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I don't like Danks being a part of it...not at all.

I think I said Cards/Steelers and I'm going to stick with the Steelers winning it all.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2009 -> 09:35 AM) The Hawks are drawing 22,557 a night, the Bulls 20,984. There is no comparison of the two sports. NBA is clearly more popular than the NHL and it isn't a competition. There are 10 times as many Bulls fans as there are Hawk fans (and thats probably a conservative estimate). The Hawks definately have the buzz of Chicago though.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 15, 2009 -> 11:32 AM) If someone is dropping a serious bomb and shows know courtesy to others just turn the lights off. I have honestly done this twice before and it will make you feel alot better. Dude...there is no such thing as a courtesy flush....I consider it better to give people a courtesy whiff.

f*** me...no conclusion to prison break. That was my fear.

Would anyone else trade young if the deal involved Dye elsewhere for prospects and the Sox acquired Young for Broadway and other prospects (maybe even in a Dye trade where we got Young and others)? I think that could be a potential deal that the club could make and YOung at 2nd base would be a pretty attractive player. Plus the Sox should have the ability to take on that sort of salary.

It's going to be Steelers vs Cards with the Steelers winning it all.

I don't know what dry-socket is?

Marti would be a really nice fit considering the Sox have a serious need in the back of the rotation.

Wow, didn't see that about Smoltz. If he is at all healthy thats a really good signing.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jan 11, 2009 -> 01:04 PM) Your mouth should heal pretty fast, you will be snappin into a slim jim (oh yeaaah) within a week Ya, everyone pretty much said two weeks and your better. It hasn't even been a weak and I've eaten things like broccoli. Still I've been taking it relatively easy and having mostly noodle based dishes.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jan 4, 2009 -> 04:55 PM) Roy's "Charmin soft" recruiting strategy is frustrating. He ends up with a lot of good people and good basketball players, but none ever tough enough. The only tough player I remember him recruiting is Paul Pierce. Roy won't seem to recruit Paul Pierce, Rashad McCants types anymore. Hinrich was a pretty scrappy player, imo.

How the f*** do you lose to OKC. I swear to god stop playing anyone who doesn't have a future. I don't give a s*** about the 8th seed...get Thabo/Tyrus/Rose developed and keep boosting up Gordon's trade value and hopefully restore Dengs. That should be the Bulls priority. I love Drew Gooden too but I'd probably move him since he would be very valuable to another team and the Bulls are clearly a ways away (unless they plan on resigning him).

All I'm going to say is that I was stunned to see where everyone is pegging Iowa to finish next season. I've seen them predicted as a top 13 team and the best team in the big ten. I'm not sure I get that since they are losing three stud underclassmen (the two big defensive guns on the line and Shonne Greene the best running back in college football this season). Oh and I'd once again like to pat Ferentz on the back as his teams have beaten some big time schools in bowls during his tenure (and aside from the USC loss in there first BCS game they pretty much were in or leading every bowl game).

Oh how I wish my mouth could handle chewing on something like beef jerky. I hated this stuff as a kid but have acquired a taste to most of it.

Dried Beef is the best thing ever. I wish we had it out here on the West Coast. The one I get from the real butcher shop that used to be in Rock Rapids, Iowa, was the most amazing thing ever.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jan 4, 2009 -> 03:22 PM) That's for sure. I was so out of it that I tried to run back inside b/c I told my mom they hadn't done the surgery yet. She said I was laughing, being like "they haven't even taken out my wisdom teeth yet. Why are we leaving?" I was in la-la land. I was laughing during my procedure but I haven't been in much pain. Little swelling on the side where both my teeth were impacted and the gums are irrated as hell back there. Not being able to brush your teeth for the first two days was awful though.

Garcia will make the team at one point or another if the Sox signed him. I realize he didn't exactly light up the radar but he was just back from injury last season and his shoulder should still continue to get stronger and he was actually pretty decent in his late season starts.

Go with the Blackberry. I have a Palm Treo as my work phone and I f***ing hate it. It's through Verizon and than my personal phone is on sprint (just got it) and I freaking love it (Samsung Rant). Best phone I've ever had. It's simple to use, has a qwerty keyboard and most importantly isn't f***ing touch. Touch is the biggest piece of garbage technology on a cell phone ever. I don't want touch, I want buttons cause than I can feel whatever I need when makinga call while driving (DARRRR). Rant also does a nice job with handling mutliple email addresses which are handled through it. Plus Sprint, unlike Verizon, gives you pretty good capabiltiies of the phone (at least on the program I'm on).

Morneau and Mauer and it isn't even close. Both are still young and overall far less injury prone (although Mauer has had his share of injury problems as well). That said if Quentin does what he did last year for a career he's the best of the bunch.

This would be an awful trade and another one that makes no sense. Between the Roberts and Young deal I seriously don't know which would be worse. Probably this one though.

I'd like to welcome Knight & Shipps to the admin ranks at Soxtalk.com. They will be replacing two of the best admins the site has ever seen in Heads22 and Greasywheels. The two have stepped down from there duties and will be honored with a retired admin/mod rank. I'd like to thank them both for all the hard work they've done and look forward to seeing there contributions as a member. We will also have a new thread on this site in the coming days listing of all of our retired mods/admins as we do our typical re-structuring heading into spring training 09 (oh and unlike the economy Soxtalk is still alive and kicking but as the site grows our mods/admins lives change and adjustments are made on there behalf). So I'd like to once again welcome Knigh and Shipps and say thanks so much to Alex and Zach for all the hard work they've put in over the years!!!

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 10, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) You had surgery huh? Do you feel cleaner down there or what? You know it....now if only I could start eating again

Interesting rumor. I'd like the idea of Lyon. He had a great 2007 and a great 1st half of 08. I'm assuming something went wrong with him and hopefully it was a minor injury and he'd be better for the 09 season. That would be a nice depth signing for the pen. I'm also really curious to see if the Sox could find a way to free up some cash because given the way the market is they could get some quality prospects for the players traded and than add back some quality FA veterans at discounted rates. Oh and I would take a chance on Pedro for the right price but would prefer a Jon Garland type. Pedro with a heavily incentive based deal would be a nice move if the Sox could get him in semi shape to give them 150 innings. That way they could have a veteran take some time in the rotation which gives Marquez/Poreda a bit more time to develop. Plus I still think Pedro will find a way to have one or two pretty solid seasons because he has good enough secondary stuff to be an above average pitcher without the dominant fastball. Of course you do have some serious injury issues (obviously).

Oh man, its so nice to have this site again to point me in the direction of Sox news. It feels as if I hadn't read a Sox story in weeks (asside from the Dye rumors being shot down again by Kenny).