TheHurl

If ECJF wants a ticket for wayyyyyyy less than the ludicrous secondary market (I say ludicrous as I can't believe people are paying more than retail for games that don't yet exist) he just needs to call me. I've already sold a pair to someone from the board for near cost.

Running through the 6ix (Donaldson, Bautista, EE, Tulo, Martin and Smoak). Anything that brings Drake into play is money

I thought Thor was traded to New York

Let me know if you get extra interest. My parents have my tickets that night, 527R row 5, seats 7&8, but my Mom hates going to the games now that the crowds are so big so I imagine I'll be selling.

f***ing Cyborg

So, V = P + P'?

crying for mods doesn't help. Turning this into a legit baseball conversation is what stops these guys from starting more threads. Once people learn this the forum improves. Barring that you completely change the subject and the thread dies of natural causes.

While I'm not sold that Tulo isn't on a 2013 Reyes type slide...what if second half Goins isn't for real? What if Travis can't stay healthy? What is Tulo's trade value?

I hate the Mount Crushmore stuff. First of all it's so American, and the Tigers have used it. As have about 10 football teams. Make a Toronto or at least Canadian reference.

Just means that they aren't a Fox game this week

This isn't the BBDL...remember when we wrote into the constitution that the winter meetings prostitutes must be human.

It honestly should be a fascinating off season. Jays results this post-season are obviously a factor, but I can't see them letting the buzz that around the team dying by letting Price go and doing nothing. If Price doesn't sign, neither Shapiro or AA have really played in the FA market though, so do they make another big splash trade?. Although I think Shapiro probably comes in and builds the programs for the first year and lets AA do his thing with the 25 man.

I thought even the dogs had to be white in the prairies?

Growing up is incredibly overrated

Well Speedy has a woman now so you might be next in line. Your parents would love you bringing home a black girl.

For the record I've met about 30 members of this board and from that there have been a few that I wouldn't go out of my way to go out with again but I certainly wouldn't avoid any of them either. Overall, there is one that I wouldn't trust if I were dating them, one that I'd even let my niece date and most of the rest I'd invite if I won a trip for me and my 500 closest friends.

Actually you were invited. We asked them to keep the fire door open for just that reason.

As the only real Rays fan on this board, I'll respond. Do you think I don't realize that the team is 70-76? Can you post the other 28 records as well, I'm working a lot and might have missed a west coast game last night. This was an obvious troll attempt at me in the same way the initial post by TL was a troll attempt against projections. Nox took him up on his troll attempt and these were some of his responses when asked why he thought the Rays would be an under: Well he nailed that one. Nick Franklin suxxxx. They are 1.7 WAR above that. He got that one right too and is a big reason that the Rays are behind their projections. Casalli looks pretty good though. The pen was their worst in 7 years and their starters despite some major injury woes was as good as it's been as any other they have had other than 2012. So this ended up being an argument between him and Nox about whether he had facts behind his statement or is it just gut feel. Prompting Nox to have this response Which brings us back to why your thread was a troll attempt at me. You are a fan of a first place team, rather than celebrate that you brought up a fight between two people that don't post here (TL because he realized that no one gave a s*** about him here, and Nox because he's a corporate sellout drinking lattes out of a clam shell), all to try and get to the fan of the last place team. If I were thin skinned I wouldn't still be posting here. I wouldn't be wearing my Rays shirts in that last series, but I will. And I'll take my lumps I'm okay with it. I like the long term model of the Rays team, I like that they had a couple of nice breakouts. I also take some solace that Longoria's downturn still has him as a 4 win player. There is work to do for the front office...and even more work to do for the marketing department. I appreciate you doing another Rays thread, it really makes me feel better about the season when I talk it out.

A 4.5 win reliever is pretty freaking special though. Not saying that Prior didn't deserve it, but in a third of the innings Gagne had the leagues 8th best fWAR out of all pitchers.

As a mod I seriously think that this thread is obviously troll bait...but I'm going to ask the rest of the mods to keep it open, and I will prepare my response when I have more time (which may be December)

Kiermaier has already said that he hopes he wins the Gold Glove so that he can use it to hold up his Fielding Bible trophy.

that would either make you a bastard child, a hot 21 year old, a 17 year old girl or a small child. If it's the 17 year old I suggest we make you the newest mod, so that King can better enjoy his bannings.

maybe in the LoD

yep, they'd never accept that. Rawlings Gold Glove, Rolaids Relief, Chalmers MVP...