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QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 11:11 AM) Hope you're right I dont get why people are just errantly hoping for a trade You have to hear what the trade is and then decide if you like it or not.

QUOTE (WKamm @ Jul 29, 2013 -> 04:13 PM) ... that Wednesday's going to come and go without a trade. Hahn is asleep at the wheel. Why are some people pretending it's some new untested approach to wait for the deadline to get the best offers coming in

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jul 29, 2013 -> 08:05 PM) He said Robin patted Lindstrom on his back, which technically is true. THEY WERE ON THE MOUND. Any time someone gets patted on the back, they are like totally immediately traded. After I feed my son his bottle I trade him to Texas every time until he burps

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 29, 2013 -> 08:14 PM) You can't pull a greased tee out of my behind with a pair of pliers Yeah but isnt it more so because of that special condition you have?

We're calling up time-honored Portugese superhero El Mentiroso

Hahn is such a shifty, sly maneuverer that he made it so Brazilians now dont speak Brazilian

But taking naps is an awesome thing to do

Based on nothing, I just feel like we will cave a little on demands soon here. To get great prospects and not pay up.....it just seems like we'd have to cave on some of that, especially if say a Samardzija or whatever is also out there.

Hahn/Beane cage match Bash at the Beach 2013. Two statistically savvy men enter; one statistically savvy man leaves.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 29, 2013 -> 04:34 PM) I disagree. The goal is to make the sox a better team. Peavy is an above average starting pitcher. That is worth alot. If the players you are being offered don't make the team that much better, don't do it. The Sox could have a rotation with Sale/Peavy/Hector/Danks and have a winning team combining that with massively good FA/scrap heap finds. It's not outside the realm of reality. Now, is that a great idea for pursuing a high percent chance at winning a WS? No. But the Sox strike me as a team aiming year in and year out and having a good-to-very-good team, and being good enough to put asses in seats. Which is not great to hear as a fan, but I think it's what has been going on here for some 10-20 years.

Is Olney known as someone who will run to make public whatever someone wants him to make public?

Still, it is fun watching everyone here melt down

Early today: Peavy says he's leaving Sox Mid-day: Peavy says he could have another Sox start 4pm: Sox leak that they could keep him thru the deadline So it's basically the Sox not getting the ideal offer and deciding they want to win the rumor mill for the day and go to sleep tonight making the suitors nervous.

The reason to trade Peavy is to get prospects-- not to soothe the fans and give them some emotional reward If you're not getting good prospects, then you dont deal him.

Even though I still think Peavy gets dealt -- Jerry loves having short term contracts for pitchers, right? No trade is surely an option they'll be comfortable with if all the offers are lowball

WWIII time

I love this deal in that all the people yearning for something to happen essentially dont get what they wanted, even right now

So how do these types of trades work? Is there a PTBNL set of player names decided on between teams, and if Crain hits a performance benchmark...the Sox get to pick from the better of the two lists?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 29, 2013 -> 02:34 PM) Not that I'd rather cover the Cubs than the Sox, but Trips to MIL, PIT, CIN, STL >>> trips to CLE, DET, KC, MIN KC is really really underrated.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 26, 2013 -> 03:19 PM) I can't believe the Sox haven't made any moves besides Thornton. You think the money issue is a holdup? If you like the Sox, you should want them to get the most possible. That means making contenders sweat and get pushy. The Sox have nothing to lose by waiting, if there are multiple offers. You could get beat out by someone else, but i fail to see what better pitcher is out there than Peavy. If you have what people want, you make others work to please you. Sounds good to me.

My fear - we eat money,but are told by the FO that it's on condition that we not expect to later spend what we just ate. Aeh

TRADEVENTURA FIRE LOVIE

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jul 25, 2013 -> 04:02 PM) Some people in this thread are way too excited about Evan Gattis. Excitement aside, he would immediately jump to the pool of quality young bats in our organization. Even if 'young' is stretching it.........to say we have many better hitters in the org (than him)would also be stretching it(tons). He would absolutely be of worth to us.

No matter the particulars -- hatred for Detroit should not factor in. It would make sense to not want to make a rival way better.....but this is Reed we're talking about here. A closer who is no dominant closer at that. So if the deal is right...really beneficial for us...............sure, you do it. Just purely disliking DET is not a factor.

Ah the fan paradox. 'this team is so bad/why arent other teams paying up for my team's players i dont get it'