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His Dubya is spot on. But he Seinfeld...itsa no güt.

Meh...he isn't worth the time to type. Whoops.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 07:40 AM) Just because the McCarthy for Danks/Griffey trade looks very good now, it doesn't mean that will always be the case. You need to give a trade at least 3-5 years. Obviously, the Sox have the huge upper hand now. That could all change if Danks goes down with a Jim Parque/Jon Rauch injury and McCarthy wins 15 games a season from 09-13. I doubt that will happen, but be aware of premature evaluation. As far KW "good" moves not giving us a right to criticize bad/questionable moves, that doesn't make sense to me...it's kind of like the current political season, McCain was "right" about the surge but potentially wrong about all other decision, just because McCain (or Obama) were right once (the speech to oppose the war) doesn't mean you can't question any of their other decisions. I suppose it will take another season or two for us to judge the merits of the Vazquez move. Both teams got to the playoffs. The D-Backs will have Young's services for another five years. A lot depends on how Javier bounces back...or what KW gets in return for trade...or what KW does with that $11.5 million he would have made to improve the pitching? Can we find a legit starting CFer? Well, we haven't had a regular there now for three years that we could rely on 100%. Actually, losing the reliable Luis Vizcaino was a bigger blow than some realized, as he was the last guy out of the pen on the 05 staff...but would have been 3rd or 4th the last couple of seasons. In hindsight, we could have kept Chris Young (for better or worse, at least he would be cost-controlled, we can't pay every starter $8-14 million) and invested that money in a FA and done possibly just as good a job. The whole point of trading Rowand was to free up the spot for a "cheaper and better" player in Anderson to inherit the role, and it just didn't work. Luckily we have Ramirez and Quentin now, but ideally a well-run organization would have 4-5 position players come up through their own system because they are guaranteed cheaper options for six seasons, or at least comparatively cheap to going out and buying talent all the time on the open market. Not to get completely off track, but I believe there is a less looked at aspect of trades, and that is the set-up trade. The one that shows that you aren't going to be taken by the other GM. For instance, the Vazquez trade, to me, set up the Quentin-Carter trade. What I mean is, you are always trying to get the best talent you can out of a trade, but if a GM doesn't feel like they other GM is trying to take the house, the lot, the car and your children (I'm looking at you Chuck LaMar), then it sets up the next trade where you might just fleece a guy. There are two sides to each trade, too, short-term and long-term. There are just too many aspects of a trade to just disqualify one because it hasn't been 3-5 years. Anyway, Danks showed some major cojones the last week...gotta love him. Hopefully his brother will do the same as he comes through the system.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) How about a Roberts/Ramirez double play and 1-2 combo next year? However, I expect the Cubs to acquire Roberts. How 'bout a Hudson/Ramirez double play combo??? Yeah, I'm not ready to talk about next year just yet.

We've got a ballgame!

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:31 PM) AJ swinging at everything. Can't walk out of the polka parlor. Or something like that.

Since the three games against three teams in three days, there's no fire. Even with that OC incident with Balfour. They look like they just don't care.

Anyone think the Sox should give away...um...WHITE SOCKS instead of rally towels? I don't know, call me crazy, but I think that might work pretty well. Or make the top black and the toe white? I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.

Would "When I went out on a date with your mom?" be too risque of an answer?

Nobody won this debate. They both exceeded expectations and both had their problems. Palin: Seemed nervous at the very beginning, but calmed down after a few minutes. Answered the questions posed to her very well. But, when responding to Biden, talked in circles, and didn't really respond to him directly, more along the lines of talking points given to her, it seemed to me. Also, was very down-home, which is where she needs to be. Biden: Didn't come off as a prick, and let his mouth run amuck except for the one comment about the "ultimate bridge to nowhere." That was kind of a low blow, but that was it. Showed his humanity when talking about being a single parent, even though I'm a skeptic, I think that was pretty believable. Did focus a little too much on the past without really saying, until the end, that you can't move forward without looking back. Biden came across as more knowledgeable, and he should, since he's been in the Senate for 25+ years. Palin came across as knowledgeable as she could be and much better off than the Katie Couric interview, but she had nowhere to go but up. I was impressed at her ability to bounce back, but she's still shouldn't be throwing stones about leadership ability. McCain can, Palin, not so much. Just my .02.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 11:41 AM) By firing up the other team instead?? I see it the same as a manager getting tossed just to get his team fired up. Or maybe Pierzynski "willing" a fielders interference. The Rays have been in a lot of team's grills this year and it's good to see a veteran team try to get under the skin of a young team. Did it work? We'll see tonight. It has just as much of a chance to backfire, but so what, no one picked the Sox to win this series anyway (besides fathom).

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 08:45 AM) +1 my man. I agree, at least Swisher in the 2nd spot. I can make a ton of excuses for Swisher, ie, playing a new position, his style is a way better fit at the top of an order, etc, but he sucked this year outside of June and August. However, even with him sucking he still took a lot of pitches. With Q out they need someone other than Thome who you can count on seeing a lot of pitches. Enough with the Wise crap, he is a 30 year old career minor leaguer for a reason Agreed! Swisher, while he's looked at strike 3 many times, even in clutch situations, it's usually a 3-2 count and he's fouled a few off. He usually sees lots of pitches and should start at the top of the order.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 08:41 AM) LOL I was just going to post, I wish Javy would defect to Cuba. Well, his brain is already in Puerto Rico...is that close enough?

The day I sat around a table drinking beer with people my age discussing the pros and cons of different brands of vacuum cleaners.

MAN, what a beautiful swing.

Don't stop now! (or believing)

KA-BOOM!

That out...not so huge.

Another HUGE out.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Sep 30, 2008 -> 07:09 PM) Big out with the Mauer bunt. HUGE out.

Both teams are tighter than a pederast on his first night in prison.

"So...who's getting your job?"

Un-f'ing believable...what's the deal with the 4-5-6 hitters. all you need is a hit, not a homer. Ick.

QUOTE (mreye @ Sep 29, 2008 -> 02:35 PM) There's a tear in my beer - Hank Williams Rock You Like a Hurricane - the Scorps

According to Tribune: The Bulin Wall...he gawn.