Balta1701

yay! keep nathan fresh!

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 07:19 PM) I would go with something we haven't seen yet. Like maybe a bloop down the RF line that bounced over JD's head for a inside-the-parker? The ball hits the baggie. The baggie finally comes loose and falls on JD. JD has to scurry out from underneath it before he can throw the ball.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 07:12 PM) Last out for all intents and purposes. Paulie may need to hit another. Beckham does get to face Nathan with 2 outs in the 9th.

Seriously, we could use a solo HR.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 06:53 PM) This is a modest upgrade for the Giants. Not going to give them enough to win the wildcard though. They're already right there.

Beckham still will hit in the bottom of this inning.

So seriously, how big is the gap between AAA and our big league team if Anderson and Wise and Quentin all tear up AAA?

Can someone give me a score/disaster play update? Gameday froze and I've been too busy to listen to audio

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 02:18 PM) I read parts of it. Forget Palin for a moment... who writes her speeches? I think she seriously wrote those herself. Wouldn't she have had to?

Hope Danks is genuinely feeling fine.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) That sentence should be drug out into the street and shot. Like a wolf. Have you read/listened to her resignation speech? the whole thing is like that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 08:05 AM) To be perfectly blunt, you don't understand the trading industry at all. The term for this is marketmaking, and it is done everywhere that there is a specialist based system. This actually saves the customers money in the long run because it narrows up the margins, and it makes for more efficient marketplaces. Pretty much every company out there internalizes order flow. The other part you left out is that the company is taking on risk in these trades and the spread is their rewards for assuming risk. Its not some horrible evil plot, it is the way that this stuff has been traded for hundreds of years now. How exactly is that any different from "Frontrunning"?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 10:55 AM) Pretty quite trade market in the last couple of days. Matt Holliday moving doesn't do it for you?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 08:51 AM) He has a point. Could you read, and more importantly comprehend, 1000 pages of legalese in 2 days without anyone helping you do it? That's not a matter of "doing your job," it's a matter of actually being possible. Furthermore...It's not like these bills appear out of no where very often (the Patriot Act being the obvious exception). These bills are negotiated in committees and backrooms for months before they're actually brought up for the first votes on committee. You can make a big deal about the length of things and how scary that is all you want; every word has been parsed over and over by both sides looking to insert or remove advantages for the people that own them.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 04:47 AM) I think Bosh possibly lands in Dallas or Houston come the off-season. Especially if Yao Ming retires, the Rockets will have his and T-Mac's contract off the books, so they should have the cap room there. Dallas could sign and trade with Dampier and a future pick, with the Raps not having to guarantee Damp's contract for 2010. If Yao doesn't retire they don't have the room.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 11:19 PM) And the worst trade of the modern era continues to get worse for the Mariners. There goes any chance of them getting anything for him before the deadline. That's worse than Pierzynski for Nathan et al.?

Hypothetically let's say Rose was reinstated. Would he automatically go in to the Hall or would he have to convince the veterans committee or voters to let him in? If he's a veterans committee guy especially, i can totally imagine him languishing for a while as additioanl punishment from them.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 06:41 AM) Why would anyone think Colon has any trade value? Because there are teams in the pennant race in the NL especially who would find Colon to be a non-trivial upgrade. The Cardinals, the Brewers, possibly the Phillies if they don't land Halladay, could all benefit from a back of the rotation starter upgrade. You're not getting a star player for him, but teams won't resist giving up a "Michael Dubee" caliber guy for him...someone who is in the lower levels who may someday develop in to something useful.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 08:45 AM) I would want to go after Matt Hollliday, but i wouldnt be surprised if he signs an extension with st. louis. He won't sign before the end of the season, that's guaranteed. His agent is Boras, that's the way they roll. You want to extend him now, you offer him 10/$250. Otherwise he's hitting the FA market. The Sox should have a legitimate shot at him if they're really interested. The question is...how much do you offer a guy who's been as inconsistent, esp. in the AL, as Holliday was this year? Do you offer enough to beat what other teams might offer? Based on the last 2 years of reduced numbers and his age of 29, I'm not sure I go beyond like 3/36, and I think that's the kind of offer someone else would beat. I don't like spending stupid money, and I think someone offering him a lot would be tantamount to paying stupid money.

It's the Washington Times. They're supposed to publish trash like this. I won't elaborate because then I'll have to move this thread to another forum.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 08:27 PM) I am finishing a double shift on a beautiful Sunday......f*** you all. So? That's every sunday for some of us.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 07:44 PM) I don't buy that rumor. I could them dealing Loney and prospects for Martinez and Lee though. Loney + Elbert for Martinez + Lee?

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 07:30 PM) it's too bad he's going back to the pen after the past two starts i was hoping guillen would use some sense and kick colon out of town There's no way they can send him to the pen now is there?