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Damon is one of those guys I'd like to have on the team. He appears to care. He appears to be a gamer. I could be wrong, but we obviously have to change the temperament of our team. Right?

Seems like the traffic on here is down. Maybe I'm just dazed, bored and gloomy on a sleepy Sunday, or depressed we still can't prevent the Twinks from winning this division ... but do you see any reason for real hope for our Sox next year? We still are slow afoot. We have a lot of marginal players that we're kind of excited about, who frankly aren't championship quality (Uribe, Timo, Ben Davis, Burke, the guy playing ss now), young guys like Crede and Borchard who have somwhat disappointed. Contreras doesn't look like he's all that and we know all about Garland's inconsistencies, which means our starting staff still has severe Q marks. Oz we've learned apparently isn't a savior. Maggs is aching and may be gone. Hurt isn't getting any younger. My question is ... can anybody cheer me up or do we look like a franchise that has seen it's best days?

If we pay more than any other team, they will come. We will not, so they won't.

Forcing her out would be bush league. Good story. It implies in several areas she's getting the shaft.

The turning point was Crede whacking a big home run to win a game for us walk off style. For some reason our dysfunctional boys saw that as a negative and lost about 15 of 18 at home after that.

I wish we would have acquired 2 other guys besides Everett and Alomar. Try somebody else. They've now seen us fade late 2 years in a row.

Who'd a ever thunk we were a 2-man team. We are soooo horses*** without Maggs and Hurt it amazes me. We are one of the worst teams in baseball w/out those 2. We are punchless w/out 'em. How are we gonna re-make this team?

People that want to get rid of Jose and everybody else need to realize they are average ballplayers to decent ballplayers and we could do A LOT WORSE. We just notice their deficiencies cause we see em every day. WE COULD DO LOT WORSE THAN JOSE V

Good trade by KW. I still don't like KW though. I feel sorry for E-Lo. If it's true he wouldn't listen to Coop and Oz, maybe if he gets his arm healthy he'd be more apt to listen to them next year. Sign him for 1.5 mill.

I like him. I wouldn't mind an upgrade if there's one available to us. He's better than Uribe, though. I'd prefer Jose over Uribe.

Like your enthusiasm but ain't gonna happen. We will not sweep. We ain't got it in us w/out the dynamic duo.

You said: 240 OBP 260 Slug Mediocre glove (CF) Non-factor on the pads. 26yo 504-foot dinger What a resume. --It's official, in one year this board has gotten sooo cynical. I'm close to out. Not that anybody cares but geez the guy has so few at bats and you don't get behind a blast like that?? Geez.

I was only half kidding. To hit a ball that far is pretty exciting.

Mine is Paulie. He had a great comeback year and his production would have put us over the top had Frank n Maggs not got hurt.

The point is ... who are you comparing him to? The major leagues are full of Garlands. He is our Garland. Who do you want to bring in? We're not going to pay for star free agent pitchers. We are not going to trade for star pitchers who command big bucks. Reinsdork is cheap. Some act like Garland is a complete stiff. The guy is a mediocre pitcher who occasionally is awesome. Who do you want instead of Garland??? Keep him as a No. 3, 4 or 5 starter.

Uh oh. Dreaded arm trouble. Shut him down.

2 points: 1.) what was it like with a crowd of 5,000? Was it weird? That has to be the smallest crowd since 1970s Old Comiskey. 2.) If Joe can hit a ball that far ... keep him! This proves he has potential to be a phenom. Work with him. 500 feet???? Way to go, Joe.

Me. It was under my name you gonzo. Joke.

I hope with our payroll, KW is capable of putting together a future winning team. Every year it seems we're strong in some areas and so pathetically weak in others that we can't contend with the Twinks.

garcia,buerhle,contreares,loaizia, and garland would sure be a tough one to beat... --on paper, the Sox always look tough to beat. Then we take the field and can't beat out the Twinks year after year.

Oz said after the game: “It’s a shame,” Guillen said. “(Garland) has all the talent in the world and doesn’t use it.” Oz obviously has given up on him. He's gone. Too bad, though, we're still going to need a No. 4, 5 starter. If I were the Braves I'd trade for Garland If he stays healthy, he's eventually going to win big.

I love Miguel and would rather have him than Ben. But nobody can argue with Ben's production. He's done well.

How long has he been here? 4 years? Isin't that enough time to work through mechanical problems or learning when to make a certain pitch? --No. Only because he's 24 years old. He'll be a great No. 4 as you all have said.

Gload is a toad. He's a good backup, though. Keep Uribe and Gload as BACKUPS!

Juan Uribe is not a quality baseball player. Jose has been good enough. I wouldn't be against upgrading, but not with Uribe. Keep Uribe as a backup. He does have 18 hrs. p.s. does anybody else think Uribe swings too hard sometimes? Nice RBI single tonight though.