Possible Sox trade for Peavy...

as the Sox are being BLOWN out by the Twins, 20-1 in the 9th inning. What better way to say, 'Jake, come play for us!' than to be completely obliterated, at home, by an division rival? A couple errors which lead to at least 8 runs, that's exactly what a pitcher wants to see.

But in regards to the possible trade, I'm not sure what to make of it. He really wants to stay in the NL, which makes me think that he will have a very tough time pitching in the hitting-heavy AL. He's not going to be comfortable, so it makes me wonder how he will deal with that first big loss. It's also not clear which players will be traded, other than 4. Rumor has Richard and Poreda, which are two fairly large losses, being both very young and left-handed. Who are the other two? I won't have an official opinion until I know who that is.

This could be a decent trade though. The AL Central is weak, and the Sox do need another pitcher (or two actually, because Colon just threw up this afternoon for the second straight game). Peavy would be #2 on the staff, with Buehrle #1, Floyd #3 and Danks #4. Not too bad of a staff, if we could find a legit #5. More to come.

Giving up cable TV

So it's been about six months since we gave up cable TV, and so far, no one has gone crazy yet. The experiment is so far working! Seriously though, we do spend more time watching DVD's of old episodes, mainly Simpsons and Futurama. The only thing that I've been missing is Discovery, History and the random sports that ESPN2 aired. Otherwise, we watch everything on Hulu, or NBC. I listen to Bears and Blackhawks games online, and I purchased MLB.TV to watch Sox games (and other games as well). The only downside to any of this, is that we had to increase our bandwidth levels through the Lawrence monopoly. Has it been worth it? Yes... Olivia has watched a whole lot less TV, which I think is good for a four-year-old. We spend more time online (I'm an information whore, I read news sites all day), but we also spend more time together as a family.

It's not for everyone though. I couldn't imagine having several kids, and not having TV. And I do miss quite a bit: throwing on Discovery on a Saturday, or waking up early on Sunday's to watch the Samurai movies, and especially the James Bond marathons on TNT. Specifically, we did this for fiscal reasons, saving the $80 per month on digital hi-def TV, but now... I don't know when we will go back. The more and more I read, the more things are going toward online services anyway. Maybe we'll just wait it out.