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Rios had a really nice finish to that swing. Really strong buggy whip, instead of that funky two stage thing that both he and Dye have been doing.

I thought I remembered the Sox being interested in Crawford before. He would be a good fit if the organization believes that TCQ could still play RF decently well with Rios in CF. I also would imagine this might be a place where Bobby Jenks might be a fit in a trade.

I suppose you could hit off of Gavin Floyd too?

First cuts have been done... Beach doesn't even get the short try out period before going back to Juniors. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id...vid=DL|CHI|home

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) Adam Burrish is probably out for the year after having knee surgery today. That sucks. He looked great at the intersquad on Saturday.

168 for my first/last combo.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 12:35 PM) Sounds a lot like Catholicism. /'bustered... Or environmentalism... /now its bustered

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 10:43 AM) Sources now saying that John Edwards asked his staffer to claim paternity of the child of his mistress, then Edwards dropped the aide "like a hot potato". Classy. That's not a big surprise for me. The guy has zero morals and decency. He is the left wing equivalent of a Sanford.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) I didn't mean to say they would be worse, thats pretty much impossible. I just don't think they will be significantly better, not enough to warrant a division title or world series contender. I think Alexei is what he is now, I dont see him improving. Beckham should get better. Individually they may look talented, but together it just isn't working. They are terrible situational hitters, whereas teams like the Twins seems to be very good at getting runners home. The two new players they bring in need to be impact players to improve this offense to a contending level. The starting pitching alone is enough to warrent talk about winning this division. It is far superior to anything that the rest of the division is going to throw out there. If we square the defense and fundamentals up, this team can, and will, compete again.

Talk about a great stripper name...

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 10:28 AM) Assuming we get Kotsay back (not sure how big of an assumption this is) we do have a pretty plausible back-up plan going into a season with Bradley. I think the main problem is that the media here has already turned against him (Bradley). It's going to be a hell of a distraction. Its not the media's fault Bradley can't keep his mouth shut. It has been his MO at every single stop he has made.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 01:23 AM) Well they locked him up through 2012 about 8 months ago and he pretty much is their franchise right now so you'd HOPE he'd stick around for at least the next 3 years. You probably can't say the same for Felix, however. There's a damn good chance he only makes 3 more starts in a Mariners uniform before being dealt to a big market this offseason. He has 2 years of arbitration eligibility remaining so his trade value will be significantly higher this winter as opposed to next (much like Bedard 2 years ago, kind of ironic I suppose) when he'd be only 6 months away from an ungodly pay raise on the open market. He'll be coming off his age 25 season when he hits free agency in 2012 and pending injury he could be the best pitcher in the game at that point, I can't even imagine what kind of money he's going to be looking at. The story that Hawk and Stoney were telling while we were in SEA is that they were going to try to lock him up long term, and if he wouldn't agree, he would be dealt this winter.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 10:20 AM) on one of the local sports stations yesterday a Cubs fan called in and suggested that the Cubs package Bradley and Marshall, and maybe Jake Fox to the Blue Jays for Halladay... yup, actual suggestion. I don't think that the Cubs could find enough quality cheap parts to send to Toronto, even if they were adding payroll.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) No, but adding a guy whose main skill is getting on-base will. Sure if he could actually stay healthy, not be distracted by, well, really anything, not fighting with his teammates, and actually hit. Let me put it this way. The Cubs are 16-9 without Bradley's OBP in the line up.

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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 10:23 PM) Yea, I hear you. But it does say a lot when this crap gets out, a lot. There's no love lost between this administration and Isreal. That's for damn sure. Its just Israel's way of putting pressure on the Obama admin to try to make sure they don't favor the other countries in the area too much.

Well the people who can get mortgages again that is...

Forget about the pantless Wakko Warner at your own risk.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 06:31 PM) Tracy Morgan makes that show. He's a comic genius in my eyes. He makes that show all right... He makes it meh.

I think it comes after being a six year minor leaguer, correct?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 10:54 PM) This racist stuff is really really bad. There's a story in the Trib online tonight where Bradley's mom said he was concerned his 3 year old heard racist comments. Are Cub fans animals? This racist stuff is really bad and sad. I mean what are they yelling at Bradley?? If they are calling him the N word, they should be removed immediately and prosecuted. What other racist chants are there?? The charge could be inciting a riot or something. Or they should be banned from all Cub games forever. The N word has been sited by people other than Bradley who play for the Cubs.

QUOTE (scotty22hotty @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 01:04 AM) Jenks(arb.), Linebrink(10.5M), Alexi(2.2M) For Big Z(53M), Bradley(21M) & 21M Assuming Jenks takes a 14M/2 deal. Sox take on around ~25M (Cubs shed ~5M) Losing Alexi hurts, but I can see the Cubs taking this offer...

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 09:06 AM) I talk so much s*** on STL people because their weird fascination with STL as if there is nothing better and it is the mecca for all the mizzou kids. And their weird "what high school did you go to" reliance in conversation. But, that city is not as bad as I thought. For one, city museum makes it better than many cities, for that one addition. For two, papi's bbq is really good. And their bar strips aren't terrible. Central west end is not my scene and it's just as meat-heady as Lincoln Park, really. But, anyways, there are some really pretty parts of that city, and, as a compliment they have a lot of things that make st. louis - st. louis. It has a lot more personality then f'n indianapolis or houston and s***. Indianapolis sucks.

Zoinks my eyes appreciate that.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 09:25 PM) Men dressed as women stopped being funny after Jonathan Winters, Milton Berle and Flip Wilson. Not to mention Nathan Lane...