Dick Allen

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) I wouldn't be so quick to punch Willie's ticket... It's common knowledge that Ozzie dislikes Gload... If he can play 1B then Gload needs to watch his back... I don't know if Ozzie dislikes Gload. But you are right, this doesn't necessarily mean we've seen the last of Willie. Gload is another guy who might interest a team as a throw in. If any other team's GM read this site the last few months, they can only come to the conclusion that Ross is bound for Cooperstown.

Can Blume lay down a bunt?

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) has to willie. has to be. Unless someone is sent to another team. If I were TB, I wouldn't mind having Ozuna thrown into a big trade. For all his problems at 3B, he's been a pretty steady SS, and has shown he can hit, and makes the minimum.

This should get the traveling secretary on the phone to United Airlines getting Willie Harris a flight to Charlotte, unless this a precursor to another trade.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 11:03 AM) Can't you make a post without trying to personally insult me? Stick to the merits. It is a crap shoot. But no one that is against my point has articulated a plan for how we are going to keep our starting pitching at the top of the game over the next 3 years. Yet you would all agree, I bet, that starting pitching is the reason we have the best record in baseball. How would the staff that you would have planned for 3 years ago, looked compared to the staff that is in place? You can't project 90% of pitchers that far into the future.

QUOTE(Ishmookie @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 10:53 AM) He has 25 saves in 28 opps. Shingo was 8 for 9 in save chances, and he was run out of town. Mesa already blew 1 World Series, and that was before he had an AARP card.

QUOTE(Kogs35 @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 10:48 AM) gammons and bruuuuuuuce yes have inside info. offman isnt a baseball insider, and either steals info from others or makes stuff up. That's exactly right. In fact Offman gets most of his info from Levine, Gammons, Rosenthal and Stark through internet and radio and television reports. As crazy as it may sound, he also lurks a couple of message boards, this one included, looking for information.

QUOTE(Ishmookie @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 10:43 AM) id rather have a relief pitcher like jose mesa than a guy like huff Did you know that Jose Mesa has a 26 year old son?

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 10:40 AM) Who are we really competing for with respect to Huff? Boston? I don't think so. You think if Boston isn't able to unload Manny Ramirez that they are still shopping their best prospects to TB for Aubrey Huff? Is anyone else in the Huff market? Either TB is going to come down in price for Huff, or they are going to end up keeping him. Both results would be fine would me. There's a good chance Trot Nixon is out for the year. Boston wants Huff, and according to BP, Tampa likes their package for him better than what the White Sox were offering for him at least as of about midnight. Maybe the fact that they are in the same division may sway them to KW's offer.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 10:16 AM) Just saw where the Score is reporting it's Huff or bust right now, with McCarthy not being involved in the deal. There's not a chance in hell we get Huff without giving up BMac. The Score is about as accurate as an mlb message board.

I heard this last week and posted it in one of the Inside Pitch threads. Bruce Levine is slow. Supposedly if Nevin would have accepted the trade, Sammy would have been looking for work.

Hey, Mr.Cub, Ernie Banks is also a no show this weekend. How come he's not going to get any flak?

BP said Marte and McCarthy is the offer for Huff. They didn't mention Baez. They also claim to have a source that says TB likes Boston's offer for him better, and not to be surprised if TB does nothing. Either LaMar really is out of his mind, or McCarthy's stock is not nearly as high as previously thought.

If KW can pull off a trade with TB its going to be a miracle. I like Huff, and the White Sox could really use him. I hope KW stays away from Baez, although he would give the Sox a Manny Trillo of Cubans. If the price for Guardado is a prospect, screw Baez, get Guardado and throw a few guys back to TB for Huff. That should be enough to win the division, and get some home field advantage at least in the first round.

Miquel Olivo got shipped to SD.

If you can't hit in Colorado.............................

Stark has reported several times that the White Sox will either do something huge, or do nothing.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) I'd like to see if they could get Tony Clark cheap. He could fill in at 1B/DH and is having a good year pinch hitting. I wouldn't want to give up too much, though. Tony Clark is having a fine year. He also is capable of going 6-80. His track record the last several years indicates he's due for a massive slump. Arizona is only a couple of games out. I would doubt that they would trade him unless the Sox really overpaid. He's not worth it.

Stark was espnnews with this. He said the Twins still believe they can catch the White Sox.

BP reported the Sox have made what they called their final push and I interpreted as final offers for Burnett, Wagner, and Huff and will take the first one that is agreed upon because the offers have common players.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) This makes Boston appear very unprofessional. Whether it is Theo's fault or not, it makes him look bad to have his word on a trade mean less. Semi-similar to what DePodesta did a year ago Very similar to the Erstad/Garland trade of a few years ago. The catcher that was supposed to go from Boston to Colorado, is being dangled to TB in a package for Huff.

Iguchi with another hit. Does this mean we won't see him until Wednesday after today's game?

Crede's sideburns ought to be filled in perfectly for Elvis night.

BP says the Yankees are close to acquiring Kevin Millwood.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 12:10 PM) Does Iguchi speak English or Spanish? I didn't think he did. Actually, I've never even heard him speak. I"m pretty sure only Japanese.