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11:59

Boston.com - Hi chatters -- Chad will be here at noon to take all your sports related questions. Comments about "The Office" are also fair game, though it should be noted that John Krasinski (you may know him as Jim) is chatting away just a few desks away.

12:13

Chad Finn - Gimme one more minute, guys. Just wrapping up a Dolphins gallery, then I'll be over . . .

12:14

Chad Finn - By the way, there's some pretty boy running around the office who keeps making goofy faces whenever someone speaks to him. Looks vaguely familiar.

12:20

Chad Finn - All right, gang, thanks for you patience. Let's go already . . .

12:20

[Comment From GreasyWindow]
And so began the curse of Eric Hinske...?

12:22

Chad Finn - I don't think that book would sell quite as well, Grease, though it's remarkable that he's made the World Series in three straight years with three different AL East teams, winning two rings. The Orioles are the only AL East team he has never played for. Schilling, in his interview on EEI yesterday, made a point to single out Hinske as about the only Yankee he was happy for. Pretty popular guy around baseball, I guess.

12:23

[Comment From Guest]
Joe Pos: "And then, if you are a not a Yankees fan, you will want to throw up." True statement. But the fact of the matter is now we have to wear it like Abraham said and I think on opening day when the the Champs come to town we tip our caps as we stand and clap during introductions. Then when Jeter steps into the box for the first pitch we boo louder than ever.

12:25

Chad Finn - Agree wholeheartedly. I moan about the salary imbalance, but the reality is that the Yankees have always spent more than anyone, and it's no guarantee they'll win the championship. This year, they spent well (yeah, $423 million on three players, but still . . .), their old guys came through like it was the '90s, and they got some contributions from the farm system (check Dave Robertson's K-rate). They were the best team, they deserved to win, and they should be treated with the same class on opening day at Fenway that they treated the Sox with at the start of 2005. Especially Rivera.

12:26

[Comment From Blogging Ryan]
First off, hope your doing well. 2nd, I LOVE the Jeremy Hermida trade. we gave up Hunter Jones who is not an american league pitcher, and someone with very little upside. Jeremy Hermida is someone that oculd play a HUGE role on this team. if Bay isn't resigned and Boras is astronomical with Holliday, he SHOULD be the Left fielder. My question to you is, that it seems to me that the Red Sox could make a LOT of non-tender moves this offseason like JJ Hardy among others...thoughts?

12:32

Chad Finn - Absolutely, Ryan. Buster Olney was on WEEI talking about how he thinks that will be the Sox approach yesterday I believe (earlier today, Dale and Holley played the clip of him basically predicting the Hermida deal). Maybe Hardy will be acquired in a similar way. I really like the Hermida deal from a talent standpoint -- I'm looking at the 2006 Baseball America Prospects Handbook right now, and he's the cover boy, rated as the Marlins' No. 1 prospect ahead of some kid named Hanley. He's got a ton of hitting talent, but for whatever reason he hasn't put it all together (he's writeup in the Handbook says his dad made him a lefty hitter at age 4 and he was hitting strictly with a wood bat at 13, so do with that info what you will). But they're getting him before his prime, and I wouldn't be stunned if he ended up in a Roenicke/Lowenstein style platoon with someone like Josh Willingham should Bay depart.

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