A.J. Burnett Rumors: Thursday

GeneseoMC-
What comment are you talking about? If you're referring to my little dig about the girls, it was relevant to BravesDawg's seemingly unprovoked slight of Northeastern women and absurd assertion that there's nothing to do in NYC but freeze your ass off all year and cheer on the home team once the weather turns (though I DO hate the f-in' cold). Granted, I probably should have taken the high road and not- as nixa put it- 'stooped to (BravesDawg's) level,' but...well, there's the weight.

As for BravesDawg maintaining that there are better looking people in the south than there are in the north...? Do you actually believe that or are you simply trying to instigate something? What...is it something in the water? Better breeding? As I mentioned in my response to nixa, I WAS impressed by the southern belles, but I think a big part of it has to do with more sun and less clothing. Otherwise, there are hotties everywhere. And anyway, as the great David Lee Roth, quoting the great Brian Wilson once said, "I wish they all could be California, girrrrrrrrlllllsss." Truer words, 'nuff said.

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Oh, we're going to make this about this. For starters, people in the south are much kinder, more welcoming than people in the North. Southerners are genuine, real people who always remember where they came from. People from the North suck. Secondly, girls in the south are way prettier and much less skanky. Here's a picture of a typical, not out of the ordinary, group of ole miss girls: http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3198/n1288650106305399316920ad2.jpg

The same for Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Florida State, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and NC State. These girls are incredibly good looking and they're average at our schools whereas they don't exist except in small numbers up north.

Blaaa I just hope he goes to the Braves. Sign Pettitte to a 1 year deal and sign Sheets to a 2 year deal, then it will be fine for the most part I think

Oh milehigh, we've been beating the dead horse for over an hour now.

And my mistake, I took one of your posts as directed at me. There is to much Garbage on this page to keep up with.
Half of it comming from myself.

Time to go after Sheets! I bet the Yankees will outbid us their also. Well, maybe Lowe then? They should just sign Andy Pettite for spite.

You've clearly never been out of New York.

Mike

Off the top of my head the free agent pitchers in 2010 include Beckett, Halliday and Lee.

You mean Halladay? He's a FA after 2010...

I don't see Burnett in ATL since CC signed. NY is just to tempting and offering more money. I know he is hurt just as much, but I would rather have Sheets anyway just cause he's cheaper and it probably won't be more than a 3 yr deal.

I understand the SP market this offseason, but 5/80 seems too much for more of a 1.5 than a true Ace. Hope for two of Sheets, Perez, Wolf if it goes ANY higher than 80.

Sheets is nearly as good and possibly more dependable, at certainly a better price (3/36-38mil).

Colton,

Sure, with the 2/3/4 all health risks, and a 300 pound Ace and #5 ...Another disappointing season for the Yankees.

LG..

Ill give you 2 and 4, but how is Wang a health risk?
His injury last season was a fluke while running the bases.

Studio and Nixa, all I'm saying is that you guys can talk all you want about Towers, but guess what? If Wren enters 09 with Jurrjens as his ace, the Braves are in trouble and looking at 4th place again.

He had one main need to address and it looks like he may be left empty-handed when it's all over. Not dramatic, and I'm not saying Wren is a terrible GM. I'm just pointing out that if you guys are going to criticise Towers, Wren does deserve to be blamed as well for what looks like a bad offseason so far.

At least you can say Towers is operating in a context which is very unfavorable to him (inferior payroll which he still has to trim further, team being shopped,...). Wren has a good core of players, a great farm and one need: starting pitching (maybe another bat) and some funds to do it. But he completely misjudged how the FA market would play out, and now the chances of the Braves not adding a frontline starter are fairly high.

I guess that basically, whether Towers trades Peavy or not, SD will likely finish last no matter what.

Peavy alone could at least buy you guys 3rd place, maybe second depending on who else joined. But with most of the top FA's likely to pitch somewhere other than Atlanta, it will ber considered a missed opportunity.