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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 1, 2009 -> 06:46 AM) so basically the cubs are saying "Take bradley and his contract, plus pay the difference in the contract split in half(43 million)"? I cant see the Blue Jays going for that, they dont have a lot of money to be just throwing around They Jay's save money, because they basically combine Wells and Bradley's terrible contracts and split it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 29, 2009 -> 11:39 AM) I have to ask...am I the only one who remembers all the times at the end of games where they'd draw up an iso play for Gordon, he'd get trapped/double teamed because everyone knew who would get the ball, throw up a prayer, and make like 20% of them? I loved Ben as much as the next guy, but I remember Ben being much worse then this prolific unstoppable force the Chicago media has made him out to be since he left.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Oct 29, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) I am too. If there's a way to improve the infielder and outfielder D without giving up starting pitcher I'm all for it. 1) Alexei and Jenks for Ellsbury, Bard, Okajima gets you an improved outfield D (at least over Pods/Dye). Move Beckham to short and sign Figgins for third. 2) Flowers + 1 or 2 Good Prospects for Crawford, then let Getz/Alexei/Beckham get another year under their belts at their positions. The Starting Rotation should be left intact for now.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 04:39 PM) Can you ask him how tall he is? He's a Broncos fan >. But he also dislikes Yankees, so win.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 10:26 AM) The fact Karkovice and Durham are mentioned anywhere near an all-time home run list is just sad. Yes, but Frank, Harold, Konerko, Dye, Thome is an impressive group on a list.

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Ok, I give up. Just have Wolfe run it every play.

You know what? **** 4th and 5, I go for it, cause quite frankly, I'm scared of Cincy's Offense. And thats what their doing. Well, that sucked.

Now even the Refs take pity on us, giving us free first downs. Edit: Marvin Lewis: Sore winner. Though pretty much anyone would challenge it.

Well, who would have went for it with 1 second left? I think I might have... Also, my god. I now declare Urlacher ready to play, even if he can't use a hand and get Tinoisamoa out there on crutches. They'll STILL do better than what we got going at the moment.

...crap Can we at least stop the Drunken Boat driver?! Looks like they just need to start bombing to Knox. Nothing else is working so you might as well go high-risk/high-reward.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 01:02 PM) That would be a 26 man roster... Yup, just realized where I miscalculated...changing it to fit. CL - Thornton SU - Okajima SU - Bard MR - Pena MR - Linebrink LR - Hudson LR - Carrasco CL - Jenks SU - Thornton SU - Hudson MR - Pena MR - Linebrink LR - Torres LR - Carrasco

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) First of all, if I'm the Bulls I wouldn't give up a likely lottery pick in that deal, with the FA status of Amare. Secondly, that's not the worst idea I've ever heard otherwise. The only question is...salary. The Suns have been at least pretending to be under huge salary constraints for the last 5 years. In that deal, they're taking on Deng's contract for the next several years and possibly a contract for Thomas as well. they may well just be willing to let Amare walk without getting anything in return to save the money. Esp. considering that Phoenix was one of the areas with a huge housing bubble I doubt they'll be a lottery team, though honestly the potential for this team is anywhere from 30-50 wins, so who knows? Thing is, I don't know if the Suns would want to skip on a resurgent Deng (in this scenario at least) and the possibility of keeping an athletic and defensive Power Forward. The Bulls could weather losing them, since they'd have Gibson to replace Tyrus (and backup Stoudemire), while they could have Kirk get some starts at SG and Johnson at SF (and have Salmons start at one or the other each night). Plus, if Wade comes aboard, Salmons would be your SF.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 12:23 PM) Didn't the Suns basically sell Deng to the Bulls? Yea, but apparently they've had sellers remorse, because, I think it was last year, there were rumors of Deng to Phoenix.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 06:36 PM) The Knicks aren't taking on contracts right now, they're still convinced they can steal another SF in free agency this offseason. Oh, and I believe NYK doesn't have a 1st rounder this year again. Ok, I need to rephrase this after I remembered something. I only remember one team having interest in Deng the past few years so if he gets off to a good start and if the Suns don't believe they can resign Amar'e Stoudemire after the season, do you think a Deng-Tyrus-1st Round Pick for Stoudemire deal could be done? I'd then either sign Stoudemire to a deal or let him walk and use that money on Wade (since I doubt you could sign Wade and keep Stoudemire)

I guess I take out Nunez for Torres in the second one, not much I'm doing with the first one unless you drop Nunez for a FA lefty.

I have it at 8 spots, with a 4 man bench (Kotsay, Flowers, De Aza, Nix) Keeping Bobby CL - Jenks SU - Thornton SU - Hudson MR - Nunez MR - Pena MR - Linebrink LR - Torres LR - Carrasco The Bobby-Alexei for Ellsbury-Okajima-Bard trade Olney suggested CL - Thornton SU - Okajima SU - Bard MR - Nunez MR - Pena MR - Linebrink LR - Hudson LR - Carrasco

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 12:11 AM) Thought I made it pretty clear that it was a "proposed" trade by Olney. Not my fault certain posters here got that twisted. Ah, that changes a lot...dang it. Still wouldn't mind it if we pulled it off.

You gotta say this about Hendry and the Cubs, they stick to their philosophy. "Problem? Throw money at it!"

I just realized, even though we've gotten all extra psyched about this Sox-Sox trade...does anyone have a link?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 04:25 PM) No one is taking on Deng's contract in this economy unless we take a worse contract back. When I say amazing start, I mean "So amazing some poorly run team (See: Knicks) buys into it and gives us a first rounder."

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) I think KW somehow will sign Abreu to be our new DH. If a deal goes down for Ellsbury your lineup would be: Ellsbury CF Beckham SS Abreu DH Quentin LF Konerko 1B Pierzynski C Rios RF Getz 2B Uribe/Viciedo 3B I think Abreu is out of the picture, as he turned down a $16 Million/2 year deal from the Angels, and I doubt Kenny will want to pay him $10 million a year for 2 or 3 years.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 01:55 PM) I would rather sign Uribe to a cheap 1 year deal to fill that 3b spot until Viciedo is ready. Uribe is aweful behind the plate but the dude still plays solid defense- he did a pretty good job filling for SF when Sanchez went down and he also did a hell of a job for us when Crede wen't down in 2008. I don't want to see Fields anymore. . If Olney is correct, I pull the trigger. I love Alexei and Bobby, but man, that'd be the best offer we'd get for them and its a d*** good one at that. Then I do what Scott said and sign Uribe. *Then I cross my fingers and try and pull of an Adrian Gonzalez deal. If not, I leave it as is with the rotation of players.* I like the look of: LF - Ellsbury 3B - Uribe SS - Beckham DH - Gonzalez 1B - Konerko RF - Quentin CF - Rios C - Pierzynski 2B - Getz If you have Rios and Quentin bounce back, then that creates the scariest 3-7 in the Majors, along with a good leadoff hitter, a guy that can be a wonderful #2 hitter, a .280-.300 catcher, and a grinder at the bottom. I'm assuming the bullpen would be: CL: Thornton SU: Bard SU: Okajima MR: Linebrink MR: Pena MR: Nunez LR: Hudson/Hynick (if Hudson is trade for Gonzalez) LR: Carrasco I'm guessing the bench would round out to: Kotsay Nix FA Catcher De Aza I could live with that, since we'd have a monster lineup, serviceable bench, and a sick bullpen.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:40 PM) Rose should wear that jersey during games. Miller's looking a little haggard there in that pic. I think they need to sell those jerseys now. Also, since we are all talking about how Deng sucks, I hope he gets off to an amazing start this year. So we can ship him off for something (if we could get a first rounder for Deng, I'd be ecstatic).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 12:37 AM) Will probably never see anything like that again (sorry to say). I sure as heck hope we don't. That would mean waiting 88 years between championships.