Game 83 Open Thread: July 6, 2007

Aaron and Mays could have played in the same outfield!

Anyway the consensus is that there would have been a lot more post-season play for the braves if that happened ;)

"Hammerin' Henry" just went out there and hit his 40 or so homers year after year after year after....

I don't give a rip about steroids; I don't want Barry Bonds to break Hank's record because I just don't LIKE Barry Bonds!!!

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/sports/stories/2007/07/03/hank_aaron.ART_ART_07-03- 07_C1_DR76GHJ.html

Jeez that is a ridiculous score.  That was the 1st game of a doubleheader too.  Both bullpens should be pretty taxed tomorrow.

ESPN.com reports Seattle Mariners P Troy Cate was suspended for 15 games for testing positive for steroids.

Alos, he's Mormon!

does he have some shades on? that ball really looked like it should have been caught. even Dan said so.

I was so encouraged by his last series; he swung at the first pitch a couple of times and got a hit every time I saw him do it.  This at bat he took the grroved strike and then swung at the ball and GIDP.

Wouldn't it be nice to see Scotty's power outage end here?

Aaron = Class

bonds = ASS

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the White Sox and Buehrle agreed on terms of a contract extension last week (four years, $56 million), yet the deal died because the White Sox would not grant him a full no-trade clause.

The White Sox gave Paul Konerko, Jon Garland and Jose Contreras full no-trade protection for the first year of their current contracts, with Konerko also getting limited trade protection after the first year. Buehrle has the same first-year trade protection, but general manager Ken Williams acknowledged there would be an 18-month window in the middle of the deal without trade protection. "I called [Buehrle] to let him know this is not an effort on our part to get some sign-and-trade deal," Williams said. "We're not going into this with that mindset. You always want to have flexibility in constructing a roster, but we wouldn't have gone into this with that mindset.

"I wanted to explain to him, just in case there was any question about our motivation."

But it's believed that if the White Sox and Buehrle don't come to an agreement soon, the White Sox will look to trade the 28-year-old left-hander before the July 31 deadline, with the Mets looking like the most interested suitor, the Sun-Times reports.

"I obviously have to go down the road of exploring all of our options and all our alternatives," Williams said.

The Cardinals, Braves and the Dodgers are also reportedly interested in Buehrle, who is set to become a free agent after the season.

A source told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that talks with the Cardinals about Buehrle have been "ongoing." Anthony Reyes has been among the names mentioned in a possible deal.

Are they going to cut their losses with him soon and get rid of him or are we just stuck with him because of his multi million dollar contract?

Let's go dunc.

I still think Edmonds makes that catch.

1. Find the wall.
   
2. Find the ball.

Also, turns out Rolen's lineout was a bigger play than I thought it'd be.  That ball is a foot to the left or to the right and the run scores.

Meanwhile Joe Mather (playing in CF!) hit his 5th home run in 15 games at AAA (and almost has his batting average to .200 again).