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QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 12:20 PM) And it's not even as if he criticized the deal because Peavy may be ineffective for us. That's why he threw in the Carlos Lee comparison. Peavy may be a sub 3.50 ERA pitcher in the American League, lead us to a World Series, but I'm sure his value wouldn't be worthy of the 16/17 million he's due in '10 and '11. The author believes the production of Carter/Russell/Poreda/Richard, for the respective salaries, will exceed that of Jake Peavy. I suppose it's possible, considering you have four players involved on their end, but how the hell can anyone assemble a championship caliber ballclub unless these types of risks are taken? Anyways, when you add in Beckham, Getz, Ramirez, and possibly Flowers and Hudson, there's certaintly enough to offset Peavy's salary. Right. Sure KW gave up some talent, but the Sox still have Beckham, Getz, Flowers, Hudson, and Ramirez. Oh, and now they have a rotation of Buehrle, Danks, Floyd, and Peavy for at least the next two years.

Yeah, I don't get it either. Essentially he said that the trade will help the Sox, and is an okay trade for the Padres, but it still is a bad trade. Let me read it again...yeah, I still don't get it.

QUOTE (3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 12:36 AM) What did Boone Logan used to throw here? I was listening to the Braves-Dodgers on ESPN Radio and they said he hit 97 and such (I don't think I remember him throwing that hard here? May help the US Cell gun theory if so), still didn't really help him tho From what I remember, Logan could throw mid 90's, but not as consistently as Thornton does. I don't think he used his fastball as much, either.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 10:23 AM) What is your lineup the rest of the way? To me its simple, you give Bacon as many at bats as you can. Hit him 2nd! Pods CF Beckham 3B Dye RF Thome DH Konerko 1B Pierzynski C Quentin LF Ramirez SS Getz 2B This is a potent lineup. If Q can come around and be more consistent and get some power back...wow. Having the speedy Getz at the bottom does a lot, too. Look at the speed in the 8,9,1, and 2 spots.

I feel better about Beckham in the 2-hole. He has shown that he can bat there well, and has shown great plate discipline. Moving Alexei down adds a threat to the bottom of the order and takes a little pressure off him. Maybe he will thrive a little better there.

QUOTE (That funky motion @ Aug 1, 2009 -> 12:10 PM) Jhonny. Exactly what I was going to post. Maybe we should all try that...interchange the first vowel with the second consanant. Mkie.

Yeah, Alexei is the better choice at SS, but Nix has looked good. He's a very good utility IF guy, and he's stepping when we need him.

It was very cool to see Peavy in the dugout. He certainly didn't have to be there considering he won't pitch (even in rehab) for a couple weeks. Good game for him to be present for. Getz looked great...I like his speed, and now my 8-year old daughter loves Chris Getz. My wife likes Beckham...big surprise. Pena and Williams looked solid. Nice barehand play by Randy. And, in the last two games, 24 runs with only one homerun...and that was a solo shot. Nice.

Acquire an ace without giving up TOO much...awesome KW. Now if the Sox pull out a win tonight...I need to buy more beer.

Wow. I was checking SoxTalk repeatedly from 2:00 to 3:00, then I stepped away to actually do some work, thinking that no moves would be made. Imagine my surprise when I checked again at 4:00. It's a good thing I was sitting down.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Jul 31, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) Im hoping Jhonny Nunez ends up helping us in the future, because Betemit sucked and Marquez doesnt look too hot either. At the very least, we got a guy who spells his name Jhonny.

*yawn*

As each minute slips by, I am more sure that the Sox will not make any moves. Which is troublesome considering the Twins and Tigers have both made moves that will help them. Making no moves is worse than selling, in my opinion. Maybe no one is interested in what KW might be willing to sell.

I would do it, and I would like to think that the Jays would be intrigued. I would think, however, that Halladay is going nowhere.

Immediately after the game, I wanted to agree that the season is over. But, I cooled off and realized that I was overreacting. It's still the same team, and they had a bad road trip...a really bad road trip. Now, getting swept by the Yanks this weekend might close the books. I don't see that happening, though. The Sox could easily spilt the series, and might be able to win it if they get their heads out of their collective asses long enough. Now, a bright spot was Randy Williams. There's no guarantee that he will continue to pitch like that, but he looked very good last night. Pena also looked sharp, but he's also looked pretty bad. Q hitting the HR was good, but he's got to get on base more often. And I cannot agree more with the comments about Hawk. What a whiner. The Metrodome had nothing to do with the fact that Kotsay's fly ball went right into a defender's glove. Ever heard of just playing someone right? It was a nice stroke, but it was right at Cuddyer. The same thing would have happened if it was Mauer hitting towards Dye.

QUOTE (GO CHI SOX! @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 02:06 PM) This guy actually had a real good spring training from what I can remember. I hope he can help us out and eat some innings. Bartolo Colon became interested in pitching again when he saw "eat some", but quickly lost interest when he saw "innings".

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 29, 2009 -> 07:47 AM) Actually no, I'm pretty sure we are statistically near the bottom of the AL in defense. I wasn't arguing that we aren't good on defense. My point was that although we may have felt good about it after Mark's perfect game, we felt really bad about yesterday. I think that yesterday's game was a little more like the real Sox defense.

After watching the game fall apart yesterday, largely due to sub-par defense, it's easy to say we are a horrible defensive team. But, one could argue that we are a good defensive team after watching them back up Buehrle during his perfect game. What has most recently happened is of course going to be in the forefront of our minds. That being said, there are improvements that could be made on defense. I would hope that there is someone (or two) available via trade, but I'm not holding my breath.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 07:53 PM) As completely awesome as the perfect game and everything, you don't throw a no-hitter without at least a little luck. That's not to diminish the accomplishment, it's just that the accomplishment itself is kind of fluky to begin with. True, and with a little help. Wise

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 07:49 PM) I have got nothing but love from my Cub fan friends today. They cant help but respect such an accomplishment to my surprise. And that's awesome. I think when you see a person posting about it being lucky or whatever, they are truly not baseball fans. Did you hear the Rays' announcer when Wise caught the ball or during the final out? Classy. Baseball fan.

I've seen comments posted on-line (not here) about Mark getting lucky. Of course many of these were coming from Cubs fans who don't appreciate baseball, but luck had nothing to do with it. 27 up, 27 down. Only 17 other pitchers have ever done this.

This may have been posted in one of the previous 300+ posts, but based on the number of games played in history and the fact that this is the 18th perfect game in history, this type of thing happens in .00004% of games played. Un-freaking-believable.

I don't have an issue with the signing of Hossa. Even with the injury and the possibility of him missing some time, he will be an effective addition. The 12-year contract is a bit confusing as I wonder if he'll even play that long. However, he's a big time player and will make an impact. I'm a die hard Penguins fan, and I loved having Hossa two years ago. I didn't like his decision to sign with Detroit, but I still respected the guy and his ability. Being a fan of the Hawks, also, I'm excited to see him sign. He does improve the Hawks' chances at raising the Cup.

Read, acknowledged, and agree.

My parents used more "time-out" tactics when I was a kid, although it wasn't called time-out back then. It was basically "get your ass in your room right now and don't come out until dinner". I remember one spanking, and it was a doozy. So, I pretty much use the same philosophy with my kids. Sending them to their room works sometimes, but when I use the word "grounded", it seems to be much more effective. I can probably count the number of times I swatted my three kids on one hand. They knew they were in big trouble when that happened. If I were to spank them every time they did something that MIGHT merit a swat, spanking would not be effective. So, I don't see the big issue with spanking. There's a huge difference between a spanking and child abuse.