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ohh that, LOL!. I was joking around. C'mon MVP where's your sense of humor man? hey Kimmi, If you got offended for this, please accept my apologies, I think you didn't take it in the wrong way as MVP did but just in case, I sincerely apologise.

Haha we'll see my friend but if I lose I think that the finest beer here is "bohemia", I think you'll like it, but if you have other brand in mind at the time you let me know. Good luck!

Sure, who else want to bet?

Sure compadre, a case of beer contest sounds great! I'm in.

P Wow! 1. First off, yes! in the beginning I was willing to bet only money since I felt that some of you were so sure about Porcello that I found an opportunity to make some cash, you can't blame me for trying, right? LOL! 2. Then I accepted to bet my sig under my conditions. YTON was one who were interested but in the end he passed which is fine. Then Kimmi said that my conditions were kind of unfair but in the end she accepted, so, I can't accept more than 1 sig bet right?. 3. Where in the hell I told Kimmi that she can't bet because she's a woman? I'll wait.

Around here means where I live. Here it is the civil way to solve differences and It is for fun and to put more pepper to the thing and make it more interesting. Not sure what is the big deal, It is not like I'm betting my house or my cars.

Seems like Pujols is done. The age is starting to tax him.

Well, I have never put it that way but it could apply LOL!

Dean's mojo wouldn't help Buch anyways, Buch needs what "la bamba" says, "un poco de gracia y otra cosita" LOL!

It's for fun YTN, with his performance of today, probably some could change their mind about the bet, but oks, I let it go, no big deal. My offer is officially closed

I thought you had me on ignore. What happened?. Again, while I talk about baseball, you insult me. Keep going.

DFA? Nah on the other hand you can blame the FO for throwing 20 M for a No. 3-4 type pitcher for the next 4 Y.

Well, it's the way we solve differences around here LOL!

Home opening day? Yup, since I was there hahah

To me he is a #4 type (aroumd 4.5 ERA) and his ceiling is at No. 3 (4 ERA pitcher). My optimistic take is that he finishes this year posting an ERA around 4, reason why I put that line for those who think that he is a No. 2, and not to say for those who think that he is a No. 1.

Well, An ERA under 4 from a No 2, still easy money, right?

It's easy money, Porcello is an ace!

Yup.

The bet still there if you want. 100 bucks?

While I do not like Porcello, I think he is better than Dickey these days. Sure, this game could turn into slug fest again, but this should be won by the Sox.

The way I see the thing, the hole regarding pitching is so big that trading for Hamels is not going to help anyways. Also, you likely going to give up top talent for him, if so. In the end you will give up top talent for nothing, and still I have some concerns about Hamels pitching in the AL. The actual pitching situation is beyond one piece. At this point we need at least 2 SP and probably 3 relievers. Mujica and Vavaro are trash. I like Koji but I do not know if he will last in good shape all season long, unfortunately he is old and he is showing signs that he is losing his command. Tazawa is out there every night, at this pace they are going to blow his arm., etc.

Hamels is not going to be enough to right the ship IMO. We need at least 2 solid SP. So if we trade only for Hamels, I'll pass and wait until next offseason to sign 2 SP. In the mid-time, call up some guys from the farm and see who could be the real deal looking forward.

He doesn't whine. He emit opinions. Sometimes good ones and sometimes bad ones REGARDING THE TEAM, but it is always about baseball. On the other hand you have had a lot of fights with a lot of posters, and that is a fact. As you said, this is a baseball forum which is dedicated to emit opinions about the team and baseball in general, good ones or bad ones. You should use your common sense cliche to understand this.

I think it was the first poll which I participated when I said that TW101, A700, SCM33, etc were the most knowledgable posters at the time. He used to participate actively. Somehow he is not posting as he used to, probably because his activities doesn't allow him, IDK. Also, he has an amount of posts which back up his interventions. IMO He has brought a lot to the table. In my case time to time I do not post that often as well because my personal life doesn't give me a chance, and when I want to post something when I have a chance, some have called me troll or whatever when I do not say good things about the team. I do not care, really, they are the same people. In most of the cases I do not think it is an overreaction thing. Some posters saw this coming in the offseason, specially regarding pitching. Some said that it was going to be "good enough" and some like me said that this pitching staff could turn out into the worst rotation in the last 10 Y which is happening. Sure, it is still early, but honestly I do not see how this could turn around. If you had a guy like Lester who is struggling I could understand a real come back, because the stuff is there, but this staff? I see very little chances. Again, that is my opinion.

As I Said to Fred, what worries me now is the BP which btw is not that good.