southsider2k5

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:36 PM) Exactly. Paying Quentin now is paying for his peak performance while probably not getting 70% of it. It doesn't make financial sense when you have Viciedo to replace him on the cheap. Only logical move is to cash him in while he's most valuable. I don't think there is a doubt in my mind that Carlos will be hated by whatever fanbase there is on the team he signs his "big" contract with.

[uncomfortable silence from Hawks partner]

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:35 PM) If we're out of it this year...with what we have sitting on this roster and in the minors, Carlos has to be a top candidate to be moved. He could single-handedly win the division for us next year, but even if he does that, he'd be gone right afterwards. He's healthy now, he's moveable now, there's demand for him right now. If we throw in the towel, he's got to be at the top of the list. And Hell, I'd actually like to see if De Aza can give the big league club anything productive. He and John Danks are 1 and 1a

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:33 PM) I wonder what he'd tell his friends if he got pummeled by a hippie vegan. That he was a gigantic meat eater? Or is that too soon?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:30 PM) I'm imitating Hawkaroo on a forum...you're not SUPPOSED too spell things correctly...it's all about the pronunciation! YOU GOTTA BE BLEEPIN ME?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) We got another email here... I luv emails.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:26 PM) You really think the haul for those 2 is going to be enough to save the franchise? Trade Jackson cause you're not resigning him anyway, keep Q so you can have him and Viciedo (hopefully) tear it up for the rest of this and next year. You have to get something worth the equivalent of a sandwich pick, or you need to just keep him.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) And gain what? $15 millionish dollars and some young talent?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:25 PM) Just don't strap it on, or you will make someone uncomfortable.^

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:19 PM) We call this reaching. Or as Hawk would say 50 feet short of the warning track... "STRETCH!"

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) I will seriously put a hurting on you next time we cross paths. Hmm, maybe the next gathering will be worth going to, especially because I am downtown again.

Oh, so what did you find out?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:56 PM) Daredevil or dumbass???

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Actually, it's not ok, which is why we call guys like that frat boy douchebags. I'm not sure who told you it's ok because they're straight, but it's not...and never has been. Just because HIS crew thinks it's ok, doesn't mean the rest of us think it's ok. The same way a very flamboyant homosexual's crew probably doesn't mind the extreme flamboyance. Well done.

Maybe you should use a dictionary?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) Yes, they are. Because they do it almost every year, which makes it a dynasty. You can come up with as many condescending remarks as you want, but that's the fact of the matter. The Sox pull a division title out of their asses once or twice a decade. The Twins have done it 6 times in 9 seasons. I think that qualifies them as a dynasty of the AL Central, which is what I said. They're not a dynasty of the league like the Yankees were for a few decades, but they are for the division in which they play. The only reason it is "condescending" is because it is a direct contradiction to the reasons Ozzie Guillen needs to be fired.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:48 PM) How many consecutive years does a team need to lose to the Yankees before we call it a dynasty? Or at least win a single playoff game? Heck we keep hearing that it doesn't matter if the Sox get to the playoffs and get smacked down right away, yet the Twins are a dynasty for doing exactly that? Uh, ok.

I'm sure Jordan feels much like he should be more tolerant with a couple of hundred posts telling what a bigot he is.... Honestly, if he really did hate gay people, I am not really sure that a lot of this thread would do to change his mind. Getting slammed from a couple of dozen different people at once isn't exactly an invitation to open your mind.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) Maybe my eyes deceive me, but it looks to me like the wire is on the far side of the table, not on the people-side, that the wires run below the table as part of the short railing. So that is an invitation to climb on top of the table? If that is the case, how are you still alive from all of these temptations you must see on a daily basis?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) You can't tell me that's not a safety hazard. Seriously? If the guy is willing to climb up on top of a four foot table to try for his 3rd baseball, I'm not sure what outside of barbed wire or an electric fence you would need to stop this guy from being incredibly stupid. There is already a fairly substantial rail there that the dude just chose to ignore.

JK

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) You wouldn't make that deal?! I wouldn't trade Q alone for Rasmus, let alone with Jackson.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:22 PM) Had the Bulls not hired him, wouldn't he still be an assistant in Boston? That's doesn't mean he isn't a good coach/GM.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:18 PM) And yet, it seems like 2/3 of the league has turned over a GM since Rick Hahn became the next big thing without hiring him. How many coaches were gone through before Thibs was hired.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 01:18 PM) Edwin Jackson AND Carlos Quentin for Rasmus We should throw in John Danks to be safe.