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Josh Beckett helped the Sox win a World Series. As did Mike Lowell. So while the Sox gave up the best prospect in the deal, they didn't get fleeced. Your hatred of Beckett clouds your objectivity.

Braves trade Adam Wainwright and Jason Marquis for JD Drew, Eli Marrero and Ray King, Marrero and King did nothing as a Brave and we only kept Drew for one season

Braves trade Neftali Feliz, Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison and Jarrod Saltalamacchia for Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay.

Doesn't hurt as bad now since we have decent starting pitching and an exciting prospect at short stop, but Mark teixeira only spent a year with the Braves, and Mahay only stayed half a season.

Braves trade Adam Wainwright and Jason Marquis for JD Drew, Eli Marrero and Ray King, Marrero and King did nothing as a Brave and we only kept Drew for one season

Braves trade Neftali Feliz, Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison and Jarrod Saltalamacchia for Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay.

Doesn't hurt as bad now since we have decent starting pitching and an exciting prospect at short stop, but Mark teixeira only spent a year with the Braves, and Mahay only stayed half a season.

And I cringed when the Braves traded Jeff Francoeur to the Mets for Ryan Church.

5. Hanley Ramirez and Mike Lowell for the bum josh Beckett..
Boy wouldnt it be noice to have a great shortstop..
We havent had one since 2003!

This is completely non-sensical. Boston got Beckett AND Lowell for Hanley, and won the 2007 World Series. Lowell and Beckett were the keys to that win.

3. Perkins, the core of our defence, for 2 bums!! arrrrggggg!!! Why? Why damn it! why?
Why?
Why?

You must not be much of a Celtics fan if you don't know the answer to this.

-The Celtics offered Perk a 4 year extension at more than $5mil per year. He refused and was going to be a free agent after last season. You don't give the 5th most important player on the team more than that.

-Perk was NOT "the core of the defense". Not even close. That would be KG. Boston had the #2 scoring defense in the NBA this year without Perk, clearly he wasn't the catalyst behind the D.

-Jeff Green isn't a "bum". They had no idea he'd miss this season when they made the trade. Boston also received a first round pick in this years draft as part of the swap so it's far too early to judge the trade to begin with.

I'm no fan of Danny Ainge, but basically he had no choice but to trade Perk for what they could get and Green wasn't a bad option at all. Solid scorer off the bench to spell both Forward positions. Boston knew what they were getting in Green considering they drafted him #5 overall in '07. He was actually the key player in the trade that brought Ray Allen to Boston.

OH, and the Celtics were 33-10 while Perk was out last year rehabbing after knee surgery. That extrapolates out to 63-19 over a full season. Clearly they didn't miss him. When Rondo got hurt in the playoffs the season was done, Perk would have made no difference and they'd have lost him in free agency.

I'd rather have Jeff Green and a first rounder right now as the team prepares to tweak the roster, than an empty hand.

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Originally posted 04:34 PM ET  06.11 by mikeycook

5. Hanley Ramirez and Mike Lowell for the bum josh Beckett..Boy wouldnt it be noice to have a great shortstop..We havent had one since 2003! This is completely non-sensical. Boston got Beckett AND Lowell for Hanley, and won the 2007 World Series. Lowell and Beckett were the keys to that win.

I couldn't have said it better. I will concede that Beckett has been issue-laden lately but you're foolish if you're going to cast an opinion on that trade only taking Beckett circa 2011 & 2012 into account. If you were paying attention, you know that Hanley Ramirez was no choir boy coming up and has had his 'moments' with the Marlins, too. The bottom line here is that this trade was win/win for both clubs. If you're going to bang on this trade, you might as well go all the way and dump on Nomar for Cabrerra and Mientkiewicz. The Sox gave up the most talent in that deal but nobody could possibly argue with the outcome.

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Originally posted 04:28 PM ET  06.11 by Outlaw...

Braves trade Adam Wainwright and Jason Marquis for JD Drew, Eli Marrero and Ray King, Marrero and King did nothing as a Brave and we only kept Drew for one seasonBraves trade Neftali Feliz, Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison and Jarrod Saltalamacchia for Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay.Doesn't hurt as bad now since we have decent starting pitching and an exciting prospect at short stop, but Mark teixeira only spent a year with the Braves, and Mahay only stayed half a season.

I have always wondered about these two.

Imagine an Atlanta team right now with Wainwright, Harrison and Feliz on the pitching staff and Andrus at short. Plus, Salty as trade bait.