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I think Soxfan is dead on on this one and we've seen more and more teams do this recently with their aging vets. Simply offer him less money for a longer contract. I'd be almost certain he'd accept.

Again, Big Jon was worth nothing just a few weeks ago. Its great that we atleast got something in return for him, especially a proven vet such as Carl.

Im kind of curious about this deal because they have a great middle infield with Greene and Loretta. I guess he'll just be a veteran bat off the bench.

Oh and by the way, for all you CBB diehards in here who cant wait 'til the season starts, i recommend this site: The top 144 teams in 144 days. Its a count down of the best teams until the season starts up.

#9 is not that great for the team we have. We are expected to be anywhere from 1 through 5 for the preseason poll. But its Katz who put us at #9 so I dont take that as anything. My God does ESPN need some new CBB analysist. It doesnt get much worse than Dukie V/Katz/Biased Bilas.

**Looks down**.... Now that we got Carl, MSF, anyway to throw him in there?

The_Critic, predicting the headlines for after the finale of the A's series.

Isn't sarcasm supposed to be in green?

Not sure if this was said or not but Carl is signed passed this year( :puke ). That leaves no interest for me in him. Especially since I think his contract is worth about 7 to 8 million per year.

And some times I wonder how we all survive the offseason...

Threads in the wrong spot..... EDIT: O.K., now its fine.

I'll go with one of their rarest plays you'll ever see, the triple play. It was simply exciting and it kind of came from no where. All the plays everyone has mentioned so far has had some importance to it. I guess this one didn't, seeing how we lost the game.

Found this interesting: http://briefing.com/gold/indepth/inplayhourly.htm Not sure if you can view the site or not but I will happily post a picture of the article if someone helps my computer illiterate self post a picture. If you can view the site, its a ways down. I guess its a very professional site but it is a stock site which leaves it questionable.

One time, I got to go into the park super early and me and a couple of friends were the only people in the whole stadium other than players and workers. It was defiantly one of the best expierences that I have ever had. Well, anyway, I was watching them take some BP from the outfield(came close to being knocked out about 10 times) and I spot Thomas and Cal Ripken having a conversation down on the 1st baseline. I went over and called them too me and we had a conversation and they were both very nice and talkative. I then went back to the outfield to meet all the pitchers and asked Kelly Wuncsh for a ball and he said no and started laughing at me. Oh well, it was all very worth it to meet 2 future HOFers at the same time.

Santana has been very, very hot. Lets just hope we can hit 'em.

For anyone who had expectations of him pitching well, just consider that he just moved half-way across the country from a city in which he has player his whole career. He also barely knows anyone here yet and everything is all new to him here.

Cubs are down.

So, how do I get the signature in? Thanks again Minnesota.

1-0, RBI dubs by C.LEE.

8 Men Out comes in at number 12 and Field of Dreams comes in at 3. Anyone else suprised they werent one and two?

Sorry, I havent been on all day, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH MINNESOTA. It looks great. Now to make it show up with my name.

I would like a Signature with Kenny Williams in the middle with Juan Uribe and Garcia at the side, saying something like, "Pure Genius". My name in small letters would be cool, too. Actually, I really dont care what the hell it is, I just want to look cool like you guys. Thanks in advance.

Sure I live in a dreamers world but this weekend has made me so optimistic. Lets go out and pull off the sweep!!! O.K., so I dont really expect that, but I do expect 2 of 3 with Garcia looking fabulous. Jesus, I cant wait to see him pitch! I cant even sleep thinking about it!

I found about 7 sites saying he's in the Giants organization again. I think he also played in the German Baseball league at a time.