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cknox0723 · 06-08-2005, 10:05 AM

life has a way of kicking you when you're down -- to rub salt in the wound, maybe. but it's also a reminder that you're human, that you're alive.

we may be 1-6, but we're not dead in the water yet. it takes a phone call from the dodgers to remind us of that. what the hell could they possibly want from us?

scarborough mediocre, maybe, who still sports a tidy 7.94 earned run average despite going seven and getting the win in his second start down at charlotte? or could they want the new wild thing, ray butner, or perhaps relief ace joe roa, since they're in need of bullpen help?

nope. they want ryan sweeney, the pentultimate in toolsy outfielders. he's a 22 year old with that picturesque left-handed swing -- and on-base percentages of .264, .319, and .286 the last three years. in a-ball. a .308 batting average in his first 26 at-bats this year, 5 runs scored -- and 8 hits, all singles. 6 strikeouts and one walk. if this is a budding ken griffey -- hell, if this is a budding raul gonzalez! -- he is growing like a potato, underground, where i can't see the progress.

he is now nicknamed "potato", if you're curious.

they also want starting pitching prospect brandon mccarthy, a big right-hander who looks like a giraffe. but there is no such thing as a pitching prospect -- particularly one who is 23 years old and still in single-a. he may have 34 wins over three-plus years at that level, but he had a 6.08 earned run average in a short trial at double-a last year.

what the hell do they want with these guys? more importantly, why would they give us anything for them? let alone...well, you'll see. assuming this isn't all a dream.

06-08-2005, 10:05 AM	#418
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	well, well -- pt. i life has a way of kicking you when you're down -- to rub salt in the wound, maybe. but it's also a reminder that you're human, that you're alive. we may be 1-6, but we're not dead in the water yet. it takes a phone call from the dodgers to remind us of that. what the hell could they possibly want from us? scarborough mediocre, maybe, who still sports a tidy 7.94 earned run average despite going seven and getting the win in his second start down at charlotte? or could they want the new wild thing, ray butner, or perhaps relief ace joe roa, since they're in need of bullpen help? nope. they want ryan sweeney, the pentultimate in toolsy outfielders. he's a 22 year old with that picturesque left-handed swing -- and on-base percentages of .264, .319, and .286 the last three years. in a-ball. a .308 batting average in his first 26 at-bats this year, 5 runs scored -- and 8 hits, all singles. 6 strikeouts and one walk. if this is a budding ken griffey -- hell, if this is a budding raul gonzalez! -- he is growing like a potato, underground, where i can't see the progress. he is now nicknamed "potato", if you're curious. they also want starting pitching prospect brandon mccarthy, a big right-hander who looks like a giraffe. but there is no such thing as a pitching prospect -- particularly one who is 23 years old and still in single-a. he may have 34 wins over three-plus years at that level, but he had a 6.08 earned run average in a short trial at double-a last year. what the hell do they want with these guys? more importantly, why would they give us anything for them? let alone...well, you'll see. assuming this isn't all a dream.