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QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 02:58 PM) I don't think anyone has justified the trade by calling Hudson "terrible", have they? I don't think you need to say Hudson was terrible in order for the trade to make sense, because it does make sense even if that is not the case. I don't think Hudson's terrible. What I do think is that the Sox absolutely needed a starter they could count on down the stretch last year, and Hudson had not shown in his 3 starts that he could be counted on. I don't care what anyone here says, if you don't think there is a great difference between knowing that you have to replace Jake Peavy in the final two months of a pennant race in Chicago versus pitching for a team with zero playoff chances, you're mistaken. I guarantee that fans would've been furious that Williams did nothing to help the rotation if Daniel Hudson was awful for them down the stretch. And just because he pitched well for Arizona, does not mean he would have pitched well here in this situation. I hope Hudson does well in his career and he just might. Good for him. But, I also have to say that if you have ever assigned the phrase "...but he did it in the NL" when talking about Peavy, you may not praise Hudson without attaching the phrase to him as well. Well it's also quite ridiculous to say we knew we could count on Jackson during the stretch run considering he had an era over 5 with Arizona at that time, so if that's the reason this trade was made than there was no reason.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) I wish I could find my first post on the site. It was some psychotic rant about how f***ing horrible Ben Davis is. Mine was a rant about how Maggs was better than Sosa, ha. Would love to find that as well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 09:21 PM) What a f***ing idiot. Wood is a horrific defensive player who was once a much much more highly regarded prospect than Morel, but as of a year ago, most everyone thought Wood had major holes to his game. This comparison is utterly terrible. Note: I'm not stating that Morel will be great, just stating that the comparison made by Padilla is a horrendous one. Ya, Wood and Morel really couldn't be any different when it comes to the type of player they are. That really is a terrible comparison. As long as Morel doesn't pull a Brian Anderson on us offensively, he should be just fine as the starter.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 08:18 PM) Here's the original McCarthy/Danks thread for those wanting to reminisce. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=56073 Tried to find the Garcia for Floyd/Gonzalez thread but came up empty. Nevermind. Found it. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55750 lol. These are too damn funny. I didn't go through all 60 pages but my initial reaction was much more tame than I remember. I was pissed when that trade happened, I know that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) Another $8 million from a particular trade that I won't dare mention would be nice as well. But I wouldn't want to spend it on Soriano. And I'm a huge fan of the guy. Well not if it were a long term deal. Hell, if Boras decides to go with a 1 year most money type deal, I'd throw whatever money we have left at him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 04:51 PM) Don't feel bad, the reaction was pretty much the same here, myself included. I was dead wrong on the Bmac deal. Ditto.

Hopefully by the end of the year, Gordon will have taken over the 2 slot but to start the season it should be Alexei there. To be blunt, Gordon needs to prove that he doesn't suck before we put him in the 2 hole.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 11:21 AM) Oh jeez. I think I'll pass. I'd hate to think that by watching that crap I am contributing to making those douches even richer. I had the same attitude but trust me, if you watch one episode you'll be hooked, it's beyond entertaining.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 07:35 PM) Has there ever been one legitimate link to Bagwell and PEDs? Other than the fact he was big and strong? I honestly don't remember. I think he was on some list that leaked. But I'm not 100 percent sure to be honest.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 02:38 PM) Because that's not fun radio. And when you come with steak dinner boom etc, you should get ripped. As he said, you are entitled to your opinion, but sometimes your opinion is wrong. QUOTE (SnB @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) They are the only show I listen to religiously. And that's solely because they are the only show that will make me laugh out loud at work constantly. They are completely unique from other shows. Sure, Bernstein can take things too far some times, but he's usually correct in what he's saying and trying to prove dumb sports thoughts wrong. I'm sure everyone listens to sports radio for different things, but I listen to it to be entertained. If I was just looking to be informed, the internet helps me out w/ that. This is the one thing I've always completely disagreed with you two about, I can't stand their show.

Both well deserved. Alomar not making it last year is still one of the biggest jokes of all time.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 12:08 PM) Javale McGee, haha. After he completely missed a dunk by prematurely jumping? Weird. McGee is actually a pretty damn good dunker though. Not a bad choice.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 11:00 AM) Fine, but my point was, when we traded him he wasn't very good, and at the time, nobody missed him. This is all being argued with emotional hindsight. What now? People hated that trade from the get go.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 10:55 AM) Yes, 4 bad starts. I didn't look this up, so he may have had 1 good start...but IIRC, he gave up like 11 ER in 16 innings or something? He made 3 starts. Two bad ones, one really good one.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 10:48 AM) Listen, KW doesn't do Hudson for E-Jax unless he's ok with being "stuck" with E-Jax. Hudson looks every bit of a National League pitcher, while Edwin looked great for us. We have both now, no need to sweat the small stuff. I agree with everything but the bolded because I'm not really sure how you could make that distinction already.

Hey SIU has won back to back Valley games. Unreal.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 09:56 PM) I really wanted to go to the game, but it figures that although I live 5 minutes away from the RBC Center, I'll be in Aspen for 10 days working X-Games with my 2nd to last day being the 30th. Are we supposed to feel bad for you? With out knowing what you're actually doing, that sounds pretty awesome.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 01:23 PM) Am I the only one looking forward to this NHL All-Star game with the fantasy draft? The draft is one of the coolest things that I can remember being done in a while imo. Granted, the game is still an exhibition and what not but the draft should be very fun.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 05:51 PM) After watching American History X, I wanted to kick Edward Norton's ass real bad. That is how you know someone is a good actor. That movie is awesome.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 05:36 PM) I know what you're saying...but this is another on my list of "Things we hear every year" Well yes, but not from me. Like I said earlier, I very rarely am that high on qb's right out of college, Luck is a ridiculous talent who has all the tools, physically and emotionally to be one of the greats imo.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 12:57 PM) That HIMYM ending was so out of nowhere, It was very much like a vintage early Scrubs. The numbers thing was a tad distracting, btu I enjoyed it. Maybe didn't need to put both the Numbers AND that ending in the same episode, but hey.... Also, are people watching shows on MTV ironically, like because they are train wrecks? Or do you actually enjoy them, on the same level you would enjoy a well acted, WRITTEN comedy or drama? Cause unless you're under the age of 16, or have some weird (and awesome) satellite dish that picks up the MTV feed from 1993 there's no reason to watch that network. Eh, I'll admit that I don't miss an episode of Jersey Shore. It's complete and absolute garbage but it's seriously one of the more entertaining shows you can watch.

No QB out of college is ever a sure thing but imo Luck has a chance to be one of the more special qb's since Peyton Manning. I think he's that good.

I'm usually pretty quiet at games I go to for teams I actually care about because I'm nervous the whole time. True story.

I'm actually kind of surprised that Brett Favre and LeBron James haven't been mentioned yet(obviously LeBron is a big dude but you're allowed to cheat so why not). There's a lot of athletes I'd like to get a few shots in on, too many to list.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 10:20 AM) I think this is actually a pretty solid QB class. Luck is the obvious #1, but Gabbert, Mallett, Newton, and arguably even Pryor too if he were to come out (he's supposedly going back, but I'll believe that when I see it), and I can certainly see one or two of those guys being top 5-7 players come late April. I agree and not sure if you did it intentionally but you left out Locker as well, even though he hasn't exactly had the most impressive career so far, he's got a ton of upside. I'm usually a really tough critic on qb's coming out of college but I like the potential of this class a lot.