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QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 12:47 PM) Are the dodgers moving or giving up on Izturis? Bad injury, surgery, unsure of his status.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) and you would be likely correct. Unless they lock themselves into a Pierre or Damon-they will be gunning for Hunter soon enough. Even if they get Abreu, they could let Sheff walk after this year and move ABreu back to right and get HUnter next year Is Hunter a FA Next year? I don't know why, but if I'm the Twins, and I've lost to the Yankees in the playoffs several times, and I want to win a world series someday, I'd just be a bit hesitant about making a big trade to help the Yankees improve even if it cleared up cash.

Can't say I'd mind seeing the Twinkies lose some pieces from that bullpen.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 11:37 AM) Boston wants an ace pitcher in return from what I heard. That means Manny is staying in Boston. I can't see any team giving Boston what they want. I question Philly though because I would've done Manny for Abreu straight up. That doesn't mean that the price won't go down as the season approaches if Manny really keeps saying he won't play. I bet several teams might even be betting on that and just holding their cards.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 11:46 AM) I thought that Thome was suppose to hit behind Paulie for protection. OBP and OPS numbers suggest it should probably be the other way (Until PK has a monster start to this year and crushes everyone else in the MVP race of course)

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 11:01 AM) I hope you are kidding or drunk. Compare that with this years crop...please I would take at least 4 LHP in that list. That list also says nothing about the Bats that the Yankees are going to be signing in the FA Market next year (2 guys named Lee, for starters)

Iguchi is clearly missing from the 2005 version...he made a lot more than what is shown at 2nd base.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Ozzie bouncing Thome and PK around between the 3-4 spots several times this season depending on how people are hitting at a particular time.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 10:14 AM) i think jon will get 6.5 in arbitration. he wasnt such a huge piece to the puzzle that i wouldnt consider trading him at peak value before he gets paid. the risk of him reverting back to 12 win jon are there. So...you're saying that you think Jon will nearly double what he earned last year ($3.4 million) if they go to arbitration? I have trouble believing that.

QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 08:16 PM) What leaked testimony are you referring to? Are you mixing him and Giambi up..? Because Bonds came out clear as day and told he was using the cream that he was told was not a roid.. did he lie.. who knows. But what "leaked testimony" was about him...? Like the day after Giambi's testimony leaked in the SF Chronicle, Bonds's testimony leaked there too...he testified that he had unknowingly used the cream and the clear...having been told it was Flaxseed oil. Firstly, I don't believe a word of the "Unknowingly" part, but secondly, as far as I know he never publically admitted using the oil either. The only one who publically admitted using the "Flaxseed oil" was Sheffield, who said he got it from Bonds.

It appears that last night, Connecticut became the first state in the union to create a fully publically funded system of financing political campaigns.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 07:31 AM) They will go back into the draft and select arms once again, early rounds, late rounds, doesnt matter. it seems to be working for us. I'd say we've been better off lately with our arms picked in the late rounds than in the early rounds, wouldn't you? Our starting rotation next year should have 2 guys we drafted, 1 in the 17th round and 1 in the 38th round.

Oh, by the way, just a reminder for people, I read about a week ago somewhere that the Sox have only gone to arbitration with 1 person in something like the last 10 years. Have some confidence in KW. He has plenty of time.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 09:39 AM) It makes sense though. Why would Garland want to sign a cheap 3 year extension now when he could just wait a year and break the bank for a huge deal like B.J. Ryan and Billy Wagner? 2 reasons. 1...he'll get money sooner. In Arbitration this year he'd probably get a fairly small increase over what he got last year, so if he signed a 3 year deal now, he'd get a bigger chunk of money sooner. 2...risk. He's being offered a big contract extension now...what happens if he pulls a Loaiza next year and his performance falls off dramatically, or worse yet if he gets hurt? You lock that deal up now and you're guaranteed the money even if things don't go well.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 09:34 AM) actors and film makers used to spend their time on issues like this and ram it down our throats. Unfortunately, it seems more and more time and money is spent towards "we hate bush" campaigns and less and less for people in need. that goes for both sides I would say that there's another issue in that thanks to AIDS drugs, that disease is at least under some level of "Control" in this country - it's not growing exponentially any more, and only certain groups, which the media doesn't care about anyway, are really still having problems (see above post). It's a lot harder to get U.S. citizens to care about people dying who aren't citizens of this country. We all know that. Right now the people being slaughtered by this virus are mainly in Africa and Asia. Our government has decided it has other priorities...foreign aid tends to not go over well with the U.S. populace (polls tend to show that significant minorities or even majorities of the people think a huge portion of the U.S. government's money goes to foreign aid, when it's well below 1%), and every time there's talk of forcing drug companies to cut their prices overseas, we're hit with the old "but we need that money to develop new drugs" canard.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 05:32 AM) From my new bestest buddy Gary Hart The more I think about it the more I like Bush's plan of keeping them there until politically it will score more GOPer points bringing them home. Yeah, um, because it's done a dynamite job of keeping Bush's poll numbers strong this year.

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 09:31 AM) I think the bigger issue is putting it on college web site..? Well, if the college has rules about pornographic material on university-hosted web sites, then there's no question the kid earned the suspension by violating a clearly spelled out rule (assuming the rule is clearly spelled out somewhere).

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 08:10 AM) It is one thing to prevent a pregnancy via birth control pills, it is another to terminate an existing pregnancy. The morning after pill does not terminate an existing pregnancy. It is a high dose of hormones which still is designed to prevent a pregnancy from ever starting.

I don't know...does the "Girls Gone Wild" precedent apply here? That court ruling basically said that anything done in a public setting could be photographed/videotaped and there was no limit on what could be done with it. Is an open window a public setting I guess is the question.

Any ideas as to the numbers?

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 07:32 PM) Haha, wasn't 3/30 the number thrown around right at the start of the offseason? Good sign for the Pads. At least recently the last numbers I remember seeing from the Pads were something like $24-$27 million for 3 years, so I think this is a bit of a jump. That's at least a reasonable contract for him everything else being equal.

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 08:55 PM) Ugh, he handled us decently in the playoffs for a junkballer. He's an innings eater and gets the job done with what he has. It would be a good place to start for the Indians to replace 1 of their 2 holes in the rotation right now. I guess he just pissed me off in the playoffs that the sox couldn't rock him. He looks like such a vulnerable pitcher. Well...let's not forget 1 key thing...we've added a nice left handed bat to our lineup. That could help.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 07:44 AM) he also kind of looks like a vulcan. this makes sense. if spock were a pitcher, i could see him throwing junk. Vulcans are unusually strong compared to humans due to the fact that their planet's gravitational pull is stronger than Earth's.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 07:26 PM) I believe they made a 2-year offer to Paul Byrd.