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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) So then how often does "blocking" actually occur if the team may end up getting stuck with the player they didn't even want? There is zero protection to the claiming team. The two teams can hold talks, but the team who owns the player has all of the cards. It doesn't happen often, but it has happened in the past.

Again it would be interesting to see if Ozzie could talk Derrick Lee into coming here for the last couple of months of this season. I know his numbers aren't great, but they have been trending upwards.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 07:35 PM) Why would Ozzie be upset when he's the one making personnel decisions? Quite obviously he didn't win this one.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 06:14 PM) Morneau still experiences concussion symptoms is pretty scary for the twins. Many players are never the same after they get their bell rung For serious concussions like that, I believe the rule of thumb is they have to have two days without symptoms for every day that they had them. If I am remembering that right, it could be a long while.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 04:46 PM) Ozzie's latest rant: ESPN Chicago Sounds like he found out Dayan is going down soon.

Some other things worth mentioning on waiver trades... Teams waive pretty much every single player on their roster during August. This is done to mask the players that they are looking to trade. It is also done because each team can only claim so many people per day. I also believe you can only waive 5 people per day.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) Gotta go to church but I'd expect many personal messages in my inbox congratulating me on Bobby Freaking Jenks! Adios. When I said something about letting it go a while back, this is the exact stuff I was talking about.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) Now that is nickname! Word. Take notes mortals.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) Dan Hudson is making his 6th career start today. It was to small a sample size to ever write him off. Nah, we already had a soxtalk thread writing him off after his last start

The best part about this game is Gavin can go as long, or as short, as he needs to, because the back of the pen (Putz, Thornton, Jenks) is on long rests.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 12:13 PM) I really hate seeing people count the Twins out. They are half a game back right now. They are a very serious threat to us. There is zero reason to count the Twins out. I am counting out Detroit, but no chance I write off Minnesota until we clinch.

Phew.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 02:11 PM) That was a safety squeeze, not a suicide squeeze. Lillibride didn't break until after contact was made. I'd bet money that wasn't a called play.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 12:00 PM) Kotsay's well on his way to being one of the most disliked Sox players ever on this board, especially with what is possibly going to happen over the next few days. He's not even close to that bad. Hell he doesn't even have a derogatory nickname yet.

Hopefully we remember the first time we faced Gio...

Just send me your social security number and mothers maiden name and I will take care of that for you...

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) You know the next time I give a s*** as to what you think will be the first. I'm sorry, I'm a big boy, your insults aren't going to make me cry. I don't agree with almighty southsider2k5, I'm not intelligent!!!! Let me go tell my mommy! If you could actually hold a conversation without freaking out like a 13 year old girl who didn't get Beiber tickets, you might actually get taken seriously more often than you get suspended. Go ahead and act like it is just me, but I am one of the few who actually argued for you to come back here when you came crawling back begging to get back in.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 06:12 PM) Almighty southsider2k5 knows everything! This is the first I've heard of Konerko being a goner. Yep, lets replace what has been a cornerstone on offense for the past decade with a cheap rookie/sophomore who, as much as I like, is far from a sure thing, even when said rookie/sophomore could fill the hole at 3B or DH instead. So, almighty southsider, who fills the 3B spot with Konerko gone? Morel? And what about DH? Move Quentin there? Then what about RF? Jones? Sounds like an even better offense than this years! And as for Danks, he hasn't shown any interest in a long term contract? Who the hell would be dumb enough to sign a contract extension now when they can make a lot more closer to their free agency years. And for someone who gave me so much s*** about assuming KW never really went after Berkman, how are you going to assume Danks has never shown any interest in staying here? Thats even a greater assumption as I have never seen or heard anything to indicate Danks wants to test free agency or leave the White Sox. And as for me not finding a god damn practical joke hilarious, I'm sorry. I'm a little bit more concerned with the future of this team. You know the next intelligent discussion you have on this board will be the first.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 06:08 PM) Safe by a mile. It wasn't even close. Ump must have heard the bounce into the mitt.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 06:02 PM) Please don't act like I'm some little kid who doesn't know s***. I know what a god damn tension breaker is. But I also know a GM who didn't do his job thus far. It'd be a shame if what holds us back this season is Kotsay and Jones. And it'd be a bigger shame if we have to trade Danks or let Konerko go in the offseason because we couldn't afford them with Edwin Jackson on the roster. Konerko is a goner because of Viciedo. Danks may well be a goner because he hasn't shown any interest in a long term contract. And as for the first line, you freaked out about the practical joke, so what does that mean?

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QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 05:50 PM) I said: "So until I hear something official stating that we did go after Berkman earlier in the month, it's not that crazy of an assumption to make that we were focused on Dunn the whole time." I never said KW didn't start shopping until 2 days before the deadline. I said odds are Berkman was never really a target until later on, closer to the deadline. If you are going off of what we heard, we heard nothing about anyone but Dunn for the last month. According to that same logic you are using on Berkman, it means all we did was focus on Dunn the whole time.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 05:52 PM) I guess I'm not in the mood for practical jokes when this team leaves the deadline with as many question marks as before, except with 8 million more dollars on the budget for next year. Well its a good thing that Kenny didn't play one on you then...

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 05:44 PM) Yeah, cause I said that, right? From what I can take out of this whole deadline is that KW wanted Dunn right from the beginning, and was going for Dunn or nothing. Once we fell out of the Dunn sweepstakes (I'm gonna guess it was yesterday afternoon after the Nats said they didn't want Jackson), that's when we heard about Berkman declining a trade here and today when we heard that we were going after Manny. That's exactly what you said. You said you didn't hear any rumors, therefore you were assuming that only Dunn was being talked to/about.