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QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Mar 23, 2007 -> 12:35 PM) What do you think Boston would give right now for McDougal..... This would be like asking for Coco Crisp (is he with Boston) and Matt Clement (is he still inbaseball). The Phillies need pen help in the worst way. That's actually a pretty decent comparison, Clement makes $9.5M a year ($2M more than lieber), is younger and just as useless, Crisp on the other hand is a much better fit for the Sox than Rowand since the presence of Crisp would make Podsednik expendable (not that he isn't already). With that said, it would never happen for many reasons mainly because KW wouldn't do it.

Talk about an absolutely terrible trade. Ship off the best reliever the Sox have along with their best bench player (and probably a pretty decent prospect as well) for a 38 year old bad $7.5M starting pitcher who as of Wednesday was going to be in the Phillies bullpen because he's not even competent enough to push Adam Eaton for a spot in the rotation and we'd add another 4th OF to the fray except this one makes over $4M a year. If you add Rowand and Lieber while subtracting Mack and Mac that adds over $9M to the payroll with no significant upgrade. That would put the season payroll at over $110M for the start of the season. Someone else would have to go.

Congrats to you sir. I'm glad everything went well, here's to a smooth transition into your new life style.

I just finished the episode and I have some thoughts. - That's the most Laverne intensive episode they've ever had, it started getting pretty obvious what was about to happen and frankly it doesn't really bother me that they went about it that way. This is going to change the Scrubs, I'm not entirely sure how yet but it's definitely going to have a profound effect on the show. I'm going to say it now, Cox is about to go all born again on your ass sometime soon probably after either Laverne or Jordan die (tell me you weren't thinking that for a second there). I'm not entirely sure why he was bald in the clip show but it all ties together some how. - The Hot Nanny? Not so hot. Great body and all but she was quite fugly, this bothered me throughout the entire episode. - And the gay football player scene? One of the best in the show's history. Just funny as hell. JD (with hot nanny by his side) - *football players enter* "The 3 football players that used to beat me up in High School . . . what are you guys up to now?" Football player - "We're all gay together." *flash wedding rings* "Remember Kristen Fisher?" JD - "Of course, you turned me down for Homecoming and Prom even though I didn't ask you to either one." KF - "Well I'd love to make it up to you and have sex with both of you. If that's alright with you Heather?" Heather - "As long as we make it all about JD." Football player (to other football players) " Enough of this, lets go bang" *high fives*

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 11:13 PM) Johnny the Tackling Alzheimer's Patient. "WHO AM I!?!?!?!" And . . . maybe.

SoxAce is the smartest of the lot of ya. It was D'Angelo Jiminez. He and Carlos look a lot alike, they're basically the same face (with iminez having a thinner face), facial hair included. Another easy one: Who am I?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 10:34 PM) Carlos Lee No

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 01:31 PM) I'm actually not that big a fan, I think I'd rather have any number of guys in there. BUT, I think he is a FAR better choice than to start in CF this year. He's the best option on the club at this time. I feel the exact same way. I was never a big fan of his as a prospect either, he had some good tools, well rounded ballplayer but nothing he did in the minors ever jumped out at you. He has grown on me a bit largely because of his personality and defensively prowess but in the end there's a whole lot of guys out there I'd much rather have in CF than him but at this particular juncture he is the best CF option available.

Chad Bradford. You all disappoint me greatly. OK easy one to get you f***tards in the win column: Who am I?

So what exactly does "step it up" entail? How about 300 OPS points over his main competition in Spring? Not good enough? I can't even imagine how this is f***ing with Anderson's psyche.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) I was almost certain that was incorrect, but I had no idea that Timo was purchased by the Cards in April of last year. I thought he was with the Reds the entire year. Silly me If you ever question me again, so help me god . . .

Offensively I'd take Podsednik, defensively I'd take Erstad. It's all a matter of which out weighs the other.

Thank you god.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 01:36 PM) Because it'll be either him or Pods hitting #1, and Erstad, who won't waste 25 outs getting caught stealing, is the lesser of the 2 evils. He also has a little bit more pop in the bat, and will get on base at the same rate Pods would. I actually think Podsednik has more power potential for the 2007 season, you likely will not see it but if both players went about things the same way at the plate this season I could definitely see Podsednik hitting a few more homeruns than Erstad this season. Of course at the most I see Erstad hitting 5 this year so that may have more to do with it than anything else.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 01:25 PM) I think any lineup will be good. There's enough Pods, Ersatd hate around here to start a world war. I'm not saying their hall of famer's but haven't both these guys won world series and been to all-star games? The piching will be key. The lineup will do more than enough to win a world series. Oh s*** I didn't know making an AS game (7 years ago for Erstad and Pods only got in because I'm a f***ing badass) and being on a World Series team were evidence of a productive player. Someone better let Ronnie Belliard and Scott Williamson know that they don't suck before they kill themselves. Just as a fun fact, Timo Perez now has 2 rings and has played for 3 teams which have made the Wold Series. Alex Rodriguez World Series appearances? 0 I'm pretty much done debating the probabilities of the 2 lefties at the top of the order actually producing at an acceptable rate this season but I will make this last post before I disappear for the rest of the day. Looking at Erstad and Podsednik's skill sets as well as past production tells me a whole lot about what they could possibly bring to the club this year and it's not pretty. If you want to look at a couple all star appearances and a few world series at bats as some sort of evidence that these guys are going to help win some games this year and ignore some pretty damning statistical evidence then be my guest, I just wish I could be as blindly optimistic as you. Seriously. I am becoming increasingly krass and irritable as the Spring goes on. This upsets me greatly.

QUOTE(Felix @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) Grinders are 1, 3, 5, good players are 2, 4, 6? The three great are probably Bonds (6), Pujols (4) and A-Rod (2), and the three grinders are Erstad (1), Rowand (3), and Eckstein (5)? Complete guesses.. but they make sense. You're right 1, 3 and 5 are grinders the other 3 are actually good. 1 = Rowand, 3 = Byrnes, 5 = Erstad and 2 = Pujols, 4 = Beltran, 6 = Howard. Good guesses though.

No one has even come close. He once played for the Sox. That's your clue. You're welcome.

I've watched a s*** load of Brewer's games over the past 3 seasons (I just love that team) and there's a reason why I've been mentioning Clark's name on here for the past 2 seasons. The guy can play all 3 OF positions well and is pretty damn good in CF (I would trust him out there as a starter over an extended period of time). He has an above average arm which makes him a pretty good backup in RF. He'd immediately become the Sox' 2nd best arm accuracy + strength player in the OF behind Dye. He's basically better than Erstad at most everything except Grinding. I'd welcome Brady Clark with open arms even if it cost one of my favorite players in Rob Mackowiak.

Outstanding.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 12:44 AM) I still remember the disappointment on the night when tenders had to be given towards your arbitration players, and we signed Ben Davis for a million dollars right around midnight. At that time, we all thought that AJP would be going elsewhere. I remember sitting at my laptop staring at Rotoworld waiting for the Sox' tenders to come across. I was heartbroken when I saw Ben Davis' name. What a s***ty night that was.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 12:26 AM) Morneau? Not even close.

Who am I?

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 12:06 AM) Sox sign AJ s***, I've already drastically limited my whining following Jermaine Dye's signing. Even Cubkilla himself must applaud Williams' commitment to our club. DAMN NEGATIVITY! You want negativity, I'll give you negativity: Sox Sign Iguchi Yeesh, talk about a hate fest.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Mar 21, 2007 -> 12:01 AM) Well for one, damn near all of those OPS numbers you posted are better than what Pods has done so you don't think that is will help us this season? Talk about him getting 500 abs is crazy then we must be retarded then giving Pods 500+. No it wouldn't, but if it's nessessary (for some odd reason) fine. I don't think so eigher, but a decent year from him is still 2 times better than what we'd be getting from Pods besides the SB. I'm not saying he's the best option by any means but if you had to choose between the two and who would benifit our club the most eigher by defense, hitting history against pitchers, hitting wise, whatever you can think of I'd say Erstad is better in most categories. What the f*** is up with your spelling of the word "either"? You've spelled it "eigher like 15 times tonight. You're starting to worry me.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 11:58 PM) Here's what I could find: -Sox sign Dye -Trading Lee for Podsednik/Vizcaino wasn't well received initially, but it wasn't until several deals later that it became clear the money extracted from Carlos Lee was distributed to Iguchi, Hernandez, Pierzynski. Since I can't find a thread specifically mentioning it, you can believe it or not. -Someone needs to open the search engine on Soxtalk to locate the thread discussing Orlando Hernandez' signing. I remember creating the thread, but I'm unable to find it using Google. - 2005 predictions. I'd hardly call this a "ton of negativity." There's some good El Duque banter in here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&saf...amp;btnG=Search