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Truthfully, I was s***ing a brick that Arod was opting out.

I second the motion on this Ellsbury guy. I like him too. Sounds a lot like me. Hey Jacoby. Bite me you loser. There. That's the welcome I wanted to give you.

It's f***ing idiotic of fans who booed Alex. Trust me, the real fans know Alex and what he means. He busts his ass every day. It's like those idiot Yankee fans who feel that rooting for Alex is going against Derek Jeter. Give me Arod any day of the week over Jeter. I love Jeter, but he's no Arod. Same way that you guys may love Tek, but he's no Manny.

Bingo. Another Hall of Famer run out of town. Joins Boggs, Clemens, and Pedro. It's a miracle you won anything.

You went to the Future's game? Gay.

There's a total of 17 in America, right? Oops, sorry, that's the Devil Rays. Same city.

Need OF and C. Have excess SP and RP. Talk to me. Trade deadline coming up.

Just who do you think is behind this?

No, I believe it was caused by mace.

On a first date?

In a way sad to see him go. I'd be ecstatic if he left. Kinda like Schilling. He went head to head with us, and beat us. A grudging respect, and knowing that we are seeing something and someone we won't see again any time soon. It'll be like when Rivera goes for the Sox fans, or Jeter.

Thank you. Finally, someone here gets it. I was wondering how long it would take. It's all Boras. You deal with the devil enough, you'll get burned.

Bite me. So me selling the tickets I was supposed to give you and giving you these instead, and you get to see Pudge's first game. Lucky f***ers.

Like I said, the fans who booed him are total idiots. They should have cheered him. That would have been a big F-U to the front office, where it deserves to be directed, not at Manny.

Yeah I know, he doesn't get it. Funny though.

You know something? I have to say this: You Red Sox fans are ungrateful [wait...fun police knocking on my door] son of a guns. See? I censored myself. Manny came to play. He was a WS MVP. You don't win your first championship without him. You don't get past the Guardians on the way to your second championship without him. He's been worth every penny. His issues are not with the fans, but with the organization. He's been everything and more for you guys, and you boo him tonight at the game? Sorry yeszir...but your fans are ungrateful *******s who did that. Trust me, in New York, he gets a standing ovation. Is it any wonder that the profile of stars goes from Boston to New York, and never the other way around? As a Yankee fan, it's like seeing an old foe go. In a way, I'll be sad to see him go. He helped add to the rivalry. I'll miss the fear of seeing him at the plate wearing a Red Sox uniform. I'll miss secretly marveling at his talent when he beat us, and the relief and exhiliration when we got him out. Good luck Manny, wherever you end up. They may not appreciate you in Boston, but we do in New York. You killed us, but we respected you for it. Good luck and godspeed.

Fine, fine, didn't know you suddenly became the fun police. Why the change? I liked Talksox the way it was, where ADULTS could come here and talk as they pleased. What caused the change? Since his logic has been utterly shot to shred, and I hurt his feelings, he's resorted to this. How funny can this be? You know, I've had epic battles with ORS. Given and taken, and we both have a grudging respect for each other. Both have insulted, ripped apart, and demeaned each other, but as far as "online buddies" we're fine. Even pulled off one of the biggest deals in our fantasy league [thanks for Arod by the way, ORS]. So if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Now...to answer your post...as if you haven't had enough...will someone please tell him how he is embarrassing himself? So Cashman makes good trades. Does that mean that other GMs that make good trades, like Schuerholz, or Billy Beane have the league behind them, conspiring with them? Is every trade going to go 50/50? No. I give Cashman this: He's great at trades for position players especially. Always has been. I'll knock Cashman for this: He's outright terrible at free agent pitcher signings and getting pitchers in trades. Is it just me, or [God, it's hard to keep from calling this guy an idiot, which, for the record, I'm not doing] are you just not seeing that your team has engaged in very shady dealing with Drew, Matsuzaka, and Millar? Did the glove have to fit on OJ? Get real. Cashman also traded away Lowell for Mark Johnson, Todd Noel, and Ed Yarnall. He gave up Lilly for Jeff Weaver. He outbid the Sox for Contreras. He traded away Vazquez for RJ. So, the league was conspiring with him at the deadline...but not the rest of the year. Some GMs are better than others overall, some are better at trading, developing, etc. You haven't made a single valid point. Am I going to sit there and point out every deal? No, it really isn't that important to me. However, if someone wants to spend the time, here: Cashman trading profile. Someone figure out how good he was. Or bad. I'd guess above average, because he still has a job. And yes...I put more value in what any writer puts out there than you do. You really are that arrogant? This guy does this for a living. What do you do per se? That would be like me saying I'm better at it. [if you're a banker, then, yes, I'm undoubtably better at it, cause that's what I do]. So now you're a more valuable source of information? Dude, you'd get laughed out of a job, alleging that the Yankees were doing something underhanded, while denying what any intelligent baseball observer knows about Dice K, Drew, and Millar. Once again, go read the article. Here are a few others that think so about Red Sox tampering with players: http://umpbump.com/press/red-sox-are-cheaters/ http://www.fanhouse.com/2007/03/06/did-the-red-sox-tamper-with-jd-drew/ http://dodgers.mlbnewsblog.com/2006/12/08/red-sox-tampering-yahoo-sports/ There are hundreds others. Just google it. So...where is your proof that there is any funny business going on? Cashman makes good deals. Fine. Does that mean he's cheating? Of course it does! Why? He works for the Yankees! They have everyone on their payroll! Umpires, players, other teams...everyone but the Red Sox! It is really difficult being civil here. Your GM cheats [of which I'm 99.99% certain] but there is no "proof", because the only one's who know are Theo and Boras, and they are not going to admit it. Wait a minute....I wonder who's done a lot of business with Boras recently....oh my God...it's Theo and the Red Sox!!! I've shown, with one article, how your team probably cheats. You have shown that Cashman is good at making trades. Wait a sec....the deal that Theo did last year for Gagne...THE RANGERS CHEATED!!!!! Why? They got the better of the deal. See? I get it know...who ever wins a trade CHEATS!!! God, why didn't I see that before? On a side note, I have got the be the biggest f***ing cheater in our Fantasy League. Selig gives me inside information. I admit it. Back to my "debating you". The difference is that I don't really care. See, I know my team has a competitive advantage in payroll. So if a team "bends" the rules to get who they want, I'd be a hell of a hypocrite, something you don't see about yourself, to complain. Why would you be a hypocrite? Because your team has a competitive advantage as well. You cry about it, instead of realizing how lucky you are. I don't. Life is full of haves and have nots. What pisses me off about you and every Red Sox fan who doesn't realize this is that you are a "have" who acts like a "have nots". Wake up. For the record, I don't care for the new rules Yeszir. It's your board, so I guess I have to abide by it. However, I don't care if every fan, JHB included, insults me in any way shape or form, and I am free to do the same. I'm an adult here, and this is just a message board. I left [i.e. banned] from a Yankee board because I called Cashman an idiot for not trading for Santana. I like it here for the freedom to say what I wanted. Let me know, dude. JHB, you can insult me anytime. You can't say anything to me that makes up for me putting you in your place in this thread. Best bet...let it go dude, you've been ripped up enough.

We've had fun 26 times, and four times since 96. We have more fun than you do.

You suck. You ruined the fun.

You have to admit, it was funny, after you got over your initial feeling of wanting to kill me.

Call it fate.

Welcome back Youk.

Officially, nothing has happened yet. :thumbsup: