Always good to see both sides and you bring up some good points... and now for mine.

Jane you ignorant slut (lol)....
1) Sheff is coming off a wrist injury... we know his style is to waggle the bat non stop
2) Sheff is at the age where you lose bat speed
3) Sheff can't play any field position well
4) We're overloaded with right handed bats... does this mean we don't have a position for picking up a solid lefty?... Is Thames done?
5) That's a lotta team salary to tie up... does this mean our FA shopping spree is done?
6) We should have taken Mags shaky fielding and made him the DH
7) Taking bets on one of the 3 pitching prospects coming back to bite us (I like the Smoltz analogy)
8) I could be wrong about 1-7 :^)

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Alright Roscoe... now you know you can't just sneak this one by without a response... Why trust hardcore fans that have followed this team (ie know about what's going on)... vs someone who just jumped onboard.
..now go to your room and don't come out till you buy Ernie Harwell's book :^)

I was doing pretty good until you came along!

Great thread, great people, just having fun.

I am tired of the latent pessimism of the Tiger Elite however. Give the Iron Sheff a chance...

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To all of my friends, comrades and companions at PF.com

Thank you for another great season!

Sorry...IMO the Iron Sheff don't cook anymore. However, if he brings something great to the plate next year I will be pleasantly surprised.

detteam, you are right. I completelyt forgot that I had heard that Casey is filing for free agency. It is so completely against his past personality that I forgot it. He has always been a team player and was dealt to Pittsburgh in a surprise move. Maybe that got him thinking more about his personal career.

I think Casey would be the first option at first and they might be looking for a backup for him.

Was it Sheldon that was playing first before Sean and was sent down for more seasoning? He seemed pretty close to being ready but I believe batted righty. Guillen played first pretty well, but was no Casey.

I hope it works out that Sean stays. He is welcome in the clubhouse everywhere he goes.

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Things appear to be at their darkest . . . . . . . . . just before they go totally black!!

Here's what I think will happen...
We trade Mags for a 1st baseman or prospect.... if it's not for a 1st baseman then we re-sign Casey.
We sign Barry Bonds... not as crazy as it sounds given Leyland's relationship with B.B. and Bond souring on SF.
Andrew Miller becomes our primary lefty reliever being groomed as a future starter

Then why did they do it for Ordonez?

Casey is the back up plan. The Tigers want a little more power out of the 1st base position. Casey is not a power hitter but is solid at the plate and does not strike out much. The Tigers also still have Shelton which I think may be the reason why Casey may not be resigned if they still have faith in Shelton to get the job done.

ggazoo,

I know why you wrote that now. I'm a little slow today. My point was, who cares how much he gets paid if there is not a salary cap. I think your thought was if he didn't get paid, he would be motivated to work. Your thought makes total sense to me now.

ok..NOW YALL CAN HEAR FROM A REAL BASEBALL MAN. (aND i HAVE A 42 OUNCE BAT,TOO...YA-HA-HA) Sheffield is a great deal and I have 2 words 4 ya..."Rasheed Wallace". Sheed was brought here to win the title and like sheed, shef aint here for the long hall and he aint even here to get us back to the world series, but HE can...He's here to establish this franchise as a 90-95 win club(like Rogers, Pudge , The Todd) until our young guys take over . Wait two years when Grandpa, Verlander, Maybin and Zumaya are lighting it up. I just want us to win again..you cant win em all, but I just dont want to lose em all.
SHEF IN 2007....AVG .315 HR 34 RBI 110

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