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puzzles are great brain work, but they take up too much room because I wont even do one that's under 2000 pieces. Last one I did was 10k. it was a ship on the ocean. it was a lot of blue and white.

I did a 5000 piece puzzle of this scene. I still see it in my sleep and I did that puzzle years ago. thanks for opening wound and rubbing salt in it. lol

this is like comparing fried liver and blood pudding. I'm sure you can find someone who likes one or the other, perhaps even both, but most would choose just about anything else.

considering that Morrow has never completed a full season as a starter the jays are going to be in trouble if that's all they have. I think Stroman has a chance to be in the rotation fairly early in the season, but he's doesn't have a full season under his belt either. so basically it's Dickey and Buerhle.... yikes!

absolutely... any direction that leaves the successor with a farm to work with is a plus going forward.

if he can play for the cuban national team, I'd say he would be by the time april rolls around.

and people said that NYY were done with paying guys well past their best before date. lol money still grows on the stupid tree in NY

sign Castillo and then trade Rasmus for a second baseman.

it's exactly the kind of guy AA should be penciling in when the chance comes. if AA can sign a long term asset that doesn't cost more than cash, it's a win win. Since AA has not shown that he can compete with other teams when these kinds of players have come into the market, I highly doubt the jays pick him up, no matter how much sense it makes.

if they can get better starting pitching, a glove first second baseman might be enough.

Ed Zachary

exactly... this move is a Goins promotion. at least he wont be playing kick ball at second like Bumfiasco last year.

Rasmus is about as old school as there is in the league when it comes to going into second to break up the DP. he slides late and hard, but clean and that's they way the game is supposed to be played. the only collision I have a problem with at home plate is when the runner is out by ten feet and his only chance is to cream the catcher. that needs to be taken away, but if the ball and runner get there at the same time... not so much. reducing "unnecessary" contact is fine. as I've suggested before, calculate a safe distance (for example 10ft) draw a line at 10 feet and say that if the catcher has full control of the ball before the runner crosses the "safety" line, the runner is not allowed to run the catcher over. the runner can still try to slide and get to the plate but not bulldoze the catcher. if the catcher is blocking without the ball, simply call the play dead and call obstruction like the rule in place already says they should. if the runner goes out of his way to tackle the catcher he is out. if the catcher doesn't leave room for the runner to get to the plate it's on his ass for being stupid. learn a swipe tag son!

you'd be swimming with half of the men from canada and their dial up. I guess that's the day to be a dumbbell salesman.

you'd have to give a few players, who most people dont want to see gone, to get Trout and that's where the problem comes into the scenario. Jays dont have any one player who is a huge chip to trade. any deal to bring in a top tier player will create more holes. AA and Beeston put the team in a bad spot with last off seasons trades.

because when you are crossing home plate you are crossing and not stopping. once you touch home you are safe if they drop the ball. guys do get spiked if they position themselves wrong at second and third. SS and second basemen get taken out regularly to try to stop the double play. Rasmus was one of the best in the league last year when it came to taking out the D at second. not dirty at all, just a clean hard slide and that's the way it has to be played.

rollerball

more catchers get head injuries taking foul balls. more players get hurt in plays at second than at home. more players end their careers throwing too hard than catcher getting hurt in collisions. Morneau has never been the same after getting a knee in the head at second. should we say that you cant slide into the bases? should we say that players cant slide head first because of the injury risk? i get the protection thing, but there are inherent risks that are accepted in playing the sport that cant all be taken out without changing the sport. comparing this to the warning track or catchers masks is kind of silly

if they simply use the rule that is in place for obstruction there wouldn't be many collisions. if they say you have to slide then they MUST call obstruction if the catcher doesn't offer the runner part of the plate. how do they determine if the catcher has given "enough" of the plate to offer the runner room to slide? this is going to be an extra hour of argument and replays for years to come. there are reasons this has not happened before.

how's his cologne deal going? lol http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/2mIAY8vRa3U/hqdefault.jpg

not sure I agree. it's still one of the most exiting plays in the game only slightly behind and inside the park home run. the risk of taking away the excitement of a close play at home is not a good thing. I understand the need to protect the investment. This has come because of Posey's ankle injury and not because of the concussions. franchise player went down and owners went sour, but the Posey injury was mostly his own fault. his feet were badly positioned and he was blocking the plate without the ball. I agree 100% with saying you cant take the catcher out when you are out by 10 feet, but not a blanket rule to say no collisions. draw a line 10 feet from home and if the catcher is standing on the plate with the ball before you cross the line you cant take him out..... that I could live with.

the rule already applies to the catcher, but the interpretation/enforcement has always been different. they dont need a new rule. they need a decision on how the existing rule is to be applied.... or? edit: more players get serious injuries in collisions at second than at home plate. is that the next thing to change?

the actual issue is society trying to nanny people even when they are adults. at some point the protective state has to leave people alone and let them live. there are already rules that actually stop most collisions. taking all "dangerous" play out of of baseball will kill the sport. I'm tired of people trying to bubble wrap the world to protect us from ourselves. so this picture is perfect. politically correct is sucking the living out of life.

McGowan silly... like duh! lol

it's lotto 649. you might win against all odds, but even if you dont it's not really costing anything.