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He's been awesome and so has Mack and Thome and even Jerry Owens (whose been very productive since coming back from the minors).

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 02:53 PM) so would I... but would the Dodgers (I doubt it) If the Dodgers pen faltered I think they would consider it, but I doubt they would right now (however a good start by Contreras and another good week by Dye and that could truly change).

This week, Mario & Gage got back to action discussing the rammifications of the Buehrle signing. They further discussed whether the club should turn to trade other starters (with Buehrle signed) as well as discussed the most recent bullpen shakeups and some new guys we will see in the pen in the next couple weeks as well. Oh and Gage goes off on the server company that closed the site for an extra day, so he was in an all around firey mood. Listen Here

I think you guys will find that the site runs faster than it ever has (which is really nice). But we will have a better idea after having this thing up a few days (especially once everyone's images cache and all that jazz).

I'd package Conteras & Dye as well as a reliever (even Thornton) for Hu and Eithier/Kemp.

I was at yesterdays game and Colletti is a straight shooter so it makes me think if the right deal comes to the Dodgers and if they think he's healthy we'll see him in Dodger blue. I'm just hoping its for Kemp or Ethier

Maybe they just want someone not named Juan Uribe, but overall Jack Wilson really isn't that much different. He's a weak offensive shortstop who is a pretty damn good fielder. Both are set to make similar money.

Well we shut it down real quick and now we should be set to rock and roll

We may be down for about 2 minutes here as we are restarting the server (just to clear out everything that built up while it has consistently been running the past few days).

Itzuris really isn't much different from Wilson, except he makes less money. I would pass on either. Although I would never have a problem with Itzuris being a backup, but I think he's proven that he's not an everyday starter.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 02:11 PM) WooHoo!!!!! Back in business ... again. Still looks great, hopefully no more crashes. Ya, I think we will be running faster than ever ever before. We had another issue unrelated to the site and that was cleared up when the server company blew this thing up and now we have both buttoned up.

Okay...we are done I think. Everything was fixed, but the server company was working on something un-related and was in our database and blew it up last night so we had to go back and get it fixed (thanks to invision they were able to help us get everything straightened back up). We really really apologize for being down for so long but again, we've really got this thing buttoned up and it should be good to rock

QUOTE(IowaSoxFan @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 07:18 AM) Garland for Jackson and Quentin? Oh no. I don't consider either of these guys true upper echelon prospects and I'd want at least two upper echelon guys for Garland. The Dbacks can't offer that, imo.

Ya, we got to update that. I'll get around to it tomorrow. Thanks for pointing it out cause I had forgotten about that. I'm just so happy that when I get home tomorrow I can finally relax and play some NCAA (got it today but have yet to play it).

I want to point out the amazing buttons and skin are courtesy of Kalapse (Buttons) and Heads (Skin). They both did beautiful ass work!!!!! Now only thing left is for us to fix the smilie table. I also will be rebuilding the attachments but I'll do that late at nights when the site doesn't have many people on (and I can do it without shutting down things). So we should be set to rock and roll for a long while now

I have to say, even though I own this place and am completely biased, I was so lost without having this place. I felt so behind on Sox news. No other place even compares with this place when it comes to getting the inside dish on the Sox (especially when it comes to news about trades or potential deals). I was so bummed when the queries took so long (everything went smooth as can be too...no hiccups at all). The last query, which rebuilt all the posts, took 33 HOURS!!!!!.

Per the trib, the Sox plan on moving Russell to the pen in Birmingham. Russell struggled in his start tonight and hasn't had as good of a season as expected (he has suffered a bit of a dip in velocity from spring training) but I know some people have always projected him much more of a relief prospect than a starters one (I wasn't one of them, but that is mainly because he was so darn impressive in spring training). Plus with Masset hopefully getting starting duties down in AAA for the rest of the season (and I think Masset projects as potentially a better starter, plus starting should be better for Massets long term development, even if he does end up in the pen again) you are basically swapping guys (with one better suited for the rotation, the other for the pen). My guess is we will see the Sox release Buckvich at some point and call up Russell (once he gets a few outings under his belt). I also think you may see Egbert promoted to the pen at one point or another to finish up the season (although I personally hope the Sox plan on using him as a starter eventually because he's really growing on me as a prospect).

The interesting thing is that Adam Russel is going to be moved to the pen.

Quentin is twice the prospect Jackson is. Quentin has shown he can hit for power at the major league level, has good speed, and a very strong arm and would be the best player in the Sox outfield next year (if you factor in the loss of Jermaine Dye). Of course most anyone would be the best player in the outfield once Dye leaves. I'll take Quentin every day of the week over Jackson. Although I'd be willing to admit that Jackson is more of a sure thing to be a decent every day player.

It will be interesting to see what he can do.

I thought this was pretty interesting by Phil Rogers. I would definitely have interest in picking up any of the three young Dbacks.

I may have to borrow these books from people and actually read them all (thats if I remember how to read).

No word yet on who is coming up.

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