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[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by clyde

I'm sorry ,HorseyCoursey...I cannot bear witness to this folly any longer.



They no longer exist in my world.

c'mon clyde just because the Head, Fuc< U, Carrera outfield wasn't in your plans you can't stop!!

(if you combine the healthy body parts of Chew, Brantley and Grady you almost come out with a complete outfielder!!)
(kenny's only 44 now, he came and played for us in 2007, I say we go get him too to join Jimmy! Manny's unaffiliated at present too.)

[slotdirt]

Go get yourself some Ellis Burks and you'd have a complete set.

[slotdirt]

Thinking of old Indians outfielders...I can't remember the circumstances of the offseason trade that sent Brian Giles to the Pirates for Ricardo Rincon. I'd have to say based on post-Cleveland careers that the Pirates (and later the Padres) got the better of that deal.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Thinking of old Indians outfielders...I can't remember the circumstances of the offseason trade that sent Brian Giles to the Pirates for Ricardo Rincon. I'd have to say based on post-Cleveland careers that the Pirates (and later the Padres) got the better of that deal.

The circumstances were we had Manny, Lofton, and Justice and he was the 4th outfielder and we thought all we needed was a bad lefty specialist to put us over the top!! We were wrong. We also had Robbie Alomar, Travis Fryman, Sandy Alomar...so Giles' offense was certainly not an overwhelming need at that time. Rincon just wasn't that missing piece however!

[slotdirt]

Just seems they could have had a lot more for a 26 year old outfielder who'd go on to play in the All Star game a number of times. Situational lefties are a dime a dozen!

[clyde]

The trades for Lofton and Baerga/Alomar,just to name 2,far outweighed the Pittsburgh fleecing.


They had no need for Giles and Giles showed little here of what he went on to do with Pitt.Was worth the gamble.

Must we argue about the past?

[slotdirt]

No, but can we talk about the Tigers pending collapse? 20 runs in two games to the Twins and Royals and no Verlander until Friday. I'm telling you guys, these guys are going to go like 8-20 down the stretch.