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Yesterday I posted that Bonds should be signed by somebody but never mentioned who. So today, here are the top 5 teams that I believe should actively pursue Barry Bonds. 5. Minnesota Twins - I'm not quite sure if the Twins even offered Barry a boatload of cash that he would consider heading up to Minnesota to play. Even if it was his only option I think he would think long and hard before accepting. But the Twins have been plugging miserable hitters at DH in recent years. And once again have nobody suitable for that role. Stick Bonds in between Mauer and Morneau and you have a pretty damn good heart of the order. 5. San Francisco Giants - You already have a loyal fan base in place for Bonds. Understandably his knees won't be able to handle to wear and tear of playing in the National League daily. But still your fans love the guy. They've cheered for him through thick and thin. And your offense is going to be miserable this season without him. The issue for the Gi...

Baseball is just around the corner and thus it's time for my brain to be occupied by over analysis. Today I present you with a top to bottom ranking of the rotations of the National League. 16. Washington Nationals: Shawn Hill (R) John Patterson (R) Jason Bergmann (R) John Lannan (L) Matt Chico (L) No surprise the Washington Nationals have the worst rotation in all of baseball. They currently have no front line pitchers. Hell the only name pitcher they have is Odalis Perez who was a bust for the Royals last season. Them being competitive this season means that once again their manager, Manny Acta, is a miracle worker. 15. St. Louis Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (R) Braden Looper (R) Joel Pineiro (R) Anthony Reyes (R) Matt Clement (R) The Cardinals won the World Series two years ago right? I just wanted to clarify that because their rotation is absolutely dreadful. Adam Wainwright was a disappointment last season. Braden Looper showed his true colors towards the end of the season...

I think Bud really just wanted to speak his mind .

If I told you that there was a free agent on the market who last year in 340 registered at bats hit .276 with 28 home runs, 66 rbis, 75 runs you would certainly be intrigued. And then if you were a Saber-matrician and I showed you a .480 on base percentage with a .565 slugging percentage perhaps your mouth would water some. Then if I told you he could be had at a completely reduced rate due to a few outside influences you would be drawing up the contract for the franchise of your choice. And then if I told you that man was Barry Bonds? You would probably rip up those papers and mutter a few curse words about how I lead you on. In the world of major league baseball the bad PR surrounding Barry Bonds outweighs his potential production. In my humble opinion I think Barry Bonds is worth the 2008 gamble. At this current moment somehow Bonds has morphed into an after thought. He has been overshadowed by the the broadway show put on by the Rocket and his main man Andy. Since the releas...

Baseball is just around the corner and thus it's time for my brain to be occupied by over analysis. Today I present you with a top to bottom ranking of the rotations of the American League. 14. Baltimore Orioles: Daniel Cabrera (R) Adam Loewen (L) Jeremy Guthrie (R) Garrett Olson (L) Troy Patton (L) You can't blame the Orioles for shipping Erik Bedard to the Mariners. They got back a premier prospect and some additional pieces to play for a team that needs to build for the future. The deal makes sense for the Orioles. The resulting rotation however is ugly. Cabrera has never commanded the strike zone. Loewen is coming off a broken arm. Guthrie had a great season last year but does that mean he will be reliable? And the other two starters are unproven. 13. Texas Rangers: Kevin Millwood (R) Vicente Padilla (R) Jason Jennings (R) Brandon McCarthy (R) Kason Gabbard (L) The Rangers 5 man rotation combines 5 mediocre arms. Millwood and Padilla are constantly up and down. J...

So the Match Play Tournament is being conducted this week. So what better time than now to start practicing filling out a bracket of 64 . It would really by ideal if somehow Rory and Woods matched up in the elite 8, but for some reason I don't think Sabbatini is going to last that long. Instead I'm going with the Latin Vijjegas to get knocked off by Woods. Picking Tiger to lose in his own bracket never even crossed my mind. He's the #1 that everybody has locked into the final 4 except for the crazies with the ridiculous brackets. What 2nd round matchup Els and Goosen could be. Seems like the committee had it out for the two of them. In the long run though I think the Swede and Spaniard fight it out for bracket supremacy. And I'm taking Sergio as I think this is going to be a break out year for him. But I guess I say that just about every year. This is where the balls come out and where the bracket is make or break. Leonard has played a lot and played well this y...

This season the NBA has listened to one of my many thoguht and has started to track a players +/- during the course of individual games. Due to my dislike of Brian Scalabrine, I am going to track he's performance in a weekly post called The Scalabrine Watch. 3 Million a year for what? Celtics 111 Knicks 103: -5 Thanks to KG missing out for hopefully the last time, Scals got one last start before the all star game. And the start was pretty much it. He played a whopping 2 minutes and 37 seconds the entire game despite starting. Which begs the question, what the hell was he starting for anyway? Game Stats: 3 Minutes, 0-1, 0 Points, 1 Rebound, 0 Assists Overall Week Performance: -5 It being a half week and me being a bit slow on the uptick last week meant only one game for Scals for his final game before the all star break. Thus the same wonderful stats he had against the Knicks. Weeks Stats: 3 Minutes, 0-1, 0 Points, 1 Rebound, 0 Assists Overall Season Performance: +32 At the midw...