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QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 05:14 PM) 6-1 on the road trip 10-18 for the month - fourth-lowest winning percentage in 50 years for June We're playing 1.000 so far in July!

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 04:30 PM) Holy crap. Two series wins in a row! Too bad it came at the end of our stretch of sub .500 teams Better now than never!

Nice win.

Now for a nice, boring bottom of the ninth. Please!

I'll never buy another Heinekin until they do away with this commercial.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 04:10 PM) I f***ing love Boone Logan. Lefties everywhere are his b****. Yep.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 04:07 PM) wow, Terrero isnt the sharpest tool in the shed. WTF is he stealing with Thome up? That wasn't Terrero. But your point is well taken. I wonder if that was supposed to be a hit and run the way Thome swung at that pitch. Either way, it made no sense.

Whew!!! Another good job by Gonzalez. Thome needs to come through here. We need an insurance run. Crap.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 03:37 PM) I'm just grateful that we didn't extend his deal. Jermaine Dye had two of the most memorable seasons in Sox history his first two years here, and I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and just forget about this year once he's traded. KW certainly deserves credit for not signing Dye, Iguchi and Crede to big contract extensions before this season as many would have liked. Smart moves by Kenny. He knows what he's doing.

Nice play, Paulie.

Sweeney will have to be called up now. The only question is who goes on the DL, Pods or Dye? Way to go, Paulie!

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 02:38 PM) You think Ichiro is going to ask for a NTC this offseason? I don't know about that but two things I'm sure of are he's going to ask for a ton of money and he's going to want to play for a winner. So unless the Sox go on a tear for the rest of this year the other points are moot concerning the Sox and Ichiro. Considering Ichiro's age, any team that would give him a full NTC for five years would be taking a huge risk.

Gonzalez comes through in the clutch!

Nice job, Luis!

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 02:25 PM) Blame the market. When the Sox don't sign any free agents because they are demanding NTCs, blame the market. What leadoff type FA didn't the Sox sign because he was demanding a NTC? Way to go, Josh!

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 02:13 PM) FWIW, Gavin Floyd pitched today, and walked 6 guys in 5 innings. That makes me think Buehrle isn't getting traded in the next 24 hours. For crying out freakin' loud!

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 02:09 PM) Strained left rib muscle for Barbaro. Once again, thanks KW! I didn't know that type of thing was contageous. He must have been sitting next to Thome.

Pods has strained left rib muscle per Hawk.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 02:06 PM) Haven't been watching, but Pods got hurt I assume? What happened? He led off the game hitting a long fly ball. Bottom of the inning was out of the game. Rotoworld is reporting an "undisclosed injury."

Gonzalez is a beast.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 01:50 PM) Are you serious? Just kidding.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) Cintron is terrible. He, and Andy Gonzalez need to be gotten rid of. Reassign Gonzalez and DFA Cintron. Cintron definitely has to go. Gonzalez would be OK taking Cintron's spot on the bench.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2007 -> 01:43 PM) I doubt he could have been dealt this quickly. However, contrary to popular belief Pods is a s***load better than most everyone in the current Sox lineup and at least based on the quotes he gives a damn about whats going on. I just figure no team would deal for Pods until he gets a couple weeks up and shows he's healthy. Same for Dye. He has been traded. I got this from an unnamed source outside of the organization who is familiar with the situation.

Podsednik was just traded for Barry Bonds.

The Sox should give him his NTC for the rest of this year and next two at $14M per year, then give him market value ($19M) for the year he has no NTC, then back down to $14M for the year he becomes a 5/10 player. So in essence it would be a $61M/4yr contract. That way the Sox maintain the integrity of their "no full NTC policy" and Mark gets no-trade protection for the years he's giving a home-town discount. If an extra $5M over four years isn't worth it to JR to keep Buehrle around, then he doesn't really want to be fair to Buehrle anyway.