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<t>I don't really care about it. Even with his resurgent year last year, A-Rod really hasn't been relevant for quite a while. Cheating or not, Bonds was relevant up to the end. I never liked A-Rod. He always seemed like Eddie Haskell. He was a jerk but wanted to be liked. Bonds was a jerk but didn't...

Pedro was so bad at defense at first last year that he could have improved significantly and still been awful. I like him and hope he does well but I do not ever want to see him playing defense for the Pirates again.

<t>Last night was really frustrating. Locke shouldn't be in the lineup but as Dognot pointed out you had a bad bounce with Freeze, a poor tag with Kang and Marte dropping a ball he could have caught. The other thing that has been a big issue for over a year is the stupidity in the field. Marte threw...

<t>I like Pedro. I hope he continues to play well. I still would rather have Jaso playing first, even with the way he has been hitting. It has been a relief watching a first baseman be able to catch a pick off throw, to make plays consistently and to make contact. It was time for Pedro to move on an...

<t>I am usually deferential to management on stuff like this because we don't know all the facts. However, I agree with many posters that I don't like giving up prospects to have someone take salary. We had to play Kratz and Frier at catcher this year and both Diaz and Cervelli have injuries in thei...

<t>Unlike the Pirates, the cubs don't have to wring hands too much about trading prospects. They know they can also get top line players via free agency. The Pirates have to take a chance on flawed players via free agency and hope they can fix them while also picking and choosing what prospects they...

That was an awful call. If that was a tag play he would have stayed on the bag but he kind of stumbled over the Philly player. It is also stupid that the runner can't advance on interference in this case. These are just way too subjective. I have seen worse not called then this example.

I saw a tweet that Adam Warren has given up two pinch hit grand slams this year. Both were also the player's first home run. The two players are Bell and Alex Dickerson. I thought that was interesting.

Why did they pinch hit for Harrison?

<t>Adding Nicasio and an affective Caminero could be a big shot in the arm for the beleaguered bullpen. If Cole can come back and Liriano get back in form, they could put a decent run together in the second half. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> On a side note, NH should have added to the bullpen but I think...