Not that many teams are making moves, there’s a standstill going on – players aren’t paying attention to the economy. The Braves said they aren’t going to publicly announce who they are going after anymore after Furgate (SeewhatIdidthere?). Ben Sheets has huge red flags in his medical history – everyone knows how good Sheets is, but he’s apparently on the verge of a huge injury. Wren said he’ll sign Smoltz when he proves he can still compete at a Major League level – which will be later in his rehab. Hitting is not a lost cause. LA expressed interest – I express interest in Megan Fox twice a day and I’m not getting her. Dunn is lefthanded, we need a righthander, and his horrible defense negates his boner-inducing walks. Patience young padawan.

“Everyone seems to be making moves but us”. Name the all those teams making moves while we stand still. Having a hard time getting past two or three? That’s because with all due respect, you and your kind are jackasses. Sure, I want my team to sign Sheets and Dunn, but I don’t go around running circles yelling at whoever I run into that the sky is falling. I am sick and tired of your irrational nonsense (not just you, because you share the blame with plenty of other idiots) and I hope that others are as fed up as I am. As many beers as I’ve had today, I’m not drunk enough to put up with this bitching and moaning.

i’d rather not sign anyone then see the headline “BRAVES SIGN GARLAND TO 3 YEAR $36 MILLION CONTRACT”

Juan Rivera is the only LF to sign with anyone yet and there still hasn’t been so much as a whisper about Dunn or Burrell as anything more than back-up options. That odd silence is only magnified with Sheets. If we can snag Adam/Pat and Ben at discounted prices later this offseason, then this offseason will be a success in my book. In fact, if success is still possible, then why are we bitching about anything?

Did you want Burnett at 5/$82.5M? How about Sabathia or Tex at 7/$161M or 8/$180M respectively? Or are you just concerned about junk heap starters like Johnson and Penny being gobbled up because you saw them as our aces in 2009? Perhaps you’re upset that we missed out on giving Juan Rivera 3/$12.5M? Oh, I know! You’re mad that we didn’t get a different back-up catcher, Mark Hendrickson, Wily Taveras, etc. Seriously, I just don’t get the point.

In the off-season we are just supposed to sit on our ass, and there is nothing wrong with that seeing as it has been working for us. (Not recently but throughout the 90’s) You have to remember while the Mets and Yankess are trading for talent, we already have talent, it’s just in the farm right now growing and developing.
Just chill out, hang on for one more miserable year and it will all pay off in 2010.