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Short has been out of the lineup for over a week.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) he had two starts in B-Ham, didn't he? What was his velocity like? if you recall. One was a road game. I think his fastball was around 91-92. Can't recall his other pitches. Like I said though, it was all just average at best.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 08:15 AM) So... Dylan Axelrod. He's too old to be splitting between AA and A+ (turned 25 this season), but his numbers have been all around great since coming to the Sox during 2009. 2009 between A- and A+ was very good, same this year between A+ and AA. 2-range ERA's, very nice K:BB ratios. Is he a prospect of any note? Anyone know anything about his stuff (I Googled, didn't find much)? I'm kind of surprised, with his performance and age, that he hasn't been promoted faster. I saw him when he made his one home start with Birmingham. Nothing seemed outstanding, average stuff. He did attack the strike zone. Oddly shaped fellow, kind of stocky in the midsection.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 07:18 AM) Agreed, chalk it up to a bust and move on. Same kind of career as Wyatt Allen, had high hopes.......fizzle........ I did that 2 years ago.

My money's on Gilmore, I think the Dodgers will want a third base prospect.

Short hasn't played in a week for some reason.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 11:59 PM) Would Short or Escobar be an overpay? Based on what I've seen of Escobar and how well he's handled AA at 21, yes, it would be.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 11:31 PM) Oh man, that would be my nightmare! Everybody's.

I just hope Morel isn't going to the Dodgers in return if it happens. I'm afraid of an overpay.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 09:51 PM) What logic did they use in getting McCulloch in the first round? I hope I've seen the last of him.

Randy Williams is on Charlotte's DL.

I'm more concerned with his lack of enthusiasm about a promotion.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 04:59 PM) I agree she has no ass, but she is cute, nice boobs, and is cool as hell. Didn't say she wasn't cute. I'm just more interested in the busniess end than the sign out front. Hate to see them leave, love to watch them go.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 11:46 AM) Britney camel toe ftw. No hips, no ass and she looks like Hannah Montana. Bony legs too.

QUOTE (SnB @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 12:01 PM) Wasn't joking. Didn't even have to ask for it. Direct deposited into my account shortly after it was announced through e-mail at work.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 04:37 PM) Too soon. Hitting, not dropping.

You two should hug it out.

I predict that Ramirez will be hitting bombs in Hiroshima next year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) Third, they might not want to admit their season is over yet, we are all flat out guessing on their financial straits. Colleti said he doesn't like to concede.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 7, 2010 -> 03:11 PM) Alex Rios had full no trade protection in 2009. Phillips continues to show why he is an ex-GM. One of many reasons. I think it's funny that ESPN replaced him with J.P. Ricciardi.

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 11:32 AM) Heidenreich is going up to Kannapolis after his next start in Bristol. He's not happy about it, was looking forward to only having one more start left in the season ..he says his arm hurts! Someone needs to sack up.

I work 4 days on, then have 4 days off. My schedule is different every week. I'll be off tomorrow through Saturday, then have to work Sunday through Wednesday next week. I work 12 hour shifts during those 4 days, 6 AM to 6 PM with an unpaid hour lunch break. So I get 44 hours a week. But, since the schedule changes every week, I have two small checks in a row and then two large checks, with 8 hours of OT, in a row. I get paid every two weeks. But I get what amounts to 16 days of paid time off at the start of every year. I've already burned through it for this year because of my son. I get a Christmas bonus every year that escalates by $100 up until it reaches $1,000, which is the maximum anyone gets. This year I get $700, next year $800, then so on. Plus, since I work for a Catholic television network, they give you $1,000 for every baby you have. $2,000 if you have more than one at a time. If both you and your spouse work here, then you each get that baby bonus. Maybe I shouldn't have had a vasectomy. I also get 11 hours of pay on holidays regardless of whether or not I'm actually scheduled to work that day in addition to my regular 11 hours. So, I either get paid double for working holidays, or I just get an extra day of pay during the week of a holiday. My job isn't very stressful at all, it mostly involves killing time. Lastly, I'm on an escalating pay scale to get me to where I make the same money other people who do my job in this market make. I've been guaranteed a $2,500 annual raise over the next 3 years, but my salary target number will go up during that time because I will be hitting 10 consecutive years of service time in January of 2013.

Your wife is poisoning you, Shipps. That's what the feeling is in your gut.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 07:29 PM) Drugs or something else? Don't know.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 11:03 AM) Ahhhh!! It happened again last night!! I had the Angels-Twins game on the TV, and multiple people walk in and are in full panic mode that I won't change the channel to the all-important Vikings-Niners pre-season game so they can see Brett Favre throw ONE DARN PASS. Seriously people?? His freaking press conference after the game was about 20X longer than his time on the field. One pass. One sack. Big deal!! I'm missing pennant race baseball for this? So aggravating. Favre is a vampire that has glamoured the nation and he needs to be staked. A friend from Wisconsin told me that Packers fans in Green Bay were getting sick of him years ago.