Mr. Showtime

OK. Is Rick some sort of baseball insider or is he just talking out of his ass? I'm sure the Sox are interested in Beltran, but for him to say he'll end up here would require some sort of information.

I still would like to know who the hell Rick Ballou is.

I sent a couple of hours ago. I figured I would send it to both Alex and you since that way I knew it would get up soon.

Sorta meh, the driver wasn't quite sure where I lived, but I'm home. The delay at the airport before we left was weak though.

I went on this trip as well and didn't really do anything. It was hot though, I can vouch for that.

Like Jason said, I liked it.

Shocking, I leave town for a week and all this goes down.

Another update: We're at the ballpark, nice park, Jason and Cerb are down on the field talking to the players now. A lot of interviews lined up, so be on the lookout for that. It's real hot here, but we should be in the box again tonight. It's Friday so it's also a fireworks night, Hogs are expecting a big crowd, so hopefully the Hogs don't play corpseball like last night.

Tarp still on the field at 8PM. Hawk said maybe 8:30 start, but once this rain front moves through it's clear sailing, so it looks like this is gonna be a late night game.

I've been meaning to ask you what happened to that new version of the site. I guess it's coming...

They had said 8:15CST

They just came back on the air after a good episode of "Family Feud" and the tarp was still on the field, and it was still raining.

Yeah.

Ugh. Just ugh. Jones, Ortiz, Kendall. That's who I would like to see.

Right. Had he been the closer since day 1, he'd be on the team.

Where the hell is Adam Dunn?

You can do so on MLB.com. Here are the players you can vote for: AL Ford - Minnesota Hafner - Tribe Konerko Thomas Matsui - Yanks NL Abreu - Phillies Finley - DBacks Kendall - Bucs (hopefully us soon!) Pierre - Marlins Ramirez - Cubs I'm guessing Matsui and Ramirez go...

That's all certain people look at.

Doesn't have the high strike out numbers or the history.

What's up with this? Why are we looking for Jurassic?

Hope you don't get beat up. Have a good one Alex.

Well until we beat them they can say what they want. I think they have to be a little worried from the aspect that they can't make a major move like this, and due to the fact that Kenny isn't done. I'll be interested in their next series of quotes after the next trade we make.

Don't have the luxury to be patient. Had to make it, there's a window to win. All 3 players will be a help to Seattle. Breaks down his pitches, says stuff is there to shut down any team. Feels we can beat any team if lucky to get into the playoffs. Factor with Ozzie played an aspect in this move. Ozzie has showed winning is on his mind first and foremost, won't sacrafice winning aspects to keep his friendships in baseball. Says if he didn't believe he had a "60 percent" chance of signing him he wouldn't have given up the 3rd player in the deal. Says he banking and gambling on it, but knows for sure he's given everything he can in 2004. Would prefer not to answer directly if he is still working the phones. Jokes he was so focused on Garica he should call the M's back and see if they have other players to give away. Scouting and player development is our lifeline. Since we can't spend like the Yanks. Rest was about interleague....

For those of you at home, you can watch Kenny Williams talk about the trade with Mike and Mike on ESPNnews. Or if you're at work flip on ESPN Radio. He'll be on at 9:30 EST/8:30CST.

Well, if you had glasses and a black hat on it was you. It was when they came back from a commerical and we're panning the crowd.