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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 02:04 PM) Did they ever convict her Dad of killing her mom? It seems like those cases just go away a few weeks after the murder occurs. As far as I can tell, he's in jail and they haven't set a trial date yet. If anyone knows more or different, please inform...

Watched the new Rob Schneider show last night. Wasn't great, but one scene had me laughing harder at anything I've seen on TV in a long time.

Wow, that was a brutal AB.

Arnie Munoz sighting.

I like how everyone is suddenly a professional scout nowadays.

Selig extended through 2014. Shocker he didn't retire. I also like how mlb.com doesn't allow comments when they have stories about Selig. Coincidence? I think not.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2012 -> 01:10 PM) And what, at least 2 of those were directly, 100% caused by the existence of "Juan Pierre", right? I wouldn't say 100%. Thornton did give up the pitch that was hit to the warning track that Pierre missed. Whatever the case, Thornton and Crain aren't closers. Reed should close until he proves he can't.

First big snow today, and Sox pitchers and catchers report in 42 days.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) Just think of rotation of Gio Gonzalez John Danks Daniel Hudson Gavin Floyd Chris Sale. Pisses me off that we gave up that much talent.. I don't blame KW for the Peavy trade but the Gio and Hudson deals were brutal... Pointless exercise. If you keep Gio one year, maybe you don't have Danks. The team is different. The draft order is different in future years, and you don't have Sale or possibly Hudson.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 11:02 AM) I already broke down AJ and PK for you. You are not getting any Top 100 names for either. AJ gets you nothing at all, if you can even move him. PK, if you eat a bunch of salary, might get you a couple decent prospects. Crain and Ohman get you nothing because they are basically paid at-value or above. Danks just got signed to a long term deal, at-value or so, so he gets you maybe one decent prospect. Beckham has been a huge disappointment and you would be selling low, getting not much in return, which would be idiotic. Floyd and Thorton are the only two you suggest that make some sense, and for the two combined, you might, maybe, get one Molina-like spect, but probably not even that. So you trade all those guys, you eat half the salary in the group, and you get back one or two 75-125 overall level prospects, and a handful of ones below that. And oh by the way, you no longer have any core to the team to build around whatsoever, and have massive holes to fill this year and in the future, so you end up re-spending the money you saved anyway. Sounds awesome. Good breakdown of the situation. The Sox are in a position just to play it out and hope they catch lightning in a bottle the first few months of the season. If not, then they'll have a few pieces to move in July, and then some contracts start expiring at the end of the season. This "rebuild" is a multi-year process. The key is to stop making stupid baseball decisions. Kenny should have been let go after last season, but there's not much he can do right now as an overnight fix.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 9, 2012 -> 02:23 PM) 4 championships. (for Morris) Correct. He wasn't on the playoff roster in 93.

I can't believe more than half of the voters still think Raines isn't a HOF. It took me a while to come around on him too, but he belongs. Jack Morris...I don't need stats on him. He belongs. Multiple 20-win seasons, 175 complete games, 3 championships with three different teams, including winning Game 7 of the 91 series. Now with the beefy ballots coming on the next couple years, it will be interesting to see if he goes over the hump next year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2012 -> 09:48 AM) They would have to pick up all of his contract for 2012 to claim him. Not gonna happen. Well, yeah...it would be on the Jays to pick up most of it if they made a deal. I'm just saying, as a player, Teahen would be a good fit right now as the Sox don't have a backup 3B.

Blue Jays DFA Mark Teahen. I have to admit, if he never played for the Sox in the past, I'd say he's a perfect fit now. Sox need a 3B/1B lefty bat with some pop.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jan 6, 2012 -> 11:42 PM) Ahh, thanks for that. I remember hearing he was interested in returning, but I never saw an official press release or something. They'll probably release a complete list of non-roster invites in the next couple weeks. Bruney and Eric Stults have been mentioned in the last couple months.

I'll believe it when I get a text from MLBTR.

Watch the Cubs win the World Series this year just because it makes no sense.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 5, 2012 -> 03:50 PM) Definitely, I would bet Thornton moves too. Or someone like that. That was my first thought...what else is going to Toronto? I'm calling bs on this one.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 5, 2012 -> 11:49 AM) Or the guys we could possibly trade (Floyd, Crain, Thornton, etc.) suck in 2012 and have no trade value at the deadline. We have to stick to the plan. This is another reason I fear that KW will make mistakes, in order to appease the fans who think everything will turn out fine as long as one or two things work. I'd rather gamble that productive pitchers will remain productive than trade them now and regret it by June.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 5, 2012 -> 11:36 AM) Is no one else already worried that we'll only get a "project" prospect and a throw-in? Let's not half-ass this rebuild. Stick to it or don't, no in-between s***. But thing about that is, you can't trade Rios, Dunn, or Peavy. And they probably won't move Konerko or Pierzynski either. So this "rebuild" is a multi-year process. The way I see it, they currently have 5 starting pitchers that can go out and put up a quality start. I think they should try to win with the 5 starters, and see if the Dunn, Rios, and Beckham bats come around. If they do hit, they would regret moving a Floyd and Crain and/or Thornton out of the pen. There's no real good reason to make any more significant moves until July unless they get overwhelmed with something.

Couldn't some of these moves...Thornton, Crain, Floyd all happen in July just as easily and with more teams desperate to add? Call me crazy, but I think there's an outside chance the current roster can win. To me, they should give this roster a few months to play, and then if they're 6 games back in July and under-.500, trade anyone you can/want.

Johnson, Buehrle, Zambrano, Nolasco, Sanchez...that should be good enough for a solid 3rd place finish.

Big Z is about to be Ozzie Guillen's problem.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 4, 2012 -> 01:37 PM) Thought he was in Japan last year. Must have done OK out there. No. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2011/stats/idb1_g.html

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Jan 3, 2012 -> 03:01 PM) How is our bullpen going to look? Different than 2011. Sale in the rotation. Frasor and Santos traded. Crain, Thornton, and Ohman will be back. Wonder how the rest of the bullpen will be. Addison Reed as the closer. Maybe Stewart as the longer reliever. Infante? Yikes! Jhan Marinez could be in there. Brian Bruney and Eric Stults will be among the NRIs. I think Axelrod will be the long guy/spot starter.