No Giles for Boston

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 8, 2008 12:43 PM CDT Comment 24 comments

ESPN is reporting that Brian Giles is not going to waive his no-trade clause to accept a deal to Boston.

Supposedly, Boston really wanted Giles, despite having J.D. Drew and Jason Bay for the outfield corners and David Ortiz at DH, but Giles isn't going to go.

So, much ado about nothing...

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Bud Selig suspects something fishy went on when Manny Ramirez was traded.

by chrisR on Aug 8, 2008 12:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

its always nothing. Every year this happens, and every year people get confused when some big named player is claimed and then isn’t actually moved. First we have a panic post about how Giles got claimed, so obviously the Rangers did something stupid – probably Nolan’s fault. Then the Red Sox want him, but can’t convince him to waive his no-trade. All this over an over-rated player making a lot of money. Yawn.

by JBImaknee on Aug 8, 2008 1:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Giles

Swore I read that he had a limited no-trade and Boston wasn’t included on his list.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Aug 8, 2008 1:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't he have full no trade?

10/5 guy, no?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he has the 10 but not the 5?

He’s been with the Padres for 4 + seasons, not sure how they count that.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Aug 8, 2008 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yah, I guess you're right

He’s been there 4 full seasons, plus the end of ‘03 and the start of ‘08.

His time in ‘03 and ‘08 would seem to add together to make a full year, but who knows how they tabumalate such things.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

He isn’t a 10/5 guy yet.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 8, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This post needs some enthusiasm.

by oc on Aug 8, 2008 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Why would you make me watch that?

That was horrible.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm sorry, white person.

by oc on Aug 8, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think my almost comical whiteness

has anything to do with how much that sucked.

Terrible, terrible music.

Awful.

Lazy lethargic and uninspired rhyming over a cheap-sounding beat with some shitty faux R&B influenced shit in there for bad measure.

Surely you can do better than that.

God that sucked.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ugh...

...that type of quality production is missing in hip-hop these days, you moron.

the guy took an old Isley Brothers song, cut it up, and created a “bubbly” effect… definitely a more genuine sound than other beats… it’s too bad you’ve been conditioned into believing otherwise.

cheap-sounding beat? faux R&B? huh?

by oc on Aug 8, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoah, easy there, champ

Didn’t know he was your home-slice-of-bread.

Didn’t mean to offend.

Admittedly it may have sounded a little shittier being filtered through youtube, but that sounded very dime-store to me. The kind of shit you hear on every other radio station all the time. But then I really hate slow, R&B-type hip-hop, so I readily admit a bias.

That having been said… I’m not a moron, and the “conditioned to believe” argument is as cheap and it is specious. It’s what idiot hipsters always fall back when they don’t have a real argument to posit. You ca do better than that.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you just arent cool enough to get it man

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 8, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, faux R&B, yeah, cheap sounding

This is quality production

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

I'm sure the Russians felt there were WMD's in Georgia, and that it was a hotbed of terrorism.

by DJCahill on Aug 8, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One of the greatest videos of all time.

Is that guy still alive?

I wonder if he’s benefited from his interweb resurgence?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

just think of the possibilities

live rick rolling! he could make a fortune

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 8, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course

Ricky is back on Tour! Line up those tickets when he comes to a city near you. Unfortunately I think its just the UK right now.

I'm sure the Russians felt there were WMD's in Georgia, and that it was a hotbed of terrorism.

by DJCahill on Aug 8, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

stfu!

Really? Wow. I’d go, but only if he promised that every other song would be the famous one. Cause I don’t want to hear the other shit. I could listen to that song 15 times in one night and be a happy freaking man.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Aug 8, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love you

RIP J Dilla

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Aug 9, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

BoSox Still Looking For a Bench Bat

The Boston Globe added their two cents on Giles invoking his no-trade clause. However, the Globe did have this to say:

The Red Sox are still searching for outfield protection and may not be through scouring the waiver wire for another player who has cleared waivers who might protect them off the bench.

I wonder if they are interested in Cat?

by Excel Hearts Choi on Aug 8, 2008 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

no one's interested in cat.

I blame it not on Ron Washington, but on society. Society is to blame. And Ron Washington. ~Ken Tremendous on Ron Washington sac bunting in the 11th vs LAA

by ivysafety39 on Aug 8, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs