Punch and Judy Garland

yup, packaged with Rauch I believe

BTW, get used to it if we make the playoffs. You might recall the casts of Joe Millionaire 2 and Arrested Development amongst many others being paraded out to plug for fox

same here, I apologize. I took out of it that you didn't want him to be there, my mistake

Contreras would be a better starter AND a better reliever which is where the problem is. You can't let a guy with a 1.60 WHIP come in with inherited runners. I'd either start El Duque if Jose has a bad few months or I'd really look to swap El Duque for another starter.

you are correct that Redman started in the playoffs exclusivley while it was Willis who moved to the pen. That said Redman was not good in the playoffs.

who the f*** is some poster to say whether he doesn't want vince vaughn to be there? We aren't gatekeepers. He can come any time he wants to.

I don't like to post my teams on other sites including here because I'm usually told how my team won't work because we won't hit enough. I'm in first for the third straight year. I'm not s***ting on the suggestion because it is interesting just griping about how people like to tear apart someon's team. THe flip side is when people post teams that look like they are in a two team league

Casey. I had him as free agent insurance for if Nick Johnson got hurt but he's been so great that I'm not waiting for the other shoe to drop anymore.

Utley has 30 hoemr pop, so it's not that crazy. But Castillo is terrific. He isn't running though now so it's a question of when he gets his legs/hip back. Just for the record, I was against the Lee-Pods trade wanting to deal Konerko for Castillo to leadoff for us.

Redman is one of those guys who is traded every year that might help a good team make the playoffs, but won't help them win in the playoffs. Kind of like Jeff Suppan to Boston, etc. If we acquire someone, I hope its someone useful in the playoffs because Redman wouldn't start for us in the playoffs. We could use him as a lefty out of the pen. This brings up another point. Contreras has pen experience but is better than El Duque as a starter. My point being that "big game" Hernandez might be of little use in October

I think he went to Lake Forest HS with Joey Lauren Adams. Hopefullyhe's a fan of the good guys. Either way, good actor

Picked him up as a fourth closer behind Hermy, CoCo Cordero and Mo Rivera. KInd of a luxury but is he going to go all Chacon on me? HE looks like he'd be tough to hit but his track record isn't outstanding.

This doesn't deserve its own thread but with a bit of Jason Schmidt trade talk round these parts lately, Schmidt looks like the Schmid tof old tonight against the Tigers. HIm boosting his trade value could affect us greatly if the BoSawx, Yanks, Angels, etc. go after him

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 17, 2005 -> 04:00 PM) See, trouble is, you can't just trade for the "Healthy" prior, you have to trade for Prior in general. Ditto Johan, Halladay, Oswalt (don't know Peavy well enough). Each of those guys has been down with injuries or underperformed in the last 2 years. I wouldn't trade Mark's combination of talent and reliability for anything. Plus, those hour and 50 minute games sure are fun. When did Oswalt or Johan injure themselves or underperform. Oswalt had a groin thing a few years back but that's a fluke.

As a fan, I wouldn't trade him for anyone. If I were a gm, you'd have to consider Peavy, Oswalt and Santana

Hopefully he doesn't advise the young guys on tipping practices

Getting a brew at Comiskey is usually very easy, especially in the bleachers or UD

I go back and forth on the Duke but the numbers don't lie here. They aren't just inflated by one game or anything. The truth is that he's been mediocre to bad for quite some time now. I still don't think he's with the Sox in 06. In fact, there is a very good chance he doesn't finish the season with the Sox this year. His contract is actually moveable and there could be a move int he offing a la Contreras for Loaiza involving el Duque

Tadahito one of the best 2B? Give me a break. It goes like this in my book: 1.Sori 2. Kent 3. Roberts 4. Loretta 5. Utley with guys like Castillo, Biggio, and Giles not far off. In two years the answer will be Rickie Weeks

maybe its just out of context, but those quotes had a bizarre tone

Haven't read the thread but it seems that Durbin's comments have been taken out of context a smidge, just another byproduct of the divisive talking heads news channels. They get to beat this to death for a few days as talking points.

Ahh I get it. It's not that Joe Crede sucks it's that we have unreal expectations. Wanting your third sacker to hit 250 or better is probably a thought better left for dreamville. This article doesn't mean anything, Ozzie isn't the gm

Why not start him at first next season so you get him back three months early? Womack and Luis Gonzalez proved 12 months for a position player for TJ is not necessarily the norm

So you guys take a Page 6 quality rumor as fact? Man

If DeNiro says that most people who watch movies don't understand them and are ignorant it would reflect very porrly on him. But when Carl says the equivalent and there is a post of it on homertalk.com, he gets a pass.