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Bmac should host his own radio, tv show. He should run for office. Never has a guy done so little and gotten so much praise. I mean I hope he does well, but man, the manlove.

Why would the Phils let Rollins go? Not everybody trades integral parts of Series teams like we foolishly did with glue guy Rowand. Should we take a chance and sign Redman of the Royals. He had 11 of their 50 wins. Not too bad when you think bout it? Another lefty? Cheap?? How bout it.

Good post balta. Well, to me, it sounds like you think he should get those 150 games next year. I hope if indeed he is a plum prospect and future stud Oz gives him the job. I am not thrilled about Pierre.

Yes, but I'm not a Mackowiak fan either. I know he hit better the second half. Call me a moron but sometimes I go by what I see. The guy never knocks in a run and has so many horses*** at bats. I hope he has a future. I won't give up on him cause it takes time sometimes. Crede proved that. But it will be a gamble to give BA the job again next year I think. I'm not that crazy about Pierre, either. I guess given a choice between JP and BA, I'd take brian. I just hope he can start to bang the ball around the park and hit with authority. You don't argue, do you, that BA has some (majority) abysmal at bats?

If that's all true, I can buy your argument. Did BMac's workload get decreased big time all of a sudden? I did also envision him being the guy who would get a ton of appearances as our main middle relief "set up" guy. If the numbers back you up on BMac (I'm too lazy to look it up) then I can buy your argument. I thought you meant BMac was messed up by not getting to start when we already had five. my bad.

He should? What is Brian hitting, .230? He never knocks in a run. I know ... he was misused by Ozzie and bats low in the order. BA is a big question mark right now. He reminds of that Langerhansengretel in Atlanta. Just cause you are a good prospect doesn't mean you'll pan out, see Jeremy Reed. GO SOX!

Oh my God. I hope you read Flash Tizzle's response to this. Balta, you are blaming Ozzie for perhaps "robbing him of the chance to be the dominant pitcher we saw at the end of 2005?" If BMac is that sensitive, my gawd, he is nothing to begin with. We had 5 starters this year. The Organization as Tizzle said, wanted BMac to fill the middle relief role. We had five starters. How did Ozzie rob him of anything; it gave McCarthy a chance to stay in the big leagues. Nobody in the world was going to start BMac over any of our five starters once we got Vas. It's KW's fault for acquiring Vas if anything.

I don't think Soriano is a "terrible option" unless you are solely talking about the money factor. He would have been a big pickup at the all star break. Impossible to second guess KW, cause we had a great record at the time, but in hindsight, he would have been incredible pickup.

That was one of the best quotes of the year. I still say players win games. Our pitching staff really truly was horses***. Do you all think it'll get better on its own or are we hosed for next year as well? I mean we could trot out Jon, Mark B, Jose, (Vas or Fred) and BMac and they could get lit up from Day One and we could be the new Royals. Do we need 2 new starters just in case this staff is the real Sox staff??

I wouldn't tell em to f off, but I would give a thumbs down to those guys you mentioned as well as Kenny Williams, Mark B, Alomar (I know he didn't do anything wrong, he's just too old), Mack (he actually would be an OK sub as long as it's not center I guess), Brian A (I know he's young but I tired of his feeble at bats and inability to make anything happen at the plate even when he got a couple hits), Cora, and BMac (see Anderson comments and substitute pitching for hitting). Thumbs up go to Paulie, Dye, Thome, Iguchi, Crede, AJ, Jose C, Thornton and MacDougal, Jon Garland, Bobby, our trainer Herb Schneider (sp?), Cintron, Ozuna (for hustling at least), and our batboys. On paper, starting next year assuming our second half effort is the real Sox, we are a fourth place team in our division. Hope we tinker and our pitching comes back to make us a contender.

The Twins showed that a s***ty start doesn't necessarily bury a team. Just like Houston last year.

That was an amazing moment. I called my dad in Chicago as i did in the Series and playoffs last year. It seemed like the magic was continuing this season. That 3 game sweep of the Tigers in August also was nice at the Cell. It seemed to me we would take that and it would propel us to a big finish and maybe even a repeat world championship. For some reason Detroit was the only team we could play well against, though. It's hard to believe how we went in the tank.

I'd start Charlie, Brandon, who else we got to start? p.s. did you see Oz's quote about Jose C's injury? Oz joked about him being 90 years old. Is this another guy who has lied about his age? We should consider dumping Jose and signing Moyer. Is Kenny Rogers available or did he sign a long term in Det?

How did our fans react after the game was over? It was a nice home win with the home runs (what else, when we win). Did they cheer or just walk away.

Play all the young guys we have; start Charlie. Play all younguns in Minn. and fill in the rest of the slots with veterans. No Mack. No Alomar please.

What is all your reaction? Mine I must admit was pretty negative, mad that the Twins and Tigers completely manhandled the Royals this year and we could do nothing with them. Mad that we really played pretty bad against all teams in our division and the future is definitely in jeopardy suddenly. On one hand I feel like we have wasted a golden opportunity, that we had the type of team that could make some noise. Then I see Garland fall into the same rut as our other starters and simply wonder what the bleep is goin on???? Our rotation which was supposed to be dominant for years now may be suspect. Our bullpen is very bad with the exception of our closer. And our lineup needs to be fixed. A key injury to Paulie, Crede or Konerko could be a killer. p.s. the indians fans are giving oz the choke sign. I can't believe our season is over. WHo'd a thunk we could be this bad the second half? Ever since Mark B was named an all star we tanked.

Anybody else want to brag about their prediction coming true? I said 4-9 in the last 13 and I stand by it. I'm right on track. The way we've played, we are looking at fourth or fifth place next year. We better make major changes. Minn - better than us. Det - better than us. Cleve and KC - equal to us the second half of season.

If he's mentally screwed up, we certainly haven't heard anything like that from BMac himself in the papers or the writers haven't even implied that. I don't know why everybody thinks the Sox ruined him. I really really hope BMac excels as a starter next year. If he sucks, however, I hope everybody gets off this kick that he was ruined by Oz/KW. At one point is the pitcher accountable? I hope we trade Fred or Vas cause after a year of talking about BMac's misuse, etc. I want to see him start a full season.

I said I recognize they are injured and for that I applaud them. I don't appreciate being called an idiot for thinking that the "tired" excuse is lame. Just because we played an extra three weeks last year? Then why did Boston make the playoffs last year. I applaud many of our Sox; I simply for the life of me can't believe we didn't make the playoffs. And yes did you notice Detroit AGAIN beat the piss out of the Royals this weekend in KC. The Twins and Tigers OWNED the Royals; we didn't really own anybody. I said our pitchers arms may be tired and we are beat up. But to think we aren't advancing because we are a tired team I think is a ridiculous argument. If we are tired every team is tired.

This "rest" issue is beyond belief. We act like playing baseball is running a marathon every day. Beat up? Yes the team is injured. But rest?? Our guys play station to station baseball. Maybe our pitchers arms need rest. I wish some of yu former pitchers would educate us on what pitchers do in the offseason. Will they truly rest the arm?? Or do they throw? This rest issue puzzles me. I agree our team is HURT, banged up. But tired? Playing baseball???? This aint running marathons.

How could a strong prospect like BA be this bad? Was he rushed? Watching him at bat is like watching a bad pitcher hit. He just looks awkward. If we get swept by the Mariners I wouldn't be up for firing Oz but docking his pay for a month would be OK by me. I think all the players' world series rings should be stored away a month as a penalty. You have got to be s***ting me. The M's sweep us at home?? How did we get to be THIS BAD?????? I predicted 4-9 in our last 13. I may have been generous.

WTF exactly. How many times have we said this the last month? We are not worthy, like fathom said. We're just not a good enough team. We're not better than Seattle right now. We're not. In fact, we might get swept. It really really is sad.

Garland is a stud in a season that was a dud. Same goes for Dye.

No standing O. Just silence as in traipsing up the steps silent after another loss. A standing O would be ridiculous. Last year is so long gone it's unreal.

Reasons we suck: Pods, Uribe, BA, all our middle relief, all our starters cept Jon. As well as two of our super subs in Mack and Alomar. And yes Oz deserves blame as well as Cora. Wow ... are we in line for a major rebuilding job suddenly?? I'd hate to be KW. Suddenly looks like he's gotta lot of work to do.