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By: Jason Gage http://www.soxnet.net/gage/article-12.4.html

I'm going to take a good look at their minor leagues and see if theirs anyone out their that really makes sense that would fill a glaring hole either at the majors or the minor league level.

Remember, Today, he didn't make himself an ass, or at least not in my opinion.

Well if they don't get Thomas, then I don't see anything great happening. They got a crappy offense, especially since they lost Karros.

Here's one big thing for everyone to think of. Billy Koch closed in the toughest division in baseball. He went up against other top teams like the Angels and Mariners and even a good offensive, although crappy Ranger team. Foulke, he pitched most of his games against the pathetic teams in the AL Central, most of which aren't known for having a good offense and that really includes the Twins too. Just throwing it out their for ya.

Who knows, we only have to wait till Saturday to find out. Heck, we may know sooner than then too. Plus, theirs nothing that says we can't trade him after he comes back anyway. Frank would have to approve it though.

Lol, I do think he'll do a lot better in LA. Lets face it, he hated playing day games and he hated hearing crap for the fans. It wasn't like the guy wasn't trying, you could tell he wa trying by all the wind he was sending up to the stands. He wasn't sitting their looking at all those strikeouts. :metal

If you ask me thats the A's responsibility. The Sox were being careful and shut him down as he was getting hammered. It could of simply been his arm was tired(He threw a lot of innings), maybe he complained of mild pain. I know KW would of at least told them that, if it was the case. Other then that its fair game, if he ends up getting hurt afterwards, than it happens.

Fox has told the Dodgers not to add salary. Also, Brian Jordan wants out and he's requested to be dealt, which is a right he has. Plus, its not like they really freed a ton of money up. They got a good amount in return, just like the Cubs did.

It could simply be that Evans is an idiot.

Sweet...that will be super cool By the way Mike it was an awesome show. I caught the first hour then went out to dinner with the family.

Many suspected he may be injured, but the A's approved the deal so thats up to them. I think this is a deal that helps both teams. I still think its a much riskier deal for the A's, especially if Foulke walks and they don't get draft pick compensation for him(That rule could change by next offseason and most feel it will change by then) Plus, from what I'm hearing were getting one real good prospect, and one decent one, who was a high pick(Thats Cott). I'm not sure who the other one is, but KW is saying he's a stud. No, I don't believe everything he says, but he's making some real big time statements with this prospects saying how great they are, and well, he may say guys he gets are good in trades, he rarely says they are greats, except Jimenez who was a great prospect. I like the move. Im writing a commentary write now that will be on the main page, probably in the morning.

I was talking to my dad and this move makes no sense(The Dodger Trade not the Sox trade) The only free agent out their is Thomas and we know Evans has some relations to him, so we'll see. I dont' think they get him, but its definately a possibility.

I don't think Dyce meant anything like this. John seems like a good poster and a smart Sox fan.

Well it looks like he started listening.

Also, in case people didn't get the email addie on the air, here's the way to contact them SportsZoneRadio@attbi.com

I'm not Mark, but I love it.

The biggest problem is the make shift line thats their. Thomas just runs way to high. Lower himself and he will fall forward when hit, but he always is getting hit backwards.

There's a reason he won the Reliever of the Year award for the minor leagues....he's pretty damn good. Who cares what round he was drafted in? Mark Johnson was a 1st rounder...he's no Mike Piazza, is he? Speaking of Piazza, wasn't he drafted in about the 38th round of something? Well one of the minor leaguers was a 2nd round pick. I liked Valentine, but he did get beat up and may of even of been injured when he played against the best competition in the AFL.

Any dropouts or skipping? should sound similar to real radio if you have a good connection. Its sounding SCHWEET

Alot of people liked the toad Ritchie trade too last year buying KW's "veteran starter..... innings-eater" BS. We shall see. I remember a lot of people liking that move and I was the one person who complained about Kip Wells being in that deal. Baggio complained about that too. Most others were talking about how great Ritchie was. I didn't whine about Lowe and I liked Fogg, but I didn't whine about him. Lowe failed, Fogg was decent, but would never of done anything with the Sox, and I don't think he'll be anything other then an avg. player on a bad Pirates team.

He had decent numbers last year in A ball. I don't know if this guy is for sure in the deal, but from what I've heard he's one of the players. He's a 22 year old lefty, turns 23 on March 25th. 12-6 with a 4.12 era. He made 28 starts and pitched 137.2 innings of work. Our ISU expert, Heather the Redbird will give an indepth scouting report when she's done with work. I'm looking forward to reading it Heather

I'm gonna dig up some info on the one minor leaguer they are saying we acquired. So far they haven't listed the name of the other and I'm guessing its because he's not on the A's 40 man roster. His name is Neal Cotts.

If I had known that we could of at least been agreeing on something for the past year. He lucked out on getting Odalis Perez for Sheffield, but I'll give him credit for that, but man oh man, Brian Jordan sucks. I don't even want to get started when it comes to talking about what they gave up to get Shuey. They gave up their two top prospects for a mid reliever.

I go for the Thong or the G string, hell ya.