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40 point lead in the 4th. Not bad.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 09:20 PM) I hope so but he disappointed greatly last September. It will be hopefully helpful if he doesn't spend this season dealing with soreness from a broken hand the whole time.

Rip Hamilton a late scratch tonight. Groin injury.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 08:01 PM) 1.) Yeah, an all star with some pop in his bat who everybody in baseball has heard of doesn't warrant getting somebody in return who can help us now? Or at least a prospect that people in baseball are excited about? 2.) I'd like to have seen Frasor get us somebody with a shot at making the team right now. I mean it's a nice salary dump for those who care about Jerry's money. I sure the f*** don't. No, neither of those deserve anything of significant value back right now, because people also have to deal with contracts, and continuing to ignore the fact that all 30 teams care about salary is really quite sad.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 07:54 PM) He's had the bad hand since the Bears game. And they haven't won a game since.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 07:53 PM) They were horrible against the Bills for whatever reason. Von Miller has an injured hand and that has really impacted his pass rush.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 07:47 PM) He should have been figured out since day 1, but it took teams almost half a season to shut him down in crunch time.Reality is...he actually could make it as an NFL quarterback. He's basically Peyton Hillis back there in the running game which would be a huge advantage...but he has to be able to make the easy, single covered or zone pass when the defense puts 8-9 in the box. Right now, that's the thing he can't do.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 07:01 PM) How can anyone complain about this move? Sox didn't have a need for Fraser and got two guys with some potential. They aren't can't miss but who in the world would exPect that in this type of deal. Nice job Kenny. Kenny Williams made the deal. Ergo, it must be a bad move.

Sprained MCL is the current word on Urlacher.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 06:00 PM) Well for one thing it's true that they don't have to when dealing with the Sox. Plus Carlos Quentin is a much bette ball player than folks here seem to want to give hm credit forIf Carlos Quentin was never hurt, then he'd be an incredible hitter. Carlos Quentin is injured vastly more than you want to pay attention to.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 05:51 PM) I agree with your take on the E Jax deal. He could have brought more I think. It willl be interesting to see what develops with him. Maybe the Sox go after him as a free agent? He has a tone of talent, eats up innings, can throw a lot of pitches and is young. Maybe the price will be right?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 05:04 PM) I think the return is more than OK for Frasor, but it didn't make me any less frustrated that he was the prize for Edwin Jackson, who I thought should have been worth a more dynamic package than he and Stewart. Don't forget also clearing nearly $10 million on Teahen. Esp. if we happen to sign that Cuban guy.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:42 PM) Your point is even more valid now. Matt Flynn 480 YDS, 6 TD, 1 INT He just made himself a lot of money.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:26 PM) stats be DAMNED???? are you kidding me? and what exactly was he good for all the other times when he WASN'T locked in? You're telling me you're supposed to keep a player who's good only 25% of the time?? I know by now I should just ignore you, but that's up there with one of the dumber things I've read from you. IT's the Quentin appreciation thread, so let's not bother with this in here.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:15 PM) This by far is my favorite post of your 77k+ posts haha. Glad it was appreciated.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) I don't know why some of you guys consider Ozzie a quitter. The fact that he actually resigned, or the fact that his defense for his actions this season was that it was more important to show up KW than it was to win ballgames?

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:06 PM) Oh man the Titans had the game and fumbled which led to a Texans TD. Then the Texans just penalized themselves on a 2 point conversion then bobbled it away at the snap. Just awful.

QUOTE (Real @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:06 PM) Cespedes maybe more likely now? just a thought We've cleared an extra $10-$11 million in the past 2 days.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 04:03 PM) I forgot about him offering to resign. Jerry should have took him up on the offer. I'd love to have heard the tone of the conversation. I have no proof of this but I consider Kenny more of the stereotypical buttkisser who I'm sure said all the right things to the boss with his puppydog eyes while making big bad devilish Ozzie look so evil. Yeah, it's really hard to make the guy who quit on the team the week beforehand look bad.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 03:57 PM) I know it's been asked before, but how does Kenny still have a GM job? Just the money dealt to Rios/Peavy/Dunn should have the owner wanting to punch him every time he sees his mug. He offered to resign. The Owner decided he was the right person to manage recovery from the debacle of the manager quitting on his team.

$80 million lump sum, $80 million. He said both of them.

Andrew Luck is a Colt.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) I am not just referring to this year, it's the last few years where we clearly have needed to rebuild and get young talent yet KW refuses to do that. This is the kind of young talent you get when you trade away people who are expensive and don't have a ton of time before free agency. If you want to get stellar talent, you need to trade away John Danks after the 2008 season or so, when he's got several years left pre-FA.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 03:26 PM) In between is the worst place to be. Can't be worse than last year. Seriously, can't be worse than trying to win and failing badly.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jan 1, 2012 -> 03:25 PM) We can win. Just win like 80 games. It's crap. KW's fickleness is gonna put us in the perpetual 75-85 win window. That does nothing, but just make us "competitive" for most the year. Who do you want to trade that the Sox haven't dealt yet?