Bavasi: Hey, Theo...so, what do you think of our closer-to-be Rafael Soriano? Any chance you could give us Ramirez in return?

Schuerholz: Bill...uh, this is John Schuerholz. I think you meant to call the Red Sox.

Bavasi: You didn't answer my question, Theo. How 'bout a Soriano-Ramirez trade?

Schuerholz: Bill...ummm...[idea dawns] Yeah, Bill, I think a Soriano-Ramirez trade would work really well. You know, we've been looking at unloading Horacio...uhh...I mean Ramirez for a while now. Can I fax you the paperwork?

Bavasi: Sure thing, Theo. Lemme consult with Mike here for a second. [inaudible mumbling] Okay, I think we have a done deal. Mike said he'd play Ramirez as much as he could, even if that means turning him into a DH.

Schuerholz: [snickers]Hey, Bill, looks like we got ourselves a deal. [cackles madly]

Bavasi: Great! I've always loved doing business with the Boston Red Sox. Take down those Yankees, will ya?

Schuerholz: [barely containing his glee]Yeah, um, I'm make sure and do that! Pleasure doing business with you! [hangs up phone] Stupid git.

Seattle PI - Mariners GM Bill Bavasi didn't say much about Barry Zito, but he did say that if the club signed the former Cy Young Award winner, they wouldn't be able to make any of the other moves it believes it has to make to be competitive in 2007. "We could be in there," Bavasi said. "But then we'd have to decide to forgo some other things." "If Zito wants to take a while, it would preclude us from doing other things (while waiting)," Bavasi said. "We don't want to miss out on other things we could do, then come back and miss out on Zito, too."

So instead you go out and sign #5 starter instead of a #1 or 2?  GREAT IDEA

Bavasi will go to the next USSM feed?

Can we have a graph showing our optimism through this all?  From Daisuke to Horacio....been pretty rough.

community projections on Whore?

JS: So Bill how is everything coming?

BB: Well John, I've been told I'll be canned if I don't turn around this team, and on top of that everything I'm touching right now goes to shit.

JS: Did you think about what I told you the other day?

BB: Nah, I can't do that.

JS: Look, there is nothing left, you want Matsuzaka you get told now by your owner.  You want Manny, the Red Sox ask for the moon.  You want Schmidt or Zito, but won't spend the bucks on Zito and while you were dicking around with the Red Sox on Manny Schmidt signed with the Dodgers.  Its pretty obvious you won't have a job next year.

BB: Yeah, its looking that way. Kicks the dirt dejectedly

JS: So I tell you what, you give me Soriano, and I'll give you a job next year.

BB: You know that's not such a bad idea.  We need to make it believable, the M's need Starting Pitching, got anyone in AAA?

JS: We'll make it a little more believable I'll give you my scrub number 5 pitcher.

BB: All right!

...so much for Schuerholz' reputation for helping make both teams better in trades.

Bavasi got played...

the new poll is awesome!

you should of added "I think you mean Thompson:

according to MLB.com Raffy is going to "set-up" Wickman.  I doubt that will last very long.

and second, now I have to change my sig...this sucks.

who doesn't see this move as automatic #1 pick in the draft?