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Can we talk about anything but these boring wild card possible Ded Sox for once?

We could talk about the Tigers. They suck.

Jacoby Ellsbury+Clay Buchholz + more players??? Geee the marlins aren't asking for much eh?? why don't ask for Pedroia too? Jesus....

Ellsbury, Buchholz, and a couple A-ballers for Hanley Ramirez is reasonable. Ellsbury and Buchholz are likely to be solid MLB players for at least a decade, but neither is likely to be an All-Star or MVP candidate. Hanley Ramirez is the best hitting middle-infielder in baseball... and would become the best hitting CF in baseball if the Red Sox were to put him out there to use his speed better. The Marlins have every right to expect more than a servicable CF with upside and a solid #3 starter with upside for Hanley Ramirez. Me thinks you're having too much of the Red Sox Kool Aid.

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Originally posted 07:25 AM ET  12.30 by lokisimo

Jacoby Ellsbury+Clay Buchholz + more players??? Geee the marlins aren't asking for much eh?? why don't ask for Pedroia too? Jesus....

Then again, Ramirez, for the last two seasons has been head and shoulders over all other shortstops offensively. Ellsbury hasn't exactly set the world on fire and Buchholz has got a 5.56 ERA in about 100 major league innings and looks like a young Herman Munster.

The nerve of the Marlins to be asking for a sort-of and a hasn't been for a financially controled player who provides incredible power from a position of Red Sox need.

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Yes, the Tigers sure do suck!Good morning Sir Slink!

Good morning, Faith. How goes it?

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Originally posted 07:25 AM ET  12.30 by lokisimo

Jacoby Ellsbury+Clay Buchholz + more players??? Geee the marlins aren't asking for much eh?? why don't ask for Pedroia too? Jesus....

Why wouldn't you ask alot for your number 1 player. Plus Ellsbury and Buchholz haven't exactly torn in up yet. Great potential but I'd still rather have Ramirez then those 2.

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Originally posted 07:38 AM ET  12.30 by SlinkyRedfoot

Buchholz has got a 5.56 ERA in about 100 major league innings and looks like a young Herman Munster.

agree....all he needs is that upside down triangle haircut on his forehead.

all this talk of Boston wanting to move Buchholz and Ellsbury (and possible other prospects) makes you really wonder how great that farm system is? If it was I doubt Boston would move any of these "sure thing" guys nor would they constatnly be shopping in Japan.

Just because a player can kick arse in A or AA (or even AAA) doesn't mean he can do it in the MLB. The Sox may be finding this out...

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Oh, they inquired about him huh? This is ridiculous. Can we talk about anything but these boring wild card possible Ded Sox for once? My word get off it already. Are they interested in Albert Pujols too? Or maybe they are "considering a possible" trade for Ryan Howard for when Big Papi dips below .200 this year. None of the crap coming out of Boston makes sense and none of it is even possible. In other words, 3rd place baby.

Morning Tony. I think they are in the "please give us something this winter" mode. Send Manny back to them he is available still. Can't belive he hasn't accepted the Dodgers 45 mil offer.

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At least they don't suck like the Tigers do.

It is not a good time in Detroit right now. There dang football team has one 1 game in two seasons.

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Hope all's well. I have to go scare the squirrel out of the bird feeder. BRB.

Get a squirrel discourager. My wife wont let me get one, but I figure, she'll tire of the rats soon enough..

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Originally posted 08:11 AM ET  12.30 by MC34

Morning Tony. I think they are in the "please give us something this winter" mode. Send Manny back to them he is available still. Can't belive he hasn't accepted the Dodgers 45 mil offer.

Its the fake piece 'peice of crap tony" you are referring to. Not worth the comment.....

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Originally posted 08:13 AM ET  12.30 by Remembers Grogan

Its the fake piece 'peice of crap tony" you are referring to. Not worth the comment.....

Got it. Thx

btw, good morning Cat and slink. And Angel fan.

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What is a squirrel discourager?

A .177 pellet rifle with a scope.

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Originally posted 08:15 AM ET  12.30 by Remembers Grogan

A .177 pellet rifle with a scope.

That would definitely discourage them.

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Originally posted 08:17 AM ET  12.30 by AngelFan

That would definitely discourage them.

You just kind of shoot in the area.... Not really hit them... Well.. mostly. Just depends on how 'discouraged' you want them...

It hurts trying to get Ramirez back in a way... considering the period of purgatory the sox have been in at Shortstop. Refresh my memory, who exactly did we get for him the first time?

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Ahhhhh ... I couldn't shoot 'em.

Just put a stuffed animal squirrel out there with his head lopped off and stuffing falling out. They will get the picture.

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Originally posted 08:21 AM ET  12.30 by Remembers Grogan

It hurts trying to get Ramirez back in a way... considering the period of purgatory the sox have been in at Shortstop. Refresh my memory, who exactly did we get for him the first time?

Wasn't it Beckett and Lowell.

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Ahhhhh ... I couldn't shoot 'em.

The taste of the lead wrecks the stew.