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Colon threw nearly all fastballs tonight with some changeups.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) FlaSoxxMom sent me a birthday check that has "For a Kindle" written right on it. Yea Me. Jesus, she must be ancient.

Flowers is absolutely destroying it in BHam.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 05:43 PM) 0-2 with an 8.18 ERA in Charlotte. Freddy has yet to make an appearance. Egbert is hurt, Colon's in his spot. I voted for Colon.

We need to trade for another starter.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 10:26 AM) It's fun to watch Paulie bat when he's on fire. If we were coming offf our WS year, right now Paulie would be an all star as well as Dye, Mark, AJ and either Bobby or Thornton. As it is we get one guy. What a joke. His swing is so short and quick when he's going good.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 12:37 AM) First off, settle down. Second off, relax. Third off, I apologize in advance for sharing my opinion. Fourth off, you have missed the point entirely like so many in this thread. You are right. I haven't seen Allen play and probably not the guy we traded for either. But who I have seen pitch is Aaron Poreda, Matt Thorton, Scott Linebrink, Octavio Dotel, DJ Carrasco, and Bobby Jenks. Here's the scouting report on them: they're all f***ing good. It comes down to why make this deal to begin with. To say we have the best 5th best guy in a bullpen in MLB? Even then, it will be hard for him to pass up what Poreda and Carrasco have been doing for us. And still, to me, not a legitimate reason to make a trade, and I would think so for most. Did I mention everyone in out pen except for Dotel is signed at least until 2011? Is it to replace Dotel? So we bring in a guy to be our 3rd righty out of the pen at best a year in advance and give up a guy who is by everyone's account a top 5-6 guy (in the very least) in our system? Sorry, hard for me to get excited personally. He gives us some certainty going forward in the pen. Thornton is about the only guy you'd figure that's a good bet to stick around in two years. Will we ante up to keep Jenks? Dotel will likely be gone after this year. Hell, who knows with Linebrink? Carrasco has a rubber arm but we can't count on him for pivotal innings. Poreda may not be here by August. Peña has been regarded as Arizona's future closer, and we have an abundance of 1B types. Excuse me if I'm not mourning the loss of a guy with an 824 OPS in his second year in AA. He's a top 6 prospect in our system, yes, but he's not shown himself to be anything potentially special, like a Flowers or a Danks.

Imagine a booth with Bob Uecker and Hawk.

Bullpen trust level: Jenks Thornton Linebrink Dotel Pena Carrasco Poreda I love that Tony Peña is our fifth f***ing option.

Sox! I don't really mind this winning thing.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:29 PM) He has options and will be needed in September. That's about the next I want to see him.

I'm ready for the DFAnderson.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 08:02 PM) The idea of replacing one of the worst hitters in the AL with someone like Quentin is definitely an intriguing thought. Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

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Being as I have no life, I watched the whole thing. Really do feel bad for his kids.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 05:10 PM) Could we possibly see him as the pinch runner, 25th man on our playoff roster this year? I'm optimistic, yes. no

A little tidbit, but Allen would have slotted somewhere from 4-6 in our new midseason FS rankings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolo_Colón His wikipedia page has him dying today at the top.

I'm going to close this now before the inevitable happens.

He is....the King.

I would have loved to hear his calls during the 05 playoffs, especially the Pods walkoff. He might have actually stroked out on us on the air.

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I hope people realize that Peña is viewed as a developing closer prospect from his days in Az. He's not DJ Carrasco, who's ineffectiveness lately has probably also contributed to this deal.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 10:13 PM) You have a better idea to find Colon? Ha, ok, that was pretty damn good.

He sure is awesome to watch in the field. I still kinda like the mini platoon with Getz.