Today’s Mazzone Revelation: Leo convinced the Hawks to take Marvin Williams instead of Chris Paul.
72 thoughts on “Monday open thread”
I hear Leo invented Pepsi on the DL too.
I heard Leo’s birth name is Osama Leo Mazzone bin Ladden
I heard it was Leo who shot Cheney’s hunting companion
It was actually Leo that beat up Mrs. Cox.
Leo also drew those cartoons for the Danish government
It was Leo, not Andruw. Count it!
Have you noticed the amount of scandles in Washington has gone up since Leo moved to the area?
Leo was on the grassy knoll.
Leo has been using electronic surveillance on US citizens since President Washington
It was Leo, not Kent Hrbek, who wrestled Gant off the first base bag in the 1991 World Series. Leo also used a voodoo doll in the same series to make Lonnie Smith run the bases like a moron.
Stu, your killing me, I almost fell out of my cubicle when I read that.
Did you know that Leo is solely responsible for the romance dialogue in “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones?”
SMITTY! I DID fall out of my desk when I read that!
Godfather III, Leo’s idea.
Leo turned me into a newt!
Leo was responsible for Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction–and her recent diet.
I heard Leo wrote all these posts.
It was Leo disguised as Jim Leyritz in ’96.
LOL! This thread is hilarious!
Seriously, though, I heard that Leo is behind the whole illegal hockey gambling thing.
ok, you guys got me!
Leo also threw that softball pitch to Leyritz in ’96
Wait — Leo threw the pitch to himself while he was in the dugout. That’s extremely impressive.
He is the master of disaster!
I heard from my cousin that knows Billy Bean’s hair dresser that Leo pulled Kwan’s grion, foiled the Braves attempt to trade Damien Moss strait up for Albert Puljos a few years ago. He also hit Chipper’s foot with a bat last year and made HoRam cry about 15 different times.
I only post this link to Myrtle Beach Pelicans merchandising news to recycle my joke (originally told about Ben Affleck) that “Bi-Lo” is Marc Anthony’s sexual orientation.
Leo killed my father. And raped my mother.
Leo IS actually Mac Thomason ….
I hear Leo let the dogs out. *bastard*
He also lives la vida loca and has whatcha really, really want.
Leo kissed my ass on his way out
…Or he did until Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked him in the face.
I heard Leo once accused Brian Jordan of playing the game without any heart. Unbelievable.
I heard that Leo thought that Mondi was our MVP last year and only left becuase we weren’t going to sign him this offseason.
Leo made me drink to excess Friday night. Then, on Saturday, he did it again.
It was Leo who threw all the flags against the Seahawks, even the flag thrown the Tuesday after the Super Bowl.
Leo was the actual driver in all of Furcal’s DUI’s
Leo’s tears cure AIDS and cancer. Unfortunately, he’s never cried.
I also understand that Leo is Don King’s hairdresser.
Leo taught John Rocker everthing he knows about pitc…..uh, tact during interviews.
Leo killed both JFK and JFK, Jr.
I heard Leo encouraged Mark Bowman to take up sports journalism. Little did he know that the massive propaganda machine he helped construct would one day turn against him…
Leo planted the bloddy glove at the OJ crime scene.
leo is bill brasky
Leo threw baby Jessica in the well and came up with “new Coke.” Leo was also Pol Pot’s mentor
C’mon guys ease up on Leo. I’ll admit the evidence doesn’t look good, but after all, he was never convicted of any crime
Yeah, the reason he went to Baltimore is really just because he had to feed his family
During the playoffs every year, Leo’s paychecks are signed by someone called ‘Steinbrenner’
Around 50 posts, it appears that most of the clever ones have had their say. I give the Leo award to young Rob Cope, count it.
Leo does not respect Tom Brady and Rodney Harrison.
Leo is the reason I am going to make a C on this test, ugh!
Leo gave me the flu.
It turns out that Leo is actually The Man. You know, the one who keeps us down.
Damn the man!
Jim Edmonds may be on the block. He would be a nice left fielder for a season.
Smitty, what would you be willing to give up to rent Edmonds for a season?
One of the left hand hitting left fileders and and a pitching prospect
Thomson, KJ. I’d do that. In a heartbeat. Which probably means St. Louis wouldn’t.
What do you think about trying to acquire 1B/OF-Craig Wilson from Pittsburgh?
I think you would have to ask Leo first
I like Craig Wilson, and he’s a fantastic ace in the hole pinch hitter, but he’s a defensive liability and I don’t think he’s significantly better than our current crop of corner infield options. He’s a better hitter than Adam LaRoche, but then… so is everyone else.
Sorry, I meant corner outfield options. I think this offseason–that is, the Andy Marte affair–proves the corner infield is pretty well set.
Leo bet against the Braves to win the WS 14/ of the last 15 years.
OK, so on Rob Neyer’s chat (apologies if it’s on Insider), he thinks either McCann or Saltalamacchia will be moved to first base.
Questions for everyone: is that a plausible possibility, and if so, which one would be moved?
It really depends. Everything I’ve heard says Salty is the more athletic of the two and has the better bat. OTOH, that means that he’ll also be more valuable as a catcher. At this point, my gut says Salty, but you’ve got to wonder if it might not be wizer to try and trade one of them.
Interestingly, I’ve seen Pena rated as our #3 prospect. Since there’s obviously no place for him to start, does anyone see him getting shipped off somewhere in the near future? I mean, the C market is apperantly pretty saturated atm, but perhaps in another year or two…. Then again, maybe he’ll just stick around and back up McCann/Salty in ’07, etc.
Who the heck rated Pena that high? I mean, I thought I was Pena’s biggest fan, and I never thought he was that good.
McCann will probably hold onto the catching job because he already has it. Saltalamacchia would only have a chance if McCann got hurt (particularly a knee injury) and he was able to grab the job from him. It’s a lot easier to move a guy in the minors than to bring in a new guy and move a guy in the majors.
I guess all this minor league depth is a nice problem to have, but I wouldn’t necessarily want to see Salty traded unless we get more for him than we did Marte. Too bad that his best value probably is at catcher and will have to be traded at some point. In that case, I’d hope that we dealt from a position of leverage instead of putting our best prospect out there to plug a hole
I keep thinking of the Santiago/Alomar situation in San Diego in the late eighties.
Is that right before they ended up stacking their team with McGriff and others, or a different situation?
They came up with Santiago and Alomar Jr. pretty close to one another. They jerked Junior around a little for a couple of years, then traded him (and Baerga, who was blocked by Alomar’s brother) for Joe Carter. After a year or so, they traded Carter and Robby (they still had Bip Roberts) for McGriff and Tony Fernandez.
Sounds pretty familiar, although I wasn’t straight on the details of who went where. Thanks.
I hear Leo invented Pepsi on the DL too.
I heard Leo’s birth name is Osama Leo Mazzone bin Ladden
I heard it was Leo who shot Cheney’s hunting companion
It was actually Leo that beat up Mrs. Cox.
Leo also drew those cartoons for the Danish government
It was Leo, not Andruw. Count it!
Have you noticed the amount of scandles in Washington has gone up since Leo moved to the area?
Leo was on the grassy knoll.
Leo has been using electronic surveillance on US citizens since President Washington
It was Leo, not Kent Hrbek, who wrestled Gant off the first base bag in the 1991 World Series.
Leo also used a voodoo doll in the same series to make Lonnie Smith run the bases like a moron.
Leo was the pitching coach that ruined Dan Kolb!
wait a sec…
I heard Leo stole some safes from a British pub.
I heard Leo WAS Dan Kolb
Stu, your killing me, I almost fell out of my cubicle when I read that.
Did you know that Leo is solely responsible for the romance dialogue in “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones?”
SMITTY! I DID fall out of my desk when I read that!
Godfather III, Leo’s idea.
Leo turned me into a newt!
Leo was responsible for Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction–and her recent diet.
I heard Leo wrote all these posts.
It was Leo disguised as Jim Leyritz in ’96.
LOL! This thread is hilarious!
Seriously, though, I heard that Leo is behind the whole illegal hockey gambling thing.
ok, you guys got me!
Leo also threw that softball pitch to Leyritz in ’96
Wait — Leo threw the pitch to himself while he was in the dugout. That’s extremely impressive.
He is the master of disaster!
I heard from my cousin that knows Billy Bean’s hair dresser that Leo pulled Kwan’s grion, foiled the Braves attempt to trade Damien Moss strait up for Albert Puljos a few years ago. He also hit Chipper’s foot with a bat last year and made HoRam cry about 15 different times.
Pelicans, BI-LO Join Forces – OurSports Central
I only post this link to Myrtle Beach Pelicans merchandising news to recycle my joke (originally told about Ben Affleck) that “Bi-Lo” is Marc Anthony’s sexual orientation.
Leo killed my father. And raped my mother.
Leo IS actually Mac Thomason ….
I hear Leo let the dogs out. *bastard*
He also lives la vida loca and has whatcha really, really want.
Leo kissed my ass on his way out
…Or he did until Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked him in the face.
I heard Leo once accused Brian Jordan of playing the game without any heart. Unbelievable.
I heard that Leo thought that Mondi was our MVP last year and only left becuase we weren’t going to sign him this offseason.
Leo made me drink to excess Friday night. Then, on Saturday, he did it again.
It was Leo who threw all the flags against the Seahawks, even the flag thrown the Tuesday after the Super Bowl.
Leo was the actual driver in all of Furcal’s DUI’s
Leo’s tears cure AIDS and cancer. Unfortunately, he’s never cried.
I also understand that Leo is Don King’s hairdresser.
Leo taught John Rocker everthing he knows about pitc…..uh, tact during interviews.
Leo killed both JFK and JFK, Jr.
I heard Leo encouraged Mark Bowman to take up sports journalism. Little did he know that the massive propaganda machine he helped construct would one day turn against him…
Leo planted the bloddy glove at the OJ crime scene.
leo is bill brasky
Leo threw baby Jessica in the well and came up with “new Coke.” Leo was also Pol Pot’s mentor
C’mon guys ease up on Leo. I’ll admit the evidence doesn’t look good, but after all, he was never convicted of any crime
Yeah, the reason he went to Baltimore is really just because he had to feed his family
During the playoffs every year, Leo’s paychecks are signed by someone called ‘Steinbrenner’
Around 50 posts, it appears that most of the clever ones have had their say. I give the Leo award to young Rob Cope, count it.
Leo does not respect Tom Brady and Rodney Harrison.
Leo is the reason I am going to make a C on this test, ugh!
Leo gave me the flu.
It turns out that Leo is actually The Man. You know, the one who keeps us down.
Damn the man!
Jim Edmonds may be on the block. He would be a nice left fielder for a season.
Smitty, what would you be willing to give up to rent Edmonds for a season?
One of the left hand hitting left fileders and and a pitching prospect
Thomson, KJ. I’d do that. In a heartbeat. Which probably means St. Louis wouldn’t.
What do you think about trying to acquire 1B/OF-Craig Wilson from Pittsburgh?
I think you would have to ask Leo first
I like Craig Wilson, and he’s a fantastic ace in the hole pinch hitter, but he’s a defensive liability and I don’t think he’s significantly better than our current crop of corner infield options. He’s a better hitter than Adam LaRoche, but then… so is everyone else.
Sorry, I meant corner outfield options. I think this offseason–that is, the Andy Marte affair–proves the corner infield is pretty well set.
Leo bet against the Braves to win the WS 14/ of the last 15 years.
OK, so on Rob Neyer’s chat (apologies if it’s on Insider), he thinks either McCann or Saltalamacchia will be moved to first base.
Questions for everyone: is that a plausible possibility, and if so, which one would be moved?
It really depends. Everything I’ve heard says Salty is the more athletic of the two and has the better bat. OTOH, that means that he’ll also be more valuable as a catcher. At this point, my gut says Salty, but you’ve got to wonder if it might not be wizer to try and trade one of them.
Interestingly, I’ve seen Pena rated as our #3 prospect. Since there’s obviously no place for him to start, does anyone see him getting shipped off somewhere in the near future? I mean, the C market is apperantly pretty saturated atm, but perhaps in another year or two…. Then again, maybe he’ll just stick around and back up McCann/Salty in ’07, etc.
Who the heck rated Pena that high? I mean, I thought I was Pena’s biggest fan, and I never thought he was that good.
McCann will probably hold onto the catching job because he already has it. Saltalamacchia would only have a chance if McCann got hurt (particularly a knee injury) and he was able to grab the job from him. It’s a lot easier to move a guy in the minors than to bring in a new guy and move a guy in the majors.
I guess all this minor league depth is a nice problem to have, but I wouldn’t necessarily want to see Salty traded unless we get more for him than we did Marte. Too bad that his best value probably is at catcher and will have to be traded at some point. In that case, I’d hope that we dealt from a position of leverage instead of putting our best prospect out there to plug a hole
I keep thinking of the Santiago/Alomar situation in San Diego in the late eighties.
Is that right before they ended up stacking their team with McGriff and others, or a different situation?
They came up with Santiago and Alomar Jr. pretty close to one another. They jerked Junior around a little for a couple of years, then traded him (and Baerga, who was blocked by Alomar’s brother) for Joe Carter. After a year or so, they traded Carter and Robby (they still had Bip Roberts) for McGriff and Tony Fernandez.
Sounds pretty familiar, although I wasn’t straight on the details of who went where. Thanks.