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So to add to the fun cop stories that people have been sharing, last night I was the DD and I get pulled over on the way home. The cop smells the booze on my friends, makes me step out of the car and take the field sobriety test which I obviously pass. He runs my license and what not and when he comes back to my car he asks me "You're probably wondering why I pulled you over now" I told him I was and he goes "It's because when you passed me on Lake Cook, you gave me The Look," I literally had to hold in my laughter when he told me that. Fantastic.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) I think he's hated mostly by a generation who never saw him play but only know him as the "homer" announcer that he was on the radio. Sure, as a Sox fan I "hated" him as a Cub and later I took delight whenever I heard him groan "Ooooooh Noooooo" during a broadcast but I'm truly saddened by his death. Not even that he was a homer, he was just a god awful announcer. That being said, he was always entertaining and it certainly sounds like he was a great human and that's what matters most. RIP Ron.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) Dont you want to go RLR in the middle of the lineup? Quentin at 6? ICK! (Sorry, I'm very anti-CQ) And I can see the Alexei / Gordo switch, makes sense. Either way you're going to have back to back righties somewhere 3-6 and PK has pretty much never batted 3rd for us and I see no reason for that to change. And yes, CQ can be frustrating at times(a lot of the time) but at this point he's still our best hitter outside the 3-5 if we're assuming Konerko is back. EDIT: Thinking about it a little more, Q is actually a better hitter than Rios as well

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) C- Pierzynski 1B - TBD (Konerko? / Viciedo) 2B - Beckham SS - Ramirez 3B - Morel / Viciedo LF - Pierre CF - Rios RF - Quentin (please no!) DH - Dunn Oh think of this.... 1- Pierre 2- Beckham 3 - Konerko 4 - Dunn 5 - Rios 6 - Ramirez 7 - Pierzynski 8 - Quentin 9 - Morel / Viciedo Pauly wont bat 3rd and Quentin would be your 6 hitter in that lineup. I'd also think that Alexei would start in the 2 hole with Gordo down in the order.

I have to wait until a first basemen is actually signed to begin to compare. I wont believe the Pauly speculation until it's a done deal.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) Putz is going to come back, too. Ever heard of a "bromance?" Because that's him and Thornton. In fact, this Linebrink move might be the move Kenny needed to make to bring JJ back. Imagine Kenny at his press conference today announcing AJ coming back, Dunn signing, the Linebrink trade, and an agreement with Putz. Kenny's like superman. You're starting to assume way too much, man.

And there ya go, that's AJ's 4 mill for this season. Unreal!

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) Sorry, i'm elated at the direction of this team to the point where a lot of this stuff is flying past me. Haha, it's not a problem, just funny. You've been on both sides of it now!

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 12:47 PM) I assume you mean Viciedo. Teahen for Bell has about as real a chance as me making my major league debut this year. People's sarcasm detectors need to be fixed today.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 01:36 PM) Jon Morosi jonmorosi Jon Morosi #Braves receive cash in the Linebrink trade. Not sure how much yet. 1 minute ago Ya, no shock there.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 01:35 PM) Yeah major brain fart on Santos. I intentionally excluded Sale. Ya, I figured both. It certainly appears that KW is going for it all this season and if he is, that's most likely going to include Chris in the pen.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 01:34 PM) I'll be curious as to what our bullpen situation looks like this year. Right now, we have: Closer - Thornton Set-Up - ?? MR - ?? MR - ?? MR- ?? LR - ?? D.J. Carrasco was non-tendered yesterday. Bring him back? Santos for sure and I'd say there's about a 95 percent shot that Sale is going to be in there as well.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 01:31 PM) Marquez had an impact? No and that's his point.

Ya, there's just no way that ATL is taking on that whole contract, right? I just can't see that. Still, it should free up some money and bye bye Liney! KW on a roll!

Besides the fact that D.Lee is one whole year older, everything else is in his favor. He's got a higher career ops, much better defender, better athlete and will make much less money on this upcoming contract and once again, this is a real easy decision imo. The fact that Derrek had a bad first half of last season while battling some injuries doesn't change that fact.

Yeesh. JR is either raising payroll a lot or Kenny is about to get "creative."

Sorry to call you out jphat but your posts at the beginning of this thread now look quite comical given what has happened today. Anyways, thanks for everything Bobby but bye!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 11:20 PM) Do you think up to this point that the Sox have had more conversation with Konerko or DLee? I feel like this is some sort of trick question.

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 10:07 PM) Inverted W + Limited IP in his college career + Small frame + high 90's FB = blown UCL before August? The risk of an injury for him has been talked about a ton actually and at this point he's still more likely to be in the bullpen than the rotation.

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 10:04 PM) One has to wonder if they considered Buehrle's strong report with AJ while re-signing him. Because of this I'm less inclined to believe he's the one to get traded. I have a feeling it's going to be between Quentin/Jackson/Floyd(who I can see packaged with a salary dump; i.e Teahen) a dark horse trade candidate, IMO, could be Rios; if one of the big spenders comes up short on Werth/Crawford. Well, considering the only other decent catcher out there is Miguel Olivo and he's had the reputation of not handling pitchers well, I guarantee that AJ's game calling was a huge part in bringing him back.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 09:58 PM) Didn't KW say something about how he wanted to deal with PK first and then A.J.? If that's the case, shouldn't the A.J. signing mean that the PK ship has kind of sailed? Did KW actually say that or was that just speculated by some columnist?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 10:39 PM) I mean, no matter if you wanted us to bring him back or let him move on, it's hard to argue $4 million a year. The end. I would have been ok moving on from AJ if there was something decent out there but since there really isn't, 4 mill a year is really a steal to bring him back. Great day to be a Sox fan. Now give me Lee/Konerko and some bullpen help and HEY, we have a baseball team.

We're not the Blue Jays, I'm confused. Seriously though, that's a real nice deal, welcome back AJP!

The more and more I think about this, the more it's becoming a no brainer. Derrick Lee is the better investment overall, no question.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 06:26 PM) Why does no one think that signing Rauch for the bullpen is a good idea? He didn't exactly leave on the best of terms.