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Jose's hero at the plate? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=2753808397

If anyone is interested

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As I understand it, it was actually for 1100 PAs in the two years of his contract. He had 527 last year, and he has 545 this year, so he needs 28 more, during the next 7 games to be vested in next years option.

The magic number is 573. I don't know where he is now, but hope we face a lot of lefties

We wouldn't have even been in contention, in order to fail if it wasn't for Loiaza.

Well I will say this much. The stupid mistake he made in the first inning where he was standing on the mound watching instead of backing up home plate really pissed me off. That is crap they teach you in T-ball. Other than that, I don't see the equity in benching Jon over all of the other people who have just mailed it in. Why not Carlos, Konerko, and or Crede who went 1-29 against the Royals last series? Why not Thomas who went 1-12 in MN, and then complained to the media about it? Why not Olivo who hasn't hit anything since June or so? Because they aren't pitchers?? I just hate to see one player get singled out, when there is plenty of blame to go around...

Hey I guess I got signed as an undrafted free agent or something I'll have to talk to my agent about that

Well I will say this much. The stupid mistake he made in the first inning where he was standing on the mound watching instead of backing up home plate really pissed me off. That is crap they teach you in T-ball. Other than that, I don't see the equity in benching Jon over all of the other people who have just mailed it in. Why not Carlos, Konerko, and or Crede who went 1-29 against the Royals last series? Why not Thomas who went 1-12 in MN, and then complained to the media about it? Why not Olivo who hasn't hit anything since June or so?

Bennidict Arnold for having 3 straight bad starts? You don't think that is an overdramatization or anything do you? Try a guy with the highest workload of his career who just wore out.

He is making a ton of money pitching for the Yankees

LMAO. Carlos as a gold glover? I know the kid has made strides in LF, but are we going to nominate Jerry for manager of the year next?

Has it been 5 days already?

Actually even the fans seems to have quit. I figured there would have been a lot more booing, but that was even pretty subdued...

I wouldn't be sure how this is not fair? Can someone fill me in on that side of it?

Given the choice to only fire one person, is it Manuel or Kenny and why?

No. Hell no. And I believe you would get your ass kicked for saying something like that.

Usually tickets are $15 a day or $30 for the whole weekend. If you stay at the hotel for one night it is $149 (I believe) but you get 4 free passes to the fest, and if you stay both nights it is $249 (once again IIRC) but you get the 4 free passes plus a private autograph sesssion. It is a ton of fun, and I will probably go again this year.

He's on GARLAND? What about the rest of this piss pour team? At least Garland showed up, what about guys like Thomas, Konkero, Valentin, Olivo and others who just went through the motions for weeks at a time? Singling out one pitcher, when the pitching saved our asses all year, is ignorant.

Boy is that the truth. We actually left earlier from a baseball game for the first time I can remember. And we went to go see the Hawks. I tell you what Tuomo Ruutu has more heart than this whole team combined.

Did Rauch gain back any of his speed at the end of the year? Is it possible that the surgery he had just took that long to recover from, or is this guy done?