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Mariners trade LHP Arthur Rhodes to the Marlins for Gaby Hernandez. I'll tell you what, if that was the price it took to get Rhodes I'm glad the Sox stayed way away from that one. I think the Marlins may regret this one.

Winning this game would be a shot in the gut to the Twins. Hopefully Danks can follow up Gavin's performance with a good one of his own.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 10:33 AM) Is green the sarcasm font? He played 1B for 1 game in '05. Couldn't be any worse than PK and I'd rather see Griff in RF than CF edit- ah, touche. He did play SS, but 1B is a hell of alot easier. And look what happened that year...

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 10:17 AM) danny richar is a 25 year old with a .748 OPS at AAA....he has never been a top prospect...and if the sox get someone like affeldt also back then its not even close to being an awful deal plus alexei and beckham are gonna be the long term up the middle combo I guess I just have higher expectations for Richar than most. Beckham is probably 2 years away, Escobar and Silverio are years away if they ever make it and Getz to me sounds like a quality utility guy. Richar could have been a stop gap until Beckham arrived. Hopefully KW makes a push for the O-Dawg this winter.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 09:58 AM) CBS Sportsline says its for Richar and Masset. http://www.sportsline.com/ f***. Awful. Danny Richar has way too much upside to be traded for Griffey here. Looks like they must really like Chris Getz, because Danny probably had the inside for 2B next year.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 10:24 AM) Konerko is not washed up. I think he is still hurt and you'll see him go on the DL when this deal goes through. You don't see a drop off like this at 32. Andruw Jones says hi

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 09:15 AM) I think I need a drink Me too. Unfortunately its only 10:30 and i'm at work so i'm gonna have to wait The longer this goes on the more uncomfortable I'm getting. I generally have a lot of faith in KW but i have a bad feeling he's gonna do something stupid today.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 09:02 AM) Levine just said no body significant will be going back, as far as he knows. Hopefully, he is right. Nobody significant on the current team? Or nobody significant in the organization?

Owens is 9-20 since returning, which is a good sign.

Any possibility they are considering playing Dye at 1B? Didnt he play there a couple times a few years back? I dunno how that would work out, probably would not be ideal. Just a thought

The only way I dont mind this trade is if we did not trade Fields, Poreda or Shelby Edit: actually i hope they didnt trade Brandon Allen either

McPherson wouldnt be a bad idea to take a flyer on IMO. However, dealing with the Marlins is somewhat dangerous. They always manage to come out with good players in return. Their track record speaks for itself

What? But where would he play?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 10:22 PM) Interesting. I can understand them being upset after losing a 24 year old quality OF for 2 months of Manny, but you have to like the aggressiveness by ownership to try and win this thing this year. Overrated Cabrera strikes again. Problem with Hermida is he has been injury prone so far in his young career. I've always followed/rooted for the Marlins as my NL team and i think i like this trade for them depending on the prospect(s) they give up

Indians tie it up in the 9th at 12

What a game by Gavin. He's at 95 pitches now...think he pitches the 8th? With a 7 run lead i'd just assume bring in Carrasco, Wass or Logan

QUOTE (shawnhillegas @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 09:00 PM) I don't understand why people complain about this. Fans have always, and will always overreact during losses. It just goes with being fan. Because its absolutely ridiculous around here when we're losing, and the past two days have bordered on hilarity.

This game is over! Division is ours! We're clearly the better team! Or are ridiculous over reactions only allowed when we're losing?

Alexei!!!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) His terms were that any team trading for him would agree not to pick them up. I though i also saw that Manny would agree not to accept arbitration so that the team could offer it and get the draft picks

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 03:42 PM) Fixed for you. We still have 3 in KC, and need to win one or two there, to call it a success, IMO. We'd need to win at least 2 in KC to call it successful IMO. That would make us 5-5 on the trip (assuming we win 1 of 2 here in Minny) and in a year where seemingly every team other than the Angels has been bad on the road, i would be okay with that.

Ken Rosenthal reporting a Manny to the Marlins deal is not out of the question (though still unlikely)

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) How is "Win AL Pennant" and "World Series Loss" any different? Ask the 4 people who differentiated between the two

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 02:05 PM) I posted that in the catch-all Sox thread like 3 days ago. A lot of people dont read the catch-alls...

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 12:16 PM) ETA until ESPN MLB homepage puts up "Who wins the AL Central" Poll? lol As soon as they realize that there is an AL Central