soxfan420

only pitcher to give up a run all day, but i wouldnt say he sucks for just one bad outing.

granted a few iraqi civilions have been hurt and there in noone in the world that doesnt feel bad over those. but look at how many we are saving and our bombs are not killing thousands of civilions like suddan, so if saving people from a corrupt goverment is against the laws, then i say we need some new laws. and im glad bush has the balls to do what is needed.

My brain has gone blank who is Pedro Lopez and who is Stewart? lopez is a high A great prospect 2b and sterwart i think is a outfielder but not sure.

I actually do donate blood at the school blood drives a lot (except when I'm sick and stuff and they won't let me) I've said before, I am a situational pacifist. In this situation, with the evidence provided by our President, it's not clear that war is the answer. I call my Senators and Representatives quite a lot telling them that I want them to do whatever the f*** they can to get our people back here to the states and not be fighting an illegal war over in Iraq. I think that is the most important thing I can do, petition my government with grievances to protect our troops. I know they volunteer. But that begs the question, how many volunteer with the intent of educational purposes and how many go to actively want to get in the military for the military's sake? I have met a lot of people, young and old, that have told me that they are in the military simply because they can get their college education paid for or that military law is gonna be a springboard for getting into a prestigious law school, etc. I've had recruiters come after me on campus before and even at my high school handing out the glossy bumper stickers for the Marines, Army, Air Force, etc. What's weird is looking their their recruitment ads, I rarely see white males in the photos anymore. Either they are actively targeting lower socio-economical minorities or there are just not that many whiteys in the military anymore. When one of the largest simultaneous protests occurs in the world, you'd figure that might send a message to the "Coalition of the Willing" (aka the US/UK and a bunch of nations who gave their symbolic support) that people support the troops enough to not let them die in this situation. how is this an illegal war i hear you say that way to often.

it is taking to long to start i wish i could speed up time

I'm gonna stab you in the face when i see you again. :fyou If you handle a knife like you handle a bat, I'm not too concerned! If you connected at all, it would be a very small stab wound! I knew that would get a reaction, since I know your opinion of the 7 Million Dollar Hot Dog Man! Hey, it's all about singles baby! since i cant run for s*** anymore. And maybe i would have some power if my swing looked like yours . (a bad train wreck) OBP is the most important offensive stat singles work

420...Looks like you spoke too soon its ok. i was pleased with todays lose. great things shown from some of our young pitchers.

Hmmm..still sucks to blow a 9th inning lead. But, it's just practice, so it's no biggie. yea it was a tuff lose but we didnt throw 1 person above AAA This year. And to only allow 2 runs in 9 innings to a starting lineup in the AL central is good.

that is weak sauce you have no feelings for the iraqi people we tryed for 10 years to get him to leave peacefully (with 7 billion dollars with no punishment and he refused) how is that our fault. also we didnt ask the un if we could go to war we asked them if they would help they said no so we moved on our own i see nothing wrong with that.

We have the largest military in the entire world. f***, the last time we updated our military spending...the update was higher than the total spending that the next 15 countries in military might spend all together on their militaries combined. In 1999, Congress asked the Air Force if they needed more refueling tankers. They said no and Congress authorized the purchase of 100 more. (that's bloat if I have ever seen it.) I was making a commentary about the world health care too. Like in the late 90s (can't remember the year off the top of my head) but Al Gore went to S. Africa and told them that they could not make generic versions of AIDS preventing drugs or import them from other countries or the US would cut off all humanitarian aid because the US drug cartels, excuse me corporations, wanted a monopoly market. We can cut Pentagon bloat and the military industrial complex. I mean, like Star Wars that has already been called an impossibility...but let's waste millions on that, or even MOAB...let's waste millions on that too. Especially when children are starving etc. etc. etc. In 2000, the Pentagon said their budget for 5 years, they were getting $2 trillion. The General Accounting Office said that if we wanted to fix all public schools, it would only cost $212 billion. Nice to know where our priorities lie though in this country. We have homeless people, starving children, failing schools, but at least we have our erection pills and MOABs! apu, our country has its flaws yes, but how is having a great military bad??? i want peace but it just really isnt possible with some of the crazy people in the world with weapons.

Our offense is better than theirs and is probably the best in the league(atleast in the top 2 or 3), and our bullpen is deeper as well. Also....one thing I forgot to mention....in one of the two parts, he mentions that Kyle Lohse winning 13 games in his first full season as a starter is impressive....nice analysis Ken....also, way to be ignorant and forget that Wright and Garland won a combined 26 games....which is an average of 13 wins each. Given, Wright won 14 and Garland won 12....but who gives a s***? Having 1 starter on a team win 13 games in his first full season is not as impressive as having 2 starters on the same team win 12 and 14 games respectively in their first full seasons as starting....and having 3 in 2 years do the exact same thing(Buehrle won 16 in 01 though....and had an ERA below 3.30). Rosenthal doesn't know how to analyze fairly at this point in time. His obvious bias towards the Twins is showing. Also....if he wants to compare a team to the Angels....look at the White Sox. The Sox have the same type of leadoff hitter(a guy who just wants to get on base, but isn't incredibly fast), a veteran hitter who has struggled in the past year(Salmon had a frickin terrible year in 01....and then comes back and puts up .280 22 90 or so....if Thomas can put up .315 30 110....a shadow of some of his former stats....than it would be almost the exact same as Salmon)....both have good young cleanup hitters who play solid defense and drive in a boatload of runs.....both have a player that won the Big League challenge going into the year....both have a good lefty with good stuff....both brought in a RH starter who has been on winning teams in the past....both have a closer who throws hard as hell....both have a catcher who plays good defense and has a cannon for an arm....both have a CF who hustles his ass off all the time....that's more than what the Twins can be compared to the Angels for. Ken Rosenthal is not doing that great of a job....and he didn't on this article either. i see your side of the arguement and his the twins are still the favorites until we beat them. we didnt beat them last year or the year before, we need to win against them.

i love harris he just needs to learn to do is improve his obp if he hits .250 with an obp of .350 he would be a solid leadoff guy. he just needs to hit the ball on the ground he kind of reminds me of willie mays from the movie major league

np could have done more but i had to do homework on spring break( 2 more months to graduation ) o hell yea then the college partys begin i get though my school by partying(its the only way to go to school and have fun)

that is very possible leaving just 1-2 spots cf/lf and catcher i really want olivo catching even if he hits .220, i love his cannon of an arm, solid deffense, and if pitch calling is a problem how hard is it to get a sign from alomar on the bench ??

o well they got 2 runs off our minior leaguers good game for us.

we have a better offense yes, but they have pitching just has we do(i think ours is better) because there deffense is so good and covers so much ground it lowers there eras by probally 1 full run.

The pro-war people calling protesters "un-American" for using American rights, that's hypocrisy at it's finest. Last time I checked, this country was founded on protest and civil disobedience. (Boston Tea Party, anyone?) Like Trent Lott said in 1999, "I can support the troops but be against the President". Anti-war protesters are not discounting peoples' feelings. How many troops do you know that WANT to be over there putting their ass on the line slaughtering Iraqis? I think I believe that number is ZERO. Nobody wants to go kill. And when our President Select lies to the world as a reason to send them off, if anybody is discounting the soldiers, it's Bush. The anti-war movement doesn't want to see our troops be forced to go over there and die because our President wants to lie to the world and become a international war criminal. If anything, the anti-war movement supports the troops the most because we don't see the need for them to risk their lives in this situation in Iraq. apu you never have anything to say about our arguments about the war all you do is beat around the bush like politictions on those tuff questions. Give peace a chance, but it seems like you are just fine with what suddan is doing to the iraqi people. Do you think we should let him starve, kill "iraqi people" who is supposply cares about while his wallet gets fatter? Im sorry but i dont think there is any peace full way to get around suddan out of there. we have tryed for 10 years now

Baggio - agreed he is sick. The ancient Aztexs used to cut the hearts out of the living losers of their sports matches - as the book of Ecclesiastes says, there is nothing new under the sun. But does it give you pause to see torture being recommended by others in this thread? It does me. I guess it is bad torture when "they" do and "good" torture if "we" do. Alas, there is nothing new under the sun. Thanks for posting that link - I hadn't had a chance to read the article yet. you still think we dont need to be over there cleaning up our mess??? look what we did to the iraqi people by putting suddan in power. I just hope we clean up this mess for good this time. i wont mind paying for it. because atleast other people will have an equal opurtiny, to succeed in life.

i wanna see tampa bay win some games sometime soon

we only really have 3-4 holes opening up in the field for players LF lee i really like him and wish he would stay but most people dont like him CF rowand depends on this year RF maggs(he isnt goin anywhere) 3b crede (not goin anywhere) SS valintien(great leader but likely last season with sox) 2b Who knows who is playing there this year yet 1b PK(not goin anywhere) DH thomas (not goin anywhere) possibly open spot for next year LF CF SS 2b open for next year C olivo has not provin himself yet

royce is too good for A ball again

the twins are decent pick i still think if the sox can get it if garland or wright steps up big (both i think could be 20 game winners with this offense) we will win but if they dont step it up we wont beat the twins with just a 1-2 punch.

yea if we dont go to atleast game 7 in the playoffs i dont see him getting resigned

we dont have any real hitting depth left, in the minors

i love royce ring he is gonna be great, i heard somewhere they where gonna turn him into a starter is that true or just a rumor?