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    Looks like the Seattle Mariners got the best of the Michael Pineda deal. He's out for the year at least, while the Seattle Mariners go the Yankee's top hitting prospect, Jesus Montero.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alias View Post
    Well, baseball is a very intellectual game that requires thinking ahead 2-3 moves. Kinda like chess. Watching midgets $#@!ing is much easier to understand.
    Lot of moving parts with midgets.

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    Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) was an American with dwarfism who became famous for participating in a Major League Baseball game.

    Gaedel (some sources say the family name may actually have been Gaedele[1]) gained recognition in the second game of a St. Louis Browns doubleheader on Sunday, Aug. 19, 1951. Weighing 29.5 kg (65 pounds), and standing 109 cm (3 feet 7 inches) tall, Gaedel became the shortest player in the history of the Major Leagues. He made a single plate appearance and was walked with four consecutive balls before being replaced by a pinch-runner at first base. His jersey, bearing the uniform number "⅛", is displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

    St. Louis Brown's owner Bill Veeck, in his 1962 autobiography Veeck -- As in Wreck, said of Gaedel, "He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one."[2]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conley View Post


    Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) was an American with dwarfism who became famous for participating in a Major League Baseball game.

    Gaedel (some sources say the family name may actually have been Gaedele[1]) gained recognition in the second game of a St. Louis Browns doubleheader on Sunday, Aug. 19, 1951. Weighing 29.5 kg (65 pounds), and standing 109 cm (3 feet 7 inches) tall, Gaedel became the shortest player in the history of the Major Leagues. He made a single plate appearance and was walked with four consecutive balls before being replaced by a pinch-runner at first base. His jersey, bearing the uniform number "⅛", is displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

    St. Louis Brown's owner Bill Veeck, in his 1962 autobiography Veeck -- As in Wreck, said of Gaedel, "He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one."[2]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel
    I guess Pedroia is the closest we have to a midget today, and a mighty one at that.

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    Yes indeed. Mighty Mouse!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conley View Post
    Yes indeed. Mighty Mouse!
    Are you a sox fan?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dsolo802 View Post
    Are you a sox fan?
    Hmm. How to answer?

    The good news is that I dislike the Yankees.

    The bad news is that I dislike the Red Sox even MORE than the Yankees.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Conley View Post
    Hmm. How to answer?

    The good news is that I dislike the Yankees.

    The bad news is that I dislike the Red Sox even MORE than the Yankees.

    That is a fair answer inasmuch as there is more than a fair amount of arrogance connected to both teams.

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    Given the results on the field, I understand the arrogance. The payrolls frustrate me most of all, and being a Padre fan it begins to ruin my affection for the sport. It's tiring to see our best players always leaving for greener pastures. Losing Adrian Gonzalez was a tough blow even though everyone knew it would happen. It's not the Red Sox fault our ownership and organization is a mess, but the salary disparity is just once more obstacle to overcome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conley View Post
    Given the results on the field, I understand the arrogance. The payrolls frustrate me most of all, and being a Padre fan it begins to ruin my affection for the sport. It's tiring to see our best players always leaving for greener pastures. Losing Adrian Gonzalez was a tough blow even though everyone knew it would happen. It's not the Red Sox fault our ownership and organization is a mess, but the salary disparity is just once more obstacle to overcome.
    Yet another example of how money as king just doesn't work.

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