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393 OBP, 32 2B, 10 HR, 71 BB, 94 K and he's a Houston boy, too (and we sure do love our homies.) Too bad he can't play the OF?because he's just had his second year in A and he looks decent.And a couple possibles --Jason Alfaro, age 26, IF (bad glove, just what we don't need) hit . replica IWC 5022-18 watch don't know if he can play OF..-Eric Bruntlett age 26, who already has seen MLB playing time, mostly at SS, good basestealer with an OK glove (maybe he can be a utility guy to replace Vizcaino) and bat kinda the usual for a middle infielder.

Don't know if he can play OF.-Tommy Whiteman, age 25, who was just called up to A this year, had 98 AB and hit .276 nothing special\AA Round Rock has a few possibilities --Charlton Jimerson (was supposed to be the next great thing 2 years ago) age 25, OF, just finished first year in AA didn't do so well 704 replica IWC 3714-15 watch doubles, 18 HR, 31BB, 163 K so forget it…you can only get away with that many Ks if you hit a LOT of HR.Don't know about his glove.-Todd Self, age 25, OF, also first year AA 880 OPS with a 420 OBP!, 89 BB, 95 K, 34 2B and 11 HR- looks as if he already has decent plate discipline, so why do we never hear about THIS guy? I guess he's too old.

or something wonder how his glove is-Mike Rodriguez, OF, age 23, was 2nd round in 2001 was supposed to be another next big thing he spent some time in the indys this year- don't know why, but in AA, he had a replica IWC 5022-19 watch and 59 K in 250 AB…-Willy Taveras, OF, age 23,who we got from the Indians for Jeriome Robertson, hit 335 with a 788 OPS, 13 2B, 2 HR, 38 BB and 76 K in 409 AB.From what I've seen of him, he definitely needs more time in the minors.Definitely.-Luke Scott, OF, age 26, first year in AA got a late start in OB because he didn't finish college until age 23, and was also out a year with TJ surgery?-

I sound like doom and gloom.I hate winter

I looked at the FA OF list and absolutely no one except Carlos is anyone I'd want here.Dan Lucero, who blogs on the Rockies, says?he's heard rumblings that we don't want Ensberg back.I know that I've heard that the Stros organization doesn't really like him, and I heard that many times when Morgan was in the minors.I'm positive that Jimy Williams didn't like him,?because he kept playing Geoff Blum (WTF?!) and Lamb instead.I replica IWC 3227-02 watch think it's a personality thing.I wouldn't be even a little surprised if we got rid of him and he went somewhere else and turned into Troy Glaus.Then we could play Lamb full time, live with his 50 60 errors and missed plays year, worship his HR and pretend that it doesn't matter that between him and Biggio, the entire left side of our field is a sieve.

I know I sound like doom and gloom.I hate winter, cold weather and no baseball in sight for too long.And I REALLY hate it when I haven't heard a single good piece of news about my team and all the rumblings I hear are all bad news.So if yall have ANY good news, let me know…As you know, Lance Berkman will be out for at least replica IWC 3714-32 watch months, and we may not be able to resign Carlos Beltran.The good news is that Jason Lane will finally be freed.The bad news is that not only will we be stuck with Craig Biggio and his horrible defense, we will need a right fielder.

I've spent the past week looking at our A and AA teams to see what we might could have, and believe me, it's not good news.No glove guys, and definitely, no bat to replace a guy who has been in the top 10 in OPS and RCAA for the past 4 years.A New Orleans is mostly career minor leaguers only 2 players had an OPS over 750-Ryan Thompson, OF, age 35, several MLB callups, not very good-Kyle Logan OF, age replica IWC 5021-19 watch , career OPS 650-Phil Hyatt, OF, age 35, career minor leaguer-Mike Hill, OF, age 28, first year at A, OPS 726, no power-Mike Coolbaugh, age 32, 3B, several brief callups, career minor leaguer-Emil Brown, age 29, hits well in A (940 OPS,) hasn't hit well in 3 MLB callups (ave .210, with Pitt)-Alex Eckleman, age 30, 2B but can play 3rd and OF-Royce Huffman, age 27, 1B (unfortunately for him) OPS 843 with a .

maybe try Royce Huffman for the bench

Of course, ain't nobody, even George, gonna give him 10 years, and I disbelieve that anyone will give him over 7.So I THINK that we will resign Kent, waste Burke on the bench or in A, keep Lamb, put Biggio back in the outfield (God help us), have Palmeiro play right (God help us) until Lance comes back and have Taveras (God help us) play replica IWC 3227-03 watch center.No free agents.Forget Carlos.Forget Roger.(And I haven't even gotten around to pitching problems, but that's for another entry.)2 what do I WANT the Stros to do?-SIGN CARLOS!-sign Berkman and Everett-let Kent go and play Burke-use Biggio as our Vizcaino utility guy-keep Lamb for the bench, maybe try Royce Huffman for the bench, relieve at 1B if possible.

-Lane full time in the OF-bring up either Luke Scott or Todd Self, who look pretty good,?because face it, I've seen Taveras and he has a bad glove and is NOT a major league hitter and if we're going to?use a AA guy in the OF, why not guys with decent plate discipline? Let these guys play right until Lance comes back (or, I guess, play Palmeiro.)I DON'T want JD Drew, who has had exactly one year he wasn't hurt,?because we can't get replica IWC 3719-18 watch him for just one year.I DEFINITELY don't want Magglio?Ordonez, (he'll be 31 on opening day) who will demand an expensive long term contract, and who refuses to get a physical until after he signs the contract.I DON'T want to give a multi-year contract to Steve Finley, who will be 40 years old on opening day.

Anyway, he wants to go to the west coast.Trade prospects? There's NO ONE in A, (see yesterday's entry) except Royce Huffman, who's “old” and a Mark Grace type guy.We have a few decent looking “old” (25, 26 years old) guys in AA and who can tell who's gonna be any good in A ball or the rookies? And we can't afford to give away any replica IWC 3548-07 watch pitchers we need em.So if there's gonna be a trade, I hear that the DRays don't want to keep Aubrey Huff, who's good, or Jose Cruz Jr (another homeboy) who is a decent hitter and a GREAT glove.I'd LOVE to have either one of those guys.

show that at least we could “afford” Kent

And Biggio, who I WISH would be a utility guy.Yesterday, Adam asked me, “Other than the minors, I see two options for your Stros OF problems: You could go after a free agent (J.D.Drew, Magglio Ordonez or even Steve Finley).Or you could trade a prospect for some team's 4th outfielder and try to improve your other positions to replica IWC 3255-05 watch make up for what you'll be losing in the OF.Which of those things do you think the 'stros will do, and which would you like to see them do?”1 what do I THINK the Stros will do?What is really bothering me is that I don't know what McLane is up to.I have a bad feeling that he wants to go cheap and is gonna pretend that he's trying hard to get Carlos, etc, but will bring back Kent, who we don't need, and show that at least we could “afford” Kent.

I'm sure he regrets the giant, long, expensive contract he gave to Bagwell (interesting that you NEVER hear his name when all the knowitalls talk about big expensive contracts that hurt the team) and he isn't gonna try to sign either Berkman or Everett long term.He'll make the excuse that Berkman's hurt, so he'll hafta see, and of course, he replica IWC 3548-05 watch get Everett for 3 more years for pretty cheap and non-tender him if he gets too expensive his arb years.Problem is, this isn't gonna go over with the fans.Next to Roger, Lance is the most popular player and if the fans think that Mclean doesn't want the homeboy hero, he's gonna lose a LOT of fans and a LOT of $.

I don't know if Purpura is a yes-man, but Hunsicker sure nuff wasn't.I know that Hunsicker actually answered questions and was pretty open.I know that Purpura sounds like a politician (and on the scale of humanity, I put ALL politicians just barely replica IWC 5001-04 watch above baby rapers) and I don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth.So I don't know what's up.I think McLane doesn't want a losing team, but he doesn't trust baseball people enough to let them run things, and he wants enough to end up with records over 500.I haven't heard a WORD about negotiations with Carlos.

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It seems like this is as good a year as any for the Patriots to be able to come out on top.The 2010 version of the NFL has no clear cut number one team.To many fans and analysts alike the Patriots are the top team right now and it’s hard to disagree with that.However, the fact that there is no true consensus top team leaves the Patriots with as good or as bad odds as anyone to win the Super Bowl , whichever way replica Tissot T41.5.413.73 you want to look at it.When the Patriots come up against a team like the Ravens, Falcons or Steelers their defence flat out isn’t going to be able to do enough to allow their offence the opportunity to outscore the opposition.They say you need to be good to be lucky and lucky to be good.Well, the New England Patriots are going to need a whole lot of luck if they plan on taking home another championship this coming February.By Chris RossRead the full original article…

The Philadelphia Eagles needed to beat the New York Giants today.With both teams tied at 9 4, it was a must win for the Eagles in order to make it solid that they have a spot in the playoffs and take hold of the NFC East division.But it was a nightmare to start off for Philadelphia.The New York Giants opened up to a 21 0 lead and it seemed like the Tissot T41.5.413.73 Watch Eagles' division title hopes, and even playoff hopes, could diminish before them.But things started to come together a bit.The Eagles would score, but the New York Giants came back.Entering the fourth quarter, the lead was at 31 10 for New York.That is when the Eagles got right to business.

Philadelphia scored with Vick's huge lob to Brent Celek to cut the deficit to 31 17.But they still needed to come back and they had less than seven minutes to do so.Philly stopped Eli Manning, who was hot all game until the final minutes of regulation.Given the ball back, Michael Vick took over and went into Terminator mode.He was the Superman for Philadelphia.Vick made all the Eagles' fans bow down to him in this game, Bvlgari AA48C14SSDCH Men's watch once again proving this is his town, his team.Vickadelphia.Vick followed on with big runs of more than 30 yards.Every one of them came on third down.The Giants didn't see that coming.And up at the goal line, Vick made a dash to the left to make an easy score.This was now a ball game, as it was only 31 24.The Eagles would go for the onside kick.