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That columnist did in fact sound like he actually knew a thing or two about the intrecacies of baseball though. That said I've seen Floyd pitch mighty fine at times so I'd like to see what Coop could do and Gio has made a ton of strides and has now emerged as a near upper echelon prospect (not quite there yet, but if he were 6-4 he'd be one of the stud prospects in all of baseball).

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Dec 13, 2006 -> 10:58 PM) If Iguchi is not resigned after 2007, would Pedro Lopez be considered a possible replacement at second base? A backup utility guy, Lopez could be. Especially since he plays pretty good defense at both SS and 2B and has shown good range. However, he doesn't have the stick to be an everyday player so unless that changes (and he is actually still pretty young, despite him being in our system for what seems to be a century) we are royally screwed if he replaces Guchi as our everyday 2nd baseman.

RIP LAMAR HUNT

It be huge to play well and pick up some points tonight.

I'm so jealous. I am down in San Diego and am probably gonna be working here till like 8 (I was up at 5:45 to drive down here). Its basically going to be my new house for the next couple weeks. At least there is perdiem

As usual interesting stuff. Keep it coming. By the way, I cleaned this thread up a bit.

I am a huge Benson fan and I love seeing him carry the ball.

I'd want Richardson if I am dealing with Golden State. Biedrins is a pretty damn solid player as well.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 13, 2006 -> 10:32 AM) If a deal has or is going to be struck, Theo Epstein and the Sox played this to absolute perfection. What a signing he would be from $8-11 million per. It is interesting to note that Dice-K is on the plane. He hadn't previously been allowed to meet with Red Sox personnel. Perhaps the uproar in Japan caused Matsuzaka to get involved and forced Boras to do what he selfishly never does and give in. I agree...even when you factor in the amount they paid to post this is a pretty darn good signing, imo.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 12, 2006 -> 12:18 PM) Aw, you guys are the greatest, no matter what Gage saids about you! Thanks Lol, you are even starting to type like me

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 11, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) Usually, you can also refinance after leaving the dealership. I have shopped my loan a couple times after leaving a new car dealer with the car. Both times I wound up with different financing than when I started. Kudos on thinking about that. The cost of the loan is significant. The problem you will run into is needing the information on the car you are purchasing. You can not get a loan, usually, for more than the car is worth. So you can't get a loan for say $5,000 to buy a car without knowing what car you are buying. Ya, what you do is get financing from the dealer but go with the plan you are going to get alternative financing. If you don't get the alternative financing within like a 3-5 day period where you can go around and find your own financing (which is almost always less than that of the dealer, unless you are getting special financing like 0% or something along those lines). QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 12, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) What Balta is getting at is these companies need YOU and not the other way around. Tell them the names of the other Honda dealers in town and say "I know what car I want and I know what other dealers are going to give me, give me your best price" No, just go in and tell them what you want to pay. In fact, I usually just call up on the phone..ask for the fleet manager and say do you have this car and can I get it for this. I refuse to pay more than few bucks over invoice and thus far I've never had to. But in some cases you may not be able to get a car for invoice, still go to edmnunds.com or carsdirect.com and see what type of give dealers have and go from there. I don't even negotiate anymore and I've never had much trouble with it.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Dec 12, 2006 -> 05:23 PM) I also like that I can return essentially any TV I would potentially buy at Costco at anytime. My three finalists are the Aquos (priced at 899.99 at Costco), the Vizio (699.99 at Costco) and the Panasonic which is rated higher than both for 923 (retails at 1200.00 but I get a discount through Panasonic Direct as well as free shipping). I still may wait it out based on the article I read the other day about a 30% price drop on most models in 2007. Ya, I bought my Xbox from Costco so I can return it when the PS3's come out if I want to. Or if there is a price drop or anything good like that. Definately a perk. I do recommend only buying the HD tv if you plan on getting the HD box top from Direct TV because I swear once you see HD programming you'll hate watching non HD stuff. But just before you buy, froogle.com the TV and see what other prices are just in case. On a random sidenote you don't need to have any warranty for your Costco TV since I think you have up to 2 years to return it (IIRC).

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 12, 2006 -> 03:28 PM) I am also shopping for a 40 in LCD for my bedroom. If you are going HD, make sure you go 1080 P. The 720's are already behind in the HD market. Also brands, I would go with Samsung, Hitachi, Phillips as some of my fav's. Im a HUGE fan of Hitachi and Samsung, but I think im going with the Samsung LCD. I've read from a lot of places that the 1080P on screens 40 and smaller that the difference between 1080P and 1080I is almost non existent and that you might as well save the money and go with the 1080I set. Personally I was looking between Plasma, LCD, & DLP and fell in love with DLP. I realize its not as trendy as the Plasma and LCD but I was able to purchase a 50 inch 1080P TV with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio (something I don't think many, if any LCD's are capable of doing and something that is standard on almost all Plasma TV's) for 1500 (and i had to pay zero tax and zero shipping fees). I have a Samsung and the thing is amazing, with two HDMI inputs as well as a couple component inputs (the thing has all the extra connections you could want) and is rated as being one of the best TV's out available at a fraction of the cost of most of them. One thing you should be careful with is to make sure that if it is 1080P that both HDMI are 1080 and I'd recommend getting a TV that has two HDMI inputs because you get a better picture quality via HDMI. But with one of BluRay/HDDVD winning out and the PS3/Xbox360 (both of which have 1080P capabilities) I highly recommend having it (even though TV won't be broadcasted in 1080P). And Boz from what I read the Vizio's were a pretty damn good buy. The Aquos is just a bit better of a set (Sharp makes a beautiful LCD) but its also quite a bit more. Oh and definately try and take advantage of one of the many online retailers that sell this bad boys tax free and without any shipping costs.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 12, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) I think the NHL doesn't get any coverage because ESPN refuses to give them coverage because as has been mentioned, the NHL isn't on ESPN. And thats the NHL's damn fault. ESPN got stuck in a bind because of there strike and the NHL tried to make a stand to ESPN and lost.

Happy B-Day Mike. Your just another year closer to joining the old folks club here at Soxtalk Hope you and your fam enjoy the day

Gagne is awesome when healthy and a fun player to watch. I hope he'll pan out and stay healthy. Still a ton of money for an injury prone guy and the Lofton move is a decent one. The Dodgers did a nice job giving Kenny consistent rest and he rewarded them by having a pretty darn good season.

Hopefully he can fight through it.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 11, 2006 -> 09:45 PM) Yea, the ACC basketball coverage is rather ridiculous. Although it's mainly only Duke and North Carolina, and similar to the Red Sox and Yankees, it's because they are two of the most popular teams in the country and draw incredible ratings. Also, Tony. Could it be because the Red Sox and Yankees draw ratings? Whether or not you like how the station is run, things that draw ratings and as a result draw more revenue will be front and center ahead of things that don't. Which is the same reason everyone is talking about the Bears (whether they are saying good things or not so good things) since we are quite possibly the most popular team in the NFL (and easily one of the 3 most popular). Hell the NFL has to be loving it...the Bears, Cowboys, and Giants are all winning and those are by far 3 of the biggest fan bases out there.

Defense looked like piss but right now I couldn't be more happy for Rex Grossman. He's probably the single Bear that I've pulled the hardest far to succeed over all the years I've watched Bears football. Rex...just know that I still believe and I want to see a lot more of the Rex I saw tonight and early on in the season.

I can see people suing after they cut open there hand when they thought they were cutting a piece of chicken, fish or steak.

Happy Bday to the infamous Goldy or Glenn G as he goes on all his amazing graphics. Hope you have one badass bday and may one of the gifts be the Bears clinching a first round bye tonight

Thats awesome Simon. That is also a pretty damn cool picture. I'm sure this is just the first of many considering your various photo skills.

Brooks does an amazing job. Glad to have him running the marketing section of the team and I look forward to the Sox continually to build popularity within the city (and hopefully the team will perform well cause that is the best way to market).

This is one of the better signings of the FA market. He's not great but he's not awful. It looks like he'll get money similar to Marquis and he's a better player than Marquis (although Marquis has a bit more upside) and a far safer signing than that of Gil Meche. If your gonna sign someone in this market, this appears to be one of the better deals (pending the final numbers).

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Dec 11, 2006 -> 01:35 PM) i guess my posting this like 8 hours ago didnt merit response! previous post. This thread was started 4 days ago. But I did merge your post into this one.