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Portugal finally getting a few chances late in this overtime as they are into injury minutes. Well now its finite...its going to penalty kicks. England and Portugal even through 2 kicks (both have sunk 1). England missed the first Portugal the 2nd Bot miss the 3rd kicks so its still even. Portugal makes this one and they win. Ricardo (Portugal's goal keeper) has been amazing. Christian Renaldo makes it and Portgual wins.

Wow she got a lot hotter. She's from Irvine (where I live) and I remember what a big deal it was years ago when she killed in the olympics (the first time when she was pretty young).

QUOTE(dasox24 @ Jun 30, 2006 -> 08:44 PM) Wow, I think that's a pretty good deal for both teams. Each player has his own downside -- Villanueva w/ questions about his work ethic and willingness to improve; Ford w/ his back problems (Is one season enough to state they won't reoccur?). Though, if neither of the potential problems occur, they'll both be very solid, possibly All-Star players. Not at all a big Villanueva fan so I think the Raptors really did well on that move. They have quite a few bigs that play a similar game and were able to get a point guard that can create a lot of things. He's still a bit raw from having missed pretty much a full season from an injury, but I like this move a lot for the Raptors. And this will be nice for the BUcks I guess, since now Bogut will have another low post player with him.

Germany, Italy, Brazil are right now the 3 best teams in the world. We'll see if it stands, but Argentina didn't look as good against Mexico and than lost in PK's to the Germans (albeit a home field advantage, but thats something you have to figure in anyway). England and Portugal battling in the 1st half of overtime. England playing a man short because Rooney was red-carded in the 62nd minute or so. England has played better and has missed quite a few prime situations where they could have had "easy" goals.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Jun 30, 2006 -> 06:41 PM) If the cost of Figgins was something along the lines of Mackowiak, Jerry Owens and Ray Liotta, I could see the sox biting. Mack could help the Angels now with his versatility and power, and Owens and Liotta for the near future. No one in there right mind would really want Owens at this point unless we are giving up some top notch players along with him or getting a pretty crappy player in return. Whether Owens is a prospect at this stage is considered questionable since he's doing terrible in the minors and can't play anywhere but left field (despite what Ken Williams hinted at over the off-season). The Angels won't make any deals with us unless they get a guy like Josh Fields (him and McPherson could battle out for 3rd) or someone like Sweeney (they actually could use a quality outfielder) of course the thing they could use most is a center fielder and a legit one at that. Brian Anderson and than some could be what it costs to get Figgins. And don't underestimate the value Anderson could bring, the Angels are freaking terrible defensively and have by far the worse outfield defense in baseball. Every one of those fielders are substandard. QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jun 30, 2006 -> 10:18 PM) If a trade for Figgins is to occur, it's going to happen in mid-to-late July, when the Angels are (hopefully) a little further out of the race. I'd imagine they're going to stick it out and see if they can't get back in the race. If they are way out, he's going to be very available...not sure how they feel about McPherson anymore, so it's hard for me to say how much interest they'd have in Fields. Haven't looked up Dallas stats in the past week or so and he didnt play at the last Angel game I was at, but I know for a few week period he was on a tear and his AVG was really climbing. As long as he stays healthy, he'll be a very good player, but I do think they'd have some interest in a guy like Fields because he could play 3rd, 1st, or LF (he could make the move).

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 30, 2006 -> 07:57 AM) Seriously, I like Stewart to come up before we make a trade for an effing backup cather. I was going to say this exact same thing. Stewart isn't a starting caliber catcher, but he's made a lot of strides with his offense and is one of the best defensive catchers in the minors. He's got a stron arm with a quick release, calls a solid game, and does a good job blocking the plate. Offensively he's mediocre at best, but I do think he'll be our backup starting next year (and we'll definately see him when rosters get expanded)

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 28, 2006 -> 12:58 PM) Because it's what I do... Speaking of which, I'm going to be at next Thursday and next Saturday's Sox games. Dont' know if your in town or not than. Most of the time I'll be with my family (in for a family reunion) but I am splitting from them for at least those games

Why..why steff

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jun 28, 2006 -> 12:37 PM) What great scouting by Dave Wilder and company. Seeing the potential he had and then seeing that he was probably MLB ready pitching in AA in the middle of June/July? Major props to the scouting staff with Jenks. I guess some scouting was needed in terms of saying he was ready for the majors, but it doesn't take an idiot to go watch this guy throw the ball once and realize he has one of the best arms in the biz. You could probably take a 10 year old off the street that has played baseball a few times and all you'd have to say is that he hits 100 on the gun from tiem to time and can throw a mean breaking ball.

QUOTE(sti3 @ Jun 28, 2006 -> 07:46 AM) I'm a keyboard guy. It was quicker for me to type the tags rather than click the quote thingy. Anyway, I gave up as you can see. [quote] Whatever your trying to quote goes here [/quote] You do that and everything should work golden. QUOTE(sti3 @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 09:15 AM) Can someone look at the below post and tell me wtf's wrong with my quoting? my eyesore of a post Oh my...Fabregas fan, is that the old catcher who caught for the Sox for a short time and also for the Angels. I remember when I was a young kid we used to call him Fannygas

Okay BB, your gonna have to tell me what ISO is. Is that what Baseball Prospectus uses in its predictions?

As I said in the films thread, it was a fantastic movie. One of the best movies I've seen in a wihle (especially considering most everything as of late has been garbage). Not quite Batman Begins, but on a similar level.

Even while he's stinking, the Pirates aren't going to give up Perez without getting some top notch talent in return, imo. Otherwise they might as well hold onto Oliver and see if they can get things solved themselves. Hernandez is a possibility but Kenny makes a ton of trips with the team (as I think Dickallen alluded to).

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Jun 28, 2006 -> 09:59 AM) OK, he started using a cutter, even better.....now he is using a 100MPH fastball, 97 MPH Cutter, 94 MPH Slider and a 87 MPH offspeed pitch. Teach him the knuckler and we may have something. He'll also throw in a heavy sinker from time to time, although he doesn't use it too often. The guy has a lot of pitches that are considered plus pitches, its just as a closer he really only uses a few of them. I just hope he stays heatlhy for us, if he does that and throws strikes he could go down as one of the all time great closers (That said I have my doubts as to how long he'll be able to stay healthy).

That 97 MPH pitch was not a slider. The next pitch he threw was more of a slider. The 97 MPH pitch was more of a cutter. Still, you don't see many 97 MPH cutters.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 09:25 PM) the 2004 Marlins-Dodgers trade was about as pointless as you could get. The Dodgers got rid of Mota (who turned into s*** for the next 1.5 years with the Marlins,) their "heart and soul" Paul Lo Duca (traded away for scraps this past offseason,) and Juan Encarnacion (who was traded to the Dodgers in the offseason.) The Marlins got rid of Hee Flop Choi (who was acquired 8 months before that and had one hot month. Claimed off waivers last offseason,) Brad Penny (Pitched 3 games for them spanning less than 12 innings and even lost on a 2 hitter,) and Bill Murphy (who was later used to get Steve Finley.) The Marlins flopped, got nothing in return this past offseason for Mota, Lo Duca or Encarnacion. The Dodgers nearly missed the playoffs, and Paul Depodesta was fired after the 2005 season. Tell that to the Dodgers now, Brad Penny is the ace of there staff and is one of the best pitchers in the NL. The Marlins on the other hand got fleeced since they really didn't use much any of those guys with LoDuca going to New York (did they actually give up Gaby Hernandez for LoDuca, I was thinking Hernandez was part of the Delgado deal???), Encarnacion leaving, and well we know Mota really blew up (Mota was more of a throw in as opposed to the key cog to get Hanley Ramirez, imo). They also got some draft picks eventually for Steve Finley (IIRC). That was a great trade for the Dodgers and I think anyone in the org would say that as well, just watch what Penny is doing.

Superman was fanf***ingtastic. Highly recommend it. Usually when I see this really late night movies I"m naer asleep when its over, not with this movie.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 07:11 PM) If you ask me, there's no way Minnesota comes close to us. Right now they're still 11 games back, even though they've been hot. So even if we do fall into 2nd at some point, I'm not too worried. Pending the Twins/Dodger agme tonight, the Sox and Tigers are 10-1 in there last 11 and if the Twins win tonight they would also be 10-1 in there last 11. The Royals entering today's game were even 7-3 in there last 10. How bout that central division

QUOTE(danman31 @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 07:45 PM) Yeah Keller is not a world class keeper, that's pretty clear. The US soccer propaganda made him sound way better (Lalas saying best keeper in the world? Puh-lease!). However, it's going to be very hard for Howard to be the best keeper in US history IMO. Brad Friedel has been playing in England for a while and even won Premier League goalie of the year in 02/03. Right now, he's the best US keeper ever, and I don't think Tim Howard is good enough to take that away from him. Sidenote: Not related to this World Cup specifically, but I found a website that has a lot of information on American soccer players playing abroad. Yanks Abroad has player profiles and a list of players playing overseas and even has info on some notable guys playing in MLS. I was reading up and was surprised to see the amount of guys, especially young players, playing in Europe. The future may be as promising as advertised. After you look at this site you'll probably be wondering why there are more than 2 or 3 MLS guys on the nats' roster. Plus Friedel was amazing for the US in the 2002 World Cup

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 06:55 PM) you are not going to win that fight over here buddy. Allen soudns like baba booey from the howard stern show. I laugh at his ignorance every night. I actually enjoy listening to him. Not always great with his words, but he makes me laugh and in general seems to like what he's doing. Plus he's not boring. Caught the last two innings and that young kid hit a bomb for his 1st career hr. RObertson pitched very well in a game that could have been much closer if the Astros didn't play s*** defense behind the Rocket. Tiggies keep on winning and have a shot at sweeping the homestand with a win tomorrow against the Stros.

Thome is looking much better at the plate tonight, imo. He's taking the close pitches and even taking some strikes (that aren't good hitters pitches). I think he's close to getting back on a tear.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) FYI Zach Duke will pitch Thursday in place of Oliver Perez who the Pirates moved to the bullpen. Duke will move up a day and pitch on normal rest. In terms of scheduling for Saturday's game against the Tigers (Pirates vs. Tigers) they have yet to announce there starter, but we will be seeing two of there best (in Snell tonight who we knocked around but only got 3 against and Duke on Thursday when he goes up against Count and his 16 game win streak).

The Steelers will probably win, but the Sox truly played like a team (Than again so did the Steelers).

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 02:04 PM) The Aussie player appears to move his shoulder in the replay in an attempt to trip the player. It was not a bad call, it may have been a questionable call. Atleast thats what I saw. Was it necessarily a foul, no, but the player didn't get near the ball and put himself in a position that the Italy player (if he does things right) would be able to draw the foul and thats exactly what he did. You can't put yourself in that position in soccer when your in the box.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) I didn't see the Ghana/US post-game so I don't know about that but after the Czech/US he was making an uber amount of excuses and after the Italian game, he was gushing over how much they improved and how they will surely beat Ghana. Whataver, I hate Wynalda. Ya, he went from making excuses to flat out ripping the US team to shreds following the Ghana game. He was dead on too. He was sick of hearing excuses from Arena and called for the ouster of Arena. He was pretty harsh and Arena was being interviewed later on and pretty much was asked pointedly about the callings for his firing by the ESPN commentators (since they are former US soccer stars). Lalas was awesome and his commentary where he would go off on Rynalda was great. Both really spoke there minds and they differed in opinions from time to time and it made great TV. I've been watching most of the games as I get to wake up to them out here on the West Coast and than catch WC live. I also like the Euro analyst they've had on because you get a totally different perspective of things, since they won't have the US bias that our guys obviously will have. QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 27, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) I didn't see the Ghana/US post-game so I don't know about that but after the Czech/US he was making an uber amount of excuses and after the Italian game, he was gushing over how much they improved and how they will surely beat Ghana. Whataver, I hate Wynalda. We played fantastic against Italy, one of the best teams in this tourney so I see no reason why you shouldnt' be optimistic. The team was completely jobbed by s***ty officiating yet stuck in, played a man down and got a tie. It was a very impressive and gutsy performance, one in which Donovan actually showed up. How was anyone supposed to know that Donovan would take a completely dive, our coach would be completely inept, and that Reyna (a so called veteran) would make rookie mistakes and f*** our chances. Its not like Ghana outplayed us, we had a s***ty call in the box and a dumbass play by Reyna aside from that the US didn't play bad against Ghana. The Czech game was a complete f***ing joke though. Oh and Keller didn't step up and shine like one of the better goalies in the world is supposed to.