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I'm pretty close on a deal to send an employee to a different department for an employee to be named later.

With the off day Monday, the Sox could have made a Danks/Sale rotation swap and avoided having Danks scheduled to take the mound 3 hours before the deadline.

A Dunn trade is also likely to involve cash, though Danks would involve cash over multiple seasons and might require more suits to work out the details.

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/arti...ak&c_id=oak

Will it be because it might actually happen or because somebody is trying to drum up interest in Danks?

Great, and when Gomes strikes out with RISP in the 9th inning of Game 5 in the ALDS with Oakland trailing 1-0, A's fans can just start repeating their motto: "They playoffs are a crapshoot."

AL DH OPS: Sox: .856 (2nd) Yankees: .678 (11th) A's: .675 (12th) Mariners: .545 (14th) If Dunn is not on one of these teams by the end of the day, I will be shocked. I can't imagine it would take a lot to get him, since the Sox gain little by keeping him. EDIT: Pittsburgh and Milwaukee are 13th and 14th in the NL in 1B OPS, so they really ought to be looking at Dunn as well. His defense isn't bad enough to overcome a 150 point improvement in OPS.

If Jose gets at least one hit in each of the next 19 games, he will tie the major league record for most games with a hit in a 57-game span.

Is this just a regular pole or does this pole come with a stripper?

Any chance the Yankees would also be interested in a lefty 4th OF?

Probably not much of a chance they'd make him a qualifying offer anyway.

If both sides are agreed upon the return player(s), I have to believe that the trade ends up getting done. I don't mind the Sox holding out until tomorrow morning for another million bucks or so, but don't think they would walk away from the deal because of it.

Sox: Eaton 8, Ramirez 6, Abreu 3, Dunn DH, Viciedo 9, Gillaspie 5, Beckham 4, DeAza 7, Flowers 2; Noesi 1 Det: Jackson 8, Kinsler 4, Cabrera 3, VMartinez DH, Hunter 9, JMartinez 7, Castellanos 5, Avila 2, Romine 6; Scherzer 1

Not about Frank but related to the HOF induction: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,4688831.story I hate these Word Crimes . . .

He's improved 4 games over last year. Need to sign him to long term extension now.

AL July OPS: Abreu 1.064 Hosmer 1.044 Carter 1.043 Santana 1.043 Machado 1.041 AL July HR: Carter 8 Santana 8 Abreu 6 Ortiz 6 Beltre 6 Gardner 6 Trout 6 AL July RBI: Ortiz 25 Hunter 22 Abreu 19 Carter 19 Santana 18

So there isn't anything brewing at all???

So has anybody gotten a PM with any good trade info that they can pass along to me???

Noesi vs Scherzer Full lineups later

Vlad had a year where he slugged .664. That's a pretty good target for Jose.

Well, 40 more walks a year is the difference between being Vlad Guerrero and Frank Thomas. Not that I wouldn't be satisfied with Jose Abreu becoming another Vlad Guerrero, but that doesn't mean that we can't hope for him to become another Frank Thomas.

Jose Abreu now has an 18-game hitting streak, tying him with Nick Markakis and Jose Abreu for longest in the AL this season.

That's OK. Neither does Mark Grace.

I bought a $60 ticket, so I paid Tyler Flowers about 10 cents or whatever his share of that is.

If you live down the street from a high ranking county official, your property taxes might even be $0.