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Well, current fashion trends have men wearing much more form-fitting pants than in past years. Maybe you're just unfashionable.

That is a great point he brought up about adding a SP....yes, it may only be for 10-12 starts, but it can affect all the other starters in the rotation to give them more favorable matchups for the remainder of the season as well.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:08 AM) I'm hoping it has to do with interest. I think Liriano was trying to bulk up his next contract with high K rates and it let to him overthrowing and sloppy delivery. But now that he's on a contender, you can make quite a bit more money by pitching well "under pressure" and helping a team get to the playoffs. At least that's what I'm hoping. Liriano has struggled with consistency since the injury. He's gone through this pattern where he comes out and is absolutely horrific, they send him to the bullpen, he works it out, comes back, pitches extremely well for a long time, and then eventually falls back into bad habits and struggles again. Hopefully Cooper can keep him on track.

Hey Balta...do you feel like we have a pretty good handle on what realistic actions we could begin taking that would make the most sense, both economically and scientifically, in terms of taking the biggest bite out of this while simultaneously getting the biggest bang for our buck? It seems like for years we heard about how much our vehicles and driving behaviors had to do with this, and yet I seem to remember reading a few times that CO2 emissions from vehicles is but a small part of the problem. Have we reached the stage where we feel confident in what we've learned to actually start dedicating ourselves to solutions that will not waste our precious resources, whether financial, time, or otherwise, instead of wasting those precious resources on foolish solutions that make little impact if any? It seems like any time there is a big problem, there are some immediate measures that can be taken that will take a pretty big chunk out of the problem, and then further study reveals additional steps to be taken until it is eventually whittled down to much smaller levels.

No shame in tending bar while you keep trying, either.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 09:25 AM) They are. Particularly while watching the Sox success. In general, they have very knowledgeable fans... above average knowledge of Sabr stats, etc. And they are irritated as hell watching Antonini/Shapiro get pantsed by KW. You still chatting them up over at Scout, Patrick? What are their feelings about Mr Williams these days? Another question I had...any of them starting to grow impatient with Santana?

That, and KC often seems to enjoy playing spoilers towards the end of the year.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 10:50 PM) I've come to the conclusion that full time jobs are mythical and do not exist. All you need is one. Keep trying...it'll probably happen when you least expect it.

So Liriano will start Tuesday, eh? That should be an interesting game.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 08:39 PM) OK. but the kid gives up two runs and one is unearned plus our offesne went South of Dallas/Ft Worth tonight. Why are we back to bashing Floyud? I certainly did not bash him. I can't account for what others have done.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:35 PM) Floyd has talent. I also think he gives it his best shot every game Yes, he has tons of talent. This is exactly what is so mind-numbingly frustrating about him.

QUOTE (59th street @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 07:33 PM) Why would he tell KW when you are the one who made the unrealistic list? Floyd really battled tonight against a greed team,poor defense, a questionable strike zone and ZERO offense support. I think he did a great job despite all the ridiculous comments from the usual posters about being weak mentally. He looked like the strongest member of our team tonight! GO GO WHITE SOX! Thank you, Mr Floyd.

Yeah, I'm out too...must be the Espn game.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 03:23 PM) Who would you guys say is the most credible reporter out there regarding trade rumors? Nightengale?...Buster?...Rosenthal? Rosenthal/Morosi, Nightengale, and Heyman are all pretty solid.

He making $5 million this year, and will be a FA next year.

QUOTE (Harold @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 10:50 AM) Hi there, 1st post, so here goes. I've thought for a while that Kevin Millwood makes too much sense. Right now with Sale, and Q exceeding the most innings they've ever pitched and Peavey coming back from a never-happened-before in baseball injury, we need a guy that takes the ball, throws innings and keeps us in the game. Seems like Millwood has consistently done that and probably could be had for very little since he's obviously not part of Seattle's future. Just my thought. Great to be here. Welcome!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 29, 2012 -> 11:20 AM) The Twins scouts haven't been right very much recently. This was a salary dump and Escobar was the tallest midget they were offered. He strikes out more than 1 in 4 AB. Hits .159 against RHP with a .190 slugging pct. He's a back up at best, and the Twins, a last place team playing for nothing, are sending him to AAA. Please stop with the dramatics. He's an easily replaceable piece. Liriano is only owed about $2 million for the remainder of the season. It's not really a salary dump in that they aren't dumping much salary. They're taking a shot on one of these kids being able to help them on the cheap. This move could be worth it in that the Sox escape facing Liriano themselves for one or two times more this season.

Well, they also have Castellanos, who is their best prospect and one of the better prospects in baseball. Very unlikely that they move him unless they want to go all out for a guy like JJ or Felix.

Sweep these longhorns.

I'm so excited...I think under Cooper, Liriano has a chance to be the best SP that was acquired at the break by far.

Where is DA telling me how many years it's been since the Sox and Twins made a trade?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 28, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) 2 of 3 stellar starts for Humber since he's returned, and he's faced 3 of the best lineups in baseball in all 3 of these games I felt like tonight he was effectively wild. Didn't think he was particularly crisp. If you watched where Flowers was setting up, and then where Humber was throwing it, he certainly was missing his location a lot. Texas is scuffling. They aren't hitting the ball particularly well right now and I think tonight we saw that.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 28, 2012 -> 05:17 PM) Not sure if that is really true..... Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin From Doug Melvin on Greinke, via @adammccalvy: "Kenny worked really hard at it ...... I probably received as many texts from him [as anyone else]. It just wasn’t a match." I know we are all used to Williams and his smoke screens, but I really don't think that was the case in this situation. The lack of a quality farm system came back to bite the Sox, which we have all seen the past. The good news is, while Williams seems aggressive as ever, it seems like he has a better grasp of understanding the importance of having ammunition to play with come crunch time. I love that it all happens via texts now