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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreenArmadillo" data-source="post: 2210755" data-attributes="member: 27310">To clarify, the Dirt Dogs are more editorial commentary/speculation than actual news.  (Whether they should be prominently linked on boston.com is a valid question, but they do a good job of digging up gossip and quotes that don't necessarily make it to mainstream media.  Also a good place to go if you need an idea quick on how to trash the goat of the day's game, cause they'll do it, friend or foe. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)  To my knowledge, Gonzalez has not been called up from Pawtuckett, where he has been since at least the start of the season, and might not be needed after all.  Did a bit more digging and it turns out that he is not so much of a prospect as one of those guys who <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaje01.shtml" target="_blank">bounces around the majors and minors</a>, only to emerge when you need an extra starter.  The guy happened to put up a good day in AAA on the same day that Boston's 1 and 2 starters hit the DL, prompting educated, but perhaps ultimately incorrect, speculation by the BDD's.  That said, the guy is piecing together a solid enough year, and he's currently only 30, so it's certainly within the realm of possibilities that he might have a spot in the rotation in 5 years.  (If you're curious on why Gonzalez may not be needed this year, Wade Miller (acquired from Houston for cheap after missing the whole 2004 season - very good upside if he works out, not much gambled if he doesn't) appears to be nearer to a big league debut than people had thought.  If Miller is good to go in another week and there's at least one travel day between now and then, the Sox may be able to get by with only 4 starters.  Of course, Bronson Arroyo is looking at a 6 game suspension for that game of beanball in Tampa Bay last weekend (if a player appeals, their suspension is delayed until after the hearing, and given the timing I think that's likely to happen here), and depending on when that materializes and whether Wells or Schilling are back by then, Gonzalez might yet be needed.  They won't call him up if they don't have to, though, because he's already played on major league teams for three years, and thus can't be sent back down again without clearing waivers.)And with that, we apologize for the tangent on baseball and return you to your regularily scheduled SG-17 update.  Now that I think about it, why was SG-17 retired in the first place?  Did this happen on the show at some point (I can never keep track of what happens to misc SG teams)?  Was the team vacant until someone could retrieve their Eagle from the invading Jaffa who wiped out the previous SG-17?  Or am I once again asking questions to be answered next time on CMI?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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