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  1. Cubs are also reportedly shopping Marshall. He's a really good lefty for the pen. He'd be a great 8th inning guy.
  2. This is probably the compensation.
  3. It makes no sense to me either.
  4. Looking forward to 2012, the balance of power may have shifted somewhat away from the AL East. Both the Rangers and the Angels have a very good offensive team and now each has some very solid pitching.
  5. The surgery Kalish had is not a simple procedure. My understanding is that he had upper spinal surgery where a disc is essentially drilled out of his spine through his throat/neck and it is replaced with a cadaver disc. Prior to this past season, I thought he had a bright future, but there is probably a lot of uncertainty going forward after last season's injuries and surgery.
  6. He's big talent. Getting him for a low value would be a big score for the Sox.
  7. When is the Darvish announcement coming? It is supposed to be announced tonight.
  8. While the Red Sox have a superior top 3 starters when healthy, I think it is fairly clear that the Yankees have deeper pitching both at the major league level and in the high minors-- much more depth of good arms. The Sox organization has almost no starting depth below the major league roster. This is no great secret. Tampa also has superior depth to the Sox.
  9. Everyone has some bad days. We just move on. I used Red Sox Destinations one time. My brother and I used it to go to Jim Rice's Hall of Fame induction. They did a really great job. They make all your arrangements and you have zero worries. Plus, they throw in some nice extras. BP from the Monster is really cool. I did that once.
  10. Today there is an article in the Herald about Joel Hanrahan being trade bait this off season. I wouldn't mind getting him to be the closer if we can't land a good starter via trade. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/other_mlb/view/20111219trade_talk_doesnt_faze_pirates_closer_joel_hanrahan/ I have been reading about Ryan Ludwick as a possible RH OF for the Sox, but I'm not too crazy about this guy.
  11. I also read that Kubel's signing could make Parra available in a trade.
  12. My niece lives down by you in Florida. She used to be a Marlins season ticket holder. I'm not sure whether she still has them. One time I went down for a visit and used her tickets to see the Sox play a weekend series. It was 2006, and I remember that on the Saturday, Manny and Papi both went deep twice and Papi missed a third hitting it off the left field scoreboard. Also, Lowell had 4 doubles if I remember correctly. Her seats were on the first base side in short RF. One of the bonuses was that was right where the cheerleaders would come out. She sent me a text recently asking when the Sox play the marlins this season, so I may come down for that series.
  13. My advice would be to be flexible about when you come up to Boston. Hotel reates really fluctuate. For example, on Patriots Day weekend rates are very high and it is difficult to get a room. Sometimes there are big conferences in town and rates are high. Personally, I use priceline's name your own price feature. I select the Copely square area and 3 1/2 stars. I have gotten rooms as cheap as $85 (Fairmont), $110 (Copley Mariott and Westin). If you want to go down to 3 stars or under, you can get a better deal. Once you have the hotel locked in, then worry about game tickets. Since you are coming from Florida, sign up for some price alerts to Boston. JetBlue has this as an online feature, so does the travel site kayak. I'd track airline rates and hotel rates first and book them at the same time. You have to track them both, because sometimes airline rates are high when the hotel rates are low and vice versa.
  14. Spud, where have you been? Hopefully, things are going well for you.
  15. Without emoticons and the bold function and ^, you'd have almost nothing to say.
  16. ^ This adds a lot to the discourse.
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