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QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 10:15 PM) And on cue check. We have had our In/Out poll. We have our Belusi bombing Pearl Harbor quote. Next will be the attempt to put different players as our designate "Rally" player. Someone to b**** about people trying something humorous or positive

So when did Nick turn into a hockey goalie at first base, and maybe Griffey can just play 1B instead?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 02:00 PM) Pretty sure Palmeiro and Sosa played together in their last years. 2005 in Baltimore. Good catch

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 01:58 PM) It was an "off the top of my head" guess. A good guess it was. It was something like 3 years from happening.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) McCovey and Mays? Mays had retired by the time McCovey hit #500. I glanced at the 500 homer list, and I don't think it has ever been done.

Here is my question... Has a team ever had two guys with 500 homers in the line up at the sametime?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) Linky Discuss. He mentions both the Red and White Sox, but then says "the sox" might end up with Grabow. Good reporting there...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/higher_ed...ry/1160097.html

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 01:08 PM) Deadline is up now yes? Wonder how many deals will be annouced here shortly. Hopefully KW got an arm to help out. Also realize that trades can be announced after 3pm, as that is the deadline for having the agreed trades into the MLB offices.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 01:06 PM) Is this trade official yet? According to most sources it is in Bud Selig's lap now due to the money changing hands.

A guy like this can give you a culture and expectation of winning. I am excited to see the effect he has on the minor league system.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 12:29 PM) I would like Hanrahan...not as hot on Lannan but sure, whatever dude. Hanrahan appears to have big upside, and I remember him as a Dodgers top prospect a few years back, so there's something there. It sounds like this is actually the guy the rumor is about. I don't know if someone screwed up a name early, but Hanrahan's name came up again. It makes much more sense from the perspective of what we have to offer to other teams.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnerId=rss_cws

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 12:30 PM) Griffey wont be offered arbitration (at least he shouldnt be) but if he did he'd be Type B which means 1 pick. Thome's real close to having his option be automatically picked up so theres no way we get 6 picks. We'd be lucky to get 3. If Griffey is signed early, or the Sox reach an agreement with him to reject arbitration, that makes it possible to get the picks.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 12:18 PM) Your sound reasoning and well thought out logic would get you IP banned at a lot of places. Paulie is going nowhere, as he should go nowhere. Griffey will NOT be on the 2009 Sox unless they keep him on to DH and let Thome go (I'd prefer Thome, he's kept his power better). If you asked me for the BIGGEST benefit to this deal it would be the draft picks we'd get for Griffey when he signs somewhere else as a free agent. The Sox could conceivably get 6 supplemental picks next year - 2 for Cabrera, 2 for Griffey, 2 for Thome (if no option picked up). I'd say that would help the farm system, but I'm not high on the Sox's drafting. Wow, that would be a quick way of refilling the minors.

Everytime Jason closes a thread, a kitten dies. :cry:

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 10:39 AM) I bet I could get called by the Twins tomorrow, spend a couple years in the minors, then get called up to play CF and bat .290 and kill the Sox. I hate the Twins. And .400 against the Sox with a couple of diving catches.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 10:23 AM) Do we have definite details on the trade yet? Griffey for.....? Massett and Richar. Reds pay for KG contract.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) I want to punch Lawrence Holmes in the face. Yesterday, when the Sox were sitting 0.5 up in the division, he was all doom and gloom, and proclaiming the twins were going to win this thing Right now, "If the sox win tonight, this series didn't happen, and actually the Sox gained." What a douchebag, SERIOUSLY. He's right on the second account. Removing 4 games from the schedule without the Twins gaining any ground is a win for the Sox.

Throw this into the random FWIW category, the Sox do now have an open spot on the 40 man roster.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 08:58 AM) CBS Sportsline says its for Richar and Masset. http://www.sportsline.com/ Hmm. Any word on us getting anything else back?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 08:02 AM) score says either weathers or affeldt part of the deal..... A deal makes A HELL of a lot more sense in that context.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 07:55 AM) how many years left on Griffey's contract? This is the last one, with an option for 09.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 07:53 AM) Are you still looking for 160 mil over 8 years in the offseason? Everybody is looking for that... now getting it is a different story.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 07:52 AM) Why would El Paso have better information then Chicago? Doesn't make sense. A PTBNL, based on performance makes the most sense. Plus, another low prospect. This doesn't fill a Sox need, Cincy is not going anywhere. They unload the salary and hopefully get Junior in the playoffs before he retires. No one else is really looking to trade for him. It could be a Foxsports radio station, because it was one of their guys who broke the story. Also at least in my eyes, it makes the most sense.