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If the server isn't switched out tonight, I am going to be closing the site to do some work on my own (If the server is switched tonight, than tomorrow night I'll be doing my work).

At somepoint in hte next 24 hours you will see an outage related ot the server. You will also see an outage related to me doing some database work.

Gonna go tonight after my soccer game.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 04:56 PM) Yep. I'll take Thome for half the price. I won't....Hafner is younger and far more likely to stay healthy for the next couple seasons while Thome's production is gonna continue to decrease and decrease (plus he's gonna continue to get more and more banged up).

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 07:53 PM) By my count that's two hitting coaches gone this season and neither of them were named Walker. Three...Dodgers/Mets/Dbacks.

QUOTE(AssHatSoxFan @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 06:59 AM) http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/12/...-ruin-baseball/ I was listening to the radio blurb from Sampson (president of the Marlins) and he was just ripping into how this contract would ruin baseball and how awful it is to give 5 years and 20 million to a player of Ichiro's caliber. He also said no player in baseball is worth that type of money (so that gives you a bit of an understanding of where he is coming from). Still I think from a purely baseball standpoint, anything over 15 mill a year for 3-4 years would have been severly overpaying (and I always tend to think 10 mill players should be special guys but I've also came to realize in this day and age it just isn't always the case).

This was odd, but I guess with Beltran and Delgado really struggling they decided to make a move (although last I looked both Beltran and Delgado had been hitting much better the past month). I was thinking Rickey was making a comeback when I saw his name scroll on bottom line and I was stunned to see him brought in as a hitting coach.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 08:54 AM) IF the cub is sold the new owner will show his colors early in the process if he goes after A-Rod as he appears to like Lou. Arte Moreno will spend a ton to get him and possibly out bid the Yanks. The Yanks though are desperate. Unless there is a ton of new cash for teams 8yr/$240M.....I'll pass. I don't know if the Angels will have the funds to get him. They'd have to clear some cap room in other areas (but maybe Colon's contract is up this year, although I think he still has a year left). Plus the Angels got to worry about bringing back Cabrera and reinking Vladdy (cause both are due to be FA's either this off-season or a year from now).

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 09:22 AM) I'd rather have Xavier Nady, but he's doing too good for them right now to get him without overpaying. Its too bad, for a long long time this guy was incredibly undervalued. Nady has a good arm in the OF and is a good hitter. I have long said he'd be an awesome fit for the Sox offense (especially since he can rake LHP, IIRC).

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 20, 2007 -> 08:04 PM) Brad Banks traded for Kliff Kingsbury today. I love Brad Banks...kind of like you live Seneca Wallace. QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 11:00 AM) John Clay, Wisconsin RB, has been ruled academically ineligible for the 2007 season. I'm still bitter he's not a hawkeye, but this makes me feel at least a little better.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 07:33 AM) Carter and Gartrell really belong at least at W-S if not Birmingham. Also, why is Logan Johnson still at R ball? And anyone know where the hell Poreda has been? They skipped his last start but it didn't sound like it was due to any sort of injury, just the Sox being careful with him considering he's coming off a full college season.

QUOTE(wcw2323 @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 07:32 PM) He's on his way to Baltimore as we speak.....Good luck Charlie, welcome to the show! Cool stuff and for the couple of you that made some posts before anything was announced I just want to say thanks...we always appreciate that type of info

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 07:21 PM) Its a post count, who cares....... seriously though, youre not resetting it talkbears though right???????? Nope, those Db's are perfectly squared away. Only stuff left on there is just to kind of get things set up based upon the new version of the boards (hopefully we are done with that by weekend's end).

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 04:18 PM) I can probably help you fix the database (for free of course). I sent you a PM Cool...I'm getting slammed at work but I'll shoot you something tomorrow. Basically I want to get an understanding if we are using a corrupt database or not (because maybe we aren't). We are gonna be switching over to a brand new server (a cadillac compared to what we are running now) tomorrow night and than from there plan on making the DB switch.

I think it was someone in the know that mentioned Haeger will be up. We'll see when/if it becomes official soon.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 09:40 AM) Saw that preview before Transformers, and it looks awful. At the end, everyone in the theatre was chuckling, like.. "was that supposed to be scary or funny?" I saw it and thought it looked pretty cool but the rest of the audience didn't seem to think so. QUOTE(TheOcho @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 09:32 AM) Wow, I forgot all about that game. Thank you for bringing back some memories. Holy crap...I'm gonna have to find that emulator.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 04:35 PM) Watched Green Street Hooligans last night, and while I thought it had the makings of a good movie, it's just tough for me to take Elijah Wood as a 'fighting' character too seriously. That movie was surprisingly badass. QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 06:23 PM) Breach was damn good. Chris Cooper was amazing in it. Ya, I saw that about 2 weeks ago and enjoyed the hell out of it.

Damn it...I had a slurpee last night at like 11:30...freaking eh, just missed a free one.

QUOTE(Brian @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 07:02 PM) That was brutal. How the heck was he out by that much. God was he laboring around the bases.

Richar has the tools and I want him up pronto. Iguchi must be dealt.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) If Corey Patterson weren't a Boras client I'd fully expect him to be leading off for the Sox next season. Oh what a disaster that would be. I wouldn't mind Patterson if the Sox were going to play him in left and add veterans in CF and RF. And of course use Patterson in the 9 spot (he would add speed and would likely come at a fair deal). Heck, even if the club added a Hunter and just Patterson I wouldn't complain because it would still be a significant upgrade over Pods/Erstad. Plus I still think next year you can get Sweeney plenty of Ab's as a 4th outfielder with him being groomed for the starting job in 09.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 11:42 PM) I have yet to see Garland say anywhere that he wants to stay in Chicago. And liking Chicago is completely different from wanting to stay in Chicago. Throughout the course of Mark Buehrle's career, he stated and has continued to state he wants to stay in Chicago. I don't ever recall Jon Garland making such a statement. Technically Garland said that much when he took a bit below market value for to forgoe free agency for either 1-2 more yeras (I forget which). I'm not saying he does it again nor would I hold it against him if he didn't, but I wouldn't count it against him either (I think he really likes it here and is comfortable here so if the Sox were interested and offered him a fair deal over the off-season he may jump at an extension). That said we have no idea whether Garland is in Ken Williams future plans.

I've long compared Sweeney and Garret Anderson but I'd like to point out that I'd be absolutely stunned if GA did roids. GA doesn't even dive for baseballs because he claims diving would hamper his longevity in the game. His hr's dropped in correlation to his back issues flaring up and nothing more, imo. The guy, when healthy, is a fantastic all around hitter, but the problem is he probably will never be truly healthy again (too bad for the Angels both him and Salmon took there major dives right after they were given fat contracts with the club).

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jul 11, 2007 -> 07:10 AM) I am going to be a huge Braves/Phillies fan for the next 3 weeks. Increase the desperation in New York, they have more young talent than any other trade partner. I will also be rooting for Dye to heal up and get his act together offensively. I think the Dodgers and Mets are the two teams I want to see the Sox deal with the most. I will also admit the Braves have some key parts I like (Escobar & Salty) but I don't see them giving up those guys without getting one of our starters (and I must admit, I would trade Garland for that type of package but I don't know if they would and I would trade Jenks for that type of package...again some people claim Soriano is that guy for the Braves but if he was, Wickman wouldn't be closing for them). Milledge, Pelfrey, Gomez, Martinez, Kemp, Hu, Billingsley all names I love. I just don't see the Sox getting any of those guys, but who knows maybe they would do Milledge/Pelfrey or some sort of combo for Jose and Jermaine (I would be absolutely stunned if they would, but I sure wouldn't complain, LOL).

The thing with Ichiro is he's almost worth more because of the additional revenue he can draw a franchise (just having him means you get so much more international money).