Odds and Ends: Barrett, Koufax, Santana

Tim, the article is up now.

La Velle essentially says that it's still at the same point on Santana (the 2 rumored Boston packages, and the Yanks internally debating).

He said the Twins' scouts watched Benson pitch (I figured they might have been) and that they had been interested in Glendon Rusch.

The Twins have been interested in Benson at leats a couple of times in the past, so this makes sense.

Hope that helps.

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Tim, does it really make sense for Barrett to market himself as a 3B? It seems his offense would be below average there even if he does bounce back. Same thing with Iguchi when he was saying he didn't want to play third, I'm not sure why he would do better marketting himself as a 3B than as a 2B.

whats the purpose of saying that sandy koufax didnt do steroids....a lot of good players didnt do steroids...big deal

Read the post you pathetic excuse for a human being.

Barrett... at 3B... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

/Yeah that's a no by the way.

Sure...yeah...it was cortisone...right, that's what I meant...of course. Duh.

Sandy may not have but Hank sure did

take a look...

http://www.protrade.com/content/DisplayArticle.html?sp=S8687c664-c2d1-11db-9291-83f05e1a00a7

Wow... I'm glad we cleared up that difficult Koufax situation.

Santana stays in Minnesota. I've been saying it all along.

Sure, Koufax didn't do 'steroids', but is what he did any different from a player taking HGH today? This is what agitates me about the whole PED situation, and something I was impressed by when Jose Canseco brought it up in his book. That is, once doctors figure out how to properly administer steroids, they will more or less become an everyday thing. Essentially taking the place of vitamins. They will, presumably, be in the wave of scientific discoveries with 'designer babies' - and not Paris Hilton.

So if we are going to close the book of guilt and tarnish the records of those who have taken HGH or tested positive for steroids (pre MLB ban), should we not do the same for one who did something that at the time was illegal? I can't see how anyone can justify going both ways on this.