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	<title>Comments on: Independence Weekend</title>
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		<title>By: ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/independence-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-22473</link>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, as I see it there&#039;s no reason at all to go altering the chemistry this team has. 

If we can get some young prospects out of our older veteran players come off-season time, sure go for it, but this thing this year is held in a delicate balance. With us sitting around .500 ball this time of year I don&#039;t know if we can even come close to being real contenders for a wild card slot, but post All Star break collapses aren&#039;t unknown to other teams, except the Wankees. It&#039;d be silly to do away with the goodwill this team is generating here at home. The 10th man, i.e. the proverbial US, is somebody the organization can&#039;t draft or trade for (see Sosa, etc.), and it seems O&#039;s fans are finally back into the team. Sherrill, Millar and Huff are a big part of that goodwill, so trading them now is kind of a slap in the face of a fanbase that&#039;s finally regaining interest in the organization. 

I think we develop an offensively passable SS in the farm system from the &#039;08 draft class — if possible — and see about improving Bynum and Fahey and using them as the utility guys they are until the young dudes are ready for the Show. 

My two cents, anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, as I see it there&#8217;s no reason at all to go altering the chemistry this team has. </p>
<p>If we can get some young prospects out of our older veteran players come off-season time, sure go for it, but this thing this year is held in a delicate balance. With us sitting around .500 ball this time of year I don&#8217;t know if we can even come close to being real contenders for a wild card slot, but post All Star break collapses aren&#8217;t unknown to other teams, except the Wankees. It&#8217;d be silly to do away with the goodwill this team is generating here at home. The 10th man, i.e. the proverbial US, is somebody the organization can&#8217;t draft or trade for (see Sosa, etc.), and it seems O&#8217;s fans are finally back into the team. Sherrill, Millar and Huff are a big part of that goodwill, so trading them now is kind of a slap in the face of a fanbase that&#8217;s finally regaining interest in the organization. </p>
<p>I think we develop an offensively passable SS in the farm system from the &#8217;08 draft class — if possible — and see about improving Bynum and Fahey and using them as the utility guys they are until the young dudes are ready for the Show. </p>
<p>My two cents, anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: xi0</title>
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		<dc:creator>xi0</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I honestly don&#039;t see a reason to trade for any retreads to fill the SS position at this point. What MacPhale done has been amazing, but I don&#039;t think he should change the &quot;blueprint&quot; just because we&#039;re still having a winning season. Let&#039;s go as far as we can with these young guys and be (presumably) even better next year.

Now if we can get a prospect at SS in a package for Sherrill or Huff, maybe, but the type of player we&#039;d get isn&#039;t going to make an immediate impact this season.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I honestly don&#8217;t see a reason to trade for any retreads to fill the SS position at this point. What MacPhale done has been amazing, but I don&#8217;t think he should change the &#8220;blueprint&#8221; just because we&#8217;re still having a winning season. Let&#8217;s go as far as we can with these young guys and be (presumably) even better next year.</p>
<p>Now if we can get a prospect at SS in a package for Sherrill or Huff, maybe, but the type of player we&#8217;d get isn&#8217;t going to make an immediate impact this season.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike L</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike L</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DT does it again. We score 10 runs when you have a lineup including both Bynum and Fahey, and when Guthrie pitches.  Sarfate looked good too. showed some good command. i sure hope someone takes bukvichs spot quick.  if we can get one of the next two id be happy. that&#039;d make for a 4-3 homestand. 

What about david eckstien. He&#039;s a much bigger name than say felipe lopez, but he also doesnt have the bat. 1 HR and 18RBI in 198AB. so hes gotten to the plate plenty. I just dont see much upside here. the only upside is veteran, and postseason/championship experience (Kevin Millar like) I think we should just deal with what we got right now. besides, fahey hitting the ball well, granite, its been 2 games, but we&#039;ll see how long it lasts. 

Sunday morning headline..Trembley bats Fahey cleanup, hits walk off homerun.

Maybe not cleanup, but im gonna call it, fahey hits a bomb, and Huff goes deep again too. O&#039;s win 8-5.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DT does it again. We score 10 runs when you have a lineup including both Bynum and Fahey, and when Guthrie pitches.  Sarfate looked good too. showed some good command. i sure hope someone takes bukvichs spot quick.  if we can get one of the next two id be happy. that&#8217;d make for a 4-3 homestand. </p>
<p>What about david eckstien. He&#8217;s a much bigger name than say felipe lopez, but he also doesnt have the bat. 1 HR and 18RBI in 198AB. so hes gotten to the plate plenty. I just dont see much upside here. the only upside is veteran, and postseason/championship experience (Kevin Millar like) I think we should just deal with what we got right now. besides, fahey hitting the ball well, granite, its been 2 games, but we&#8217;ll see how long it lasts. </p>
<p>Sunday morning headline..Trembley bats Fahey cleanup, hits walk off homerun.</p>
<p>Maybe not cleanup, but im gonna call it, fahey hits a bomb, and Huff goes deep again too. O&#8217;s win 8-5.</p>
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		<title>By: ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/independence-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-22456</link>
		<dc:creator>ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Watched the Harbor &#039;works from my back window. 

Drunk and nice indeed. But Red Bull and Curevo? That sounds like arrest in a cup.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watched the Harbor &#8216;works from my back window. </p>
<p>Drunk and nice indeed. But Red Bull and Curevo? That sounds like arrest in a cup.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe the Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe the Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I celebrated my independence with red bull and cuervo and I shouldn&#039;t drunkpost you cats but fuckin ESPN.com the supermarket rag tabloid gossip shitpan couldn&#039;t even go 2 paragraphs, even after a win like tonight, without mentioning the thirty run game last year and that sucks.

Fireworks are violent and unnessecary and decadent and basically the epitome of america.  I love them.  Crazy colors all drippy like tripping, only more drunk....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I celebrated my independence with red bull and cuervo and I shouldn&#8217;t drunkpost you cats but fuckin ESPN.com the supermarket rag tabloid gossip shitpan couldn&#8217;t even go 2 paragraphs, even after a win like tonight, without mentioning the thirty run game last year and that sucks.</p>
<p>Fireworks are violent and unnessecary and decadent and basically the epitome of america.  I love them.  Crazy colors all drippy like tripping, only more drunk&#8230;.</p>
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