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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) I'm sure there was some but there aren't a lot of teams out there looking for an everyday catcher especially in the middle of June and on top of it KW had very little leverage; any GM he talked to was aware of AJ's pending 10/5 rights knowing that if KW wanted to deal him hassle free it'd have to be before they kick in so any return for him would have been so low that it really wouldn't be worth it. Yes

I really doubt that there was no interest in AJ at all.. and even so, there would be more interest in July than there is in late May

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) And the reason why I responded the way I did...is that I keep having to make that bloody post. I know, I figured everyone would have gotten with the program after the initial AJ thread

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 02:50 PM) His elbow is way out in front of his hips though, so it seems like all the force generated by rotating his body is getting lost and his elbow is doing most of the work Well to be fair, he isn't really throwing like he would be on a mound in that picture..

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) To me, it seems clear we should hang onto him and offer arbitration to get the draft picks. Just my 2 cents... its just funny because ive seen Balta make at least 30 posts screaming that there will be no draft picks over the past month

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 02:45 PM) A prime photo showing the stain he puts on his arm. Yuck. I hope he stays healthy. It just looks weird because of how skinny he is

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) No, it wasn't. My apologies. I figured since I posted it RIGHT after bigruss complained about it, any sarcastic accents wouldn't have been needed.. no reason for apologies..

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 02:34 PM) You're not getting draft picks!!!! YOU'RE NOT GETTING DRAFT PICKS!!!! You'd be getting AJ Pierzynski back next year on a 1 year, $7 million+ deal. No s*** sherlock, I thought it would be painfully obvious I was joking..

We should just offer him arbitration, ide rather have the draft picks than a minimal return at the deadline..

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) It certainly raises the team's confidence. They don't care who they beat. The thing is, this team was probably mentally screwed the first couple months of the season. By winning all these games against s***ty teams, they've probably got a little swagger back. Early on in the year, we would have laid down in a game like yesterday. You're seeing a difference in attitude and the team is playing up to their talent potential. I get all that, I am mainly talking about people on this board.. I mean, at least wait until we get back on our regular schedule before you set the bar so high, or they will be the same ones freaking out if we start losing again..

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 12:45 PM) The NL is not THAT bad. Its not about them being THAT bad, its that people thing we have all of the sudden become a playoff team because we have creamed the Cubs, Pirates, and Nationals..

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 12:37 PM) I can't take credit for something KHP said. It is overblown. If it was really that bad, the White Sox would be a .670 team against the NL. Its not overblown at all

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 12:22 PM) You should love it. We've played .570 ball against the NL all these years. Only .511against the AL. but I thought this NL thing was waaaaaaaay overblown?

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 07:36 AM) This may have been mentioned before on this site, but in the game Red Dead Redemption, you play a dice game called Liar's Dice against a dude named Lyle Mouton. ha hahahaha man I saw that too a few weeks ago and immediately laughed at that.. I use to have a baseball signed by Lyle Mouton that I got at the Sox game YEARS ago

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 12:08 AM) The Blazers turned down the #4 pick for Batum. http://twitter.com/chadfordinsider I don't understand this from either side at all. Eh, if you already have a 21 year old kid who shows promise why give him away for a chance to get what you already had?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 01:51 AM) Are you crazy? Do you know how long I've been here? I'm not trying to get a rise out of anybody. I think supporting Jenks and Ozzie may be unpopular, but my arguments for them are at least reasonable. I remember supporting Paulie heavily a couple years ago as well and that wasn't popular at the time and it seems to me everybody's back loving Paulie again. I mean I can discuss other topics besides Oz and Jenks if you like. Start a new thread. Don't worry bra, they are just jealous they cant be in the top 1000 members club like us..

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 11:22 PM) It would, but Ozzie loves Kotsay, because like Hawk said early this year, he makes grounding in to double plays impressive. that's because he grinds into a double play

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 10:53 PM) Oooooooh, oooooooooh, ooooooooh, trade Mark! Trade AJ! Bring up Flowers cuz he's so great! Ooooooh, tanking is so fun! We'll never catch the Twins!!!! Please gimme some Jordan Danks! Oh, Freddy's done! Peavy will never pitch well again! LOL. Eat it yall. lol right and we still have like 10 more games against the Nats, I think like 8 against Pittsburgh.. we get the Cubs about 7 more times.. this thing aint ova yet!!!!!

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 05:17 PM) The thing that's going to kill the NXT angle (IMO, of course) is that none of them other than Wade Barrett is even mildly interesting. The thing that's interesting about them now is the gang attacks, and that will get boring soon. Once it does, they're going to have to try to highlight individual NXTers, and that will be baaaaaaaaaaad. I love Wade Barrett, I think he has the look.. I also like Justin Gabriel, David Otunga, and Heath Slater in terms of people ide actually care to see do something in the future.. Darren Young has got to go, and I just don't care for how Skip Sheffield looks..

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 03:24 AM) You mean Shaq few years ago correct? Because Shaq just played the whole season with LeBron as a Cavalier There is a reason why I said "Shaq in his prime"

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) It's awesome. If you like GTA games you'll love it, and I personally think its better then GTA IV. It is better than normal GTA. In normal GTA I often found myself just stealing cars and killing random people, I have yet to run into that with Red Dead Redemption.. I am trying to do the challenges and s***, where as with normal GTA I just did my own thing..

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) Kobe 5 rings. Lebron 0. This is our only hope. That he's insanely jealous of Kobe's success and realizes that a #2 man the caliber of Rose and a Rodman-like rebounder/defender/enforcer like Noah immediately puts him in the best position to win a title in 2011. Kobe has also been in the league a lot longer than LeBron, and has had guys like Shaq in his prime and Pau Gasol and Phil Jackson.. Kobe was straight trash before Gasol got there.. If you put LeBron in a situation where he has a Shaq or Gasol or just someone to help him out, you will see a difference..

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jun 21, 2010 -> 06:53 PM) Rey was once his size and he was better then IMO. If put in the right situation, he can shine like we saw last night. I'm not saying give him the world title, but I'd definitely throw him in the US title picture. If pushed right, kids will love him, as will the women. (Which is all you need to be successful in the WWE today.) Yeah, and when Rey was that small he wouldn't even be considered for the top of the hill.. I agree that I can see him in the US title picture.. I think they need to push Miz into the WWE Title picture and bump Bourne into the US Title area..

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 21, 2010 -> 10:26 AM) If Rey can get past it, he can. Bourne is so much more interesting than Rey IMO. Sheamus may as well just hand the belt over to Trips now. Bourne looks so much smaller than Rey though just at a glance.. I dont know if I can really see him at the top

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 04:14 PM) <!--quoteo(post=2180061:date=Jun 20, 2010 -> 01:17 AM:name=MHizzle85)-->QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jun 20, 2010 -> 01:17 AM) <!--quotec-->I just assumed that outside of WWE & TNA no one that's a regular in this thread knows a ton about the indies. My bad on the wrong assumption. Probably the best theme in the WWE, constantly being pushed...but is a complete BORE. I don't get it either. What's he using for a finisher now? His theme is awesome. Yes, he is boring. His accent is legit but sounds fake. I liked that finisher better when it was the French Kiss