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Chavez could have signed for an easy $16 to $20 Million per year. He signed with Oakland for $11 Million per. It's more about being where you're comfortable than going somewhere for the big money. (Reference Jason Giambi.)

Man. Am I pipin' the A's today, or what?! Mark Kotsay is playing with a severly stressed knee. No ligament damage, but it is incredibly sore. You see him run, and you can tell that he's in terrible pain. Yet he's probably the A's best player this month.

Not necessarily true. Mulder, Hudson, and Zito all have said, that if the A's let Chavez go, they will follow. Chavez is now signed through the 2010 season. Even if the Big 3 do go, you now have Rich Harden who in reality, is the A's best pitcher right now. You have Joe Blanton, who tore up AAA this year, and impressed relieving Mulder against the Angels. Justin Lehr can be a very capable pitcher in the majors. Justin Duchscherer who is the long reliever, can be a good 4th or 5th Starter. That is with the assumption that all of the Big 3 will leave. That simply is not true. Hudson, Mulder, and Zito all want to stay. They all won't. My belief is that Hudson will stay for his entire career, Mulder might get some heavy interest, and that might price him out of the A's range. Zito I think really wants to go back to So Cal, and may be a great fit for the Dodgers. Hudson, Mulder or Zito, Harden, Blanton, Lehr. That's really not a bad starting rotation.

If he gets elected, No one can ever accuse him of breaking a campaign promise, for the simple fact he hasn't promised anything. You can look at it in two ways: 1 - You don't know what you're getting for the simple fact he isn't saying exactly what he's going to do. The fear of the great unknown. 2 - He isn't predicting what he will do, because he has the foresight to realize that situations can drastically change between now and then. Either way you look at it, it's actually very refreshing to see someone with the knowledge of flexibility.

27 years ago, I was an annoying 10 year old. Now, I'm an annoying 37 year old! #89, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

A divisional winner cannot face the wild card winner in the ALDS if both teams are in the same division. In 2002, standings would have dictated that the A's would face the Angles, but because both teams are in the AL West, the Angles faced the Yankees and the A's faced the Angles. I can't remember exactly where, but if the A's (thinking very positively) win 2 of 3, and if Cleveland wins 2 of 3 against Minnesota, Oakland gets the home field advantage against the Red Sox because Oakland is the division winner (although the Red Sox will have the better record). The Yanks get Minnesota. I know I could be wrong, but I think that's how it stands.

This is very true! He delivered when we needed him this past week. Tejada did it on a more consistant basis. Crosby I can see, developing into the exact same type of role.

Oh. Don't get me wrong. I wasn't banging to get him on the list. When he won it in 2002, He did have great numbers, but I can very vivdly remember him hitting a home run 2 sections over from me to win #18 of the A's 20 Game Streak. Tejada that year had many, many game winning hits. IMHO, Crosby may be a better defensive SS over Tejada right now, but it was Tejada's bat and his clutch hits that has the A's battling the Angles for the AL West this weekend. The game winning hits haven't come as much for the A's this year. That and the Big 3 turning into the sub-par 3 this month. Thank God for Harden!

A new name, Colin Cowhead appeard, so I clicked on his website page, and found this little gem... WTF? Seattle is playing great baseball! Probably the best baseball in the AL West right now! Seattle has taken 2 out of 3 or has split against Oakland, Anaheim, and Texas! This quote speaks of another sports talk host who doesn't have a frickin' clue!

Here's my take. Numbers are fantastic, but it's at what time of the game the hit's occur, is the telling feature of the M.V.P. Tejada when he won the MVP for the A's, how many game winning hits did he have? That's the deciding factor. But to stay with the original post, I would take the numbers of #1 I could see Santana winning the MVP. If he doesn't win the Cy Young, a investigation needs to be launched! And, Bobby Crosby IS the AL Rookie of the Year. Seeing that kid play day in, day out, you know he's gonna be someone very special!

One store that isn't that much in the East (as far as I know), is Fry's Electronics. The best store, EVER!!!! Got my eMac there for $1100, with free printer that I gave to my stepson. (I have the need for a more beefy printer). He uses it for school work, and it is very dependable for him. If I were to buy my eMac at the Apple Store, no printer. Fry's always has little specials like these. Anyhoo, here are a few choices: Compaq Presario 6200CL AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+ with 512MB, 120GB, CD-RW, DVD-Rom, Refurbished - $449.99 GQ 6074 AMD® Athlon™ XP 2400+, 128MB DDR RAM, 40GB Hard Drive, 52x CD-RW, 56K, NIC, Windows XP - $429.99 Compaq SR1110NX Celeron D325(2.53GHz); 256MB, 40GB, CD-RW, 56K, NIC, XP - Regularly $479.99, now $429.99 Good luck!

Bledsoe can still play. He can still get the job done. The biggest problem is the O-Line. I don't care if you're Michael Vick. With the O-Line the Bills have, no-one could be a good quarterback.

St. Francis could be De La Salle. Everyone is beating De La Salle these days. From 151 wins to a possible loosing season.

That's the (again) new name of Candelstick Park for the 49'ers. For a football team, it sounds cool, but not for the 49'ers. The park would lead one to believe that the 49'ers are a good football team.

Didn't feel anything here in Walnut Creek, but when I went outside a bit ago, I saw a couple of hanging pots smashed on the ground. The 11 year old Stepson wasn't home from school yet, so it had to be the quake. There's been about 200 aftershocks from this quake. http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.htm This however, can be called the perfect quake! Happened about 20 miles north of Pasa Robles which had major damage from last December's 6.5 quake. No reports of damage or injuries at all. Plus, this quake happened in Parkfield, which also happens to have a USGS Field Survey Office to study, Earthquakes! This area gets a 6.0 every 20 to 25 years. Scientists are saying that today's quake is going to offer a gold mine in information in regards to quake study, and could lead to an early dectection system for quakes.