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We could have had Wandy for a lot less than Trumbo last season.

I am not saying Pujols didn't chase the money, although I think the long term commitment after his playing days had a big part in it as well, but I don't think the same is true about Wilson. He grew up here and was offered similar if not more money by other teams.

I hate the MLB went to this 10 game season. Oh well, bring on the off-season.

Complete morons. They are petulant little children who feel wronged when their team is losing.

What a completely idiotic post.....again.

They should just sign K-Rod and Valverde. It seriously can't be worse.

The hitting will turn around and to some degree so will the pitching. That being said they will both be gone very soon if it doesn't turn around. For the first time I feel like Scioscia will be gone if they don't win at least one of these next two against Houston.

Tim Wallach. You're welcome.

So sneaky flute, Greinke should go to jail for assault with a deadly weapon?

But they shouldn't make an example of him. If they do I hope the players union files a grievance. I think this is a cross between the thought of retaliation for the ball over Kemps head and Greinke seemingly inviting him out to the mound.

Post game roid rage.

So Billy Beane is a genius again? I'm guessing we would hate the guy watching him trade away starter after starter year in and year out.

Albert has been locked in since game four. He went ofer last night but drove one to the wall. He has been by far the best part of this team so far.

Legal action? Yes and Robin Ventura is seeking a lawsuit against Nolan Ryan for public humiliation. Jesus Christ you guys act like you've never seen a baseball fight before.

The first post in this thread I agree with. The other thing that hasn't been mentioned in the first three pages of this thread is the Padres pitcher threw a ball over the head of Kemp earlier in the game. So don't you think getting hit was possibly in the mind of Quentin? Baseball fights happen and sometimes those cause injuries. If Quentin gets more than a few game suspension the league is just flat out wrong.

No FF, he's getting too old for this shit.

Watch it will be Scott Servais.

When a change is made I'd be ok with it being Erstad.

No offense but I don't think you're old enough to remember that. They haven't been that kind of team in a VERY long time.

Welcome back VegasMike! How are the casinos treating you?

Pretty easy, they have different jobs.

AO, the most predictable poster we have. Sorry AO but you are much more fun when they are losing.

If you are asking how he has screwed up this season, that is pretty easy to answer. On Tuesday he screwed up by not having Burnett ready to go in case they pinch hit, which they did. Last night he screwed up by not having Lowe or Williams start the 6th. Then when Lowe got in trouble, he should have gone with Williams in my opinion. I think its laughable to say he hasn't made any good decisions since opening day. If the moves work they are good moves, if they don't then they were bad. He is using the same guys he used on opening day that pitched lights out against a good team that he is using now. The only difference is these guys aren't getting the outs. We have had threads here talking about how good Lowe looked in Cincy, well that didn't last long. That isn't on Scioscia. Jepsen had a 0 ERA going into Tuesday night, so I can understand leaving him in even though it didn't work. Someone said why not just leave Downs in to face Cespedes last night, I am sure if he would have allowed a game tying hit or a home run then that same someone would have blamed it on Scioscia. Its results that make you good or bad, and the same players that got him good results on opening day are giving him shit right now. Now as for last night I completely disagree with him bringing in De La Rosa (I think that is his name) in that situation. Once again if I am going to speculate he brought him in because he thought he had a better chance of striking someone out. I personally wouldn't have put him in in that situation.

While I agree he shouldn't name sources, his sources may be in the exact same boat as Trevor Bell. They are more than likely minor leaguers who have not made it yet, and they could be putting the blame on Scioscia, just like Bell looks to be doing. It wouldn't surprise me at all if younger players that are not use to structure or discipline might have an issue with Scioscia, that doesn't mean he is wrong.

The fans would respect that more Eric.