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Well, that guarantees us a s***ty season versus Minnesota again. He is a fricking clutch hitter. He will abuse our staff, especially our pen. What a joke. We got to face him 19 times? f***.

Having Jose would be great. If the tendon is healed, it's healed. He is a proven pitcher of course. I wish he'd work faster like Mark B.

Pick on some other guy. From everything we've heard and read, Thome is pure class. Maybe Steph or somebody else who knows the team can comment further. I don't like Jimmy much when he belts the ball right into the shift, but no doubt he is a stud. And it's possible he's not a steroid guy. Maybe even probable he's not, just like Big Hurt. If everybody bet you that 100 dollars you'd be broke. Of course he could have a serious injury and you'd happily win.

I really like Bobby. It's easy to take closers for granted. He's been great.

There's no reason for him to lie about his age at this stage. He'd actually get to the bigs quicker if he was 22, 23. 19 is probably too young.

It doesn't sound like you like him "as much as the next guy." Me thinks you are exaggerating a bit on the 90 percent.

My bold prediction is no soxtalk fan will post "this game is over" the moment we fall behind 3 runs in a game in the game threads. Please people, just don't do it!!! You got to believe. Games are not over til they are ova.

If it's true it's great news. Any time a ballplayer is fit, it's important. Wonder if Paulie lost the belly fat. He was a little heavy last year.

Throw in jail the guys who lied to Congress. Continue to try to get the names released of the guys who took Roids. Make them talk about it like a-Rod. No suspensions, no asterisks. True baseball fans know Aaron is the true HR king. We'd need too many asterisks like somebody said.

We still don't have a reliable set up man to Bobby. Lexi has an awful spring defensively at ss making Oz wonder what to do. Dye has another good year since he's Jermaine f***ing Dye. Paulie starts slowly and gets booed out of the Cell. CQ becomes even more of a fan favorite and keeps our lineup scary. Lexi hits no matter how bad his D is. We contend.

That's amazing how old Owens is. Proves it's tough to crack a lineup in the majors. I wouldn't discount Wise making it. Oz loves him obviously.

Is this the year the f***ing Royals are added to the mix of teams we have to be concerned with winning the division?

This is the year KW finds out which of our prospects can play. Owens, BA, Fields, Getz, Clayton, Lillebridge, etc. I am kind of looking forward to it. I think it'd be great if our pitchers had good years. We need more consistent relief.

Sure he is. I just don't understand the Crede hate around here. The guy is one of the reasons we won it all. OK, dispute that. I'm sure somebody will say he didn't do squat. He did.

Thanks. I bet they wind up dealing him and eating some salary.

Dunn's the guy I always wanted to be a Sox. Now my other other guy I wish the same is McLouth.

Maybe witesox fan, but magglio sure hasn't been injured since departing the sox and most people would have bet he was through as well. I hope Fields is great, but right now he is a question mark.

I forgot that fathom was that down on floyd. I remember the furor over This.team.is.dead. We should have a moratorium on such posts about deadness of the team this season. Any loss and the team looks dead.

Juan was great, but he had a bad approach at the plate. Hard swing ... hard miss.

How do you know he won't be healthy?

As much as some despise Crede on here, let me ask you this question: Would you, like me, cringe to see Joe in a Twins uniform playing the Sox 20 times a season? A healthy Joe playing against us? Awful news for the Sox. The guy is a clutch hitter and great fielder.

I would agree. He was unselfish too in taking all those walks. I mean our current hitting coach ... does anybody remember HIS style of hitting? Why would that make a difference. If Walker knew how to hit he didn't show it much on the field.

That is the saddest thing I've read on a message board. Do what it takes to win. Does that mean if you are a college fan, you cheat out the ass to win? Pay the players under the table to make sure a Kentucky is always better than a Davidson or Gonzaga? I'm not saying Ky cheats, just citing them as the big school example. Bring out the asterisks and ban anybody who is a known user from the Hall. Baseball doesn't want asterisks but like somebody said this is like the world wide wrestling federation now. The era of steroids has to be noted in the record books. Cheating (taking shortcuts is a nicer way to put it) sucks. -- Did Maggs use?

Educate me. Why do they want to dump him already?

I'm still shocked more players don't have back problems. I would think it's a sport that would really f*** up your back with all the hacks these guys take. How did Thome stay healthy last year?