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I had to endure 5 minutes at the gym today if Kurkjian telling me why Pedroias hitting streak would clearly reach 30 games. Thanks guys!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) It's nothing like Quentin's hamate bone injury from late 2008, is it? Wrist? Strained/sprained/microfractured? He broke that thumb on a hbp in spring training, and they just said he had a bout of soreness with it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) The only thing that's scary is the Twins. We can handle the Yankees and Orioles. The Orioles have a losing record. They'll give us trouble.

Aj helping his pitcher!!!!

Wait, Ohman is up with Gavin just under a hundred pitches just in case G gets in trouble, but Phil Humber and Jake Peavy just have to work through their problems?

QUOTE (Paulstar @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:44 PM) I don't get this deal at all for the Astros. Congrats to the phillies for getting a great ball player without having to give up any MLB ready talent. I think we read that same phrase last year didn't we?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:40 PM) Except it's not really cleared off the books yet (or ever). It just got transferred somewhere else. Hence why it's a much bigger S***pile than what the GSEs took on. But those banks get rewarded by the taxpayer and it's all ok.

G! No longer on line for the loss.

QUOTE (kageman129 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:37 PM) Right, but I would've loved to see Quentin go to Phillie and Brown go to Chicago . . . Instead, Brown is on the bench now. Ibanez will probably go to the bench more than Brown.

G!

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:19 PM) Or you could be the CEO of Fannie Mae, or vice chairwoman of Fannie Mae, cook the books, and collect close to $100 million and 26 million respectively and have nothing happen to you. They made Enron look like peanuts but yet nobody says boo. Enron? That's your comparison? I think you need to update the scale of your financial fraud to reflect the private mortgage market implosion. I guess it's decent since Aig, Lehman, Bear, JPM, and Goldman made the gses look like peanuts. They dumped trillions of their junk on the federal reserve so that it could be cleared off their books.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:28 PM) How awesome would Cabrera look on our team. We however didn't have the horses to make the deal. Successful teams use minor league talent to replenish their ranks with cost controlled players to go with more expensive vets. They also use the minors as trading chits. Would you rather be spending $21 mil a year on Cabrera or $12 million on Konerko? And be honest, if we'd traded for Cabrera, we had no room to extend him.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) This, my friends, is why I "overrate" prospects. In the last three years the Phillies have acquired Lee, Oswalt, Halladay and now Pence. And they still get to keep Brown. And we get to see most of the Phillies system playing for the Blue Jays and Astros.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) Last 8 game winning streak against the Red Sox? 1964. Harrelson was working on inventing the batting glove back then...on flatbread with arugula. BTW, the other two players in the Pence deal are not expected to be "top" tier prospects. Pence would be under their control through 2013, not just 2012? That would explain why they (Astros) could ask more for him than the current bidding price for Carlos Quentin. Yes, the Phillies get 2.5 years of Pence

QUOTE (kageman129 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:21 PM) I would've loved to see Brown in a White Sox uniform. But I'd definitely love to see Beachy in one too . . . *fingers crossed something still goes down with the Braves* Brown is staying with the Phils.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:21 PM) They might be more comfortable since Ludwick's already more familiar with the NL and they're determined not to give up any of their top pitching prospects. Ludwick wouldn't even cost them Beachy. But he also wouldn't improve their offense.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:20 PM) How badly do we need Beachy with Stewart already in the fold? Does this mean they still go ahead and deal Floyd or Danks and go with two unproven pitchers at the back of the 2012 rotation (Beachy/Stewart/Sale). If beachy is available, yeah you look to more seriously move Danks.

Nice breaking ball. Fathom, weren't you saying something the other day about the Boston offense averaging 10 a game?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:06 PM) Have a feeling Quentin is going nowhere now Only if the Braves are throwing in the towel.

On Wednesday, hawk said he had to visit subway to trybout the flatbreads. Today he's raving about te subway flatbreads. He's consistent.

Man that sundown is a pretty sight.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:59 PM) Still waiting patiently for Santos Rodriguez, Gilmore and Tyler Flowers to show something. So you wanted Javy Vazquez back for 09 and his $11 million salary? I'm happy with the stealth elf.

QUOTE (kageman129 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:58 PM) I'm calling it right now. Dunn goes yard. I really feel like he is turning it on and someone on here mentioned earlier, Wakefield's knuckleball is perfect for Dunn's slow bat speed. Let's do it. Time for Dunn to get some confidence . . . Hit one 3 miles foul

Konerko arguing.

Nice catch Q