Phightins

Depends. If it is Happ/Drabek/Brown/Gose like the rumor was over the summer, then probably not. But I have a feeling the price will come down. I'd give 3 of those 4 though, and perhaps more.

Word out of the GM Meetings is that the Phillies are going hard after Roy Halladay. Not sure if I believe/want to believe this.

Or....individual threads are fine lol. Doesn't really matter at all.

It's better than hundreds of single threads that nobody replies to, IMO.

Just to keep it organized, lets keep everything in here.

[expletive] that.

Nobody cares about the Sixers. It will be nice on Friday when Diesel and I have an entire section to ourselves .

What is that QB rating in December/January looking like? Honestly, I am not trying to be a smart [expletive], but it's the truth. It's hard to call Romo the most clutch QB in the league when he is generally known as a choker down the stretch.

I am still pissed off over the 4th and inches call and the challenge fiasco. I have been making an effort recently to hold back on blaming officials for all four of my teams, but that was just brutal. The Eagles did not play well and probably deserved to lose, but without that horrible spot there is a pretty good chance they steal the game. Not sure what the officials were looking at once Andy threw the red flag, since I have watched the replay over and over today and it is clear as daylight that the ball was spotted about 6 or 7 inches short of where it should have been. Also, saw an interesting statistic earlier today. The Eagles are somethinbg like 35-6 in their last 41 games when leading after 3 quarters, and are 8-25-1 in that span when trailing after 3 (not sure if the numbers are spot on and I do not feel like looking it up again, but the jist is that there is a big difference). I know this is irrelevant to yesterday's game since we did have the lead after 3, but I'm just saying that Andy continues to show that he is not good at thinking on his feet. If he was half as good at coaching during the games as he is at drawing up game plans, we would probably have 2 or 3 Super Bowls by now.

I think that's pretty much it. Giguere had a pretty horrible contract for a guy sitting on the bench the majority of the time. Toskala's hit isn't a whole lot better, but it is a little bit of relief.

I think we'd be getting ripped off. No deal.

No.

I thought Gustavsson was playing reasonably well.

Lol...considering that there will be about 3,000 people there, it's not like there will be much of a home court advantage anyway.

I want either Beltre or DeRosa. Figgins will likely be too expensive and have too many other suitors. I wouldn't mind bringing Feliz back, and since I have a feeling there won't be much of a market for him we could possibly get him for very cheap, which is more than likely why the $5 million option was declined. I have a feeling it will be DeRosa since Ruben has made it clear he wants more versatility, but my first choice is Beltre. Other things I want to see accomplished.... -Resign Chan Ho Park/Scott Eyre -Sign one of Jose Valverde/Rafael Soriano/Fernando Rodney. I think Rodney is the most likely since Valverde and Soriano are both type A's and will result in a loss of a first round pick. He'd also be the least expensive, I'd imagine. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see them take a flyer on JJ Putz and give him a 1-year incentive-laiden deal. -Find some versatility for the bench. Maybe an Alex Cora or Jerry Hairston Jr. type would be a good place to start. -Sign a backup catcher. I'd suggest Bako but I have a feeling they want a right handed bat. There are plenty to choose from.

Good deal for Milwaukee. Now they can let Cameron go and hand short stop over to Escobar full time.

Would have enjoyed it more as a casual fan. Obviously, I am not happy with the way it ended.

Nobody wants to trade for Sam? I am SHOCKED!

Will try not to complain too much since the Eagles brought a lot of this on themselves, but that final challenge should have been overturned. Horrible spot. Arguably decided the game. Ugh, tough way to lose.

Phillies declined the option on Pedro Feliz. Interesting. Adrian Beltre perhaps?

Yeah that was ridiculous, look at how her neck snapped backwards.

G - Ray Emery D - Chris Pronger D - Matt Carle LW - James van Riemsdyk C - Mike Richards RW - Claude Giroux

Frustrating loss, very sloppy game. For most of the game it felt like they were losing by far more than they actually were. They did a good job keeping it close and eventually took the lead, only to give it right back at the end when Speights got hurt and Brand came back in the game (coincidence?).

Speights to the locker room with a knee injury. Also kind of disturbing to see them fall apart when Brand comes into the game.

I have been impressed with Willie Green's production off the bench.