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Thats it, this thread is over. People have questions, pm me, aim me, whatever. If Vince wants to respond, then he can PM me, and I'll open the thread for him to do so. Case Closed

Hey Tex, don't forget I'm young...but hell, I wouldn't mind a pond in my back yard with a bunch of girls skinny dipping in it, hehe. Maybe thats what i'll do when I retire from Soxtalk

I'd rather have Crab Juice, lol.

I can kind of go along with what Steff said. I think I mentioned it back in spring training, but I had a press pass for one of the Sox days and you could see Kenny joking around with Kelly. That told me they ddin't dislike each other. Both had a good laugh. I think I posted about it back then too cause it was when everyone was saying Kenny was running Kelly out.

Ouch, I wonder what his velocity was like. I was thinking they wanted him in Bristol just so he could get a little confidence or something and start working hi sarm back into shape.

I've long said, sign Omar, trade Crede for young relievers or a left handed hitting RF/CF and then let Uribe play 3B, while signing a veteran backup. I like Uribe a lot and he has a lot of power, great defense, and won't be asked to be a main cog. However, there are some other cheap alternatives via FA as well. You could also keep Crede and let him and Uribe compete for 3b.

He won't be called up in September. He was removed from the 40 man roster and will be in another organization next year. He isn't healthy enough to pitch out of the pen. He can go once every three days if your lucky and thats just not an option, especially for a lefty specialist.

OH man, Grape, your crazy Donkey Cherry, now cherry would be badass, but isn't that what code Red is?

I've kind of been out of the mix, but was wondering if he's made any appearances yet in Bristol?

That be cool, however they will have to do some things to work some guys onto their 40 man roster. I'd love to see Munoz, Valdez, Baj and some others up here though. Grilli will be up since he'll be making a spot start for Freddy Garcia.

I wouldn't offer up Marte for Figgins, but I would give the Angels Cotts and I think they would probably be interested. However, I do think the Sox need another top of the order person. I also think they need a new shortstop and a left handed bat somewhere in the middle part of the order. My main thinking was that Omar could fit into ss and fill the top of the lineup with Harris, or you could have Omar leadoff and Rowand hit in the 2 hole with Harris in the 9 spot. Add a left handed bat in RF or CF for the middle portion of the lineup and have Rowand play CF or RF. Add a starter and a couple bullpen arms.

I want to make a comment regarding a post about CW being very against people being banned and stuff in that capacity. All I have to say is, has this site ever been ban happy. If it were, this type of thread wouldn't be here. I'm happy this thread is here, people want to know whats going on and were more then happy to explain to a point. Spiff said it best, so just check out his thread above. However, for those that were around when I was basically the main admin and RPS was here as well as a mod/admin, you'll remember this site was built on the premacy of not banning and that won't really change. We give you the slack and if someone wants to still hang themself, then and then only will we come in and make an effort to stop it. In general we give posters the benefit of the doubt and hope they can work things out. This is a good board because of it, this policy does at times lead to some harshness, but in general it does a lot more good then bad.

Oh ya, I should add, DBAhO is our first international mod

Hey Dbaho, if I can get a hold of the database, I'll try to run some queries and figure it out and email you the stuff.

Soxtalk is in the middle of some changes and I'd like to share the latest addition, which is a new mod team on the Pale Hose Board. The team will consist of witesoxfan, Cheat, and DBAHO. All three have been absolutely outstanding posters since joining the site. They don't resolve to personal attacks, have a tremendous knowledge of baseball, and will be exceptional additions to Soxtalk's staff. Its great to have you all a part of the team

A lot of peoples pm baskets are full from what i know.

Welcome back Bones. I'm awaiting to see what cutie appears in your avatar

I've learned some things. I don't want to call anyone out or scare people, but were doing what we can to ensure something like this doesn't happen again. Although it seems Katy is willing to forgot and I know I noticed her on here after the incident. I also know a lot of apologies were sent her way, which was awesome.

This is as far as I'm going to go, but when I say abuse of power, I refer mainly to the admin portion and the type of controls admins have. It takes a lot of trust for me to give someone the controls to that end, once its broken, then a line is drawn and I have to think does it really make sense for them to stay in that position. And when I refer to Vince as a good admin, I'll be the first to admit, he did some good things, just like I said. I don't want to bash Vince, thats not what I've come to do and for that reason, I'm keeping that type of info private. But if people still want to know, I have no problem talking one on one in some detail. At the same time, its rare I make this type of call and when I do, I hope its respected. Like I just posted, politics aren't my thing and I don't dislike people just because someone else does, nor do I like someone just because someone else does. Also, I can't say it more, I do hope Vince comes back as a poster.

Hey FLa, lets talk about it via aim. I don't want to get too into it for various reason. Also yesterdays outage has meant some admins still aren't aware of it and were still discussing things to a point, but to me, the move was necessary and it wasn't board politics. I don't really buy into board politics. All I ask is this, has anyone ever seen me jump on a poster or say I hated another poster. I don't think I've ever done something along those lines, but who knows, maybe someone will run a search and find a few posts of me saying something like that.

I just want to tell you, yesterday I blew up the database doing something and had to use a backup from August 2nd, so if you have registered since then (excluding today), you will have to re-register. I'm sorry for the inconvinience and this typically doesn't happen. Only one other time have we lost posts, and that was right in the very beginning (The ancient one Mario, now he definately won't feel so bad, knowing I did it). So I don't want you to think we somehow don't want you. We had a lto of good posters recently and this is the place for you to be, so sign back up and get back into the thick of things.

Done and done Man of Steel

I just had some dental work done today. Thus far I've felt nothing, including the shot.