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Bulger is great, but it would cost a #1 pick. The rams are the only team that can negotiate with him and right now, I Think they are probably thinking they'd rather deal Warner.

I think Mac brings up a great point. If you go around and look at most pathetic teams in the history of the majors you don't see many 17 game winners for bad teams that are a fluke. Typically if your a fluke pitcher, your gonna do it for a really good team with a great offense. Tapani had that fluke year with the Cubs(He's good, but not that good). JB had a fluke year with the Sox a couple year ago, imo. You don't have a fluke year when you win 17 for as bad of a team as the Royals. Can anyone look up all the 17 game winners for teams with a winning pct of like .450 or less. I'm guessing not many on that list are bums.

Ya it would of. I think the Sox will really make him happy signing him a year early. He'll end up making more, but having your ace happy is more then worth it, especially when they give you a discount later on. And if Buerhle keeps pitching the way he does, he will end up making a ton if they go to arbitration.

I am of the belief you can never have too many starting pitchers. First off, your pitchers always get hurt, and secondly, every team in baseball is always looking for another pitcher, so if you end up needing a centerfielder because Rowand isn't cutting it or anything else, then you could always move the extra pitchers. If you have an extra infielder, you never know, not as many teams consider that a key piece to the puzzle.

I think it all depends on price. If the Expos are willing to do it for Willie Harris and one of our 2nd tier pitching prospects(Maybe even Josh Stewart), then I'd definately do it. If it were to cost us Jon Rauch, then I'd think long and hard about it. Especially considering we could sign Byrd and keep Rauch. If it costs us Rauch then you have to ask what will be better. A rotation of Buerhle Vazquez Garland Wright Ritchie or Buerhle Byrd Garland Wright Ritchie Eventually Rauch

I could live with that, as a backup plan, but its an expensive backup plan. I think our bullpen is really strong right now. The only question is Rocky Biddle, and I don't really consider him a questionmark cause the Sox seem to like him.

First off let me say this, if Manuel does any bullpen by committe crap, then KW should fire him on the spot. Koch is our guy, just like Foulke should of been last year. I like Osuna, Marte, and Glover a ton, but they are set up men, nuff said. As far as the Sox go, they will lock Buerhle and Koch up by spring training. I also wouldn't be shocked to see them work something out with someone like Garland during the season. On a sidenote, I think it was a good thing that Buerhle didn't comment on the extension, to me that means talks have started.

I wouldn't give up anything special for Tomko, I know that. This is a guy that never lived up to his hype, but he looked real good for the Pads. If we picked him up, I'd want him to replace Ritchie, and then the Sox pick up someone else for the middle of the rotation.

Byrd isn't a fluke, but Vazquez is young and has amazing stuff. This guy is going to be an ace and he's got the possibilty to become a cy young award winner. Byrd is a good pitcher, but not a great one. Still, he'd be an amazing pickup for the Sox. 6 mill is a lot for the Sox to spend either way. I'm just saying if we could get Vazquez it would be huge. Big thing is, Vazquez is a hard thrower, and it would be nice having a hard thrower since Garland, Buerhle and Ritchie don't really rely on the whiff. I can't wait to see Rauch produce, he's my pick for rookie of the year, but hopefully he'll be competing with Joe Crede

At 3 mill a year, Tomko should come cheap as he's simply a salary dump by the Padres. If the Sox are smart they offer them pretty much Ginter to save the Pads some salary so they can make a so called push at Maddux.

QB, RB, CB, Safetey, Dline, WR Those are the Bears needs, imo. I think they should look for a wide-reciever via free agency, draft a qb, draft a fast rb(I want McGahee damn it), then get a corner as well as safety(One Via Draft, one Via Free Agency, ie Veteran). I also think they need to pick up a reciever via the draft as well as in free agency. As far as the Dline goes, they could use a future dt, just look for someone that has some upside and is a project type. I'm pretty happy with the oline, we have a lot of bodies and when health yit should be pretty good and pretty deep. Imo, Thomas isn't the answer at running back, I like Peterson though. We all know we need a qb(I want one of these 4, I'm happy with all of them: Leftwich, Ragone, Palmer, Banks) I think Mcgahee is the best back to enter the draft in years(If he enters it). Of course if their was a Charles Woodson or Champ Bailey available I'd snag him and hope Ragone or Banks falls to u in round 2, if they don't move up.

I just know they won, and they are playing decent. I'm glad Fleury is back. Hopefully he's finally got himself cleaned up. Stinkin Crackheads.

You got a problem with Burger King? If only I could work at All American Burger (Fast Times at Ridgemond High)

Hell Ya, thats another good one. I know this is my favorite time of the year. I can't wait for school to end and to head up to go snowboarding a couple of times(That mainly consists of me falling on my ass cause I suck)

To me, it looks like if we could put a package of Harris, Rauch orDiaz or Another Pitching Prospect, and a reliever prospect and we could get Vazquez and Vidro. Not saying I'd do it either way, just setting up a similar offer as to the so called Cubs deal.

Alright, with the holidays upon us, I wanted to see what Everyones Favorite Christmas movies are? Also, if anyone has any favorite Chanakuah or other religious winter holiday movies chime in. My favorites are the Grinch(The old and current ones) Of course a Christmas Story is good too, but as a kid, I always loved watching the cartoons of Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the "Red Nose" Reindeer. I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton.

Thats the Xmas Spirit.

I'll try to do them on Friday. Got a ton of tests and papers due this week, then finals next week. Man, I need vacation, this next week is going to be hell though.

Stupid Jauron. I still don't see the point of playing a guy with no arm or a guy thats hurt in Chandler. If your gonna get your arses handed to you, just do it with a rook at the helm. No reason to kill the other two vets. They have families and other things to play for, why ruin their whole careers and their lives after football. Dick is a real moron. I know he graduated from Yale, but hey, he has no balls, and sitting their doing the same thing all season long isn't how you improve. Sometimes things need to be done different and when a team has 3 losses at this point in the season, that should have already started weeks ago. Of course, Jauron still says he refuses to use this final 3 games as a way to play the younger guys. f***ing Moron. Please Fire him Angelo, I can't stand to see this pussy ass s*** anymore. The Bears need some new leadership and fresh ideas, ones that don't think they are always right, ones that are willing to adjust when things aren't working. Did Shanahan get to where he is by doing the same thing every year, hell no. Did Mariucci? Nope Did Juaron? Heck ya, and its why he's gonna get canned.

Me likey guacamole.

Sweet, Family Guy on DVD....Here's the questionn, will they some how make new episodes for it?

I say if a women or man wants to do it, go for it. I'll say this, Brittney Spears is very attractive. Some can say she isn't a performer and doesn't have a great voice, but hey, thats not for me to decide, I don't buy her cd's. I just pay attention to her commercials. Maybe its wrong they flaunt their body, but when people show of their minds, how different is it? I mean either way your showing things off. Ya, one has to do with physical ability, while other has to do with mental ability, but remember, not everyone is gifted in either capacity. When it comes to who I want for life, I want a mixture of both, but that don't mean either of them are wrong. Don't know if anyone else can make sense of this, but its how my strange mind works.

Damn, that was the best Bulls game I've watched in a long time. They whipped the living crap out of the Orlando Magic. My boy Marcus Fizer was playing real good. The guy has some real nice moves, and when he's passing, then he's really on. I think he was really forcing things early in the season when he'd get so few minutes. Rose, Marshall, Crawford, Hoiberg, Marshall, and JWill also had good games. Hassel is also looking like he's regaining his stroke, which is great to see. WAY TO GO BULLS, thats 2 in a ROW!!

I've been doing some thinking, and if those so called Cubs rumors of Hill, Zambrono, and Farnsworth for Vazquez, Vidro and Tatis are true, then maybe the Sox could work something up where they land Vazquez. I'd say Vazquez and Vidro, but that just isn't likely, because they both make decent money. Anyway, how about Willie Harris or Tim Hummel, Matt Ginter, and Jeff Liefer for Javier Vazquez. Just throwing it out their. The Expos could then deal Vidro, and then let Harris play 2nd(they seem to want to trade Vidro), while the Sox then use Graffy and Hummel or Harris. Liefer is decent and all, but hey, Hollandsworth can be had, and we can hold onto Lee. This way if Thomas, Rowand or Lee go down or even PK and Maggs, Hollandsworth can step right in. Plus, Todd will provide the left handed bat off the bench.