2009 MLB Thread, Part II: Claimed Off The Waiver Wire

[bigblue_dl]

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ESPN.com names Sidney Ponson the worst pitcher of the 90s

Of the 90s? Can he be named the worst pitcher of the 00's too! He's certainly earned it.

[jmh]

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****, you caught that like three minutes before I noticed it and was going to edit it.

[AMC]

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I'd be shocked if he posted fewer than 20 wins and an ERA over 3.5

The issue is that Lee will do the same. On the field results wise, I think Lee and Halladay are essentially a wash.

However, getting the extension done with Halladay, and the $6M from Toronto, I think the Phils came out ahead. The prospects they gave up (Drabek, D'Arnaud, Taylor) are all better than what they are getting (Aumont has had injury problems and is very raw, Gilles is fast but didn't hit for power in the best hitting park in the minors, and Ramirez isn't elite), though.

[MissThundercat]

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ESPN.com names Sidney Ponson the worst pitcher of the 90s

He just had to be first in line for the post-game spread.

[Hammer]

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Well, judging by the way he pitched, he was usually able to get started in the 3rd inning. Unless he faced the Tigers, in which case he usually threw a 2-hitter.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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But they're going to cover the Winter Classic this year!

See why the whole pro-Sox thing just seems to happen on its own?

NBC doesnt have the Winter Classic again?

[GreatLakerMohawk]

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NBC doesnt have the Winter Classic again?

They do, but ESPN is actually sending people to cover it in Boston this year which is different than how they've done things the last two years.

[UMDBulldogHockeyIsKing]

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They do, but ESPN is actually sending people to cover it in Boston this year which is different than how they've done things the last two years.

Due to it not being in Boston the first two years. Since ESPN cares as much about hockey as they do preschool badminton.

[du78]

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They do, but ESPN is actually sending people to cover it in Boston this year which is different than how they've done things the last two years.

Their travel costs will be low

[Priceless]

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They do, but ESPN is actually sending people to cover it in Boston this year which is different than how they've done things the last two years.

Of course if the game was in New York City, the mother ship would ignore it completely.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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Of course if the game was in New York City, the mother ship would ignore it completely.

Kind of one the same track...

Does anyone know why they NEVER have someone from New York on Around the Horn?

The East is always represented by Boston or DC.

[Priceless]

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Kind of one the same track...

Does anyone know why they NEVER have someone from New York on Around the Horn?

The East is always represented by Boston or DC.

I don't watch anymore, but did they ask Lupica, or is he too big to go on a show that isn't a weekly? They have Tony on PTI anyway

[NUJerseyJohn]

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I don't watch anymore, but did they ask Lupica, or is he too big to go on a show that isn't a weekly? They have Tony on PTI anyway

Wait, you want to see (and more importantly hear) more of/from Lupica? What's wrong with you?

[GreatLakerMohawk]

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Of course if the game was in New York City, the mother ship would ignore it completely.

They did a great job of ignoring the one in Chicago last year. Chicago is kind of a big city.

[jen]

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Milton Bradley to Mariners for Carlos Silva - http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ml...ory?id=4754761