If only Cashman had been permitted to sign Vlad rather George preempting that attempt by signing Sheffield on his own.

If you look up the words "persecution complex" in the dictionary, you will see Sheffield's picture.

If this doesn't get JL25and3 here for a quick hello, nothing will.

No way he makes it to 3,000 hits. Still, he's a Hall of Famer to me right now.

I think Sheff is probably a HOFer...that is gonna be one epic speech. My guess is that he would go in as a Marlin, if you had to identify him with one franchise that would probably be it.

when I think of MOP, I have to think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc

[4] Probably laced with expletives.

[1] I think about this every day.

Not really, but still

whatever i drop must be rough, rugged, and hard more

i know sheff is an extraordinarily difficult nutjob, but i basically like him and want him to do well.

mop is a great group for him.

he should get in the hof - i don't even know what to associate him with - but yeah probably marlins (6 years - 2 of his 3 best years were with fla)

[6] Not that Sheff was a slouch in the '04 ALCS (.333 .444 .533), and Vlad didn't hit in the ALDS against Boston that year, but yeah, I've thought about that an awful, awful lot.

Not to mention what the '05-'08 Yanks would have looked like with Vlad out there, instead of Sheff/pick-'em/Abreu. My long-standing admiration of Vladi may be clouding my judgment just a little bit.

Sheff = cancer.

[2] i had a Sun Ra message the other day in a late thread and thought about JL...

[4] I have that up as my latest blog post right now...

[5] Yep. But it's really cool nonetheless. I admire good editing, it takes time and effort to make something look good, even if it's short.

We obviously miss you, JL. Hope everything's okay...

Would TB or the A's take a flyer on Sheff at DH for $3m/yr?