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Jas, congrats on the rare triple post! Spammer

I think all this small ball talk is JR's desire to cut the fireworks budget

Yes sir, I have to agree with that. It also struck me as I was driving this morning regarding the "quality" and ability of Pods v. Lee; if I was drowning, I would gladly trade my Suburban for a leaky old row boat. I've said several times that lead off has been a consistent problem. Perhaps a B- lead off hitter is better for this team than a B+ middle of the order guy.

My thinking had been Lee has the best chance of putting up Magg-like numbers. If we could replace Lee's numbers, which is easier than Maggs, we would be even. Now I see an offense taking a couple steps back. But it is only December and I truly believe you have to judge the off season in it's entirety, not trade by trade, release by release, FA signing by FA signing. When the team leaves spring training we can fully evaluate all the trades. If we leave with a third place team, a prayer, and a few million in the bank, no one will be braving those cold early season games.

If we got an impact player as the PTBNL, we won this trade big time. More likely a mid level journeyman type.

Oh ouch, that hurts. I have no cash. boo hoo. LMAO at such a moron. Perhaps I should explain. I forget we have little kids on the site. Steinbrenner doesn't have a pile of cash because he traded great players and kept freeing money until he had $$$$ to spend. Attendance, royalties, and other revenue streams, including an owner with deep pockets, can get you the cash. Cash in the bank does nothing to help the team win now. I agree that waiting to judge until the trade is finalized, with all players involved, is the only fair thing to do.

I judged him guilty as soon as she went missing. I said go find the husband and lock him up. Having admitted that, I too am shocked that they felt confident enough to also recommend the death penalty. I will be very surprised if the Judge agrees. Of course if he does, he'll be an activist Judge, and marked as a liberal weak kneed jurist.

Sorry, I don't have insider information that tells me what they are going to use the money for. It could be for another Robbie Alomar. If they hold off until the mid season, it may be too late. You cannot win a division in May, but you can lose one. You might hear attendance is down and they will not spend all of it on a mid season pick up. I've been a Sox fan for 30 years. I have almost no enthusiasm for money. I have enthusiasm for players on the roster, healthy, who can play. Potential doesn't feed the bulldog.

I guess then trading Thomas, Crede, Buerhle, and Garcia for a sack of crap would be the biggest trade of all time. Look at all that cash. The last time I saw cash contribute on the field it was Norm Cash with the Tigers. The thing with cash is it doesn't have to come at the expense of talent on the team.

Was it Jas' birthday or something?

PTBNL, usually becuase . . . There may be some contract issues, or there is a small group of players and the Sox needed time for their scouts to weigh in. It may be pending some performance criteria and the player would come in next season or something like that. I remember one that the player would come from pool A if the team could negotiate a long term or player B if not.

I am against the death penalty. My prayers go out to all the victims in this.

:headshake losing both corners in an out field that wasn't strong in the middle.

Thank you, I had forgotten about it. I PM'd the winner.

I wonder what Saddams job satisfaction rating was? In the US, Presidents rarely dip below 30%. Even at 20%, there are a lot of supporters out there.

I was just thinking about the Nanny-gates that have come up through the years. Does anyone know what the requirements are if you only employe someone on a per job basis? For example if you employ a guy to paint your fence one day, do you have to report it and pay taxes? I didn't think so. We have not employed a live in maid since moving down here, but we have had a woman come in twice a week on a per day basis. I never even considered the possibility that she was an "employee" and I would have to report the money we paid her as "income". Anyone here with knowledge in that area?

I was a little surprised at Joe Lieberman being mentioned. Kerik was the first cabinet pick that I really didn't like. I thought Bush was doing a very good job of re-staffing up until Homeland Security. I am starting to remember why I liked Bush right after he took office the first time.

There are stretches out near Big Bend with zero, nada, zip, FM radio stations. That has to be the only place in the US. I hit scan and it just kept going around and around the dial. There were a few AM stations, I could here Rush for part of the dive lucky me Kap, one time heading out to the Davis Mountains after a prolonged rain, the purple sage was all in bloom. For that drive, West Texas was the most beautiful landscape I'd ever seen. The mountains, the flowers, the cactus were just incredible. The one thing that I was disappointed in was the stretch with all the wind mills. I thought it would look cool, they are an eyesore. Now I know why wind has so many opponents.

I promised a Soxtalk cap to the winner, PM me to discuss.

We started a pick the loser way back when, was a winner decided?

Trades usually involve a team with an abundance of something sending that to a team that has less and vice versa. With modern baseball we have to include money in the mix as well. So what do we have an abundance of in the system that could be traded? Starting pitching? Closers? Middle? Utility players? OFers? IFers? Money? Power Hitting? DH? What area can we afford to drop a little in without destroying any chances? Where are we clearly worse than most teams?

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