Heath Bell is kind of lingering out there even though the trade deadline has gone by. He may slip through waivers and if he does, he might slip right to the Cubs. We'll see.
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Because the Cubs could use an absolute lock-down closer. Gregg is solid, but personally, if the Cubs make it to the playoffs, I would prefer to see Bell in the 9th.
by Mulhollandmania on Aug 4, 2009 1:35 AM CDT up reply actions
God I would too
But Bell would get through waivers? And the Cubs would get him?
There's no way Heath Bell will clear waivers.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
if put on waivers,
the cubs should claim him, no?
Sure, after about 10 other teams below them in the standings have claimed him first.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I agree.
How the hell would Heath freakin’ Bell ever clear waivers? Maybe if the Padres mistype his name as “Heath bar” and everyone thinks he’s just a high-sugar snack.
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by daver on Aug 4, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
why not George Bell?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Absolutely.
Reynolds doesn’t have a clue.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 4, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
If management cant see we need bullpen help
then i dont know why i choose to believe they are trying to win at al.
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Fun little Time waster!
Bell will never clear waivers in order to engineer a trade
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Just another reason why Harold Reynolds has no credibility with me
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There is NO way this happens.
He isn’t making a ridiculous amount of money to where even a non contending team, say, like the Nats wouldn’t be like, “Yeah, he could help us out next year.”
''This should be the most important thing you've got going on, right? You physically and mentally prepare yourself to play every day, and if you're not physically or mentally ready to play every day as an every-day player, then you're letting the other guys down."
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I thought he got fired
For touching a girls but or something.
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by wrigleyrocker12 on Aug 4, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Harold Reynolds?
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Yes Reynolds...
he was fired by ESPN for sexual harassment of a female employee at ESPN. I don’t know if that specifically included touching female employees inappropriately, but that’s the reason he got fired.
In response to wrigleyrocker, Reynolds now works for MLB TV.
Wow, hadn't heard that.
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Inappropriate hug...
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I believe he sued ESPN
for wrongful termination, too. I don’t know how any of these matters ended.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 4, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I believe Reynolds and ESPN settled the case,
maybe a year or so ago.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow, welcome to the Outback, indeed.
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I like Harold's enthusiasm, but he often says stuff that doesn't really add up.
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Didnt Larry Walker clear waivers in 2004?
for the cardinals? they had the best record in MLB at the time. why didnt we block that?
A team that claims a player
has to be prepared to take on that player’s contract. The player’s current team could just tell the team to take him and the team claiming him is stuck with the player and his contract.
A couple of years ago the Diamondbacks got caught in the blocking game by claiming Byum Yum Kim (sp?) from the Marlins and Jeff Cirillo (sp?) from the Twins. Their teams told the D-Backs, thanks for taking them off our hands and the D-Backs were stuck with the players and required to pay their contract.
It’s been speculated that more players will get through waivers (that are signed to multi-year or substantially money left on this year’s contract) this year because of the economy. Blocking could be a very dangerous game this year.
Heath Bell does not fall into this category and I can’t believe there’s any way he’d clear waivers.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Our old friend Randy Myers...
was the poster child for the waiver claim gone bad. The Padres put in a claim on him in ‘98; the Jays said fine, let him go, and they were stuck with 2 years/$12M for ’99-’00. He pitched 21 games that season, plus 7 in the playoffs, then never pitched again.
Bell only has a 1 year, $1.255M contract. and is arbitration eligible next year. No way he gets through waivers.
Who did the Padres claim from the Jays in '98?
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, never mind, I get it now.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Josh Hamilton, of course!
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by Shanghai Badger on Aug 4, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Many Ramirez as well a few years ago
Red Sox put him on waivers during a time he was really acting up and there were no takers at all.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
Hahahaha!!!
Are you sure that isn’t a Joe Morgan quote? Bell wouldn’t make it past the Diamondbacks.
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