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QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 01:06 AM) I was gonna say... I like the King Felix nickname. I think it's cool for him because of how less superstar based baseball is. However, in a sport dominated by stars, LeBron has no right to the title 'King' with out a ring.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 08:17 AM) Sounds like the words of an alcoholic. He's in denial. That's the problem. Since he sobered up, he's sucked compared to Bobby of old. Just drink a beer Bobby!

Go get 'em Freddy.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 06:40 AM) don't get me wrong, I'm as big of an Alvarez fan as there is (as witnessed by my avatar)....but right not i'd have to take buster posey from that draft ... that draft is looking to be a good one though...alvaraez, posey, beckham, jason castro, brian matusz already having lots of big league success plus guys like hosmer who has broken out in a ridiculous way this year The crazy thing is, if the draft were done over today, Tim Beckham wouldn't sniff the Top 10. Gordon, Posey, Alvarez, Smoak, Wallace, Matusz, Castro, Alonso, Davis, and Kelly are all guys in the first round who could go before him in a re-draft. Imagine if the Rays had drafted Posey or Gordon...wow.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) It's widely believed Hosmer will be moved to the OF. And Butler isn't blocking Kila, Jose Guillen is. Kila isn't much better (if any) with the glove... Also, Ned Yost said Betemit will be the 3rd basemen here on out (assuming he isn't traded)... Some people's logic...

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 12:19 AM) 1 perfect inning for Sale with 1 K. QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 24, 2010 -> 12:22 AM) Jon Gilmore with a solid 5/6 day, but had an error. It is listed as his 28th error. 28!! Can that be for real? He makes mark Teahen look like Omar Vizquel. Speaking of which, maybe Omar should have a clinic in the offseason for Gilmore.

For the record, I think if the Tigers land Haren or Twins land Oswalt, then Kenny will get Fielder, but it still won't include Gordon. I also think the limited Fielder market helps us. If you think about it, Hudson-Flowers-Viciedo-Torres-Short could be far-and-away the best offer the Brewers would get considering the Rays and Angels don't seem like they want to touch him and the Giants probably wouldn't match that. It's also the only deal I could see the Sox parting with Viciedo.

I had a dream last night we trade Gordon for Dunn and I was incredibly sad. It was not helped by the fact that Dunn didn't resign in the offseason, thus creating two holes in our lineup. That is why we will not trade Gordon.

Buehrle shined on the Anniversary of Awesome

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 07:26 PM) It is? It's one of the most unoriginal, and more importantly retarded, nicknames in sports history. I thought this WAYYYY before the "Decision." Only because of the fact that there we're a lot of King James' throughout history. I still didn't like it due to the fact he had no rings.

I kept falling asleep, but caught a lot of the pitching and saw Buehrle pitched well on his anniversary.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 04:47 PM) GOP Rep. And TN-GOV Candidate Wamp: States Might Have To 'Consider Separation From This Government' Gotta love election season over-the-top rhetoric. Do it. I want to see them just try it and realize what a cluster**** they'd be in. QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 06:36 PM) This is hilarious. I'm going to use this next time someone starts trying to paint me into a corner with manufactured stereotypes. The writer left out the part about the baby-killing though. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/23/88...th-a-Republican

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 06:13 PM) Stimulus and other things that are mandated that has nothing to do with the president in office at the time. Anyway yeah that's mostly true. It's really not that complicated and the idea that Obama came in office and blew up the deficit is absurd on its face. That's not how the federal budget works from year to year. The screaming over the 2009 budget was funny to because that was still Bush's budget which despite 2 years of Dem control of Congress was on a trajectory largely set on by Republican policies (Dems didn't really do anything and if they did Bush would've vetoed it so I'm not really listening to anybody who wants to lie about how they remember things. Hell, Sarah Palin said it in her convention speech and I bet they cheered or fist-pumped that line.), mostly the tax cuts and the wars. This is not so much assigning blame or pointing fingers as it is just stating things how they happened. This one counselor at a camp I went to this summer thought he was so clever bringing up federal spending to slam Dems, yet he refused to acknowledge the fact that it was largely based on Republican policies.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) Very interesting piece- Paul bends to King James’ rule King James' Rule? I'm pretty sure he no longer should be allowed to use the King moniker. King's don't play second fiddle and win rings. King James is a great nickname, but bad now for him. Maybe something like "The Decider" for him would be better. Also, the Bulls depth/flexibility to make trades is what sets this team up to do just about anything the next few years.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) Honestly, after the top 8, the whole rest of the list could be ranked almost anywhere - its a pool of low ceiling role players ready to go or medium potential guys further away from ready or high potential but just got started. The combo of an already thin system, some underperformers (Retherford, Nunez, Gartrell, Leesman among others) and injuries to 5 of the Top 25 guys really make the list weak. Fortunately, it's still a very good Top 8, and the next group (Gilmore, Gonzalez, Escobar, Short) I think will all take a huge leap.

**** Mark Kotsay. One year ago, we had Josh Fields at first and it felt better then Kotsay. It's also the Anniversary of Awesome.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 12:02 PM) The Twins are interested too, but Haren can block a trade to both the Twins and Tigers. That'd be stellar if they agreed to a trade and Haren turned it down. Kinda like Peavy, but without a few months to reconsider.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 12:10 PM) I may be the only one, but I am not a fan of going 12 deep on a roster. I think it screws the minutes up for the better players. Here is what I predict for the minute distribution this year: PG: Rose (35 minutes), Watson (13 minutes) SG: Brewer (30 minutes); Korver (10 minutes); FA or Johnson (8 minutes) SF: Deng (33 minutes); Korver (10 minutes); Johnson (5 minutes) PF: Boozer (35 minutes); Gibson (13 minutes) C: Noah (35 minutes); Gibson (10 minutes); Thomas/Asik (3??) I just don't see how the numbers align with all this depth. I would much rather have eight strong player than 12 above-average players. Taj deserves 20+ minutes per game easily, but if he does, Asik/Thomas get nothing. You can't take away from Noah. Gonna be some minute problems. I see it like this: I see Boozer and Noah getting just a few less minutes (33ish) to keep them some rest during games.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 12:10 PM) Grindy. I was ranting in the Chat the other day about Mark Kotsay, I think I used the term "Best All Around Player" and "All Teams Need a Mark Kotsay" and "Shut Up Ed Farmer"

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) your nevada teapartyin senator candidate http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=23466 Ah, gotta love it. "Questions? No, that would involve being upfront and stuff, and you know who was upfront with his political views? HITLER." Lewis Black/Glenn Beck creating the 1 Degree of Hitler is the greatest thing ever.

If we sign a sniper like Mason, we will only have 1 garbage time player, and that's JJ. And if that's the case, then I'd like to use the last three roster spots on guys like Bouldin, Byars, and Alexander for garbage time with I'm going to assume JJ and Asik (though I think Asik will get regular minutes). First Team PG: Derrick Rose SG: Ronnie Brewer SF: Luol Deng PF: Carlos Boozer C: Joakim Noah Second Team PG: CJ Watson SG: [Free Agent Signing] SF: Kyle Korver PF: Taj Gibson C: Kurt Thomas Third Team PG: Matt Bouldin SG: Derrick Byars SF: James Johnson PF: Joe Alexander C: Omer Asik That is really some amazing depth there.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 08:22 AM) Breaking heyman news. Thanks! All the trade speculation makes me hate the Peavy injury that much more.

QUOTE (kane0730 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 08:16 AM) Per Heyman: "chisox like prince fielder but have discussed dunn, laroche and berkman, in that order, as possible 2nd choices." At this point, I'd be happy with any of these 4 guys. This makes me ecstatic.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) Fielder owns handcuffs? Large people are kinky like that?

This makes me want Kenny to free Alex Gordon even more.