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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Did the Sox acquire an offense?
  2. SouthSideRyan
    No one else wanted Glendon Rusch. No one else wanted Joe Borowski in '03. I just really hate that line of reasoning, that because 29 idiots passed on somebody that he's worthless.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    I don't think Dawson ever got along with Grace. IMO because Dawson wasn't a jerk.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    And mroe annoying than the awful jokes about the Cubs training staff that aren't relevant this year are people who continue to harp on Nomar for being injury prone when the 2 years before last he played full seasons, and the only other injury he suffered before last year was a freak one on a hit by pitch IIRC. But no, he's injury prone and the Cubs were stupid to give him 8M. Thanks doc.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Grace didn't sleep with Cindy. Just everyone else. If Palmiero, then no Sandberg IMHO.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    They also just cleared a pretty decent amount of payroll. Couple that with the five million or so they had to play with before the season even started, and then they have space to make a pretty significant move if they so choose. Okay, I just had a chance to look at the numbers, and I don't see Oakland clearing any payroll. A's send: Byrnes= 2.2 million Bradford= 1.4 million Total= 3.6 million A's recieve: Payton= 3.5 million Kennedy= 2.2 million Witasick= .316 million Cash= -? Total= 6.016 million - cash from Boston So in order to free up any payroll, they need to get at least 2.5+ million from Boston. So even if the Red Sox pay all of Payton's salary, Oakland doesn't free up more than a million(500k in essence since half has been paid) in payroll. I wish I'd read ahead, and saved myself the effort on this stuff. EDIT: According to the report from the A's site, the Red Sox sent some cash in their deal, and the A's sent some cash to Colorado in their deal.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    8 out of 10. But I'd agree that something's wrong with the quiz because the percentages right are still the same, and they suspiciously add up to 1.000
  8. SouthSideRyan
    I love Jim Bowden!
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Hairston Walker Lee Ramirez Burnitz Nomar Barrett LF And I'm really sick of snide comments/awful jokes about the Cubs training staff when O' Neal has not had a single Groeschner like incident.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    I know Ed Wade is a pretty awful GM, so he may not realize it, but the Phillies really shouldn't be in a rush to trade Wagner unless they're getting top of the line prospects, cause they'll be getting 2 draft picks when he walks anyways. Here's hoping he surprises with another Sterling Hitchcock or Mike DeJean-esque move :)
  11. SouthSideRyan
    I understand that we needed to replace what Sosa did last year, but in the context of the trade, it isn't a fair comparison. We were already stuck paying Sosa 18M(?) to perform like he is this year. The deal should be judged based on what people think we could've gotten in return for a declining Sosa.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    No doubt. Unlike last season, the Cubs will have to go through St. Louis to get to the playoffs. The rest of the 2nd half schedule, however, is every bit as soft as last year. btw- the balance of July: PIT (4), @CIN (4), @STL (3) SF (3) ARI (4) . Win fewer than 10 of those games going into that last weekend and I'd be a seller on July 31st. The Cubs had to go through St. Louis to get to the playoffs last year too. Just like they do every year. Playing them late makes no difference.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Of course.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    Ordonez's out clause had solely to do with DL time due to his previous injury(knee I wanna say) His DL time this year, had nothing to do with it IIRC.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    You shouldn't compare Burnitz's numbers this year to Sosa's last year. Becasue Sosa this year does not = Sosa last year.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    i remember that. i despise that guy for it now. another reason i can't stand that club is jack mckeon. when he argued that the ball that cabrera (i think) hit off of the basket in right field at wrigley was a homer while they were up by 10 runs, i lost any respect i had for him. de los santos and loduca displayed the only acts of class i've ever seen from the marlins last night. After Cabrera did that, My nickname for him is "The Punk". That's funny, I started calling him "Future Best Hitter in the Majors". I call him pre-pubescent due to his resemblance to an 11 year old boy. And Jefferey Loria is a horrible horrible person. That was what made me most sick about losing in '03. Was watching that load walk out on to the field celebrating.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Sox fans were absolutely cheering against the Cubs in the '03 playoffs. The majority of my friends are Sox fans, and not a one was rooting for them. The drink specials are true, they'd also change their marquees on their signs to put up anti-cubs/pro-marlins signs. I for one cannot wait for their collapse.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Burnitz was bought with the money saved in the Sosa deal. Paying the money earmarked Sosa for Burnitz, Hairston, and Fontenot has been far more valuable statistically than paying the money earmarked for Sosa to Sosa. And that's without getting into any sticky arguments over team chemistry or clutchness. People seem so hung up on this idea of paying Sosa to play for another team. Do you honestly think there was a trade out there that shedded Sosa's entire salary? If there wasn't, would you rather be paying him to suck here rather than paying Burnitz, Hairston, and Fontenot the money to be contributors?
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Wouldn't irony be him getting drafted by the O's?
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Other than oppurtunity cost, I don't see how anyone can say Sosa for Fontenot, Hairston, and Burnitz is a loss. And I really think Sosa's trade value was too low to get much more than that.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    I translate this as, Neifi isn't striking out much, so he's just getting unlucky that he's not getting hits when he makes contact. If Neifi can follow the Estes pattern does that mean we finally get to see Ronny in September? Only this time we'll be 12 back of the wild card by then and Neifi will have dropped to a 180/210/280 line.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    OT, but is anyone else surprised at how much Brenly has seemed to be the voice of reason in terms of playing youth?
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Awesome.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    But the HR Derby!!
  25. SouthSideRyan
    No, he's too busy saying that white guys can't play in the heat and comparing Corey Patterson to Lou Brock. Yeah I know that's crazy. Corey (despite his performance this year) still has the potential to be far better than the HORRIBLY OVERRATED Brock.
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