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Wow, we really needed that one.....

QUOTE (joejoedairy @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 08:12 PM) linedrive to center Sexy. I hate those cheap towering fly ball HRs.

Was it a high towering, drifting shot, or a bomb? Or a linedrive I guess?

Wilkins is 1/1 with a 2B, BB, and SB so far. Phegley went 3/4 with a 2B. He is really coming on strong since the injury. AVG up to .321 Morel went 1/4 with a 2B.

Arroyo with another dominating start. 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K. Now 77 K and 11 BB in 69 innings. Very nice WHIP too of 0.89.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 07:44 PM) Hard to compare how the Manny-mania would be, as the Griffey playing time came when fans still cared cause we were in the heart of the pennant race. I believe we need to be no worse than 4 games out when we acquire Manny for it to have any substantial impact on our attendance. I disagree. I think Manny will sell us tickets regardless. I know I would definitely like to go to a game to see him, and I don't even like the guy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 03:41 PM) 36 year old, .791 OPS this year, decreasing about .0.25 points per year for the last couple, owed another $10 million next year? I think we can do better than a .775ish OPS from a 37 year old with $10 million. Yeah, Jermaine Dye.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) I predict that Ramirez will be hitting bombs in Hiroshima next year. Too soon.

cst_sox Oz was asked if he would want Manny - "I don't know. But I will have to say yes because Kenny will get him anyway." Well, it's nice to know that Ozzie doesn't want Manny and will probably have him platoon DH with Kotsay....

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 04:11 PM) Acquiring Ramirez isn't just claiming him. Once Manny is claimed, there still must be a deal worked out. Considering Ramirez will be a Type A free agent who will probably get at least a two-year deal somewhere if he decides to play next season, the Dodgers would likely offer him arbitration (unless the risk of him accepting the offer is one the club is simply unwilling to take) and recoup a supplemental first-round pick plus either a first- or second-round pick if he were to sign elsewhere. They'll expect a trade offer that beats the promise of two first-round picks, and won't trade him if they can't get it. Do you really think they would offer him arbitration?

Thompson went 2/4 with a double.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Hawpe would be a good pick up for us for the minimum. He can't field at all (Adam Dunn kind of bad), but he should be able to hit a lot better than Mark Kotsay. I would think Kenny would tell Hawpe that we would make him an offer if we don't get Manny first.

As I said back in July..... I will welcome having Manny bat on this team, but I can't say I have ever been a fan of the guy personally. I think he represent everything bad about baseball. Steroids, laziness, being a clown, selfish, ect. However, I can't deny his skills and I can't help but overlook his personality if it means we can make a push for the playoffs, in addition to the tickets and jersey sales he will create. I feel the same well I felt when the Cowboys got Terrell Owens. Hated the player, but couldn't deny the skills.

Yeah....I work part-time at Chilis. I have no idea what overtime is.....

I would say Rich Harden gets more credit than Darren O'Day. That's now 2 no-hitters in the past week that were lost after the starting pitcher exited.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 05:55 PM) Let's not get crazy now on Heidenreich. Rookie ball numbers without some kind of track record or glowing scouting report are relatively meaningless. Hitters at that level will swing at anything, making the BB/9 a little less impressive, and hitters at that level will swing at anything, making the 6.85 K/9 completely unimpressive. Which is why I used such cautionary words like "think" and "possibility".

Wilkins went 1/4 with 2 BB. Blanke went 3/5, 3 RBI. He was a HR away from the cycle.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) Any Harder than believing that Laroche wasn't claimed at all? yes. I would think Damon has much more value than LaRoche does. That said, I am still surprised LaRoche wasn't claimed either.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 06:00 PM) I'm predicting Manny will be on the White Sox for the "stretch!" run. Geez, going out on a limb much?

QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) Heidenreich has been on fire this year, honestly I think he probably has more upside than most, if not all, of our pitching prospects. (even more upside than Homberg, before he got traded away) I agree, but that's because, at least in my mind, he is only 19 years old and is showing such great command and strike-out ability. Rienzo is really impressing me, but Heidi is doing it at such a young age, it's exciting to think of him possibly making it to the bigs around age 22.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 02:25 PM) Why bother with Damon, this team is done anyways. Yeah, if we don't add anyone we are done.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 03:19 PM) From my understanding there was only one claim placed, and it was the RedSox. I would find that hard to believe.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:47 PM) They get all the claims from all the teams at once and then sort it out. It's not like in this day and age they have to do 30 phone calls one by one. Right. Which means that the only teams that could have put in a claim were Tampa Bay, Minnesota, New York, and then the NL teams. Unless he is saying that NL teams with worse records could have claimed him too, but I don't see why that's relevant.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) Boston might have claimed him, but that doesn't mean they were necessarily the team with the worse record to claim him. How does it not? I mean, I guess they could have been the ONLY team to claim him.

Red Sox claimed Damon. SOAB.