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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 10:04 PM) Just a reminder...there was a report that Freddy has a cheap (like $1 mil) option for next year. $2 million in bonuses for innings pitched. Which is reason enough to have Garcia as your #5 starter until proven otherwise.

There are always plenty of relievers. If we can sign him in the $3 mil/yr range. Have at it. If not, let him walk.

I kinda like him sitting out a few days, except for the injury part. Let him come back strong and end on an up note.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 05:37 PM) Tampa Bay loses Carlos Pena for the year with broken fingers. HBP on his hand. They were pretty much done for anyway, but this puts the nails in the coffin.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 06:40 PM) In somewhat related news, Aaron Poreda has been called up. Well he totally earned it...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 05:35 PM) And considering the lack of choice and poor service for anyone but the wealthiest that is part of our current system, that's a chance I'm willing to take. Funny. I don't consider myself wealthy.

Lets not kid ourselves... Its legal if you are rich.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 05:19 PM) Based on your argument, if the government instituted a $10,000 a year tax on every small business employee and used some portion of that money to create jobs, that would be something you'd love to support. Because you're arguing that health insurers doing exactly that is a wonderful thing. Since the health sector is growing, we shouldn't touch it, regardless of the impact on everyone else. I love the assumption that government will actually cut costs... Sure they will, if they destroy service and choice.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 02:44 PM) There may be people devaluing him, I don't know...I haven't read every post. The fact of the matter is that Dan Hudson has 26 innings in AAA and the majors, and a little more seasoning is not going to hurt. If you go into next season with Garcia as the 5th and Hudson as the 6th, getting innings in the minors, the Sox will not lose a ton of production. And then, if either Garcia or Hudson force the Sox to use Hudson as the #5, it will happen. I also do not see 200 innings as the next logical step in his IP progression. 180 is about perfect, as it's a step up but isn't huge. That's how I would see it. You know his pitches per inning is going to go up. So even accounting for that 180 is a nice step up from his current workload.

The one nice thing that would come out of Crede retiting is the end of the damned threads.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 01:28 AM) Richard is 4-1 for the Pods? Me thinks we could have used him on the road trip from hell which only ended our season while Peavy was rehabbing. We were 2-3 in the first five starts that the fifth starter went after the Peavy deal. Even if you replace those, we are still 6 out.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) Let's go ahead and kill the one industry that's still adding jobs. That way, the government owns everything. What is really scary is how bad the jobs numbers would look if it wasn't for governmental hiring.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 04:12 PM) And yet, you scoffed when I applied that same doubt to the man of God we had running things before this. And yet you are running around with the same blind support of this administration that used to drive you so nuts before. Ironic, isn't it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 03:42 PM) You're missing the point of my B****ing. Oh I get the point... we are doubting the honesty of this administration. Oh Horrible Republicans.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) No conspiracy. Just pointing out that you guys defended those numbers and asked why the media wouldn't cover how good the economy was when Bush was running things. And I mean specifically you guys...there was at least a handful of those posts and threads here over the years. Now suddenly you've all decided you agree with me and those numbers are garbage. I think I can enjoy an I told you so or 50. Nice. They revised the numbers. Not me, not us, the government. I think you are b****ing up the wrong thread.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 03:24 PM) The results of nearly 450 Afghan polling stations have been declared invalid so far, and at least 150,000 votes have been thrown out so far. Meanwhile, karzai is slowly closing in on the "50%" he would need to avoid a runoff. What a complete mess. I wonder if Karzai got together with Achmendijad?

I really enjoyed the jobs report this time around... Yeah the numbers are narrowing a lot... Did the press miss the July downward revision by 110,000 jobs? That was the month when they tried to up tick the unemployment rate. Yeah...

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 03:09 PM) Saw Dominic Rhodes was cut. The guy ran for 600 yards in a back up role last year. Wouldn't mind him as a back up to Forte since Jones is out. That would be a great move. It really would give the Bears a 1B back who can handle the passing game.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) Merriman was getting together with Tila Tequila? Really? He needs to go to jail just for that...

We have 24 games left to play before we start todays game.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 08:43 AM) Making fun of fat people is the last "okay" predjudice. Nope. White people are totally OK for everything, especially southerners.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 05:55 PM) IT SMELLS LIKE BIGFOOTS DICK QUOTE (Heads22 @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 09:00 PM) Except for Tara Reid. She smells like everyone's dick.

Just kill me, please.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 08:17 PM) D2's batting average is down to .243 now. Drew O'Neill is having a solid season in most areas where it matters: 51 hits in 60.1IP, ZERO home runs, his GO/AO is an awesome 3.41, and righties are only hitting .199 off him. He needs to really cut down on his walks, especially against RH. Against LH O'Neill is struggling. Lefties are hitting .323 off him and walking at a 6.06 BB/9 rate. But, his GO/AO vs. LH (4.13) is actually a lot higher than against RH. Otherwise, the 35 K is no problem because he's not a strikeout pitcher, and the BAA vs. lefties really shouldn't be much of an issue either because he's a righty specialist prospect as it is. So where it really counts, O'Neill is doing great all-around, he just needs to really cut down on those walks vs. RHP. If he does get to the Majors with the Sox then hopefully Ozzie has learned from his misuse of Wassermann and will put O'Neill in a role where he can succeed. Danks needs the winter off badly. Heal up kid. If he isn't careful, he is going to be passed on the depth chart by a few guys.