by Glenn Dickey
Dec 14, 2005

THE A’S TRADE for Milton Bradley was a shocker, and the combustible Bradley brings a potential for trouble, but it also shows that A’s general manager Billy Beane is putting together a team which could contend seriously for the World Championship.

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Milton Bradley is the new A’s rightfielder.

During Bradley’s phone conference with the Bay Area media he was asked if he had any problems while playing in Los Angeles.

Bradley said his physical injuries stopped him last year, but wouldn’t acknowledge any issues he had with teammates especially with Jeff Kent.

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If the Giants can acquire ex Cardinals Matt Morris they figure to have a very decent starting rotation in the not very decent National League West.

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Seems like the A’s attention has been drawn to former Chicago White Sox star Frank Thomas as the team’s answer to its pressing need for a legitimate righthanded bat to protect Eric Chavez in the line up.

I wouldn’t go that way.

The A’s don’t have room for a misstep at this position. Money is always an issue and if the team whiffs on a contract with the Big Hurt it will not be able to dig its way out of the probelm until midseason, if at all.

Thomas’s nickname says it all. The Big Hurt can’t run a lick plus he is coming off a very serious ankle injury.

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Marty; There is an understandable reason why you have heard nothing from me since the conclusion of the playoffs. For the past three years this page has consisted of the musings of one who purports to write solely from the vantage point of a fan. This means that no particular insight is arrived at after speaking to players, coaches or management. No inside information is available to the average fan, and that means this writer. We depend on the press, local and, to some extent, national for our information. And very little has been written about our Giants.

Great to hear from Ed. His perspective is the most intuitive look at the Giants available to baseball fans in the country.

Marty

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Due to some legal issues with KYCY the next Inside Baseball Show will not be heard as originally planned Tuesday December 6th, but instead will return on December 21st.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Winter meetings should be quite interesting. Rangers need bull pen help, Nomar might go back to the Cubs because they whiffed on Rafael Furcal. Manny to the Angels? It’s not impossible.

Weather is beautiful in Florida. I could get used to this vacation stuff.

Tomorrow I’m interviewing one of the former Phillies Whiz Kids, NL 1950 Champs, Steve Ridzik.

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by Glenn Dickey
Dec 02, 2005

WHEN THE A’S signed Esteban Loiaza, it signaled that their new owners will be willing to bump up the payroll to put together a team that has a good chance to get back to the postseason.

“We aren’t going to go crazy here,” said A’s general manager Billy Beane, “but we do have a little more payroll flexibility. We had to move fast on Loiaza because the Giants were in there, too, and when I called Lew Woolf, he gave me the go-ahead right away.” [Read more →]

I’m planning to go to Florida for some fishing, interviews, and business.

Next Inside Baseball the winter version will be this Wednesday at 6: 30 PM heard on 1550 AM in the Bay Area.

Shooty Babitt, Ken Korach, and I will give baseball reports plus the show will be hosted by Bay Area basketball personality Carl Foster.

Also check out my new podcast, Marty Lurie’s Sports Exclusive on kyouradio.com, check out the website. Go to the baseball scroll in the menu and you can find the show. I’ll be sending one show in each Monday. It’s fifteen minutes in duration and a lot of fun giving my view on current sports events including the Hot Stove League.

Hope you are enjoying the baseball moves. I applaud the White Sox for picking up Jim Thome. Aaron Rowand is a gamer and will help the Phillies. The Marlins got some excellent players for Josh Beckett et al. The Red Sox have a legitimate ace in Beckett, but his injury history is a red flag. The Blue Jays are trying to give money away and snared a willing customer in BJ Ryan, but they already had a closer, Miguel Batista. Now the rumor is Batista will go to the Rangers for Kevin Mench.

John McLaren is the man for the Dodgers managerial job, I hope he gets the nod.

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I’m glad to let everyone know that the Winter version of Inside Baseball Saturday Night will begin at 6 PM on Friday November 25th.

The show will be broadcast on 1550 AM a strong signal heard here in the metropolitan Bay Area.

The show will run for 70 minutes and lead in to the pregame show for Cal men’s basketball.

The shows will be on during the week and start times will vary depending on the time of the basketball game. Figure we will be on about 90 minutes before tip off of most of the weekday Cal games.

Ken Korach will be a regular guest as well. Shooty Babitt will join us as we discuss the winter baseball news.

I’m looking forward to doing the show.

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“Any way you look at it, it’s wrong. Drugs won’t help you hit the ball,but they can make you recuperate consistently enough”
-Hank Aaron (Speaking about steroids)

Major League Baseball
finally worked out an agreement
on a new policy to fight the use of
steroids effective in the 2006 season.

By Amaury Pi-González

The new agreement increases penalties to players
who test positive for steroids. This new agreement
will also provide random amphetamine testing and who test positive on amphetamine for the first time
will be subject to mandatory evaluation and testing.

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