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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 10:05 AM) Asshole :headshake Oh. Come on now. Don't be so hard on yourself.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 10:04 AM) All you need to know about this market is the Mariners asked for Brandon Mccarthy in exchange for Ron Villone, case closed. GMTA!

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) Ok then, so let's just extremely overpay for say a Raul Ibanez by giving up Chris Young and Brandon McCarthy. The fact is, the market DICTATED that there would be hardly any trades this year. Any other season, you know KW would have made a move, he's proven that time and time again with the Garcia trade, the Everett trade etc. Teams that don't have winning records aren't going to give away their best players just because they may be overpaid. They want to win now too, they're sick of losing. Brandon McCarthy for Ron Villone speaksa volumns!

:sleep Happy Birthday.

If Mariotti was a political columnist, he'd go from ultra-conservatitive to extreme leftist and back again within a week.

My opinion of this, um, device .... It bites!

Kap ... Hell yes, my friend. This is no time for anyone to be playing f***ing politics. But some 'citizens' (carefully chosen word, but not the optimal choice) just can't help themselves.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 05:11 AM) Wow, just wow. That's almost as sad as the physical destruction. :headshake The television news coverage is doing that too. They are only showing scenes of looting in which 98% of the looters are of a particular race.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:42 AM) Oh, I know that we tried, and Im not blaming the sox. I just wish we still had him. Would it have been possibly to have a rotation of Bartolo, Freddy, MB, Garland. Makes you wonder..... We probably wouldn't have Freddie if Colon signed.

Good luck on that MRI Bull

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:30 PM) Blum is definitely a better offensive option than a slumping Crede. If Crede is playing decent, then he should be the everyday starter, of course. But Crede was definitely in a bad frame of mind at the plate the few weeks before he got injured. I'll take Crede over Blum any day. Even if he's slumping, he can break out of it. He can't do that while sitting on the bench.

1. While I agree with you in philosophy here, sometimes we just don't know what is happening in these discussions. For KW to make a trade, the trade has to make sense. Trading McCarthy for Villone does not make any sense whatsoever, yet that's what was proposed. If that's what the market has been like, KW would be foolish to even consider one sided deals like that. 2. Agreed. Lately, it has been pretty bad. 3. As you can see throughout this thread, that topic is very debateable. I'll say he's borderline as an ace. 4. Again agreed. Not sure what we are going to get from Jon when he steps on the mound. 5. That bodes well for the playoffs, if we can hold on to make them. 6. I don't think they can afford to DL Dusty, nor can they risk handing the job to Jenks. I think they are doing exactly what they should do, which give it to Hermanson when his back is feeling ok and to Jenks when Hermanson isn't available. 7. This also bodes well for the playoffs, imho. The playoffs usually are close hard fought games and the Sox have been playing these type of games all year.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:31 PM) Well, now that it's over, I can say this: I'm happy we didn't trade for Walker. Knowing the way Hendry is, I have a feeling we would have been very upset with who we had to give up to get a rental player. Which is probably the reason it didn't get done.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:35 AM) Would fading be a better term? Any team that loses about 7 games from their divisional lead in one month will get classified as choking in baseball. The good news is that there's still plenty of time left to regroup and play better baseball. The bad news it that there's still plenty of time left to lose more games from our lead. This isn't even me being pessimist....just a realist (I think!). That 7 game losing streak was something we all knew was going to happen. It happens to just about every team during the course of a season. That was our 'bump in the road'. Since it ended we are playing .600 ball. The slump is over. We aren't choking.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) I said they're choking...not that they choked. I was going to say they're collapsing, but with all the struggles going on with the hurricane, I thought I'd use a different word. They aren't choking.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 11:01 AM) I'm sure he was at the time. Wonder how he feels now that it's being played and replayed all over the place.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:55 AM) Yes. Some of them are very good at being ignorant assholes. I bet he was pissed they couldn't hear what Brett was saying on the other end. There's a lot of people good at being ignorant assholes, my dear. I see your point, but this was a harmless incident. I'm sure Brett Favre was thankful the gut helped out.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:29 AM) This morning Jim askes... "Did De Janeiro pitch last night... ?" I'm like who...? He's says again... "De Janeiro.....?" I laughed my ass of as I realized he was referring to Jeff... Jeff? I was thinking Rio.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:01 AM) Yea. They've been playing it all morning. Glad that she found the crew and glad that they could help her get in touch with Brett. But what a bunch of assholes exploiting the situation. If it was Joyce Smith asking to use the phone to call her son would the reporter have let her...? Doubt it. It helped out both parties. I'm sure she was desparate to get word to Brett, and he saw a story in it. That's what a reporter does.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:49 AM) Who are the cubs?? Great post. Welcome to Soxtalk.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:45 AM) Stick to the post and not the poster, or else you'll be taking sometime off of posting here. I suggest you read the thread on personal attacks. What a hard ass.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:42 AM) I think you're the guy that was criticizing my spelling a couple of months ago. You may want to look at how you spelled yield. I noticed that after I sent it ... but what the hell, I was on a roll.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:41 AM) KW may want to pick up Walker to block the Injuns from getting another bat. There have been rumors about the Injuns picking up walker, and maybe two weeks ago we wouldnt care, but now that they have jumped within eye sight of the sox maybe we make this trade to block the injuns and add a left handed bat. I think KW's prime motivation would be to add a quality LH bat to the Sox. Blocking the Indians is a bonus, but damn ... We need one.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) You have the right to your opinion. Time will tell. Time won't prove your point. I have already agreed that it isn't very probable. All I'm trying to say is that Frank said there is chance, yet you act like you have the definitive answer. If you know more than Frank does about this, I yeild. If not ........

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:36 AM) I know that he won't be able to play for the rest of 2005, and its no sure thing he will be able to play in 2006. No .. you are guessing. As I said, you don't really KNOW s*** about it.