Watched a hilite of Valverde absolutely blowing away Jeter to end last night's game. Thing of beauty.

Rays are out of it. TX won 4-3 this afternoon.

Guess who just got a 3 run homer for the Phillies to take the lead in St. Louis?

Hint: He was traded with Cliff Lee to the Phillies for Jason Knapp, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson.

Looks like the Skankees are going to win tonight

J.R. wrote:Looks like the Skankees are going to win tonight

Tigers will have Billy Chapel going in Yankee Stadium.

(oh wait.....that was For Love of The Game.....the least remembered Kevin Costner baseball movie that I really like)

Too bad for Steve that The Rays exited quickly.

J.R. didn't want to watch any more post season from The Trop dump anyhow....

Kevin Kouzmanoff - 3B - Rockies

Kevin Kouzmanoff has elected to become a free agent.
We learned earlier this week that the Rockies were in the process of outrighting Kouzmanoff off the 40-man roster. The 30-year-old third baseman batted .255/.315/.398 with three homers, 16 RBI and a .713 OPS over 108 plate appearances with Colorado. He'll almost certainly have to settle for a minor league deal this winter.
Oct 6 - 9:01 AM

Monfort On Third Base, Pitching, Tracy, O'Dowd

By Mike Axisa [October 6 at 11:43am CST]

Rockies co-owner Dick Monfort recently conducted a Q&A session with fans over at The Denver Post. Here are the highlights...

Third base, a right-handed bat, and outfield stability are at "the very top" of the team's "to-do" list this winter, but Monfort cautions that there isn't much third base talent to go around. They still feel Ian Stewart can be their solution at the hot corner.
Monfort emphasized that the team must develop homegrown pitching because "paying a pitcher $15 million per year when he is in the latter stages of his career is a mistake our club cannot make if we expect to be a competitive team."
Monfort expressed his pleasure with manager Jim Tracy and GM Dan O'Dowd, noting that they "believe in continuity in our leadership group."
The Rockies consider themselves to be a mid-market franchise, like the Rangers or Brewers. Monfort is in favor of a ten-team playoff scenario, or as he put it, "anything that helps our club reach the postseason."

Third base, a right-handed bat, and outfield stability are at "the very top" of the team's "to-do" list this winter, but Monfort cautions that there isn't much third base talent to go around. They still feel Ian Stewart can be their solution at the hot corner.

This from the guy that just released Kouzmanoff. Geez.......

Mark D. Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports that the White Sox have named Robin Ventura as their new manager.

rusty2 wrote:Mark D. Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports that the White Sox have named Robin Ventura as their new manager.

So I guess Santos stays in Cleveland.

A small chance that he may go to the Red Sox.

Managerial Notes: Red Sox, Alomar, Francona
By Dan Mennella [October 6 at 5:34pm CST]


The White Sox's unexpected hiring of former third baseman Robin Ventura is Thursday's hot news item regarding managers, but here are a few other nuggets of note:

The Red Sox now have the managerial market to themselves with the White Sox filling their vacancy, tweets Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com.

Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. must be the favorite, among the candidates we know, to become next Red Sox manager, McAdam adds in a separate tweet.

Alomar says he never heard from the White Sox about their opening and he's excited to be the Tribe's bench coach, tweets Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Similarly, the White Sox did not contact Francona, who was a minor league manager in their system in the early 1990s, a source tells Rob Bradford of WEEI.com. All of the 30 Major League teams currently have managers, as Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com notes, so there will have to be turnover for Francona to be a skipper in 2012. That is still possible, though, as the Cubs, Astros and Orioles could be in the market, pending front-office changes, and the Cardinals may have to commence a search if Tony La Russa retires or moves on after the postseason.

Under Shapiro, Cleveland was an organization that promoted from within most of the time. Don't know if it's changed under Antonetti.

Can't believe they would offer the 1st base coaching job to anyone but Sarbaugh who has paid his dues.
Sarbaugh aspires to manage in the Majors. If he believes a 1st base coaching job increases his chances, the job should be his.

CC comes out of the pen - first ever relief appearance! Tigers lead 2-0, top of 5th.