12.06: Daily Link Dump/ Winter Meetings Rumors Thread

by gotgreen on Dec 6, 2005 7:55 AM PST

Lots and lots of trade rumors are floating around on the second day of the Winter Meetings. I LOVE HOT STOVE TIME!

Here are some rumors that are going around right now (all courtesy of rotoworld).

The Twins had conversations with Texas about Hank Blalock, Boston regarding Mike Lowell and Cincinnati about Austin Kearns yesterday.
A.J. Burnett will make $7 million next year and $12 million in each of the following four season under the terms of the deal he's agreed to with the Jays.
The Philadelphia Daily News says the Phillies asked for Mark Prior when discussing Bobby Abreu with the Cubs yesterday and weren't dismissed outright.
The Red Sox, Angels and Diamondbacks have talked about a three-team deal that would put Manny Ramirez on the Angels and bring Troy Glaus to Boston, according to both the Globe and the Herald.
Free agent Al Leiter still hasn't made a decision on retirement.
The Marlins may force the Rangers to give up either John Danks or Thomas Diamond in return for Juan Pierre.
The Angels and Devil Rays are discussing a deal that would send Joey Gathright and/or Toby Hall to Anaheim.
Arizona, Atlanta and Tampa Bay have reportedly discussed a three-team deal sending Julio Lugo to the Braves, Johnny Estrada to the Diamondbacks and pitching from Arizona to Tampa Bay.
The Padres are reportedly in serious discussions with free agent Kenny Rogers.
Free agent Bill Mueller has narrowed his choices to the Dodgers and Pirates, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The Tacoma News Tribune is also reporting that the Mariners have offered Kevin Millwood $44 million over four years and says the two sides could be close to a deal.
A person familiar with the Devil Rays' thinking told MLB.com that the Red Sox and Mariners are making offers for Aubrey Huff.
and of course ...

* Milton Bradley could be on his way to the A's for right-hander Kirk Saarloos and left-hander Mario Ramos.

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ESPN Insider?!

West Coast or bust

Dec 6 - The Dodgers and Athletics have actively joined in the hunt for David Wells, ESPN's Peter Gammons reports. Boston needs pitching in return in any deal.

by CyZito on Dec 6, 2005 8:06 AM PST reply actions

A's interested in Wells

David that is. Well, "interested" might be too strong a word, but Gammons is reporting it on the "Rumors" page on espn.com and that Boston wants pitching in return.

It's an Insider article, but here's the link

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/features/rumors

I'm not sure who the A's could be offering. It certainly doesn't seem likely to be any of the young guys, I can't imagine Kennedy and Cruz would be enough, and Wells for Zito just doesn't make sense.

"It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." - John Andrew Holmes

by JLeverenz on Dec 6, 2005 8:08 AM PST reply actions

I am very interested in this rumor. What on earth could we be offering. I feel like this has got to be a three teamer because I assume we don't want to a)take on all of Wells's salary and b)help the red sox get younger and better.

I just don't understand it!

by CyZito on Dec 6, 2005 8:20 AM PST up reply actions

Could be offering

the newly acquired Gaudin.

And then Wells gets flipped to...?

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 8:35 AM PST up reply actions

Forgot about Gaudin

As odd as that sounds about someone we just got yesterday...

Sharon mentioned Boston could be interested in Choi, I suppose there could be a 3-teamer with

Boston: Gaudin, Choi
Oakland: Milton Bradley
LA: David Wells

That seems fair from the LA/Oakland sides, I suppose Boston might want another pitcher in which case Oakland adds one of Kennedy/Cruz/Saarloos.

"It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." - John Andrew Holmes

by JLeverenz on Dec 6, 2005 9:13 AM PST up reply actions

what the ...?

the A's are interested in WELLS?!?!?

"you know it's way cooler to be an A's fan" - billy beane to larry krueger

by gotgreen on Dec 6, 2005 8:32 AM PST reply actions

Wells would be agreat pickup

He'II take the ball every 5th day, has a rubber arm, never walks anyone, really competitor.

Plus, he loves riding hogs and drinking beers...can't be that bad of a guy.

Seriously though, i see Beane's interest in wells as a flip-job to get the player he really wants.

by bigelephant on Dec 6, 2005 8:38 AM PST reply actions

bye bye cust.

The Padres and Jack Cust have come to terms on a deal, according the San Diego Union-Tribune.

"you know it's way cooler to be an A's fan" - billy beane to larry krueger

by gotgreen on Dec 6, 2005 8:40 AM PST reply actions

There was a rumor yesterday

that the Dodgers were interested in Wells and that Boston would want Choi in return.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 8:43 AM PST reply actions

Sounds like a

Theo Epstein move.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 8:59 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah. Or a "Gang of Four" move.

And this is a Billy Beane move. If Boston wants pitching in return, then it makes perfect sense for BB to stick his nose in this trade. This could be the birth of a three-way.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 9:06 AM PST up reply actions

Birth of a three-way?

Usually, it's the other way around (a three-way resulting in a birth). But it's the Winter Meetings, where everything is topsy turvy.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 9:09 AM PST up reply actions

I knew it.

Get your mind out of the gutter, Sal!

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 9:10 AM PST up reply actions

Just be glad

I didn't use "Gang of Four" in my off-color joke.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 9:13 AM PST up reply actions

Oh dear...

I didn't even think about that...

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 9:16 AM PST up reply actions

To Hell with Poverty?

What's a naughty travel kit and will it pass customs?

by franks a lot on Dec 6, 2005 9:18 AM PST up reply actions

we live, as we dream ...

... alone

Have you heard the reunited lineup's new cd?

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 9:46 AM PST up reply actions

Not yet....

I only have Entertainment! and Solid Gold in my CD collection as of right..........now. I also rock a Gang of Four t-shirt, for I'm a band t-shirt whore.

What's a naughty travel kit and will it pass customs?

by franks a lot on Dec 6, 2005 10:11 AM PST up reply actions

the new disc is great

It's as if Go4 listened to the various young bands today aping their sound, and said, "No, this is how it's done." And a far better sound mix than the early muddy stuff.

Dave Allen is my favorite rock bassist ever.

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:53 AM PST up reply actions

frightened

entertainment! is one of my favorite records. The bass lines are indeed butt kicking. But they never quite hit that peak for me after. Solid Gold was good, but not mindblowing. The other records did nothing for me.

I remain too scared to listen to the new CD.

by Apricot on Dec 6, 2005 12:27 PM PST up reply actions

just do it

I was browsing in a record store 2 weeks ago, and suddenly I noticed a new sound coming over the store's speakers. "Hm," I thought, "these are Go4 songs, but they sound much more ... forceful and 'human' at the same time. Well, that's definitely King and Gill on guitars ..." The clerk confirmed it was, indeed, the new album.

Really, it sounds fantastic. Totally kicks ass. I had precisely the same doubts I'm projecting that you have (old-fart ex-socialists trying to cash in on their newfound currency as touchstones; dino-rock-reunion crap; no new songs). It's ferocious.

My only quibble is that "We Live, As We Dream, Alone" (my favorite song of King/Gill's) wasn't re-arranged.

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 12:34 PM PST up reply actions

hrm

Okay, I'm going to try it. But if I don't like it, I'm going to double your voltage. If it's good, I'll unlock one of your ankles. For an hour.

by Apricot on Dec 6, 2005 12:56 PM PST up reply actions

<a single teardrop>

Bless you, sir!

Now, could you do something about the smell down here? I think Jennifer's got a trunk full of abandoned macrame projects that have gone funky.

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

gone funky, huh?

Speaking of which, I'm listening to the new record now (thank you Apple Store... I hope no one knocks on my office door for the next half-hour). It's been enjoyable so far on a first pass...

The thing is, entertainment! is like a holy relic to me. Thinking of this record as a redo is dangerous. However, thinking of it as a revisiting is letting me embrace it more. And I'm enjoying the Solid Gold songs better than the originals... the production makes the songs atmospheric instead of muddy.

The singing in general seems stronger and more human. The drum lines seem identical, though cleaner. The bass lines are a little different but nice and fatter. The guitar sound is an improvement in the post-e! songs, but again, I consider that original brittle guitar sound of e! holy distortion, so I'd rather not compare. The new rambling on "Anthrax" is amusing.

Thanks!

Have a good hop around.

by Apricot on Dec 6, 2005 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

there's definitely a certain value to ...

... the original sound of the "We are abstract alien beings and we are here to understand your so-called 'punk' rock by dismantling it piece by unrecognizable piece."

But the new album sounds much more conventionally like an actual "band." Which is, I know, a bourgeois conceit and all ...

But seriously, I always treasured Peter Buck's comment from the early '90s about how touring (albeit briefly) with Go4 in '82 "taught REM how to be a band" (or something to that effect). I don't think the sound of the early albums ever captured that "essence." And of course there are now the obligatory comments from Gill/King/Burnham/Allen about how they never liked the sound mix to begin with.

(And I know this is heresy, but I always considered Go4 to be more of a "singles" band [ok, an "anti-singles" band] than an "album" band.)

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

now you've done it

(And I know this is heresy, but I always considered Go4 to be more of a "singles" band [ok, an "anti-singles" band] than an "album" band.)

I Found that Essence Rare
Glass
Contract
At Home He's A Tourist
5-45
Anthrax

by Apricot on Dec 6, 2005 3:54 PM PST up reply actions

i have the first two

entertainment and the other one.
maybe one day i'll get the new album...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Dec 6, 2005 3:29 PM PST up reply actions

And depending on the composition

of said 3-way there could be paternity questions.

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 9:19 AM PST up reply actions

You know what would be weird?

If there were maternity questions. That would be really strange.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 9:23 AM PST up reply actions

AN is probably the only website

where the words "Three-way" mean something other than Paris Hilton, Jenna Jameson, and some lucky doofus.

"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 6, 2005 9:33 AM PST up reply actions

Figures

You would ruin a 3-way by including Paris Hilton.

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 9:38 AM PST up reply actions

there's your business plan!

www.someluckydoofus.com

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:08 AM PST up reply actions

gotgreen

Would you mind changing the title to include "link dump" on this diary? That way, we can get all links and rumors in one place.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 8:44 AM PST reply actions

sure!

"you know it's way cooler to be an A's fan" - billy beane to larry krueger

by gotgreen on Dec 6, 2005 8:50 AM PST up reply actions

Thanks so much. :)

This diary should get a ton of visits today.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 8:52 AM PST up reply actions

I <3 winter meetings

Suddenly the baseball world comes alive again!

2 months till spring training begins, right?

by nycfan @ Athletics Nation on Dec 6, 2005 8:57 AM PST up reply actions

Me too.

Although I could do without the premature reports. <cough>Huddy/Saarloos</cough>

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 9:15 AM PST up reply actions

I like that 3 way.

we give up Gaudin and KENNEDY (or Sarloos) for Bradley.

His bat would be welcome.

Kiko Streetscherer...is where it ends!!!

by jrwolf on Dec 6, 2005 9:21 AM PST reply actions

Wells?

Beane must want to go with an 8-man rotation. At least it would probably keep Harden healthy.

Seriously though, why the heck would we want the walking beer gut known as David Wells? If pitching-desparate Boston doesn't want him, why the heck would we?

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Dec 6, 2005 9:27 AM PST reply actions

another interesting thing

In the ESPN rumors page, it says that Javy Vazquez excercised his rite to decline a trade to Detroit, thus killling a blockbuster for prospects Curtis Granderson and Joel Zumaya.

Uh, if thats what Vazquez will fetch in a trade, then holy crap! The A's should look at the Tigers to try and acquire Verlander + Shelton.

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Dec 6, 2005 9:37 AM PST reply actions

"excercised his rite ... thus killing"?

Javier Vazquez, Santeria practitioner.

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 9:48 AM PST up reply actions

He ain't got no crystal ball

just his Glock

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 9:51 AM PST up reply actions

I don't Edgar Renteria

I don't Rafael Furcal
They earn a million dollars
Which I don't have at all!

(To the tune of...well, you get it)

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 9:52 AM PST up reply actions

He could have had a million dollars...

...but he probably would have spent it all.

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by spal on Dec 6, 2005 9:54 AM PST up reply actions

This got buried last night

But GreenGoldSooner propsed a tantalizing Barry Zito trade option that's so crazy...it just might work.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 9:45 AM PST reply actions

As for Wells

A wells acquisition would 100 percent mean that Barry is gone. Acquiring Wells would tell me something else as well: If the A's traded Zito and got Wells seperately, the A's would haev just as good a chance at winning it all in 06 (providing we traded Zito for something more than A ballers) I would love to have Wells. He's got 1 year left. He's a durable lefty who walks nobody (a nifty 5/1 K/BB rate) who's 1.6 G/F ratio fits nicely with the A's. He's also got a 3.18 career postseason ERA (15 series')

THe three way (snicker) seems much more likely, but i'd love to have both him AND Bradley.

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Dec 6, 2005 9:47 AM PST reply actions

Flip Bradley

The A's don't need a CF and a package of him and Zito could net... a lot.

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 9:50 AM PST reply actions

Zito + Bradley + [blank] = Derek Lee?

*sigh*

If only...

username

by spal on Dec 6, 2005 9:57 AM PST up reply actions

though maybe it's just as well

Good as he may be, last year was a bit out of the ordinary for him. No way to know if it was a fluke or not.

And oops, wrong Lee. I meant Derrek.

username

by spal on Dec 6, 2005 10:01 AM PST up reply actions

Flip Wilson

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:07 AM PST up reply actions

Flip the Byrd?

"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 6, 2005 10:20 AM PST up reply actions

Roger McGuinn the Byrd?

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:27 AM PST up reply actions

Was he the one...

with the squared colored glasses?

What's a naughty travel kit and will it pass customs?

by franks a lot on Dec 6, 2005 10:29 AM PST up reply actions

If I recall correctly ...

... the Federal Folk-Rock Act of 1965 mandated that at least 3/4 of any band had to wear squared-off colored-lens glasses; a rider attached late in session amended the requirement to also allow round granny glasses. (Unfortunately, when the bill was about to expire in 1975, Tom Hayden pushed a renewal through with a new provision dictating that David Crosb y would be provided with fresh organs in perpetuity. That clause alone, more so than the oil crisis or the recession of the late '70s-early '80s, was what pushed the US into deficit spending.)

McGuinn was the lead guitarist. Signature "chiming" 12-string Rickenbacker sound.

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:40 AM PST up reply actions

Excellent post!

What's a naughty travel kit and will it pass customs?

by franks a lot on Dec 6, 2005 10:46 AM PST up reply actions

Sign Geraldine?

Bill King "was a genius. Off the charts. The rest of us are just pretenders." ~ Ken Korach

by Poppy on Dec 6, 2005 11:33 AM PST up reply actions

Ferraro?

This should be put up to a vote!

by LowcountryJoe on Dec 6, 2005 11:35 AM PST up reply actions

Don't patronize me.

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 11:39 AM PST up reply actions

You don't like crowds?

Patrons are the life blood of any business.

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 11:41 AM PST up reply actions

Holy crapolla

Think about what they A's could feast on for Zito + Bradley:

Conor Jackson, Carlos Quentin, Dustin Nippert and more

Chris Shelton, Justin Verlander, Curtis Granderson

Derek Lee (that would be frikkin sweet!)

John Lester, Kevin Youkilis, John Papelbon (pretty please)?

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Dec 6, 2005 10:10 AM PST up reply actions

and i'm not done yet

How about Baltimore:

Eric Bedard, Adam Loewen/Hayden Penn, Nick Markakis, Melvin Mora?

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Dec 6, 2005 10:28 AM PST up reply actions

With the Pirates

and Cubs(Dusty met with Bradley last month) still interested in Bradley, Billy might be getting in on the Wells trade to expedite matters. Rumor is that Wells will be traded to LA today. I see no reason for Billy keeping Wells.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Dec 6, 2005 9:55 AM PST reply actions

To Monkeyball:

The diary police have deleted our discussion on extraneous diaries. Is this some sort of cosmic paradox? Should I get Zeno on the line?

(Bad joke: What do you call somebody afraid of a convergent geometric series? A Zenophobe!)

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 10:00 AM PST reply actions

speaking of bad jokes

A hispanic fire chief had two kids? What did he name them?

Jose (Hose-A) and Jose-B (Hose-B).

Terrible, isn't it?

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Dec 6, 2005 10:04 AM PST up reply actions

TRADE ZENO NOW!!!

I'm still disappointed that no one responded to my "Nicomachean" joke.

http://www.athleticsnation.com/comments/2005/12/4/212941/113/19#19

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:10 AM PST up reply actions

I can only think of

a whole host of "Macha-vellian" jokes, but I worry if the jokes are too easy to make, it will be that much easier to dethrone me as the funny man of AN.

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 10:19 AM PST up reply actions

Argh!

After I spent 15 minutes looking for that picture of sliced bread!! I'm hurt.

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

That was the best part

of the diary, IMO.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 10:20 AM PST up reply actions

Aw, thanks!

I feel better now :-)

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 10:23 AM PST up reply actions

Maybe gotgreen

will delete this diary so that no record of me complimenting you will exist.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Dec 6, 2005 10:24 AM PST up reply actions

But...

If this diary is deleted based on your suggestion in this diary to delete it, then there was never any basis to delete the diary.

And maybe when AN was down yesterday, I did not, in fact, exist..

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 10:26 AM PST up reply actions

By the way...

it was the finest compliment ever!!

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 10:27 AM PST up reply actions

Burnett to Toronto

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5142964

5 years/$55 million

I don't hate, I just respond aggressively to stupidity

by grover on Dec 6, 2005 10:14 AM PST reply actions

JP signs up for 3 more years...

...meanwhile the BJs have lost their way. The money they've thrown out the door on ryan and burnett is insane.

by bigelephant on Dec 6, 2005 10:37 AM PST up reply actions

well, if that money was insane ...

... then wasn't it best that they get rid of it and bring in some sane money to replace it?

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 10:41 AM PST up reply actions

Loonie vs US Greenback

"insane".

by bigelephant on Dec 6, 2005 10:45 AM PST up reply actions

Sane money

The sane money is great, but completely overvalued by the market. There's a market inefficiency when it comes to the insane money. Furthermore, the sane money's only a year or two away from a fast, painful decline.

I can't remember what I was going to say, but I assure you, it was brilliant!

by oblique on Dec 6, 2005 11:08 AM PST up reply actions

Get Wells and Julio Franco

Then I will be in better shape and younger than at least one player on the roster.

by boilerdan on Dec 6, 2005 10:43 AM PST reply actions

This is not Sports related, just one of things

that make you go, Why the hell would you do that.

An aspiring rapper shot himself with a pen gun, and was killed.

Rapper Kills Himself With Pen Gun.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/06/national/a042148S28.DTL

by theblackpearl on Dec 6, 2005 11:49 AM PST reply actions

woman desires to touch a mullet

Why? She's a 101-year-old hockey fan.

Awfully long time to wait for your "best birthday ever," but good for her.

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by spal on Dec 6, 2005 12:17 PM PST reply actions

That is so sweet!

Old people are so cute! And how nice of him to surprise her like that! Thanks for posting that article, definately put a smile on my face!

"If I'm not having fun, then I am not playing well" ~Bobby Crosby

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Dec 6, 2005 12:22 PM PST up reply actions

you're very welcome

His quote is more eloquent than the average professional athlete, too.

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by spal on Dec 6, 2005 1:11 PM PST up reply actions

Duchscherer to Boston???

from rotoworld:

ESPN's Peter Gammons thinks the A's are in the lead for David Wells, with Justin Duchscherer possibly going back to the Red Sox.
That'd be a pretty good deal for Boston. Gammons also said he thinks Frank Thomas to Oakland could get done quickly

"you know it's way cooler to be an A's fan" - billy beane to larry krueger

by gotgreen on Dec 6, 2005 12:25 PM PST reply actions

urk!

I'm not in the anti-Wells-deal camp, but I don't like sending Duke to Boston for him.

@('.')@

by monkeyball on Dec 6, 2005 12:35 PM PST up reply actions

Doesnt make sense

unless Wells is part of a 3 way.

Gross

Bill Stoneman is about to be offered three seasons of a right-handed version of Vladimir Guerrero - Rev Halofan

by pickinmachine on Dec 6, 2005 12:37 PM PST up reply actions

Well, Boston's bullpen could be decent

A healthy foulke, bradford, duke, craig hansen, mike timlin and maybe Manny Delcarmen and Bronson Arroyo. They'll probably re-sign Myers too.

by SuperDingus on Dec 6, 2005 2:23 PM PST up reply actions

wells for what

Well how bout this we trade for wells send him to dodgers for bradley. Not that i want bradley but the dodgers want wells

by sctr76 on Dec 6, 2005 4:06 PM PST up reply actions

Looks like Burnett to Toronto is done

ESPN is reporting it as a done deal now.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2249623

Go A's -- Nebraska

by Ryan Armbrust on Dec 6, 2005 12:38 PM PST reply actions

Job Opportunities

Some interesting new job openings posted on the A's website (I check the listings out of idle curiosity from time to time) including a few internships. Calling all students...

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/help/jobs.jsp?c_id=oak

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Dec 6, 2005 1:47 PM PST reply actions