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QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Dec 5, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) The Defense needs to make a play here. A takeaway or a 3 and out would be nice. This. O-line is getting dominated, gotta get some points on defense to turn the momentum a bit.

Such sloppy tackling in this game by the defense.

We're getting killed on these screens.

Very good game from Boozer, too. When did Brad Miller get so good at 3 pointers?

Derrick Rose, shades of Ben Gordon.

Rose gets fouled by Scola on a drive, no call. Scola gets bumped by Boozer, foul. Bulls***.

So many horribly soft fouls in this Bulls game. Just terrible.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 06:48 PM) Hey, we signed Andruw Jones! Maybe everything's different now I would actually welcome Andruw back.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) Posted this in MLB-Catch-ALL but don't feel like starting another thread. Cardinals just signed Lance Berkman! OF/1B but more OF clearly. Does this make Rasmus available? No, because the Cardinals don't have anybody else who can play CF.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 02:12 PM) Flowers for Bell? Ok...I know that they lost badly on the deal with Boston, but that'd be pretty darn embarrassing. Not just Flowers obviously, but he'd probably have to be the main piece. If we don't trade Viciedo, the next best thing we have is Flowers. Unless we want to trade Mitchell or Morel.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 02:09 PM) Yeah. With Gonzalez gone, what's the point in holding onto Bell? Viciedo for Bell is a nice trade for both sides. I would hate to make that deal. Give 'em Tyler Flowers instead. San Diego's pretty thin at catcher aren't they?

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) Please stop with this restricted payroll/budget nonsense. No other fanbase is more consumed about money than those of the Chicago White Sox. The Sox owners are not poor. There is no salary cap in baseball. Chicago is no worse than the third largest baseball market in the known universe. Count the Cubs and Chicago is second only to New York and that's because of population, not interest. We could have a 180 million dollar payroll if they so ordered. The naivety is astounding. Reinsdorf and his management has been conditioning its fanbase for close to 30 years. They're not poor, but they have a history of being stingy. And man, is it so hard to keep everything on fewer lines?

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 12:34 PM) Looks like Jeter's deal is 3/51 Yuck.

Bad deal for the Padres. Kelly's been very underwhelming in the minors so far.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 4, 2010 -> 02:11 AM) Dunn as a DH is a 6.0 WAR player. 6 more wins a season. That is HUGE. There are only a handful of those guys in baseball. He's not a 6 WAR player as a DH. He's a 4 WAR player at DH. His max potential is probably a 5 WAR DH, which is pretty damn incredible. It's very hard for a DH to eclipse 5 WAR because of the -17.5 positional adjustment for the position. That's like being a -5 fielder at 1B or a -10 fielder in LF or RF.

Wonder who the Pads will get back.

This is awesome, we just shed $4 million in payroll. Kenny's on a roll.

Joel Peralta got cut loose. Guy had a 2.02 ERA and a 3 FIP last year in 40 innings. He might be worth a good look.

Sad day for the Cubs and their fans. Maybe this can get Santo into the Hall. He probably should have been in long before this though.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 06:52 AM) Exactly my thoughts since money doesn't appear to be an issue. It will be in the long run. Committing almost $45 million of your payroll on 3 players for the next 2-3 years isn't a good idea, especially when one of them is 35 and the other just came off a terrible injury.

s***, I'd sure like to have Russel Martin for the cheap right now. Nothing against A.J.

Eh, I'd take him as a bench player. He had areal nice 2009 and then backed that up with a .320 wOBA season.

We're getting into Chicago Cubs territory here when it comes to the spending. WTF?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 10:20 PM) Do you think up to this point that the Sox have had more conversation with Konerko or DLee? Konerko of course...

I think Sale is much more valuable to the bullpen at the moment. He's likely to hurt himself as a starter. Plus, if Putz isn't back, he'd have to be the setup man or closer.