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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:56 PM) Maybe one of them IS being traded for Manny as someone suggested. Wasn't Saladino drafted this year?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) Rangers cut into the lead. Now 6-4 in the 8th. Don't stop now boys.

Our choices right now are guys like Threets and Harrell. I wouldn't mind taking a chance on Trevor.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) Disagree. Jones's offensive numbers have 1 incredible month (April), one Terrible month (June) and 3 months where he's been a solid backup OF. .718 OPS in May, .813 OPS in July, .766 OPS in August. OPS is a terrible stat for an all or nothing player. There are so many ABs where you get nothing, or worse, out of him, that the one time he does hit a three run homer doesn't make up for the rest of the important failures.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 03:15 PM) Of course it does, but that wasn't what the original poster was saying. Damon it was obvious why he would reject. And for as many times as the Yanks get rejected, they sure do get alot of accepts as well. Then it is also worth noting that Kenny has completely more trades than anyone in baseball, and it isn't even close IIRC, during his time as GM. More trades = more chances of rejection. I really don't think it is unusual, it just seems worse because we see it first hand, and we have a lot more chances.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) Yes, that is the only way a player on the 40-man can be traded, if he clears waivers, which both probably would. In the Sox situation, they have probably already ran their players through waivers to be ready to make deals

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) I agree, these players make insanely too much money, but I digress.... Who would be a better option on our bench then Andruw Jones? Because, as I said, Andruw is giving us a lot of production off the bench, regardless of batting average. If he was hitting .280, but with 8 HR, would you be more inclined to think more highly of him? Because despite his awful batting average, he is supplying a lot of runs via power numbers. The problem with using his offensive numbers over this season is that they are heavily weighted towards the first two months of the year when most of his production took place. For me his biggest contribution is his play in the OF.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) So would you say the tea party stuff has grown out of the libertarian movement maybe? Kinda? Extremely libertarian

Can we walk away from dragging old arguments into every single thread guys?

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) Different history? Is that even possible? I'm pretty sure what happened is what happened. Maybe some kids learn different parts of history. I know we never made it much more than halfway through the book in any history class I took. I think the good teachers have the ablity to teach the kids what they need to know to pass the tests plus throw in some "extra" stuff as well. Especially as they get into the higher grades and start taking different electives, the standardized testing is more difficult. Come on. Kids are still taught that Columbus discovered America.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 12:55 PM) Oh come on, you really think its appropriate for a government official to be writing letters to constituents with that tone and that language? So when is Joe Biden stepping down?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) A milk cow with 310 million tits = intelligent conversation? That is the product of all of the ridiculous left wing hyperbole anytime fixing social security is mentioned in anyway that doesn't include tax increases.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) By the way, wanted to post this when other conversations died out. This guy is the Republican Chair of Mr. Obama's long-term debt commission. He's offered up some other ranting emails at other people who dared criticize his opinions about Social Security, but this one was the worst. Mr. Krugman replies: The White House, of course, accepted his apology...despite the fact that he didn't apologize to the white house, and didn't really apologize anyway (he did the ol' I apologize if you were offended). I'm not quite sure why he is apologizing for it honestly. It is crazy that we have gotten to the point with social security that you can't talk about the program, at all, in a negative light without people going ballistic. Its like trying to have an intelligent conversation about race in this country.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 10:44 AM) This Oriole dude may have lefties hitting a ton against him and his ERA is approaching five, but the Sox have never faced him before and we always seem to make these guys look like CY Young. Let's start the chant now and get the karma flowing to the Sox hitters to clobber this Bird We didn't look good against the Matusz character who had an ERA of near six and we lost two games Forget that kids era, and look at his stuff. He is learning on the job, and he won't be anything like a 6 era pitcher. He is a great young arm.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 10:45 AM) I thought everyone wanted him sent down to the minors earlier? It's great what patience can bring isn't it Whatever they are doing now is working. I'd leave it alone. The kid sounds like he has some Konerko in him, where he rides himself pretty hard for mistakes and slumps, so leaving him be might not be a bad idea for now.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 10:31 PM) It goes far beyond Berkman, Oswalt, (or even Peavy's first rejection) etc... though over the years. It happens to everyone. Heck Damon just rejected the Red Sox. The Yankees get rejected all of the time.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) I guess the difference is that I didnt say f*** you and he never said he didnt like the steak. my analogy would be I asked the regular at the bar to stop being so loud and he got mad because he is there all the time. I never said stop talking And you also didn't ask for your bill money back...

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 03:26 PM) This is one of those situations where you can actually see the difference, though. Harrell didn't seem to be scared, whereas I'm pretty sure I saw a pee stain on Torres' pants. I didn't really see that at all. I saw Harrell as lucky that he had a ball that wasn't two feet up the middle.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 02:21 PM) Looks like the Sox put a claim in on Trevor Hoffman. Not a bad move honestly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) Basically NL teams. The Sox are the AL team with the worst record of any that are still in the race. Someone like Detroit might just to spite us, but $4 million is a lot of money for spite. No one in the West will. Toronto won't. I can potentially still see the Giants or the Braves rolling the dice on him. He can't possibly be worse than Jose Guillen for the Giants, for example. Detroit just tried giving away Damon. They can't be looking to add Ramirez

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 01:39 PM) Aren't all players on the 40 man on 9/1 eligible for the playoff roster? If so, sending a guy down at this point does not keep him off the playoff roster same as the DL. Not exactly. You are supposed to be on the 8/31 25 man roster. The only exception is guys who are on the DL can be added, and guys who go to the DL can be replaced.

Per Reif, Harrell and Threets up, Putz and Thornton to DL. Its official.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) I believe Kenny is telling the truth. But does anybody else here wish that they actually TALKED on the phone, as opposed to exchanging a few texts? A conference call between Kenny, Ozzie and Coop, in which they discuss pros, cons and feelings about the situation, would seem to be more effective and leave less room for misunderstanding than short texts. What misunderstanding? Kenny asked Ozzie if he wanted another pitcher, and Ozzie said f*** no. What gray area am I missing?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 12:38 PM) The key flaw remains...why would interest rates go back towards 6%? Here's a 10 year bond rate graph through yesterday. We're almost back to late-2008 flight to safety numbers on the 10 year bond. If interest rates tick upwards at all, that'll basically resume the housing crash. The only reason why rates would go up is to fight inflation...and that is a long, long way off right now. If the Fed or the Congress decided to get off its tail and do something about unemployment, maybe a few years later once unemployment started pushing back towards 6%, inflation might be more of a concern, but until then, there's a massive unfilled output gap and basically no reason for rates to rise. If there is any kind of inflationary pressures, or any kind of real recovery it won't take long at all. We were just at 5.5% six months ago for national rate averages. Heck June of last year we were ticks under 6%.