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QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Dec 16, 2011 -> 07:05 AM) I hope so. Right now, it's so boring. Oh god, tell me about it. I think Santos trade is the only move that has changed our roster in any way, unless you count NOT SIGNING Buehrle as a move.

QUOTE (Fantl916 @ Dec 16, 2011 -> 12:44 AM) http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/the-gms-of...entin-and-danks ESPN has an article up with Bowden chucking out 5 trades involving Sox players. Let me say I hate all 5 of them... 1. Danks to the Nationals for Brad Peacock and Destin Hood. barf. hood is whatever and peacock would get rocked in the AL or end up as a reliever... gross 2. Beckham to the Giants for Surkamp, Heath Hembree, Ehire Adrianza barf. a borderline #5 starter, middle relief prospect, and middle infield prospect with no bat... gross 3. Quentin to the Braves for Kris Medlan and JJ Hoover. barf. a 2nd division starting pitcher and middle relief prospect.... gross 4. Floyd to the Pirates for Starling Marte and Daniel Moskos super barf. this is the worst of them all. both marte and moskos are garbage, neither will be even decent major league contributors 5. AJP to the Rays for Jacob Thompson whatevs. ajp who cares, lance broadway 2.0 is fine... if this is how SOx prospects are viewed outside our bubble then we're in for some serious disappointment... TBH, I would probably take that package for Beckham, if I had to trade him. I prefer to give him 1 more year, but if I had to trade him, that's not a bad package anymore.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 14, 2011 -> 09:19 PM) They just dropped $20 million on a McDonalds and a parking lot. ?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 14, 2011 -> 11:17 PM) Kaner shoot out goal, wow He just embarrassed Backstrom. It was hilarious.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 13, 2011 -> 08:01 PM) If it was going to be Galvez, I feel like they would have focused more on him. I definitely think it's going to be Estes, in an effort to work with the VP in order to get promoted when the VP becomes President. Also, I love that the VP is the bad guy from The Stand. I didn't consider the motivation, but I did notice they did interact with Galvez last episode, seemingly out of the blue. I dunno, I guess maybe we will find out Sunday.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 13, 2011 -> 06:52 PM) Beckham immediately replied to Cowley saying "WE WILL SEE JOE" and.... @gordonbeckham Gordon Beckham “@BWBdaBRONCO: Beckham why are you givin a RT to sum1 who's saying you can't excel....CAUSE IM GOING TO PROVE HIM WRONG! boom

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 13, 2011 -> 01:40 PM) I can't wait for the Homeland finale, good god Im hooked. Oh man, show is so intense. I can't wait for the 90 minute finale. My guesses here are that Brody doesn't actually wear the vest, and that he was simply instructed to give it to someone else, but of course had to know how it works to be able to pass on the information. Secondly, I think Agent Galvez is the mole. He is the guy who Estes assigned to Carrie earlier in the season. I don't remember much about him, but I believe he has ties to the middle-eastern world in some form, and seemed suspicious to me. My dad thinks Estes is the spy, but I think thats just too cliche that the boss is the bad guy. And Saul being the bad guy is possible, but its been hinted at too many times with the lie detector thing, and his middle-eastern wife, and a few other odd things he has done.

Interesting "retweet" by Beckham just now.... “@cst_Cowley:Beckham can be a standout player. I just don't know if that can happen with the Sox. He's too in his own head.” @gordonbeckham 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply Retweeted by gordonbeckham I wonder why he would retweet that. Does he think he has some mental issues, or does he think he might need to move to a different team before he can become a standout player? Hmmm....

I wonder if teams are waiting to see who wins the claim on Yu Darvish before anyone commits to a Danks or Floyd trade. Wishful thinking?

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 13, 2011 -> 04:49 PM) Konerko projected to have a down year according to those guys As one would expect. At his age, every season from here on out will have a projected decline. You generally don't assume old players will improve.

I feel he could be a formidable #5 guy with #4 potential, which is a nice surprise when you figure he was pretty much a nobody in this system.

Wow, love those numbers for Sale.

QUOTE (CaptainKonerko @ Dec 13, 2011 -> 01:30 AM) According to this article there's a good chance http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames...amer/id/6247274 Sweeet. Not because I would buy it, but because it will push The Show to become even greater. I wish EA still made college baseball games, I would probably get it.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 10:05 PM) I don't think it'd be a huge stretch, as the next season will already be 1922 or 1923. But I don't think they need to add any other historical characters, plus I think Dillinger was located more throughout the Midwest. He was, but I would just really like to see him involved in some way, mainly because I live right down the street from the jail he was kept in, and eventually escaped from.

Also, funny rap video from deceased Agent Sebso. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7fbafb12a...e-state-of-mind

That would be great if the series lasted long enough to get in to John Dillenger's rise, but I would imagine we would have to see the show go 7 or 8 seasons unless they pull off a big time jump of 2-3 years.

I'd like if Kenny can find a way to get Gardner. Something like Danks, Quentin, + Prospect for Gardner, Romine, Betances/Banuelos.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 11:09 AM) Wow, Boardwalk Empire...so good. Thoughts, with spoilers: Ok, see I was thinking for whatever reason that Jimmy had been ridiculed for running away from the war and not fighting, or being too scared or whatever. I wasn't sure if I was misremembering, or if I was thinking of a different show where that happened, so I thought maybe they were showing that he actually did man up and fight and didn't run home scared.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 12:28 AM) Cmon, someone discuss Boardwalk. That was amazing. What will happen to Richard? I don't think he just goes away. Ah man, I was bummed. I really enjoyed his character. Anyway, I did not see that coming with all the storylines that were attached to Dormody. And the thought that Nucky chose to believe Eli over Jimmy, even though Eli was lying and Jimmy told the truth really sucks. As for Richard, I don't know what becomes of him. As far as the war flashback goes, were they trying to show that Jimmy actually did fight in the war, because the idea was that he was too scared to fight and ran away?

I hate football right now. I hate it so much.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 11, 2011 -> 08:16 PM) We're going to clear a lot of payroll space in the next 12-18 months. I would give Flowers a 33% chance at being the 2013 opening day catcher. We'll see how he does this year as the primary back-up. At AJ's age, he should get at least 25-35 starts, if not 40. There's always the possibility that they start playing Flowers against every LHP and make it a straight platoon. I'm just saying, until he isn't in the plans, then he is still in line to contribute to his team in the future. We can't assume we will resign AJ or get a new catcher via trade for Free Agency. If you look at Baseball America's "2015 Projected line-ups", I would be willing to bet it includes Flowers.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 11, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) Are you projecting Tyler Flowers to be the starter in 2013 with that comment? Or Santos Rodriguez? Gilmore? Who else is in line behind AJ? Dan Black?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 11, 2011 -> 07:53 PM) Both the Javy and Swisher trades received a sizeable return; the Sox saved >$30 million between those 2 deals, and that was with both of them coming off of garbage finishes in 2008. Complaining about those deals is like Toronto complaining that they didn't get anything back for Rios in 2009. Pretty much. Javy saved us a bunch of money, and 2 of the 3 players we received are contributing to the team for multiple years.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Dec 11, 2011 -> 05:59 PM) Kenny has always tried to be the guy that plays it fair with his GM buddies though, if not be the swindler. The only trades he really lost on hardcore would be Swisher and maybe Javy, but other than that he struck gold with Danks, Q and Gavin. I do trust KW to put a good product out there simply because he has done it before, they're giving him help with the prospects which is what he needed lol. I don't get how people can characterize the Javy deal as anything but a fair trade for both sides, if not a slight advantage for the Sox. Lillibridge, Flowers, and Gilmore.

I'm not sure how I feel about the Sox being so trade friendly w/ the Blue Jays. One 1 hand you have a team with a GREAT farm system and tons of good prospects to trade, and on the other hand you are dealing with AA who is a damn smart guy and has done pretty well in almost every trade he has made. So when I see the Sox and Jays are discussing a trade, I have to be cautiously optimistic.