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Mendenhall is seriously fantastic.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Oct 6, 2007 -> 09:58 AM) Here is the problem with that trade. It really has nothing to do with what the D'backs or KW thought of Brian Anderson. The cardinal rule of trading is this: You NEVER, EVER trade your top prospect (and a potential All-Star) in a deal that makes your club only marginally better if at all. You RARELY trade your top prospect if it makes your team a lot better (obviously there are individual variables with this one). Chris Young should have never been included in that deal. He had way too much upside and was a talent unlike any the Sox had in their system. The acquisition of Valdez did not immediately make the Sox all that stronger. One could argue that a strong bullpen and a traveled starter along with keeping El Duque could have made the Sox a much stronger team at that point. Granted there are always a lot of "if this happened" and "we didn't know this was going to happen" factors involved in any trade, but that is why you back to the cardinal rule above. Trading a solid minor leaguer is one thing. But since the Sox had OF dept (Anderson and Sweeney) they traded the guy who had the most upside of all of them. Big mistake I'll even add that we have no idea how many other teams were competing for Vasquez. Being the classic combination of head case/underachiever, I don't recall a lot of demand for the guy. He was an "I can fix him" kind of guy because of his stuff. Do you really think we could not have held and and possibly not moved either Young or Anderson? Or like I said, did we really need him at the time? I said it on the day of the trade and I will say it now. That was a STUPID trade, regardless of how good Javier or Chris Young is now. I actually believe Detroit traded Granderson and Zumaya for Vaz but Javy invoked his no trade, I'm not 100 percent on that though. Still, I don't think you can call this a stupid trade, sure it'd be nice to have Young right now but Javy has become our 2nd best starter and was maybe even our most consistant this season. I wasn't a fan of this trade when it happened and if it's true that AZ wanted Brian instead, than it was a poorly executed trade but I'm very happy to have Javy on this club.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Oct 6, 2007 -> 09:31 AM) yeah, because he hit 30 homers? What about the fact he can't hit for average and can't get on base at over a .300 clip? He is a far ass way from being good. .760ish ops, 27 steals, and above average defense your rookie season is pretty damn good. That's pretty damn good for a cf, period. He's got things to work on but his rookie season was a huge success.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Oct 6, 2007 -> 09:09 AM) I don't care... I don't think Chris Young will be anything special anyway. Probably better then BA however, but oh well. He's already pretty damn good.

I'd love to get Crisp. Especially if we're playing Fields and Dye in the outfield, it'd be great to have a guy who can cover a ton of ground in the outfield. I know he isn't an ideal hitter but I'd take Coco on this team in a heartbeat.

Well that sucks if true but I'm of the impression that Rogers just pulled that out of his ass.

That a way Angels.

Woohooo.

Jebus.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 08:11 PM) Is Clemens pitching this series? Is he done for the year? I can't believe I'm not aware of his status. He's pitching the next game.

QUOTE(Linnwood @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 07:58 PM) How do you not score?!? Cause MO is a stud. I don't know how anyone can ever hit the guy.

Garko with the ol' Joe Crede move.

I laughed. Good stuff.

Lofton thinks he's like 25 again, Melk with the gun though.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 09:14 AM) Christ, have you ever been there? I saw Maddux versus Felix Diaz a couple of years ago and it started to rain.....my dad and I got wet in a rain delay despite sitting in a totally protected area. The I-Cubs park is nicer. You got a chance to watch Felix Diaz live? I am jealous.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 09:20 AM) Only because of his arm. Otherwise, he is already better out there than some starting CF's in this league. I agree. I was very happy with his defense.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 09:19 AM) He's not a centerfielder. He really was a lot, lot, lot better defensively than I expected. Offensively, he's got a loooooong way to go and if he's starting this upcoming season we're going to be in some trouble imo. I got to admit that I like him a lot more now than I did at this time last year but in no way should he be starting next season.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 12:35 AM) After beating the most overrated team in the country relatively handily, South Carolina will become the most overrated team in the country in the next polls. Even Steve Spurrier would tell you ha. I actually think SC is a pretty solid team, UK was/is overrated, no doubt about that.

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 09:04 AM) Then maybe you should stay out of the "I wish Barry Bonds played here" threads.

Peter Gammons went all crazy on Lebron today for wearing a Yanks hat to the game yesterday. I don't get it.

QUOTE(AssHatSoxFan @ Oct 5, 2007 -> 08:50 AM) hopefully people had Selvin anyways after Henry's ankle sprain aginst the Colts Thankfully that's exactly what I did. I'm pissed about this though. I'm in a keeper league(everyone gets 2 keepers, 10 person league) and Henry was my first pick. Boo urns.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 08:55 PM) Cashman fully understands that -- it's why none of Kennedy, Joba or Hughes have been traded for quick fixes any of the past couple winters. Ya, they got a hell of a nice pitching core there when you include Wang for the future. I personally think Cleveland is the better team right now, especially in a short series(Sabathia-Carmona 3 or 4 time in a series is narsty) but you have to like what the Yankees have for the future, pitching wise.

Lofton at 40 can still post a .370 obp...

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 05:58 PM) Iguchi did start his career in Japan playing shortstop. I'm just sayin..... And he moved to 2nd cause his arm stinks now a days, plus he has bad range for a 2b, he'd be a brutal ss at this point of his career.

2-0 Rocks.