You for your devotion to positive no matter the obstacles. West coast for his deep thoughts on the world as a whole, and my stupidity for even commenting at all

His former coach and I are good friends and he told me Khalil has always been a little bit different. What better place to head back to than Key West where different is the norm huh?

Caballan is 16 years old. Has a great arm as both pitcher and outfielder. Above average speed especially from home to first. Good baseball instincts. Flawless defense.

He suggests the kid is a very good hitter, but seemed to me a bit less enthusiastic about that aspect of the kids game.

As a 12 year old, he pitched a no-hitter in a tournament in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

30 U.S. teams looked at him, and he went to Boston for a try out.

It was thought by some he would sign for a larger bonus than he did, and somebody named J. Murrai, who is related to Mr. Perdomo, was involved in getting Caballan to sign with the Cards.

Mr. Perdomo says “We may be in the presence of another Albert Pujols”, because the kid has so much talent.

Thanks to Mr. Perdomo for the information.

I own 100’s of DVD’s but Braveheart is one of the few I never bought. The ending made me so mad when the old turncoat guy betrayed Mel that I had to go work out on the punching bag for a few hours. I never have watched it again.

Bling, you are more of the even keeled Cardinals fan than the conspiracy theorist. I picture you as a glass half full kind of guy rather than half empty person that I may be. The voice of reason on a message board with at least 3 rather twisted people in JS, WC and RC.

I’m going to pull my kilt up here shortly.

On a side note I watched Conspiracy Theory last night with Mel Gibson, and everytime I saw Mel I thought of you, since you are the resident conspiracy theorist. Now when I see West Coast Birdwatcher I see Mel Gibson

Funny the Vice Chairman calls it. In charge of compliance to MLB bylaws. They could have said he had health problems at least.

I don’t like Lopez anymore. Last thing we need. Mo is right to want to minimize ‘issues’ this year. Maybe he can go play for the Yubawanzi Carp.

He came here and did well, to be honest, because he had no competition. His behavior is repairable. His natural talent in a relaxed setting, (Brewers without hope, Cardinals with no leadership) is viable. Put into a position competitive environment, who knows. Truth be know, Cardinals have the perfect coaching staff for this kid. Tony/Okendo. I don’t believe this is about money as I’ve said.

You misinterpret the purpose of my story RC. Just offering a little cover where some might think it appropriate…………………… I grew up in the North/South. Back there, you still have the sheriff and the Judge. Out here, you have AK47s and Mac 10’s. What happens on the field is the least of your problems. Out here, no one even schedules that game unless they call the national guard. I played major college football………..I know mayhem by its first name. The lesson is always for the kids. If its about the game, and you are giving them a whipping, and they’re throwing at your best player, I take him out of the game, I call the ump to home plate with their coach and I tell em, ” one more hit batter and I’m taking away the tar rag and putting out the axle grease, and coach, no matter what you decide, we’re going to meet shortly.” I let him decide how that meeting gonna go. The bigger and meaner he is, may just raise my level of animosity a bit. Maybe even make me a little vindictive. Hopefully not angry.

If your wondering, I mastered the art of Yubawanzi, which I learned from a manual I bought from an advertisement on the inside cover of a comic book when I was a boy. It can be lethal.
Just like in the movies.

http://puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=921

“Still, Felipe Lopez doesn’t have a job.

The most plausible explanation is that teams are turned off by something in Lopez’s makeup. Some people in the game believe that Lopez has a tendency to get lazy.

But Mike Rivera, who played with Lopez in Milwaukee last year, believes such criticisms of Lopez are completely unfounded.

“I don’t think he has any issues outside the field, like people are talking,” said Rivera, who is competing for the Yankees’ backup catcher job this spring. “There are a lot of rumors, but I don’t think so. “