Sarge, Smiff shake fists at clouds

7:25 PM me: ok, cool. i'll be looking for it. BP finally arrived today.

Andrew: awesome

7:26 PM you see that Des got the BP?

She's trying to play some catch-up

7:27 PM me: they hate all of my guys

Andrew: really

like who?

7:28 PM me: lessee, Garza, Moyer, Happ, Linebrink

7:29 PM basically all the Monks

cept prolly Utley

Andrew: really - I haven't looked up the Garza thing

what's to possibly hate about Moyer?!?

7:30 PM me: lousy projection - this my one gripe with the book - the write-ups often do not agree with the projection

Andrew: right

well - maybe they're taking the long view?

me: your reading - hey, this is good - and then you look down at the PECOTA - Garza 4.56 ERA or something

7:31 PM Andrew: but you know

me: Linebrink has never had an ERA near 4 - but this year it's like 4.46

Andrew: that's his 50 percent right?

7:32 PM me: so i should look at the 90% for him?

Andrew: No - I just tink

think

there are some guys who are more likely to hit higher pecotas than others

for instance

guys who have started to show improvement

me: wow, everyone on the SS-talk list likes the Utley side of that deal

Andrew: or where you know they've finally figured out their change up or something - something the machine maybe can't account for so much

they're idiots

7:33 PM me: everyone seemingly much higher on Votto & Rasmus than i am

Andrew: I feel if you're not getting the best guy in the deal you better have a really good reason for making the trade

yeah

I'm not big on Rasmus

I think obviously he could still bust out

but last year was not the year to look that dead

of course I'm looking at you Alex Gordon

me: yeah, everyone said Han Ram was the best in the deal, but still took the Utley side

Andrew: but

7:34 PM yeah

not big on Votto either

he's good

but easily replacable

me: they also assumed the guy was looking short-term, but he has no pitching

Andrew: I mean

yeah

you throw Webb into any rotation and it acquires a certain sheen

7:35 PM me: the guy never made a counter offer, i may have given up a bit more

Andrew: yeah

I think what hurt you was not offering any kind of prospect

in retrospect it seems obvious

but you even said it

the guy is constantly tearing down his team etc

we should have thrown him a golden bone

7:36 PM So Rasmus and Votto are guys

who however not great

you can still kind of dream on enough to make them interesting

I mean

I would much rather have about twenty other outfield prospects

and at least five or six 1B types floating around than those two

me: brb - got to fire up a burrito

Andrew: awesome

5 minutes

7:42 PM me: Elie takes Matt Dominguez, 3b from florida

not familiar with his work

Andrew: ha

!

Dominguez

is actually a pretty decent pick

problem

I don't see him being a superstar

7:43 PM and he's a ways a way yet

I don't know if he's worth holding for a few years

but I suppose rookie slots are cheap enough

I just feel

go for the studs

me: he's 19 - should be a while

Andrew: yeah

I don't know

7:44 PM but whatever

our draft - mine and corms - is worrisome to me

we have absolutely no bullpen

and not much out there is screaming "We're awesome"

a lot of pressure on some questionable arms

Cueto, Z, Kazmir, Volquez

7:45 PM Beckett

I mean, some good pitchers

some guys who could throw Cy Young years

but I could easily see a 4.6 era from this crew

and if we don't have a decent pen

this could be a bit of a rebuild for us

I mena

mean

if the guys come through

even three of them

we have enough offense to make up for a lot of mistakes

I think

7:46 PM but...

yeah

and it's not necessarily our fault

it's just

ugh

me: i'm trying to get some RPs with the limited # of picks i have

Andrew: yeah

me: i have no bench yet

Andrew: we're competing - that's one place where I feel really good

we have built a pretty good bench

7:47 PM me: & really only 5 SPs

Andrew: yeah

Corms isn't too worried about RPs...

and maybe I get what he's saying

I mean

hopefully we can find at least a couple decent ones in the supplementals

7:48 PM me: Dominguez was 18th in OPS in the Sally League, but he was one of the youngest players

Andrew: yeah

I m not saying he's a bad prospect

in fact

he took a big step up last year

7:49 PM and erased a lot of doubts about his bat never being able to play period

now the feeling is he will hit at least enough

and he has a great glove

I just don't know if he's going to hit enough to justify keeping him on a roster and not taking other guys coming up for the next three years

me: there was an 18yo in Sally with 39 homers

7:50 PM and 153 Ks

Andrew: wow

what's his name?

I want to look him up

did you see the Baseball America Prospect Handbook is 30 FUCKING dollars this year?

7:51 PM me: http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=33721

7:52 PM Andrew: Looks like he's 20?

well

19 during the season

still

nice contact bavr

if he can cut the strikeouts even a little and maintain that power

7:53 PM he could be pretty exciting

me: turned 19 in Nov

Andrew: Ah right

of course

1989

yep

I was already in 2010

did you watch this Glenn Beck thing?

7:54 PM Apparently by 2014 - implicitly because of Obama - we're going to be hunting dogs in the street to survive while marauding gangs of motorcycle thugs scare the women

7:55 PM me: the guy is insane - a mentally imbalanced man with his own tv show

Andrew: and they show his "movies" on the big screen occasionally

I'd never actually seen him before besides those maudlin previews

he is a fucking fuckface

these guys

7:56 PM are really coming out of the woodwork

17 minutes

8:13 PM me: Nate Robinson went OFF for the Zeniths tonight

Andrew: nice

he's been awesome lately

big second half v the Pacers?

me: 41 points

4 3's

8:14 PM 15-19 from the line

Andrew: nice

that's a nice line

you in first yet?

me: 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

er, no, but 2nd

Andrew: how many points out?

only three assists?

me: he's a shooter, not a passer

8:15 PM Andrew: RIGHT!!!!

me: Dwyane Wade somehow does both

Andrew: yeah

8:16 PM he's like a poor man's Chris Paul

I would kill to have Chris Paul

Maybe I'll offer my whole team for him

and start from there

me: Duhon led team with 5 assists - the whole team just throws the ball at the hoop

Andrew: ha!

8:17 PM so was Keith Olbermann good tonight?

Briggs thinks so

me: haven't watched yet

8:18 PM Andrew: that's the thing that sucks about not having cable - today I would have loved to stare at the idiot box

fucking tired

first day back

never fun

me: you can watch it online

8:19 PM Andrew: really?

where?

the same night?

me: follow them on Twitter and just click on the link

Andrew: follow who?

@olbermann?

me: @Count_Down

Andrew: awesome

will do that

hang on

8:20 PM me: Video: McConnell attacking what he doesn’t understand: Feb. 23: Worst Persons: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., clai.. http://tinyurl.com/dys4nn

Andrew: nice

I hate McConnell

and I hate that Fox News guy who interviewed the mayor of Lansing Michigan

what a DOUCHEBAG

8:21 PM me: yeah, i saw that. That mayor ROCKED. should run for the senate or governor or something

Andrew: no Doubt

guy was AWESOME

and I love the Douche

8:22 PM I wasn't talking about health care

well if you were using the bullshit $70/hour you were

you fuck

and even then

it's bullshit

because it factors in production costs

like having the lights on for the workers

the 70/hr

thing has been totally debunked

but on Fox

it's a "fact"

me: those guys are all millionaires

Andrew: fucking ASSWHOLES!

10 minutes

8:33 PM me: UConn coach Jim Calhoun: a DICK

Andrew: really?

what was he getting up to?

8:34 PM me: blew up at reporter who asked about his contract

Andrew: well you know

8:35 PM me: He makes $12 million for the university - yeah, how much do the players get from that?

Andrew: the players?

don't they all go into the NBA?

an d get shoe contracts and make millions of dollars

me: a few, very few

8:36 PM Andrew: no man

can't be

cant

fucking

be

yeah

ASSwhole

6 minutes

8:42 PM me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokthY5zuPU

8:43 PM Andrew: have to check that out

8:45 PM me: Sen. Richard Shelby said he hasn't seen Obama's birth certificate - MASSIVE BRAIN DEATH.

Andrew: Oh yeah

I heard about that

but you know

8:46 PM has he seen Reagan's?

has he seen Bush's?

Or Clinton's?

Didn't Clinton go to like...Oxford...at some point?

And isn't that in

Europe

?

like France or something?

like the west coast of France?

8:47 PM me: yes, i would be wary of anyone that travels abroad for any reason

8:48 PM Andrew: especially during the Vietnam War

I mean

Bush

Cheney

they stayed right here

and protected Wisconsin

and Arkansas

I mean

Cheney was doing some important things

but you know if Wisconsin was attacked

he'd be out there

but notice

8:49 PM they stayed here to protect America

meanwhile

Clinton's fucking French whores and smoking Chinese marijuania

and Obama?

he's like

getting educated by Sadam Bin Laden

and learning how to infiltrate America while his friends in the Chicago Seven

8:50 PM secretly forgre

forge

a Hawaiian document

which is easier than forging a real state's document

because they're like half-Jap

and half-Samoan

me: slant-eyed devils

8:51 PM Andrew: trying to bring this country down

thank God for the brave men and women - non-gay of course - of our militias

8:56 PM me: fish taco

8:57 PM Andrew: dirty!

9:02 PM me: Arianna Huffington: MILF

Andrew: oh?

what brought this on?

me: she's on Countdown

has that accent, too

Andrew: ah

nice

9:03 PM wasn't she married to like some

complete fucking asshole?

me: i don't know about that, but he came out of the closet

Andrew: really?

9:04 PM me: the Gay Republican closet, that is

Andrew: nice

for real?

who knew?

9:05 PM me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huffington

9:06 PM Andrew: looking

9:08 PM me: The couple divorced in 1997, and in 1998 Michael Huffington revealed that he was bisexual.[citation needed] A 1999 magazine article claimed that Arianna Huffington "entered the marriage... with full knowledge of Michael Huffington's sexual interests in men".[3] The financial terms of their divorce agreement remain undisclosed, but Huffington gained most of her wealth from her husband. Arianna Huffington chose to retain her former husband's surname, although she had been known as Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington during the period of her marriage.[citation needed]

9:09 PM Andrew: Nice

Apparently he's been all about trying to turn the Republicans into human beings

good luck with that

me: probably no more conservative than Diane Feinstein

9:10 PM Andrew: yeah right?

it's true

me: she sucks, and not in a good way

9:11 PM Andrew: definitely

so sad

because at one point

it seemed like she'd be cool

way back in the early 80s

9:13 PM here's an oldie but goodie from Arianna: http://ariannaonline.huffingtonpost.com/columns/column.php?id=696

5 minutes

9:19 PM me: that is a good one

Andrew: Dick Cheney to the rescue!

oh if she had only known

9:21 PM me: Mitch McConnell: T@TALLY FULL@SHIT

Andrew: oh - and he's an asshole!

9:22 PM you have to love it

9:25 PM me: @tanlines is now following @Brian_Eno

Andrew: nice

who is @tanlines

one of those porn tweets?

9:27 PM me: hmmm, it's Sally Kellerman?!

http://twitter.com/tanlines

9:28 PM oh yeah, check out:

http://twitter.com/Brian_Emo

funny

i have an admirer

Andrew: weird

diarreah/noise band

9:29 PM LOOK AT YOU!

9:30 PM me: been tweeting for weeks, just noticed

Andrew: mercy

well

on that cheerful note

sleep calls!

still oddly jetlagged

early morning flight

yesterday

has thrown me a bit off

leaving artstor for the night

peace!

me: sweet dreams

9:31 PM Andrew: thanks!

you too!

:(|)

V.v.V

9:32 PM me: :D