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Hey Guys what do you think about the Cavs open thread - go ...

Hey guys what do you think about the Cavs right now???! Open thread.

Remember when...

Remember when we consistent wrote for the basketball blog?

I am boiling over with excitement about this basketball season. It feels as though EVERYTHING IS CHANGING. Which is very exciting.

Go Cavs!

Go Cavs! I heart JJ Hickson.

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I don't know if anyone is still checking this blog, maybe through an RSS reader or something. Anyway, it was funny to read the latest post and exchange again after seven months and 102 games - what a different baseball landscape!

The Tribe in a quasi-rebuilding mode. Lee the leading Cy Young candidate in the AL. The Tigers struggling to remain competitive in a weak division. Willis in the minors (!). Detroit's lineup good but not at all great. The Marlins nominally competitive, with HR god Dan Uggla and some pitchers not named Miller being the main reasons. Cabrera and Guttierez both around or below the Mendoza line. Andy Marte with more dingers than Hafner and V-Mart combined (or something.)

Weird.

Where are the Tiger fans?

24 hours later, I'm still flabbergasted by the Marlins/Tigers trade. I'm really interested to know what Tiger fans, and baseball for that matter, think of the trade. I can't imagine Detroit fans would have anything negative to say on the subject. I have a few thoughts and questions about the trade, teams and the state of baseball. Please, if anyone still reads this blog, respond.

• I give major propers to Dave Dombrowski for having the stones to pull off what the Angels and others were afraid to - namely trade a bunch of young talent. I'm not going to say he gave up the farm system because it's much larger than six guys. However, Maybin, Miller, de la Cruz, and the others are major prospects not mid-level.
  


• How will Dontrelle Willis do in the varsity league? He's a tremendous talent, but I foresee a lengthy acclamation period. It simply takes pitchers time to adjust to new hitters (i.e. Beckett).

• Meanwhile, as Willis adjusts Cabrera will be mashing in the middle of the best line-up in the majors. The thought of Tribe pitchers facing this murderers row 19 times next season makes my stomach hurt. The projected line-up: Granderson, Polanco, Sheffield, Cabrera, Ordonez, Guillen, Renteria, Rodriguez, and Jones. Disgusting!

• Shouldn't the Marlins be contracted? They're a day care center for major league talent! Teams send their youngsters to Miami for about three seasons. They go through growing pains and mature against average competition. Eventually they're ready for school (the AL), and the Marlins ship them north in exchange for more babies. Soon Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla, and Anibel Sanchez will be ready for first grade and will need to leave the comfort of the Florida child rearing service. Welcome Camryn Maybin! Now go play with some blocks.