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Sox: Beckham 4, DeAza 8, Abreu 3, Viciedo 7, Ramirez 6, Konerko DH, Sierra 9, Semien 5, Nieto 2; Danks 1

LGarcia is now the 4th OF.

Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove.

Cubs: 1. Emilio Bonifacio CF 2. Junior Lake LF 3. Anthony Rizzo 1B 4. Starlin Castro SS 5. Welington Castillo C 6. Mike Olt DH 7. Luis Valbuena 3B 8. Darwin Barney 2B 9. Ryan Kalish RF

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That's a fine idea, but there is a roster crunch when Gillaspie, Keppinger and Eaton are all back. Maybe if the Sox didn't have a backup DH on the roster . . .

He can't be a placeholder unless he clears waivers. Even if you make him the last of the three to go, eventually he, Semien, and Danks all have to go down when Gillaspie, Eaton and Keppinger return. Unless you are going to send LGarcia down and make Beckham the backup shortstop. Of course, if they really like this guy I'm 100% behind cutting Keppinger loose.

This appeared in exact duplicate in last night's WGN-Cubs broadcast and in today's Bernstein article. I don't live in Chicago, and even when I did I never listened to the guy, but does he have original ideas or does he just steal them all from others?

I don't think he was ever in the teams plans beyond Eaton's return.

My guess would be that: Gillaspie replaces Sierra Eaton replaces Danks Keppinger replaces Semien

No, but it's a fun hypothetical to think about.

Plenty of time to get to Chicago after the game ends.

Perhaps you could ask BIG alums who live or have lived in the DC area. They would tell you that this is drumming up quite a bit of excitement.

I won't lie. I find a 10-9 game far more entertaining, but I fell much better about my team if they are winning a game 1-0 than 10-9, if that makes any sense.

Beckham goes 4-4 Danks drives in two with a double Two guys I'd never even heard of a month ago combine for 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 8K I give up trying to figure this team out.

Robin please, please, please stop batting guys with .261 and .222 OBP in front of Abreu and guys with OBPs of .409, .384, .376 and .350 behind him.

Cubs: 1. Emilio Bonifacio 2B 2. Luis Valbuena 3B 3. Anthony Rizzo 1B 4. Starlin Castro SS 5. Welington Castillo C 6. Nate Schierholtz RF 7. Junior Lake CF 8. Chris Coghlan LF 9. Edwin Jackson P Haven't seen Sox lineup yet.

I don't know how much culture/history you think people should be expecting. Nearly all of the visitors to Indy for major sporting events are coming from places other than New York, Chicago, LA, and DC. The amount of culture, history, and entertainment that Indianapolis has to offer is more than where they are coming from and more than enough to satisfy them. The only people I ever hear complaining about the lack of things to do in Indy are from Chicago. Indy is not Chicago nor does it want to be Chicago. Indy wants to be a place where you can make the trip to the BIG Championships every year because nice hotel rooms cost $99/night, rather than having to save up for a few years to be able to afford the $249/night rooms in Chicago.

I have long since accepted the fact that a plurality, and possibly the majority of Sox fans have no clue how much value certain players actually have to the team.

Well, no city is going to match DC for culture and history, but there is more of that in Indy than people realize. If you are from or have any connection to Indiana, the Indiana State Museum is really cool. If you have kids with you, there is a top-notch Children's museum up near Butler. The zoo is also really good. NCAA Hall of Champions A Native American art museum Mass Ave has a lot of trendy restaurants/clubs

Yeah, plus you can't look at Samardzija as a pitcher running. He's only a few years removed from being a potential high round NFL draft pick at WR.

Know how the NFL could get me to watch the draft? Hire John Travolta to (try to) read the names of the selections.

Welcome to Soxtalk! Here is the original thread from when the trade was made: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...t=0&start=0 I guess a brief summary would be that the Sox have had success in the past developing closers, felt that they could continue doing so rather than continue to pay escalating arbitration, and eventually free agency salaries to Reed, and also felt that Davidson could be a long-term impact bat at 3B when they have not had such a thing for quite a while.