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QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 09:29 PM) Complete bulls*** if they put Colon in the rotation Yeah. Let's put in our fat-ass starter who only throws fastballs as our 5th starter over a 25-year-old who is now pitching some of his best ball all year. I can't imagine they would have a long leash for Bartolo though with how well Clayton has performed his last two starts.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 04:19 PM) It's ridiculous the amount of umpiring calls the Cubs have received over the last few months. Just a terrible weekend of baseball though, as the Cubs are now in first place and the Sox are in meltdown mode. When the actually have to face real teams and not one of the worst teams ever (nationals) and another cellar dwellar, they will come back to Earth. At least the Stros are decent (for the NL at least).

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:59 PM) Best overall shape this organization has been in, in forever. We are two free agent acquisitions, IMO, from being in a tier above the Twins or Tigers. Neither can add next year like we can, and our minor league system has impact players that are close to being ready, just as good, if not better than those teams.

Are the Dodgers stupid? Billingsley/Kershaw are terrific and arguably not much worse than Lee. Add in that fact that they are younger and cheaper, and only going to get better. This sounds like a horrible deal for the Dodgers, plus they get James Loney who is a solid young hitter?!?! Why not these pieces for Halladay? EDIT: Just realized, Victor would be part of the deal. Okay, not as bad as I thought. Probably very fair.

Man I wish we played in the NL Central or just the National League period. Baseball sucks so much there. My god the Reds are awful organization.

This is for sure, for once we will have the money and prospects to add some big-time pieces to the club. Despite what happens this year, we should be in hunt for a division title for at least the next few years.

Holy crap, that was a horrible call. Hill never even tagged Encarnacion.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:13 PM) Lots of payroll flexibility after this year and a nice cheap core of Beckham, Quentin, Ramirez, Danks, and Floyd. Of course, big holes to fill with the departures of Dye and Thome after this year and Konerko, and A.J. after next. I hope the Sox move cautiously and build this right, they could be set up for a nice run in this division over the next five years. I am fairly confident, one of them will be back, maybe both. Of course, at reduced rates likely. But it's not like we really have better alternatives in the minors nor are there much better options in free agency. You would hope that one would be willing to be the DH again at maybe $5 million, giving the Sox some more money to add to the club in free agency.

Let's face it. The Tigers aren't that good, we are simply playing some of our worst baseball of the season right now. Their bullpen isn't great, but is better than ours right now. Their starters are not great, minus the two studs. Their offense is old and slow, too. They are also killing the arm of their top prospect, as well as Jackson/Verlander by how many innings/pitches they are throwing. Per usual, talent-wise the Sox are probably the best team, but that always means s***. My favorite is Twins believe it or not. Despite their pitching woes, they can mash in the middle of that order and they have a pretty easy schedule from here on out, not having to face the top three AL East teams the rest of the year. They also have the best manager in the division. I just think the Sox schedule for the next 1.5 weeks will really bury them because there is no way the Yankees don't take 3/4 against us.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 03:57 AM) Wow,thats a really high bar you've set...and you need at least 250 to even be in the discussion? Thats an average of 15 wins for 17 years,there won't be many pitchers in the HOF from this point on if you need at least 250 wins to even be considered,in this day and age of bullpens being a huge part of the game and thus blowing many wins a starter might have,there isn't going to be many 250+ wins starters in baseball anymore. I think 200 plus should be more of a realistic standard for HOF status,IMO. I mean this is the Hall of Fame. It is supposed to be exclusive and the bar should set really high. The negative on Mark is that he has never been a dominant, top-5 pitcher in the majors leagues. Granted, every year he has worn a uniform, he has pitched as a top-15 pitcher in the majors, but remarkable consistency can only get you so far. Look at Bert Blyleven, who was a very consistent pitcher, similar to Buehrle in that regard even though their pitching styles were different. He won 287 games, won 2 WS, is 5th on the career K list and has thrown a no-hitter himself. He isn't in the HOF. Now, I completely agree that the system is going to change with regard to wins because 300 is downright ridiculous now and there may never be another one. But Mark can't separate himself from other current major leaguers except for wins because of his durability. Sure, he has the perfect game and no-hitter, but the Hall of Fame is based on a career. By your standards, you would include in the Hall of Fame a guy like Chuck Finley in the hall. I feel pretty strongly in saying that if Mark doesn't win 250 games, there ain't a shot he gets into the hall because he was never an elite pitcher in his day.

Mark is going to have to get 250 wins to even be in the discussion, IMO.

http://twitter.com/NewbergReport That is kinda scary for the Rangers. Hopefully, the rest of the team is alright.

Gotta get a lead early. We lose this, and a split looks very unlikely with Jackson going later in the series. If they don't hit this turd, that's just bad.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 01:29 PM) We also thought Jose would suck in his first stint back after being demoted. True, but Contreras was really good in the minors and Colon wasn't all that impressive. At least, we should hit their starter.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 01:26 PM) This has the feel of one of those long, frustrating games. Especially knowing Tubby ass is gonna suck tonight.

Colon is gonna get shelled tonight, so Contreras and our offense better get focused.

f*** Bobby Jenks. And screw this team for not being able to comeback ever. Still waiting for an opponent to blow a save against us...

Never had a chance. Here comes the guy with the best approach for Howell.

Quit trying to pull the ball Nix. He looks like Anderson up there.

Why Nix over Getz? Getz hits lefties better than he hits righties. And Nix doesn't have the opposite field mindset to be successful off Howell.

Strike zone much bigger for Howell than Jenks, although that doesn't excuse Jenks' suckiness.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 09:32 PM) Oh come on. Every team has a bunch of these types of games every year. Don't quote me on this, but has a closer blown a save against us all year?

The scouting report on Jenks is out now that he has an average fastball. Swing at his first pitch fastball because you know that's all he throws first.

Why the f*** is Coop coming out, where the hell is our manager to bring in Dotel?

Wow. Game over probably. This could be a huge loss. You can't do this before you have a rookie make his debut. With the way our starters make their debuts, you can chalk up two losses in a row.