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QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 07:40 AM) You have to remember also that trading Freddy now frees up $9M for the payroll next season. That money can be put towards the FA market. Maybe a guy like Frankie Francisco could interest the Sox as well. He was part of the Everett trade and was a very good reliever before that "incident" and then he got injured IIRC. 10 actually.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 07:37 AM) Rotoworld predicted that Lumsden would be nothing more than a 4th starter. I wonder what various people here think about that prediction? Maybe, however he could be much better than that. My problem with it, is that we traded our best arm for a reliever with a very non impressive history. We got very little value for Lumsden imo and I think we could have done much more to improve our team for this season with Tyler than to add Macdougal.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 07:20 AM) Ozzie had Cotts warming up before the 6th inning when Vazquez had a shutout going. He was prepared for a Javy meltdown. And Mauer was hitting poorly vs LHP this yr [like .266]. Having Cotts face him was the right thing to do. Try .372.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 06:01 AM) Absolutely. Curious, since I was at the game and didn't hear, what was the BS reason Dye was out of the lineup? Pssh, you know this answer.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 01:36 AM) Well, Cuddyer did hit a 470+ foot bomb earlier in the game... So what? Mauer is a much, much better hitter. This was a pretty obvious move imo to ibb him and it wasn't made. I was calling for it at the time(and others from this site could back that up) and it's still bugging me now.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 01:14 AM) I'm gonna throw this out there, but it's purely a hunch on my part. Kenny's been talking about a "big" deal and knowing how he works under the radar, this has been swimming around my brain as the type of deal Kenny would make. I'm talking about KW getting Soriano and then flipping him to Seattle for ... wait for it ... Ichiro. It's the type of thing KW would do. Yas, why would Seattle trade for a rent a player when they just signed Ichiro to a long term deal?

I miss the days when I had good feelings about this team.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 10:20 PM) I saw the logic in them though and while he overpaid, he did fill a need (RH Reliever) by getting us MacDougal. But for how long, jas? This guy just has such a violent delivery that I basically never think he's going to remain healthy and history isn't on his side either. Like I said in the trade thread, I have absolutely no problem trading our top prospects but I do have a problem trading them for a guy like this. I just don't see Mike lasting more than about 3 weeks before he ends up back on the dl. This trade is going to hurt imo.

The Mauer ab is what really got to me this game. I was calling for a ibb right as 2nd base was stolen. Ozzie had to play the damn match up game and pitch to one of the best hitters in baseball with Michael Cuddyer on deck. Unbelievable.

QUOTE(Beastly @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 12:06 AM) To be honest, I don't give a damn about our 'spects. Even if you don't, we could have got a hell of a lot more for Lumsden than a guy that can't stay off the dl. I just see this trade backfiring and big time. I have absolutely no problem trading prospects but I feel this was a completely horrid way to do so. Prove me wrong Mike.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 11:54 PM) Can we at least see him in action before we hate him? I don't hate him but I hate the trade. Problem is, we might only see him in action once before he ends up on the dl. I hope to god I'm wrong, but I don't see this trade helping us out at all this season and to add to that, we gave up our best minor league arm.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 11:49 PM) MacDougal is going to drive us absolutely insane. He's already driven me insane today and he hasn't even pitched yet and you can ask a couple soxtalkers about that. Lets just say I'm not in a very good mood tonight.

Hopefully Kenny is telling the truth and Brandon is staying. If we trade Mac in a deal for Alf, I'm jumping out my window....

Absolutely hate this deal.

Cmon Javy, we need you to step up big. I expect tomorrow's game to be something special and I've got a feeling that Mark is going to get back on track on Wednesday. This really is the make or break game for this series imo.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 08:48 AM) Well, they are 3-9 since 7/7. By Mid september, this team will be hovering around .500 Wow. I'm pretty down on this team right now but there is absolutely no way they're hovering around .500 in September. Absolutely 0 chance.

QUOTE(CySox @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 01:28 AM) I don't keep track of when other teams gm's come and go. sorry. Well then you probably shouldn't declare someone an idiot with out knowing all the details, no?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 01:01 AM) Yes ATLEAST I AM NOT A DOLPH DOLPHINS FAN Jackie, not many ever catch it when you make a joke, do they? What I will say is that while ARod isn't coming here this season, the thought of him in the Sox lineup would intrigue me and probably Kenny Williams in the offseason, when more such moves are made. Does that help a little Kalapse? You must apologize. NOW

QUOTE(CySox @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 12:47 AM) also, when you trade Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano, you are officially and idiot in my book. Too bad that wasn't Minaya.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 12:31 AM) I don't really think many people were being all that serious talking about A-Rod comming to the Sox, it was more fun speculation than anything else. Must you always be such a buzzkill? Wite is no fun.

Reason number 3423432432 why Iowa is horrible.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) Oh spiff.....showdown. I'm pretty sure that gage is actually right for once. When I tried getting mlb.tv all the way down at carbondale, I couldn't. It was horrible.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 11:04 PM) If Jerry was willing to pay the rest of his contract (which he more than likely wouldn't) I would be fishing ecstatic to have a player of Alex Rodriguez' caliber manning SS for years to come. Of course the Sox do not have the available major league pieces necessary to pull off such a deal but a guy can dream. Bingo. Arod is the best player in baseball when he's at shortstop. I know many people hate the guy, but I've always been a big fan and would no doubt love to have him.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 10:58 PM) The second Crede dropped that ball in foul territory I lept up and screamed: "YOU CAN NOT GIVE MANNY RAMIREZ A SECOND CHANCE!" sadly everyone's worst fears came true when Viz wet the bed. I said the exact same thing word for word. Except add a fishing--not fishing, in the middle of Manny and Ramirez.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 23, 2006 -> 10:45 PM) (his HR he hit off Vizcaino last year at the Cell is probably the most impressive HR I've ever witnessed in person simply because of how fast it got out of the park with that sort of distance.) And every single person in the park knew it was coming.