuphemism on Jun 9, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

5 tools... that's why his pants fit like a glove.

heh heh heh

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 9, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Slade Heathcott is a weird name.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Because Tanner Scheppers wasn’t a weird enough name for them.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on feel the noize.

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who says the Yankees can’t develop hitters?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Zachary Heathcott goes to the Yankees.

Which is odd, because he sounds like a general in the Confederate army.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.

by EliminateMe on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

polite golf clap

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 9, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

doubt wheeler or schepp makes it past the sandwich picks, unfortunately

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wheeler won’t. Scheppers might.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Matt Davidson is still available

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’d love to have him at 55

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Surprised more catchers haven’t gone considering how highly rated some of them are in this class.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i think a maddox, for one, is a sure bet to go to college.

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i wish i could mute hart. they need to be able to trade picks.

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sporcle has been down for maintenance for nearly two days now.

IM HAVIN A HEART ATTACK

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

btw, John Hart liked that pick.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Jeez

People are still going on about this? And the first round isn’t even done completely yet? Wow.

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by WalrusMan on Jun 9, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was hoping to get back here in time for the 2nd pick but it’ll be about midnight I think.

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by WalrusMan on Jun 9, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m having fun. No idea why.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

good makeup

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You like the pick of John Hart to talk about it

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by groug on Jun 9, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Josh Gibson?

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Rays take a local kid.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

ELECTRIC SPEED

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

could be a good player down the line.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

so we are 25 picks out

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Tampa Bay takes Emmanuel Burriss the highschooler.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nah. he’s got more going on then burriss, sadly.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Something about the label “second base prospect” screams “cant hit/can’t throw”

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does anybody know if this speeds up after the first round?

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

thanks!

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The thing about most of these picks is that they’re baseball players.

by deuce deuce on Jun 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What were the odds?

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wilriv picks to clik

Jason Kipnis
Robert Stock
Brooks Pounder
Matt Davidson

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A guy with a name like Brooks Pounder is a must-draft.

by deuce deuce on Jun 9, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We could draft an all verb team. Wheeler, Pounder, Bumgarner…

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure beats the all-gerund team

Manwaring,

uh, crap, I don’t have another :(

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like a heavy man jogging.

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Paxton?

Um, I thought James Paxton was supposed to go in the first round? Has something changed?

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

GAME OVER MAN

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There goes Jackson.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Brett Jackson to the Cubbies.

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Harold Reynolds thinks this is the best player in the draft, why am I not surpriseD?

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, this must be the best first round ever – every pick was a great pick!

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Every player will make the hall of fame.

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, no, the Pirates had a pick. Remember?

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by BruteSentiment on Jun 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

John Hart liked the pick.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What’s important is that the Geno and the Madison are still available.

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

He’s a hitter AND an athlete!

by Natto on Jun 9, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and a Gamer!

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Most important.

by deuce deuce on Jun 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't...

really think you can fix strike outs

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sure you can

You can wreck your shoulder and lose ten miles off your fastball, and…

Oh, that’s probably not what you meant.

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You probably *can*

But it doesn’t seem easy or likely.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m going to lol if the Rockies whiff on Matzek and Scheppers.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Scheppers gotta sign.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BA has WHeeler to ROckies

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BA WH RO

Still trying to figure out the secret message.

WHORAB?

WAR HOB?

ORB HAW?

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by antinous on Jun 9, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BAR WOB

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BAR HOW

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like how every pick was great but Scheppers has a better arm than a lot of the guys who were picked already, John Hart.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Great body, big arm.

by satyricrash on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Tim Wheeler

by Natto on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

fck

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bah.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

FUCK THE ROCKIES

waiting for 2011....

by Osama91w9 on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

OMG do we really need to take a break?

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They need to take a break from all the awesome picks and athletes that were selected.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

don’t forget about all the baseball players

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

is anyone broadcasting...

the remainder of the draft?

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

mlb.com

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

MLB.com is I believe. They’re covering at LEAST the first three rounds.

by quincy0191 on Jun 9, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow...

Hart liked but didn’t LOVE the last pick.

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

CHUG!

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa, he said the word “average”

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 5:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who cares about Wheeler’s power, if he ever gets to Colorado he will have inflated power.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

wtf, none of the picks were signability picks, Harold?

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They cant be controversial with Bud in the building.

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then honestly, don’t say anything at all. It just insults the viewers’ intelligence to say things like that w/ Sanchez going 4th overall.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sanchez????

Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Jun 9, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hart just hinted that the Pirates fucked up by taking Sanchez so early. yay!

by Hobbes2d on Jun 9, 2009 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and its not like they don’t need pitching. they need it, bad.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

such a shit pick by the pirates.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The next Mike Piazza!

by positiveuphemism on Jun 9, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where is the rest of the day coverage? Still MLBN?

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 5:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

MLB.com’s got it.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ESPN has a SC Special beginning at 5pm

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

…and that my friends equals BJ Upton

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 5:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

omg talk about someone other than Strasburg.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wrong

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Steven Baron to the Mariners.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They have a King and a Baron.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Enough with Strasburg

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Supp. round moves much faster.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

thank Allah

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

anyone experiencing problem with mlb.com?

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hobgood is a gamer

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

davidson. damn

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

DBacks getting some nice sticks

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just got home

Am I missing him, or is Scheppers still out there?

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

available

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

still there.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

still out there..

looks like he scared off some teams….

7 minutes into ESPN’s Stephen Strasburg Tribute

Fate is inexorable

by howcanilose on Jun 9, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The dudes at Lookout Landing flipped their shit over the Baron pick.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Did they want Scheppers?

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rapido

this round is mucho mejor

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Colorado is having a fantastic draft.

by Evan on Jun 9, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Indeed

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even if they can’t sign Matzek, they hedged their bets with some good players later on.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

matzek will be a very difficult sign though. That would change considerably if he doesnt;.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn, I liked Kentrail Davis.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Happy he’s going to the Brewers. Not happy that he’s a Boras client.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Were going to see many of these names just disappear in front of us

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Madison Younginer still available!

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

everet williams, too.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I would be happy to get him

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Madison II still available

by malarky on Jun 9, 2009 6:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WILL THE DBACKS TAKE SCHEPPERS

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

skaggs…nice pick./

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

from the useless info department

3 guys under six feet tall in the last 4 picks…after (I think) 1 in the first 37

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Jun 9, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No small players will ever be successful major leaguers.

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This guy is almost as dull as Selig.

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Jimmie Lee Solomon is a badass name though.

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Arizona loading up on position players

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I wish the first round was this quick. That was PAINFUL.

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

ehh…. better than the nfl draft.

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

in terms of pace, that is

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by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The NFL one is more of an event though

and easier to watch

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by bondslegend on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I last watched football circa 1992, and never watched one of their drafts, so.

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you poor poor man

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by bondslegend on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

BRAD BOXBURGER

GREAT NAME

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by jponry on Jun 9, 2009 6:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

STAR OF BABYLON 5

GROUGTHINK ALERT
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and TRON 2.0

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by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 9, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, if Scheppers is still available for the Giants’ next pick, do you take him?

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Only if they can make sure to sign him, and make sure he can stay healthy

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(Big IFs)

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by CB30 on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And make sure he’ll be good enough for the hall of fame.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not that it matters now, but how could they possibly not sign him? He’s playing in an independent league and has injury questions – he has less than zero leverage.

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by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh hell yeah

by Evan on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i do.

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never mind!

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.

by jcb9 on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Si

if medical staff signed off on him

by wilriv21 on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, there goes that

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who's everyone wanting at 55?

Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs

by bondslegend on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

everet williams.

Prospective parent of new pick, Zack Wheeler. Projectable Righty stolen from the braves. Of course, I stalk my son's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/zackwheelerbaseball

"Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one."--Brian Wilson

by haverecords on Jun 9, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs