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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 08:56 AM) How exactly did Gload's baserunning blunder lead to it going 19 innings? If he had tagged up properly, he'd have scored 1 batter earlier, and then Cintron's ground ball would have happened with no one at third. Unless Dye was of course able to fix his baserunning blunders on the same play, which came even closer to costing us the game. Wouldn't DYe have tagged up? I thought Dye had tagged up and than saw Gload at 3rd base and had to go backwards. So Dye would have been on 3rd with less than 2 outs for Cintron.

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 01:13 PM) I was just thinking that the mets look to be huge buyers this deadline with their bad pitching. With Pedro injured for now this team cannot rely on jose lima for long. Sure they will make it to the postseason but you need pitching to win, and im sure they would take vazquez if they took el duque. The only problem is the Sox would have to eat some of his contract. Does anyone else think this situation is plausible? Also what prospects do you think we could get in return? If we want to deal Javy and someone else for a CF and a reliever or two while inserting Bmac into the rotation I really have no problem, but if we are getting prospects in return (unless we plan on moving those spects elsewhere for a CF or RP) its a major mistake, especially when you consider the fact that we would be giving a potential world series foe an asset that fills a major weakness (there rotation).

I'm back in town and I want to further add a rule or two. I realize we haven't been the tightest run site over the years and I"m not about to say we are going to be harping on every little thing, but respect is something that we've been having a problem with. If you can't treat a poster with respect than you won't be here for long. Whether you've been here 1 day or 4 years, there aren't going to be favors for any posters when it comes to the personal attack policy so its best to not say anything at all if you think its questionable. Its real simple, talk down to someone and get suspended, I don't care who you are so it would be wise to not go off on someone for making a bad post or anything along those lines. If you want to test us, fine, but you probably won't be around very long. In addition to the personal attack policy (which will be held to the highest standard because personal attacks ruin threads and discussion and in general make the experience worse for the vast majority of posters) we will also have a new policy on vulgarity. No swear words will be tolerated in any post title . A greater amount of age groups read this site and to make this site friendly and tolerable for all, we feel it would be best suited if people don't come to the site and see a ton of curse words in thread titles. We realize the ocassional curse is going to happen (especially in game threads) but make sure its not in a title thread or worded in any way that would be deemed as innapropriate or as a personal attack. I have opened this thread up for discussion in case people have questions, but one thing I'm going to advice is for people to not come in here and ask dumb questions or try and cause a rucuss. We are doing this for the greater good of Soxtalk and to try to make the Soxtalk Experience as good as it can be for the vast majority of posters. This is a site that is provided free of charge and will always be free of charge, but at the same time we want everyone to be able to come here and feel comfortable to share points of views and idea's (whether they have 1 post or 30,000 posts) so we feel this will make as welcome and stimulating an enviroment as possible.

Was anything interesting said in the interview? I'm looking forward to seeing how Brandon's arm is doing and whether the team has at all talked to him about rejoining the rotatoin. I really wouldn't be shocked if we made a semi blockbuster deal involving Vazuqez and someone else that would get the team a reliever or two and a centerfielder.

Harrel has pretty damn good sinking action and just needs to continuously work on improving his command. If he can do that he can turn into a solid pitching prospect with a chance of becoming a decent MLB starter. I don't think he'll ever emerge as a top flight prospect but should have some value down the road. Liotta is in a major funk after starting out pretty good. I'm not sure whats going on with him, but it seems as if the league has gotten to him. Hopefully he can get some confidence after making some adjustments down in A ball.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 08:34 AM) You don't think he can hit 20 HRs in the second half? I think it'll be hard for him not to get there. If he stays healthy it will be hard for him not to make it there.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 09:12 AM) A guy like that is a possibility, he was DFA'd by Baltimore. The question comes down to this, would any addition to the team add more than Gload does? That's what Guillen and KW have to answer. Another factor, although people like to dismiss this, is Gload is extremely popular in the clubhouse. So to me, it'd have to be a clear upgrade if they're thinking about bumping Gload off the roster. Gload doesn't play much but he's earned his stripes this year, he has done well in limited opportunities and he definitely has value. It's a catch 22. They have to decide whether to stand pat or not. Neither scenario is perfect because you'd like to have better late inning OF defense but they also like what Gload adds to the team. Difficult decision. Plus, aside from his baserunning blunder that led to the game going 19 innings, he's been doing pretty darn good since getting more playing time. He's probably our best pinch hitter off the bench (although Cintron is pretty damn good and Ozuna has his spots as well) but Gload is a damn fine hitter. Although I would be the first to say he's in a tough spot considering we have thome and Konerko ahead of him.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 04:27 PM) Anyone know if this is really in the organization's plans, or if it is simply speculation and conventional wisdom? If they really were serious about moving him to left, why has he not yet played there? Because he has far more value at 3rd base so you got to keep him there as long as possible. And what I mean when I say that is teams usually give higher value for a top notch 3rd base prospect than a top notch LF prospect.

Pinned for your viewing pleasure. By the way, I got back tonight Dan so I'll shoot you my final stuff tomorrow and the last set will be good to go

Soxtalk.com....YESSSS!!!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) Tiger would easily get 1 hit before Ozzie shot par unless Ozzie is pretty close to scratch as a golfer right now. A lot of my friends are pretty good and play a ton, and they NEVER shoot par. Thats after playing 15-20 years. Tiger would get a broken bat hit, or some sort of cheapie in 15 years. I was assuming they meant par on a hole, not par over 18 cause you got to be very very good to get par on a typical 18 hole course. I like to play golf and play it quite often (well just picked it up again) but unless I'm playing an executive (shorter/easier course) I wouldn't even come close and I've never ever shot par over that many. But shooting par over 18 holes would be like having a .250 average for a complete MINOR league season.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 08:14 PM) True. I'm not saying he's all the way back yet. I just think the guy deserves some props. He's takin' a beating on this board. If he can get his changeup just a bit better (in terms of location) and we'll see the guy that was really good and one of our aces for most of last year.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) Cortes is really holding his own. He was probably a little out of his league to start the season, but he weathered the terrible defense that plagued Kanny early in the year, with his peripherals and hit rate have been improving ever since. He's just 19, so he's well ahead of the age curve in the Sally league. Holding his own should be considered a victory. He'll be one to watch in the second half and next season. He's got a pretty darn good arm and is considered a pretty good prospect (or at least was when we drafted him).

If the Angels aren't sending them cash, than the Cards would be picking up everything. Of course I think the Angels are picking up a good deal of salary and this is a no brainer for the Cards who are desperate for pitching and when Weaver is on he's pretty damn solid.

I know I could get par before Woods could get a major league hit and my guess is so could most major league players (much quicker than I could get a major league hit). Although I'm sure with enough swings I'd get lucky.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 5, 2006 -> 08:47 AM) Via Reifert Orange County/Anaheim areas are the reason why AJ has a chance...little does Reifert know

QUOTE(danman31 @ Jul 4, 2006 -> 02:43 PM) FORZA ITALIA!!! Wow that was amazing. The first half was a ton of fun to watch with good action. The 2nd half was a little dull, but the teams cancelled each other out. The overtime was amazing. Both teams subbed in offensive players and those guys dominated. The midfield was bypassed due to fatigued players and it made play wide open. The finish by Grosso was amazing with the great bend. Completely awesome. Forza Italia What a sweet series of goals in OT by Italy and that was definately the best overtime (in terms of action) of the entire cup.

AJ was just on cold pizza talking all about it. Oh and definately Dodger fans, because A, AJ sucked up for the Giants which they liked (he really didn't stink, but he wasn't a good fit and they gave up Liriano, Nathan and Bosner). Than AJ helped knock out the Angels who many Dodger fans don't like (although many Dodger fans are also Angel fans).

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 4, 2006 -> 12:15 AM) Wait, wait....did you say weaksauce?

QUOTE(beautox @ Jul 4, 2006 -> 06:58 AM) no intro music? im sad. I was dissaopointed too, its my favorite part but Mario was very busy and wasn't able to get to that this week.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 3, 2006 -> 10:44 PM) Northern Iowa? Ya, and the Illini are the best football team in the great state of Illinois. IN years past there were probably high school teams around the country that could beat them (the Long Beach Poly's of the world). Does SIU have a FB team, if they do they probably could have too

Hey Tiger fans, I'm curious, are there any good Tiger sites on the web? If not, would you guys be interested if we could put together some sort of site for you all (not that you aren't welcome here, cause you are, but a place that you guys could call home). You tell me cause a lot of you seem like damn good posters who follow your team and other teams. We could probably put something together.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jul 3, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) I can't wait! 1st Soxtalk celebrates a championship and now TalkBulls and TalkBears may be joining Soxtalk, who will hopefully be going for a repeat performance in 06 And ya, I left out the Hawks for a reason...even I'm not that dumb

I got a lot of respect for Lieberman and I think he's a class guy. I may have a different take on a lot of things politically, but Lieberman is one of the best the democratic party has to offer, imo. He's a high character guy that doesn't seem to snipe and sometimes realizes its better to support something for the greater good even if his party is clueless to it (just a personal opinion and the reason why I stay out of here cause I'm not into debating the whole thing).

Happy Bday to two of the very best Soxtalk has to offer, even if one is a damn clones fan. I was gonna say something bad about Tony, but don't got anything to say, its not like he totally hates the best football team in the state of Iowa. Anyway hope you both have a fell of a bday while celebrating our great countries bday