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You're right. My bad. I think I mixed it up with Chad Tracy's career mark or something. I had looked up both players at the same time and must have gotten the wires crossed. Ugh. Now I feel even worse about our offseason lol.

No, biggie. As I mentioned earlier I don't think he's a bad choice out of the guys out there, but that pick....ugh.

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No, biggie. As I mentioned earlier I don't think he's a bad choice out of the guys out there, but that pick....ugh.

Yeah, if there was no draft pick attached to him I'd be all for going after him. But then again, if that was the case, he'd have more serious suitors and his pricetag would probably become prohibitive for a team with such limited marb...er, resources.

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I've been semi-joking that the Orioles will eventually sign Lyle Overbay and there it finally is in print: The Orioles and Overbay linked.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/baltimore_orioles/

They aren't linked to him at all. A writer in another city hypothesized that he might end up in Baltimore or Cleveland. This is total non-news.

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And I don't think Dan D. is that butt stupid.

Mama D didn't raise no fool.

If he was willing to take a MiL deal and an assignment to Norfolk, sure. Why not? But I'm guessing he wants a ML deal and a 25 man roster spot despite his age and declining production. Let a NL team sign him to be their main PH in that case.

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