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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 02:28 AM) Rosenthal said last offseason you could have signed Abreu, Hudson, Branyan and Adam Everett and still had $800 k left over for one season of what Rios would be averaging. Hudson is earning like 8 million this year, so I doubt that. Unless you wanted to sign him and have him never play a game. Edit: ehh, beaten.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 01:14 AM) Next offseason will be the same or worse. Probably worse as the FA class is pretty weak. Even the Yankees are making teams eat money. So which under 30 centerfield from said FA class would you want?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 11, 2009 -> 02:08 AM) just get to the point and state your beef with Rios. He's no Juan Uribe.

KW sez we went after him hard before the deadline, too.

Kenny Williams got a J walking ticket. LOL

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 11:50 PM) I hope this wasn't a Randy Meyers type wavier claim... not that Rios wont ever be able to play for us, but rather that KW didn't really want him and got him (and his salary) because he didnt want to see him in Detroit. A) Detroit isn't in any apparent position to add 60 million dollars. B ) Do you really think KW risks adding 60 million dollars for the sake of adding 60 million dollars? KW wanted him. He got him.

QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 11:50 PM) His ABs are going to come from someone(s) total. Perhaps we have players thinking Great! Less playing time! Not really. Ozzie delves into his bench a lot anyways. This may require just a little more of that, but it's going to be hardly noticeable if Ozzie plays the cards right.

W?

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 10:57 PM) Heard Rosenthal this morning say that he didn't have a NTC until later on in his contract, and it was limited at that. He had the full NT right now and only later did it become limited.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 10:44 PM) Okay, this is tentative, so don't bite. Getz Beckham Dye Thome Konerko Rios Quentin AJ Ramirez Bench: Castro Nix Kotsay Pods We're f***ing stacked! I'm thinking Rios might be leading off if he plays for Pods. I can't imagine putting our worst hitter in the 1 spot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2009 -> 10:42 PM) Dude, I already did that. Just waiting for official, non-twittery confirmation. CBS picked it up.

Time to change that thread title again. Nice work, KW.

i am done for

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Aug 9, 2009 -> 12:18 AM) 3. Global Warming is the biggest hoax perpetuated on the public in my lifetime. Joseph Goebbels would be jealous. Well, we agree on one thing.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 12:37 AM) Let's go. http://mike.westernave.net/chat/chatroom.html Then why don't you?

No

QUOTE (maki @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 05:09 PM) i haven't looked enough at deals or signings he's made lately, but a lot of the job is the inability to get things done for unrealistic demands. if his demands for halladay had been met he would have gotten a stellar deal. right now he's sitting in a fairly bad situation, with halladay still on the books, very little chance of resigning him after next year, and his trade value depreciated substantially. Retardi's a terrible GM, and Halladay is the least of his problems (I still thing he gets quite the ransom even if he waits into next year). They've been clamoring for a rebuilding year for years now and Retardi refuses to give in. Him at the helm is my biggest concern of this deal getting done. Pretty much any GM would just dump Rios, but I don't trust Retardi to do that.

Fields would not make it through the first couple teams on waivers.

We need lefties.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 03:26 AM) We won't be making that trade. Unless, we're sending straight cash (homey?) to the Jays, players will be involved our end. The only reason this is news, as opposed to the other some 100 players going through waivers, is that the Jays would be likely to flat out dump him. We have all the leverage in the world here.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 02:40 AM) Nothing is done yet. Still no confirmation it was us, and we still have to execute a trade. We won't have to execute s*** unless Retardi is a complete moron.

Olney says it's us. Time to move the thread.

We've always been horrible at executing, but yeah, that last half inning tops anything and everything.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 02:34 AM) .................. QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 8, 2009 -> 02:34 AM) ..................

What the hell are you swinging at Kong? Brutal.