Just to start, Rocco's Modern Life is second to only Ren and Stimpy as the greatest cartoon, or at least nicktoon of all time. It's actually arguable that it's better than Ren and Stimpy, but nothing else can enter the discussion.
With that there's news that Rocco Baldelli's hip disorder was misdiagnosed. He went from having an un-treatable disease, to a treatable disease, that's pretty huge. The 2nd half of last year there was a lot of talk about the Rays getting another outfielder to help, but they stuck with Baldelli, and he performed pretty well even hitting 2 homers in the playoffs. Baldelli always screams with potential, but his disease would obviously be a major drawback in negotiations. With news that it's better than previously thought, you figure it'll really help him out in free agency. Baldelli was and never probably will be anyone who would be an onbase machine, but Bill James still projects pretty good numbers .279 12hr 47rbi with .330 obp and .465 slugging in 312 ABs. I don't know what kind of contract Baldelli could be looking at, but with respectable predictions that when you figure with this new news on his condition could be an underestimate, Baldelli would be a pretty good gamble, no?
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