israel4ever

Didn't even notice you were "missing"! Just kidding. Welcome home.

Anyone here remember back to when the Sox signed Albert Belle? If I remember correctly, Sox brass asked Frank Thomas if he'd rather have Belle or Bonds on the Sox. Frank said he'd rather have Belle because Albert was a FA, and the Sox would have had to trade Ventura (and others) to get Bonds.

Congrats BB! :puke

I know this because JR and his partners are very astute businessmen. They would have sold the team a long time ago if it was not profitable.

:headshake Sad, but true. Our only hope is if there are FAs who want to play for Ozzie.

DBAHO...do you know of anywhere (websites?) wherein I could buy Aussie Rules football jerseys? Please let me know.

IF the Sox continue to go after mediocre talent, (i.e. Everett, Alomar) instead of spending money on bona fide stars, (e.g. we couldn't have used Pudge Rodriguez as our catcher, could we?), they'll never be any better than mediocre. Guys like Harris, Uribe, Davis, etc., are "nice" players, but they are not now, nor will they ever be stars, or the types of players around which you can build a championship team. We need to upgrade (REALLY UPGRADE!) at C, 2B, SS, 3B, RF, plus we NEED 2 more starters, some bullpen help (a REAL closer would be nice!), and some bench help. Other than that, the Sox are just fine. Now, someone will say, "how are we gonna pay for all these upgrades?", to which I will respond (AGAIN!), Sox ownership has the money to pay for these upgrades, they just refuse to do so. They don't want to cut into their profit margin. Makes good business-sense, doesn't make good baseball-sense.

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Ya gotta spend $ to get they type of players we need, unless you have the talent to trade for them...which WE DON'T!!!

Thank you!!!

Those teams were built around speed, defense and pitching. The Sox are lacking in 2.5 out of the 3.

Como se dice Paul en espanol?

Adios Pablo! Buenos suerte!

Too short! And we play lousy defense.

Buehrle Garcia Contreras 2 new guys, I hope!!! (Clement? Odalis Perez? Pedro? Pavano? Radke? Milton? Millwood?)

It will NEVER happen...check out the cubs' won-loss record vs teams that are .500 or above. Dismal. :fthecubs

What we need is a new catcher, 2B, SS, 3B, RF, two starters, a closer, and a bench! Even IF we stayed healthy, and won our division, we wouldn't have had a chance in the playoffs. We were nowhere near as good as the Yankees, Redsox, A's, Angels, or even the Twins! Competing for a division title is NOTHING!!! If we are not going to be in World Series contention, we might as well not even field a team!

You can compare a baseball team to a race car...if you build it with inferior parts, it will be inferior to cars built with the best parts. On the other hand, you can build the best car in the world, but if your driver sucks, you won't win either. We know the Sox were "built" with inferior parts...what we do not know is whether our driver (Guillen) knows how to drive!

Sad but true. The Sox can't (won't) compete with the current ownership group at the helm. They are not committed to spending the money it takes to scout/sign the caliber of players necessary to contend.

You might be right. In past postings I have advocated keeping Thomas, Rowand, Lee, Buehrle, Garcia and Contreras, and upgrading at EVERY other spot on the team. I know to do this would require a payroll of $100 (or more) million, but, if we are EVER going to contend for a World Series, we gotta "run with the big dogs"!

Anybody else notice that Sporting News has chosen Wally Backman as it's Minor League manager of the Year? He should have been the Sox manager!

If you are advocating the "changes" you said, the Sox would suck for the next 5+ years!

You're getting there, but ya gotta replace Crede!!!

Change over to $1000 deductible...it will drop your rates almost 40%.

This lineup would finish 3rd, maybe 2nd in the AL Central...it's not much better than the lineup we have right now!