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She was cute in "Monte Carlo" at least. I'd still take the more sophisticated Emily Blunt.

Santos is definitely going to earn this save. Laser Light Show (why does Farmer call him that??), Ortiz and YOUK.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) I've never understood how, for a few years now, the Sox carry a certain swagger when facing elite teams. Put them up against the Royals or Twins and they walk around like they're scared sh**less. Makes no sense. We're not scared against the Royals. But we did used to simply intimidate them and have KC beaten before the series would start from 1993-2006. We've also faced a lot of guys we'd never seen before (Paulino/Duffy) and the bad luck of Bruce Chen in rhythm 2 times. Didn't realize Gio Gonzalez was all the way down to a 2.67 ERA. 124 K's in 124 IP. Thanks for taking down the Twins tonight, GIO.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:03 PM) It's definitely shaping up that he'll be kept and then traded in the offseason. That might be best for the organization, as you wouldn't "white flag" this season and then try to get some cost-controlled help for next year. It wouldn't shock me if Viciedo's injury is worse than they've let on, but we don't want to announce it until after the deadline. It's nothing like Quentin's hamate bone injury from late 2008, is it? Wrist? Strained/sprained/microfractured?

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 09:01 PM) rofl that schedule they just showed is so SCARY The only thing that's scary is the Twins. We can handle the Yankees and Orioles.

Trading for A prospects wasn't going to be the right move for KW. Domonic Brown, sure. But not some guys who MIGHT make an impact 2-3 years down the line. There's rebuilding with an eye towards 2013 and towards 2015, and that long-term thinking just isn't going to work with our fans unless it's Liriano/Nathan/Bonser in return.

2005 against the Dodgers at USCF?? Joking. Darnell McDonald PH? Dioner Navarro? Nope, the infamous Y Navarro

Thornton warming. Ohman had been up. Sutton/Scutaro/Ellsbury due. We're really going to take 7 in a row against BOSTON? That's pretty amazing. More amazing than their bad records against KC and Minnesota, almost.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 07:49 PM) Gotta see who the other two PTBL are. That said, the Astros are probably at least half a decade away from competing again. Yeah, ideally you want guys who are on the brink. But in their current position, they just need high-end talent. And they got that in Cosart and Singelton, at least. The other two are supposed to be in A ball as well. I think the Astros SHOULD have gotten at least ONE pretty sure thing, a guy in AA ball at least within months of making a major league impact. He's their best player. Theoretically, you might not get any big time contributors out of this trade, and you're left marketing Bourn, Wandy Rodriguez and Carlos Lee? REALLY?

Here's one thing I don't get. How did the Marlins fail so badly in assessing Andruw Miller and Cameron Maybin?

Might want to try another strategy there against Salty.

That was surely the textbook definition of a manufactured run by this 2011 Sox "offense."

.463 since May 5th...wow! Is that right?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:22 PM) But he also wouldn't improve their offense. Maybe they're just going for the "slight" improvement and they're now confident enough in getting to the playoffs they're just counting on some of their struggling position players getting hot at the right time. (Like we've been doing for 4 months). Maybe...

Crisp, Ludwick, Upton and Willingham All in the field with CQ.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) or Ludwick and we're f***ed. They might be more comfortable since Ludwick's already more familiar with the NL and they're determined not to give up any of their top pitching prospects. Ludwick wouldn't even cost them Beachy.

How badly do we need Beachy with Stewart already in the fold? Does this mean they still go ahead and deal Floyd or Danks and go with two unproven pitchers at the back of the 2012 rotation (Beachy/Stewart/Sale).

Last 8 game winning streak against the Red Sox? 1964. Harrelson was working on inventing the batting glove back then...on flatbread with arugula. BTW, the other two players in the Pence deal are not expected to be "top" tier prospects. Pence would be under their control through 2013, not just 2012? That would explain why they (Astros) could ask more for him than the current bidding price for Carlos Quentin.

Hostile Offense? Sounds like a character from Captain America, Red Skull's minion maybe.

Teams always look bad against guys like Chen, Moyer or Wakefield if they're in a good rhythm. The biggest concern is not going into a team-wide offensive slump after facing a knuckleballer, but that certainly can't be the case for our offense since we're already so bad. Tigers up 7-2 over LAA. Indians really slumping. Wonder if they'll make a desperation deadline move (beyond Fukudome) or stay the course?

When is Viciedo expected back?

QUOTE (kageman129 @ Jul 29, 2011 -> 07:54 PM) Okay, Phillie can take Pence. Lets get Quentin over to Atlanta tonight too . . . Get Beachy and whoever else we can. I will never doubt prospects from the Braves. They definitely know how to scout. Still waiting patiently for Santos Rodriguez, Gilmore and Tyler Flowers to show something.

Wow, the mood changed around here pretty quickly! Must be the four runs the Tigers just scored. So everyone's on board for trading Quentin/Thornton and possibly Danks? BTW, Ramirez and Pierre REALLY need to work more on those balls hit in-between them. For now, Pierre's just deferring to Alexei and forcing him to cover 40% of LF. That just can't happen...Pierre is the one who has to be taking those balls. It didn't bite us this time, but that communication issue should have been ironed out in the spring. Wonder if it's related to all the errors/mistakes Juan was making earlier in the season, that Alexei's trying to cover everything...?

Have yourself a game, Trumbo. Triple/double/homer....nice internal replacement for Kendrys Morales. Turned out a lot better than Hank Conger.

Have yourself a game, Trumbo. Triple/double/homer....nice internal replacement for Kendrys Morales. Turned out a lot better than Hank Conger.