Friday Night Open Playoff Thread

by Rox Girl on Oct 3, 2008 5:42 PM MDT in Rockpile

We will do some more Rocktober reminiscing through the weekend, but I wanted to put something up today. We've got two AL contests tonight, the White Sox are currently out in front of Tampa Bay and the Angels/Red Sox Game 2 starts later. While the NL is off tonight, the Dodgers have made the NL West 8-0 against the rest of the league over the last two seasons by going up two games on the Cubs. Ha! That'll show all you East Coast elite punks for dissing our division in a down year.

Tracy Ringolsby put the brakes on the fire Hurdle speculation. Further indication that Willy Taveras is likely to be non-tendered if he isn't traded is given later in the notes section as well as a rundown of the five prospects in Tulsa and Colorado Springs to get recognition by Baseball America for being among the top 20 in their leagues. Chief among them Dexter Fowler, who was voted as the Texas League's top prospect over a couple of solid alternatives.

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Go Rays!

Excellent job, although I think I could live without the cow bells. The Sox are beating the Angels, however, and I do not approve.

In the NL, the only rooting interest I have is the Brew Crew, and that don’t look good.

I miss the PR chatter, I know that for sure. It’s a really beautiful October thus far. Wish the Rox were still playing. Big sigh.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg:

by rockhead on Oct 3, 2008 8:14 PM MDT reply actions

Hmm. . . .

I kind of don’t like that whole “If you don’t sign your first round pick, you’ll get the equivalent pick in next year’s draft” since it affects the Rockies in 2009.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 3, 2008 8:31 PM MDT reply actions

Explain please

These are the type of things I don’t understand…

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg:

by rockhead on Oct 3, 2008 8:38 PM MDT up reply actions

It something mentioned

in the article Rox Girl linked to. Since the Nats didn’t sign Aaron Crow, the Nats (under the rules) receive a first-round pick as compensation. That pick comes after the pick they had in the previous year. Since Crow was the ninth pick in 2008, the Nats will get the 10th pick in 2009, in addition to their regular first round pick.

The Rockies move out of the top 10 as a result. Not much of a difference, but it still irks me.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 3, 2008 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions

OK, thanks

I read the article but it didn’t explain the process like you did. So you get rewarded for not signing somebody? Ick. Sorry, but to use a phrase from my youth, “That don’t make no sense at all”. Such is baseball I guess.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg:

by rockhead on Oct 3, 2008 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions