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That's a horrible contract for Cincy. I thought Jocketty was smart...?

Next week's game is bound to be real good too. Saints and Cardinals should be high scoring as well.

I don't want Branyan. The guy scares the s*** out of me when we play against him, but I have a feeling I'll hate him for his strike outs.

Vlad is a Ranger. Looks like it's Thome or platoon.

I'm surprised Dayton Moore actually got a reasonable deal here.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 11:30 PM) With Cust off the market (thank goodness), and Vlad seemingly out of the Sox price range, might KW try to pry Brad Hawpe away from the Rockies? His D is brutal, and he had a lousy second half last year, but he's better than the rest of the cheap, retread FAs out there right now. What else is left anyway? Thome, Damon (probably too expensive), Huff, Delgado, Ankiel, Blaylock...(I don't see Branyon happening here). Outside of a few that will want more money than the Sox will spend, all the options that are left are pretty similar. Maybe KW is just going to wait and see who's left in March and bring the cheapest guy in. Since they have Seth Smith, Dexter Fowler, and Carlos Gonzalez in the outfield, dealing Hawpe is a real possibility for Colorado. Who would you give up for him though?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 09:35 AM) It's really too bad that these two companies couldn't merge and combine their respective expertise into a new machine. Microsoft has the better software (better multiplayer interface, party system and nerd (achievement) point system), but PS3 has the better hardware and multimedia options. That'd be blasphemy.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 10:42 AM) I dont I think Betemit alone cost the Sox one win on defense last year.

Hilarious. They have 4 members of our team from last year now. xD

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 01:34 PM) LOL That's a good one if that was actually in the contract.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) $5 million is a lot in this market. For a guy like Vlad, yes.

Cardinals hands down.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) Rangers offer Vlad a 1 year $7mil deal. I doubt there are many/any teams willing to match that offer. I sure as hell don't want him for that much. Crasnick is reporting that Guerrero probably won't get more than $5 million from Texas. Plus, Vlad isn't all that happy with the Rangers' offer.

I'd get Bosh any way I possibly can and extend him in the off-season for as much money as we can afford.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) I don't know why the Cards gave him that much. They were bidding against themselves in this case. Scott Boras could have pulled the 1-2 year deal on them and then they might have had to deal with this mess again in two years where Holliday might have more suitors. I think St. Louis is just happy that they got the deal done. Plus, with Jason Bay's contract as a stable, you'd think that $17 million for a far superior player in Holliday is worth it.

The Cubs just lost the NL Central, but we knew that was going to happen anyhow.

Another good move by Jack Z, that M's team is going to be really good this year.

Of course, the Bears use the last two games as an excuse for not firing everybody. Good thing Marinelli won't be the coordinator. We've already seen what he does when he's in charge and it ain't pretty. He's a better hands-on coach, I think.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 08:14 AM) That's way more money than this team has available to spend on a player like Beltre. For this year at least, that's probably more than he's worth to us as well. Beltre's defense pays for itself.

I wish we could have gotten Beltre to agree to a one year deal like this. This team would have been complete.

He's trying to put up a great year in Boston where he will be hitting in a good park with good protection and get a big deal next off-season. Plus, with all the attention he will be getting in Boston, why not sign there short term instead of somewhere like Oakland or Minnesota?

Remember when it took 20 minutes to download anything past 2 megabytes? *cringe. I hate 56K so much.

Caron Butler might actually give this team a chance to win a playoff round. I like it a lot.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jan 1, 2010 -> 10:29 PM) Other way around I know, but did Gilbert need the money back that badly?

Did Arenas really need the money that badly?