Patrick

Welcome aboard.

Location, location, location.

Do you want him to be available?

Hello, As there appears to already be a thread for this particular subject, I am going to close this one and send you over there. Thanks. http://www.karateforums.com/garden-state-games-aau-nj-state-karate-championships-vt30565.html

No worries. I expect Sheffield to be successful in Detroit. He's a big presence at the plate.

Not really, Brian. Not with what we got for him, anyway. I mean, I liked Sheffield... I liked his swagger. But, there was some damage done there and, he was tradable with Abreu here, which I prefer. (He should be back healthy with time to spare, if not, we have Melky). Pavano has a bone bruise in his left foot and not bone chips in his elbow... but, we'll see where that takes him.

That "taste-o-meter" feature is neat. Not sure how long it's been there.

Congrats Kevin!

Thank you for the submission.

Yep, I have it now. Bleh. We'll see how bad it gets. Right now, not too bad...

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I don't know or even know what could be considered normal. When you string together these amazing, amazing seasons... I don't know if it's fair to take that as normal. Honestly, last year was very good and I don't really consider it all that abnormal. I'd take that again, although I'm expecting a little better.

I don't know a think about Pachelbel... never played any instruments... or even really heard of it... but that was good.

Sorry to hear that. 3 of the 5 people that make up my family are sick and I think I might be getting it!

And, in an odd twist to someone only casually watching, Ron Rivera, as well.

Soriano can definitely play and I like him, like I said, but he's only hit 40 homers once. A-Rod's done that 7 times. Soriano's only hit above .280 twice. A-Rod's done that for 11 straight seasons. Soriano had his best ever OBA last year with .351. A-Rod's had a higher OBA for 9 straight seasons and for 10 of his 11 full seasons. A-Rod's a complete player. And they are the same age. Soriano's best seasons (2002 and 2006) haven't really been as good or better as A-Rod's worst, except for A-Rod's 1997.

Thanks guys.

Welcome to KF.

There isn't really much of a situation with Mariano Rivera. He's under contract and he'll pitch. I really believe it's more of the media than anything else. Like, the day before yesterday, I think, I listened to him talking to the press that day, in its entirety. And he sounded fine and reasonable, like he always is. Yet, what seemed to be a majority articles that came out of that press session focused on one line of it, which was that if he becomes a free agent, everyone will get a fair chance. Of course, he also said that he wants to be a Yankee, that the Yankees have never disrespected him, have always taken care of him and so on and so forth. Personally, I think we should just sign him now, so that he doesn't have any options to consider next year. I can understand wanting to hold off, but who is going to fault Cashman for signing Mariano Rivera? If we do and he never pitches again, anyone who looks back a couple years from now and says it was a big mistake just isn't being reasonable. As far as A-Rod... I don't know if there is a scenario, unless you are talking about him being able to opt out of his contract after this season. At the end of the day, that is a negotiated right in his deal, so he can do it if he wants. Personally, I want him to retire as a Yankee. The fact is, if we get any other third baseman in the game, we take a step down at the position. As far as Soriano, I like him, but if it's him or A-Rod, no. A-Rod is just a different class of player.

Welcome.

I'm a huge Yankees fan.

lol.

Welcome.

I went ahead and have this it's own thread. Thanks.

hehe. You mentioned that you are the only one he does this to, Sibylla. Would it be feasible to not spar with him at all?