A-Rod would be a nice fit here, but at shortstop. A-Rod will want monster dollars, too. He isn't worth it unless you make postseason incentives part of the deal. Illitch has to weigh the potential increase in fan attendance (with having A-Rod) and paying that monster contract. I think Boston is the "perfect" place for A-Rod. Short, left-field porch will make it easier to break Bonds' HR "record."

Seems weird to walk away from that much money. He'll be hearing the boos in Yankee Stadium next season if he stays in the A.L. I don't think A-Rod liked playing in NY at all and didn't want to say it publicly (which was smart).

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Rockies had no chance. I saw that after the Sox turned the tables on the Indians who had all the MO before Beckett sucked the life out of them.
Don't want A-rod, just one big stopper.

JOEL ZUMAYA TAKES AIM: 'I will prove this world wrong'

I'm not sure if I would have told the interviewer that I was crying in bed because people thought I was lying. But each to his own. He's an emotional dude.

It really is a shame he's had so many BS injuries.

1) guitar hero tendinitis
2) popped ligiment in throwing finger
3) box falling on shoulder???

Come on man. What's next? Maybe he'll get his throwing hand caught in a meat grinder and it will just turn into spaghetti.

The only comparable injuries were Lou Whitaker's dancing injury and Willie Hernandez's gardening accident.

It's like baseball's version of the Spinal Tap drummers' woes.

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I thought it compares to Dave Rozema's injury when he fell and cut himself on a beer bottle. Just so happens the bottle was in his pocket at the time

In my opinion these episodes in Zumaya's life and his attitude in public make me appreciate even more the attitudes and actions of Stuckey and AJ, both of whom are at least I believe 2 years younger than Zumaya.

Man, that is a dangerous situation having broken glass in your pockets. Hope he was wearing his cup.

He also hurt his knee with his kung fu kick in a brawl in '82 between the Tigers and Twinkies. Rozema: Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Fidrych hurt his knee in spring training in '77 trying to jump over a fence.

Just curious as to what you guys would think about picking up Bonds for cheap. We'll call it investing in junk bonds.

1B- Guillen
2B- Polonco
SS- Renteria
3B- Cabbrera
C- Rodriguez
LF- Bonds
CF- Granderson
RF- Ordonez
DH- Sheffield

Jaques Jones is our weakest link right now and Bonds' offensive #'s are still pretty good. Especially when you consider all of the walks that he gets.

I know that the obvious answer is that he'll be a distraction and he might be in jail during the post season, but just wanted to throw it out there for discussion.

Not sure how I'd feel about it. It would be sort of like acquiring Artest... in 13 years or so.

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Nah, I don't think we need him. If Jones is the weakest link, then we're in an awesome shape. How many other teams can say that?

Would you take him if he said he'd play for free?