Balta1701

Ok, I've got to admit, the Washington Times actually impressed me on this one.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 13, 2009 -> 01:56 PM) As hard as that is to imagine... Yes, he probably would be a downgrade. But, he's a great shooter and we'd only have him for 1 year. So, if Gordon is out of our price range, the positives of trading for Miller would be: 1) He'd clear just under $10M from the cap, which would still give us enough space to sign a big name in 2010; and 2) At the same time, it helps lessen the blow of losing Gordon's scoring in the short-term (next season), while bridging a gap in talent from good scoring wing in 2009 to good scoring big man in 2010. If all would go according to plan after next year, then we'd lose Miller's shooting, but gain a true all-star PF. It's really not a terrible alternative to straight up losing BG. The other thing that Clearing Hinrich's 2010 salary does is it would still likely leave us $7.5 million or so under the 2010 cap even after signing someone like Bosh (depending of course on the exact numbers, could go down if the cap really screams downwards)...which puts us in a position to offer more than the MLE/veterans exemption to someone else.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 13, 2009 -> 01:41 PM) I could be completely wrong, as I admittedly don't EVER watch the T-Wolves, but wouldn't Mike Miller be even MORE of a defensive downgrade from Ben Gordon? Link

QUOTE (Brian @ May 13, 2009 -> 09:25 AM) I enjoyed the Family Guy episode with Lauren Conrad. The Wrath of Khan segment was magnifique.

I just broke 160 for the first time since high school.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 13, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) Ludwick placed on the 15-day DL with the strained hamstring... Has Rasmus shown any signs of coming around for them?

Out of our 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 spots today, the Sox are 1/20.

Fields is 8/41 in May, hitting under .200.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:22 AM) The only blessing is that it shouldn't be hard to find a quality corner outfielder on the FA market. SO it is something they should be able to address with ease in the future. Defensively this team is flat out bad. With Nix hitting the way he is, it shoudl really force Alexei into CF and Nix over to SS. I just hate how every fix we offer is going to wind up with Anderson going to the bench, or winding up in a platoon situation (and he's hitting RHP vastly better than LHP this year).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:16 AM) Somehow this shutout will be all Greg Walker's fault. Frankly, I'm actually impressed we got 7 hits and a couple chances to tie with the lineup we're running out there and the strike zone the ump has given us today.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:02 AM) By all means, correct me. Statistically speaking, who is the worst AL starter of 2009? Just to be clear, is the position that you are advocating to keep throwing him, no matter how bad the numbers all, all season? If he has an 10 ERA with a 2+ WHIP? Chien Ming Wang. If Gavin winds up staying this nasty, do what the Yankees did with their Wang, put it on the DL until it can perform better.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:05 AM) My god, Podsednik. Why can't Lillibridge learn some of that? Pods is hitting .273 on complete crap hits. I'm totally going to take that from anyone.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:02 AM) Well... Actually, the Republicans are renaming it the "Democrat Socialist" party, I believe. So your thread title is too grammatically correct.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 13, 2009 -> 10:49 AM) I'd suggest the GOP can probably get a nice little rubber band bounce in 2010, by focusing on the insane levels of spending by the government. Not enough to regain any control, but enough to stop the bleeding. The unusual thing about 2010 though is that despite the fact that the Dems have solid majorities...the Republicans are going to be on defense where it counts...the Senate...because the 2010 group is the same group that was elected in 2004...the last real "Bush selling hard on hating the gay and bombing the brown" election. The Repubs are likely to gain some seats in the House just because the Dems will be playing defense everywhere and the Dems took virtually every contested district last time (Although the continuing demographic changes could muddy that a bit since they're all working against the GOP), but the Repubs are very likely to lose some Senate seats from their total in 2010. In 2012, the Dems have to defend the seats they won in 2006...which was the first anti-Iraq-war election...so they're going to need some help to avoid significant losses. They're going to need a strong campaign peformance out of the executive branch that year.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 13, 2009 -> 10:53 AM) Did I see that Ozzie got ejected? Anyone watching that can tell me what happened? Lee's had a big strike zone all day, JD had a called 3rd strike on him with the bases loaded in the 6th that he thought was inside, JD was pissed, got himself tossed, may well get an extra game or two suspension for showing up the ump, Ozzie was yelling from the dugout, ump also tossed Ozzie.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 13, 2009 -> 10:51 AM) that's Ozzie's thing. Ozzie's things don't matter right now.

"That might have been a better pitch than what Dye was called out on".

I hope his heel really isn't that bad, I'm not sure I like risking this for a game we're down 4-0.

The Quentin is coming in.

Alexei is 3/3. The bases are loaded. This would be an ideal place to pinch hit for Lillibridge...if we had anyone. Who the Hell are we sending up?

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 13, 2009 -> 10:43 AM) Exactly. I imagine we didn't want to know what Franklin was really doing in France "If you help us now, in 200 years, you're going to be really happy you did".

Lee walks Betemit on pitch 105. Be nice if Alexei could pull off 1 more hit.

Farmer and DJ are seeming as annoyed with the strike zone as our guys are.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 12, 2009 -> 08:35 PM) I dont know if this has been posted anywhere else on here, but did anyone listen to Clemens interview with Mike and Mike this morning? He actually said it would be suicide if he took steroids because of the history of heart disease in his family and used his step dad as an example of said heart disease running through his family. Heyman today

On the bench right now, we have: Quentin (hurt) Thome (hurt, only useful as DH) Corky Miller ©. If anyone else gets hurt or tossed, what pitcher comes in to play the field?