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I wonder if Toronto would trade him straight up for Wells.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) So the 3 to 4 months that would remain in the 2009 season don't count? We already know that the Twins win the division in game 163 over the Tigers though.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 12:53 PM) But I feel like if everyone on this board is "smart" enough to see that Linebrink is a first half pitcher and then completely collapses, can we really assume that there are teams out there that don't see that as well? I can't see anyone taking on his contract knowing full well his full body of work for an entire season. I know you're not trying to say that it's a strong possibility, I just don't even see it as a remote possibility. But goddamn, I would drive up from Arkansas to drive him to the airport (or walk him to the North Side) if someone were to bite. That's why you deal him to Houston.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) It would more likely be a waiver claim leading to a money-giving trade. Only 3 or 4 teams in baseball would even consider a contract of that much money and years, but I don't think any of them have a need for Soriano. No one would put in the claim, because the Cubs would just let him go happily.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) Seriously. Some of you and your very extremist crap on the environment makes you no better than any other extremist in this world. Settle down. Yup. We're just like Al Qaeda.

Before commenting, let's all take a moment to re-read the Hardball times piece from a few years ago giving the average ERA of each starting position throughout the league.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 10:41 AM) Pujols can't keep hitting like this, guy's got a terrible track record. The sad thing is, you're right. I just can't see him keeping up the 1.347 OPS all season. That'd be 200 points above his career best.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 10:41 AM) What would be the incentive to trade Sergio Santos at this point? If he was a key part for a deal for AGon, would you hesitate? That's why.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 10:34 AM) I was in the third row behind the scout seats for a Cleveland game and there were two Phillies scouts there. I thought that was odd unless the Indians play the Phillies later. Cleveland's in a different boat from us...they might be more than happy to still sell off a player or two if someone was willing to give up a lot.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 09:14 AM) Far be it for me, but if I'm consuming something that's raw, and potentially dangerous -- I want to know what the f*** it is. To be fair...if you're eating a normal, American, processed food diet...how many things you eat do you really know what they are?

If the Sox were looking to actually make a trade, who on their major league roster would be involved? They might want to sell of Jenks or Linebrink as a salary dump. I could see them moving Santos right now, but that would be unpleasant. Beckham or Ramirez? Hardly likely. Either they're looking at Toronto's team or their just advance scouts. If anyone's scouting the Sox's system right now, they're going to AAA.

Oh, so it's not 100% entirely because he's black. Maybe 90%.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 10:03 AM) Again? I'm suggesting that our first non-pitching injury callup has already happened, silly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 09:45 AM) I really think he might be the first call up this year for a non-pitching injury. Unless someone like Ramon Castro goes down.

In case anyone's interested in the view of the Obama NASA plan discussed yesterday, I managed to catch a rant on it from one of the guys who's been working with NASA since Apollo yesterday. When Obama's administration came in and got their hands on the Bush/Constellation program, they did what you might call a routine audit to try to figure out where things were. Brought in some of the top people and asked what their plans are and how they were going to accomplish them. I'm not sure if it was Michael Griffin himself or just one of the guys under him, but they put the simple question to him...how are you going to accomplish the mission plans you've laid out with the funding you have? The next day, after years of working on these mission plans...he came back and said he couldn't come close. That was it for that guy's employment. When they re-did the analysis of the Constellation/moon program, the outlines for getting back to the moon by 2020 were not only heavily underfunded, but also they didn't even have a rational program for the Moon or Mars in place. When we did Apollo, we did 10 years of test-flights to get the technology up to the point that Apollo 11 could happen. The Constellation outline pretty much involved scrapping all of the planning/test phases and just going straight there for both planets. This is of course nonsense; you'll kill people, but it turns out that was the plan the Bush admin was pushing. So, Obama's team is scrapping the 2020 goal for the Constellation program, trying to bring in outside funding if anyone wants to do so privately, putting the normal test flights that you'd require back in for both the Moon and Mars programs, which delays things by a decade since they're not cheap, and in the meantime focusing on Rovers while everything else builds up. Overall, I got the impression that a number of people are angry...because their jobs relied heavily on doing it the Bush way, but the people who don't have a horse in that race are fairly content, because they knew that the Bush method was going to get scrapped eventually because it was so poorly thought out.

So, a local priest got accused of some molestations back in the late 70's yesterday, came out and admitted it last night.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 08:06 AM) I think they'll re-evaluate things at the end of May. If the Sox are behind in the standings by quite a bit and Garcia has an ERA north of 5.50, then I think you'll see a change there with Hudson. Otherwise they'll give him longer. Only 1 bad start for Freddy so far, so hopefully he can bounce back in the next outing. The other reason why the end of may is key...That's the super-2 deadline. You keep Hudson in the minors until then you save an arbitration year, just like they did with Beckham last year.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 05:13 PM) He would of gotten a lot more in the NFL draft. Really? I don't think he'd have been anywhere near top 10, and I've gotten the impression that past #12 or so the guaranteed dollars are about that much. He'd have been in the same draft as Calvin Johnson, Dwayne Jarret, Ted Ginn, etc.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 05:26 PM) That's my bad. I didn't even intend to mean it that way. It's not like it's deliberate. That's the beauty of doing the messaging right; if you're on one side, you should just automatically use the more negative-sounding one for the other side without a second thought.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) Should of stuck to football, kiddo. He has $10 million reasons to disagree.