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QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 08:53 AM) After months of making the HJC obsolete, they finally get some teeth. No they haven't. The Justice Department would still have to enforce the contempt rulings unless the Dems finally go for the contempt of congress method. The DOJ has already said it won't enforce any contempt rulings handed down by the courts or the Congress, so unless the House uses its own sergeant at arms to put people in jail, nothing will ever happen.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 09:36 AM) Someone should have started the post off saying that the Twins got Griffey Jr for a few pieces they didn't really need, and see how many people would be proclaiming them the next Central division champs. That would just put the twins in a better position to compete with us. Seriously though, if they were planning on putting him in CF, I'd wonder if they weren't making a pretty big mistake, the kind of thing that might help us out. (OF course, they'd also be putting Griffey on turf, which is even stupider).

QUOTE (heirdog @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 09:35 AM) Beyond that, Griffey's bat replacing Konerko's bat is a big upgrade. After checking, despite a non-career season at age 39, Griffey's still putting up a 103 OPS+. If nothing else, that's at least Average. Konerko's at 74. Swisher is at 98.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 08:27 AM) Masset and Richar, Reds pay Griffey's salary For accuracy, it appears the Reds pay 1/2 of Griffey's remaining salary for this year and his buyout, not his full salary.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 08:23 AM) Do we have definite details on the trade yet? Griffey for.....? Seems like Griffey, 1/2 of his contract for this season ($2 million) and the cost of his $4 million buyout at the end of the season ($6 million total) for Nick Masset and Danny Richar.

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 08:21 AM) was that wtf targeted at a specific post or did you just lose it trying to figure out who will play where? I'm in pacific time and just sat down at my computer. That's a general "WTF" for all of this.

WTF?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 07:06 PM) Thats a retarded deal for the Marlins. Are you counting 2 draft picks on their side also? I'll bet they have an arrangement that ManRam will not have his option picked up and will decline Arb if that goes through.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 08:03 PM) Well Speedy Claxton and someone else are rumored to be going. That's what they're trying to figure out. Minny is rumored to be involved in the deal, but not much is known on what they would give up. How would this deal help the Celtics then?

Gavin! Gavin! Gavin! Gavin!

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet

Gavin! Gavin! Gavin! Gavin!

QUOTE (G&T @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 07:35 PM) Ahhh. I couldn't read his lips but the bench was laughing. Making the bench laugh? Crap, he'll be benched for a month.

QUOTE (BFirebird @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) I thought we would win the 1st, lose Richards game, win today and lose tomorrow. Danks does not fare well against the Twins lefties. I think Morneau and Mauer pwn him. No numbers to back it up, but if I remember correctly they crush him. 1.665 OPS for Morneau against Danks, 1.236 for Mauer.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 06:30 PM) Nick Swisher is the only player who should be praised for drawing a walk. Uribe? Alexei?

QUOTE (shawnhillegas @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 06:30 PM) So is Brandon Allen now our best positional prospect? Another homer tonight. Beckham hasn't signed yet.

Link.

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 07:14 PM) Do you think that Cooper unleashes Gavin's mid 90s fastball that he had last September next year now that Gavin has confidence in himself? I have been surprised all season with his fastball being at 89-92 mph, and that cooper probably had him do that for control and a confidence builder. If Coop decides to unleash it we may have an ace on our hands. Like it or not, that's basically the opposite of Cooper's M.O.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 06:46 PM) so every team but the sox in contention for the AL has made a move!!! Have the Twins?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 05:58 PM) Nick Swisher strikes out on more pitches off the plate than any player I've ever seen. It seems like half his K's this year have been on pitches 2-5 inches off the corner. How often are they called strikes?

Has anyone figured out yet why Alexei is still hitting so low in our batting order?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 04:54 PM) Why the heck did they trade for him then? Some things you can't tell until he's calling your press box complaining about errors.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 04:46 PM) So does Konerko making contact in back to back ABs buy him another game at 1B? As long as it keeps Brian Anderson out of the lineup, it buys him another 3 seasons.

5 hits out of our first 10 batters. And one of them was Konerko, so you can't really count that against the total.

QUOTE (aprec32 @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 04:36 PM) 24 to Go! ?