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QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 4, 2006 -> 11:40 AM) It looks like the Three Stooges out there in left and center. What is the reason why Anderson is not backing up Ozuna there? My guess is brain cramp. I think he got cauhgt off guard. He was in an odd spot and saw Ozuna coming on and he could have stopped or went in but kind of got caught in between. (or just flat out brain cramp). Either way, bad play.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Jun 4, 2006 -> 11:39 AM) Brian needed to take charge there. Hard for him to have taken charge on that play, simply because Pablo was coming across and was already laid out. Plus I think BA has not had much time with Pablo in the field. Still no excuses, it was a very poor job there.

Horrid job there by Anderson.

I'm sorry, but he takes at least 1 hit away per game that other guys on our team won't get to, so thats like an extra hit on offense. No reason BA shouldn't be our everyday CF all things considering. QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 4, 2006 -> 11:34 AM) There is not reason for him not to start every game. Great minds think alike

We don't have any in-house options. Its Brian Anderson with ocassional doses of Rob Mack or at least thats what it should be (unless we want to stick BA in AAA for about a month and just let Mack play every day, but our defense will seriously suffer and thats not a good thing for a team thats built on pitching).

I want to just say that CF is the least of our problems. If a 9 hole hitter is whats costing us right now well than I will just be speachless cause there is no way in hell a team doesn't make the playoffs because of its 9hole hitter.

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Jun 4, 2006 -> 06:22 AM) I've heard the rumor about getting Rowand back since he was first traded, but we can't trade Garland yet. Bob Garland can be traded, however, he would have to be willing to waive his no trade clause and I don't think he wants to do so, although thats not to say its impossible to trade him.

One thing is obvious...the first move the Sox need to make is to acquire a quality reliever or TWO. But it seems that Ozzie likes Montero's arm (which is decent) although I really don't think he has very good stuff. It doesn't seem like he has much any type of secondary pitch, even though he does have some velocity behind his fastball.

QUOTE(SnB @ Jun 3, 2006 -> 08:26 PM) i can honestly say i've never met a jiminez fan until now Raises Hand

QUOTE(vandy125 @ Jun 2, 2006 -> 10:38 AM) Thanks for the info Jim! I had been wondering about the subway system there. It looked like you can get just about anywhere on it. Wow. I didn't expect to hear that about Fenway. Do they have the troughs too....uh...nevermind..wrong person to ask that. I personally think Fenway is about as big of a s***hole as humanly possible. Horrid ass stadium in my book.

Your stories are awesome and its really why baseball is such a great sport. Cool stuff!!!!

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 09:21 AM) I'm sure that their horrible pitching (especially in '03) had more to do with it, but I see your point. No offense, but I'm going to take Ned Yost's opinion over somebody who watches the games on TV. The fact that Clark was playing RF in '04 instead of Pods says quite a bit. They had nowhere else to put Pods and they figured they were better off with Clark in RF and Pods in CF as opposed to Pods playing RF. It wasn't like they were going to bench there studly leadoff hitter (Pods).

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 08:53 AM) Ive heard that before and always ignored it. I cant tell you how GREAT I feel, when I see a grounder roll roll easily under the outstretched glove of a helpless cub, as the other team scores the winning run. Theres a small rush I get, I admit. But, I get a bigger kick out of (back in the day) watching a 1990's Frank Thomas fouling off pitch after pitch, in a sort of chess-match with the pitcher, looking for the ONE pitch he can drive, and then like clockwork, gets the pitch and smokes it to deepest left-center for a home-run, knowing you were right there with him, pitch-for-pitch, knowing what he was thinking, what he was doing, and for a quick moment, Celebrating that blast with Big Frank, in a small way knowing what it must feel like to hit a ball 475 feet to LeftCenter for a homerun. I think the part I miss about Frank the most (since he can still hit hr's) would be when he would be totally overmatched at the plate as a pitcher was dead on making perfect pitches and he'd just have one of his ugly swings where he just tried to slap the ball over the 2nd baseman or 1st basemans head (or dump it into CF). He was the best I ever saw at taking a great pitchers pitch and depositing it in for an ugly single. VINTAGE FRANK. Its too bad he turned into a HR happy guy the past few years and his avg totally suffered because of it. QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) shall we say high noon behind the old barn?

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 08:40 AM) Teams aren't in the market to be trading. Realistically, only 3 teams are completely out of it already (Pitt, Florida, KC). Good luck trying to find a lot of talent on those teams that could help us out. The only person who I think would be a good fit on any of those teams, and could realistically be traded, is Roberto Hernandez. Last time I checked, his ERA was well under 2. I'll never forget when Hernandez gave Ripken a nice nose bleed during the all star game photo shoot on accident. Ozzie and Roberto were teamates and some how Roberto is doing pretty good so that could very well be an option.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 08:47 AM) if you start and then go back to the pre- bill of rights site,i will be pissed. And Jimbo is the Incredible Hulk of Soxtalk...say anything bad about the Jayhawks or the Sox and uh oh

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 08:46 AM) YES, just waiting to hear which thread the Mods would like it to be in. Just show ya back an email, but its cool in this forum. I had the Tribe feed of the game last night and I was laughing at Martinez reaction as well. Didn't see the part when the inning ended and Freddy and him shared a quick laugh but I'd have been laughing than too. Now lets just take this game tonight with Jose on the mound and split the series.

QUOTE(vandy125 @ Jun 1, 2006 -> 06:11 AM) Didn't he take a no-hitter into the 6th last inning? Then, the Angels got an infield single on a bad call, and the Twins took him out after that inning. Ya, I was at the game..it was a total hores*** call. We could tell from our seats that he was out and that isn't wasn't even that close. Total joke of a way to lose a no no. He got rattled after that, but still got through things. I made sure to get to that game cause Liriano is my favorite young pitcher in all of baseball.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2006 -> 01:15 PM) Click Here To Vote in The Poll Vote at the above link and discuss here. Not even close, the pen. We won't lose this year because or 8 and 9 hitters aren't any good at the plate (if they continue to do what they are doing today). We would potentially lose if those two guys stopped playing gold glove caliber defense though. However, the pen will prevent us from winning games. QUOTE(beautox @ May 31, 2006 -> 07:53 PM) Seriously i think Cliff Politte skews it that bad. Matt Thornton has had how many scoreless apearences now? and as that recent article has stated hes now in phase two of his project with Coop soon he will be putting hitters away with regularity. Jenks has been great when used in the appropriate situations, Cotts has been good hes posting a 2.91 ERA. I think McCarthy needs to be moved into the right handed set up man role and get more consistant work. Jeff Nelson is the ROOGY, and Politte needs to be moved into the mop up role. Uribe has proven himself at the ML level hes getting better at the plate these past two games he hasn't been swining at the first pitch as much and yesterday he actually had hit, up until today he was batting .265 in his last ten days. Anderson just looks lost and outmatched right now. He's an amazing defender but as i've stated time and time again we need a complete CF, Mackowiak appears to be cooling off a bit, and i really don't feel comfertable with him in CF. In other news Corey Patterson went 1-3 today with a single, SO, BB, SB. hes still batting .290 and has 19SB/1CS I'm starting to like the idea of Patterson (shudder the thought) but with the way he's playing it would probably take a bit to get him.

Happy Bday Alex

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 31, 2006 -> 05:08 AM) Is anyone else having problems with the "Download Show" link or it just me? Just tested it and it worked for me. Maybe there was a short outage or something???

Download the Show This week Mario Scalise was unable to attend the show, so Jason Gage flies solo. Listen in to see if he crashes and burns in his attempt at any semblance of a show or if things actually go well. Jason discusses Brian Anderson, some potential pickups the Sox could make (if they looked outside the organization) and the bullpen (yet again). Find out why Politte should be replaced with Brandon McCarthy and what Ozzie needs to do for Bmac to work in the pen. Download the Show Streaming Version of the Show Instructions to Subscribe to Our Feed Hopefully you guys like it. I suck ass at solo shows, and my plan was to have a guest host this week but that fell through so I figured I'd roll out a relatively quick show. My technical abilities are still pretty limited so hopefully it sounds alright (plus I was all by my lonesome and its hard to talk that long )

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:56 PM) I think Fields will have a nice high ceiling. However he needs more seasoning in AAA. If we do decide to move him to LF we will need to have him play there a bit so he can get used to the position. We just cant dump him over there for a few games, then run him up here to play defense in a packed house for a pennant race. Its not fair to him or his development. I still think the next move up should be sweeney. Fields is a 07 target. I feel the same way you do about Sweeney and after he gets enough AB's after missing time with that hamstring injury and we may just see him. I'm curious to see how he is out in CF. QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:55 PM) Sweeney struck out about 12 times his first week and a half, and didn't walk at all for a little bit. Since then, he's been steady, 1:1 K/BB ratio. The one encouraging thing about Fields is that he has walked more in May than in April. He still needs to limit the K's but if he can develop a solid batting eye, he'll survive like Thome/Dunn/Gomes etc. Fields has a pretty good batting eye and seems to have really gained comfort at the plate. He's obviously not afraid to strike out, but we have a guy on the Sox who gets by despite high k numbers. Fields will hit for a higher AVG than Dunn and should be a .275 hitter with 25-35 HR power if everything works out well. Plus Fields is just adjusting to AAA so he should continue to make strides and get even better. He's grown a TON at the plate in the past 3/4's of a season (since his hot streak for most of the 2nd half of last year). I remember seeing Fields 2 years ago and he would whiff a lot but he'd also lay off tough pitches and when he hit the ball it just exploded off his bat (I saw him hit a few bombs in BP and than he hit a towering shot to dead center during a game).

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:53 PM) I expect better out of you than Hunter and Erstad. I really do. One will come very cheaply and the other is just the 2nd best defensive outfielder in the game. He will also hit 25 hr's in a full season at the cell (with ease) and post a .265-.270 avg. In fact, with him actually having a bit of protection and a lot less pressure, he could even do a tad better. Don't forget guys power numbers really seem to go up when they leave Minnesota (AJ, Ortiz).

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:51 PM) Jason, please never mention Erstad's name again. The guy may not even be comming back this year due to his ankle (depends on how he reacts to the cortozone shot he recently had). The guy has always been a mediocre offensive player and now that he can barely walk plays a below average CF. I'd much rather have Mack starting out there. I wouldn't want him on the roster simply due to the fact that he may get an AB in a clutch situation, which would not turn out well. Also, would you be willing to move any of our top prospects to the Twins for Torii Hunter? Which is why I edited the post to say I'd prefer Cameron or Erstad. We are talking about the back of the order. If Erstad is healthy (and we have a month or two to evaluate that) he is a solid pickup. He's extremely over-rated by some, but we wouldn't have to give up any top prospects to get him and he's got plenty of playoff experience. He's a very good baserunner and can get a clutch hit from time to time (don't know what his stats are, but I've seen him get plenty of em in Anaheim). Defensively he's not what he once was, but when healthy he's solid. If he proves he's not heatlhy, than thats an obvious pass. Cameron would need to prove he's healthy as well. I doubt I'd give up the prospects for Hunter, especially since I think the Twins would demand Anderson (who is a Hunter clone- TOOLS WISE) plus a guy like Valido and probably even a Whisler type). I am sure a few other solid enough CF's will enter the market, but the most important thing is finding defense. If Mark Kotsay didn't have such a high salary, I'd consider making a deal with the A's, but Beane really likes him and I think Kotsay is signed relatively long term (plus the A's aren't dealing unless they get major league help in return so it would have to be a 3 way deal; if by some shocker the A's were out of contention than there may be a possibility).

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:49 PM) Bad Jason. If you were a woman I'd slug you. Why?