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By the way, I jsut want to say, I could give two s***s what he does to get the movement on the ball. Pitchers throughout history (and most of the greats) having been doing it forever. I know some people would say (well whats the difference between that and steroids) and I say one doesn't have the side effects. Plus the other isn't necessarily illegal, its just shady persay. Savvy pitchers doctor up balls and I hope when Buehrle gets older he'll do what it takes to give him the extra advantage. I know Orel Hershisher added years to his career by junking up the ball. I consider that part of the game and an extra strategy.

I root for Maddux every start (Unless he's going against the Sox). I absolutely love the way he pitches.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 03:26 PM) Win every series, thats all they have to do. With the bats killing the ball, and the pitching keeping us in EVERY game, it shouldnt be that difficult.

Borchard hit hr's too fellas. 500 FT ones at that. Anderson had a solid game, but he had 1 hit. You take hte other one any day of the week, but he's not out of his funk. But like I say we have plenty of time to let him develop. From day 1 I said we wouldn't not make the playoffs because of Anderson. We have this luxury to develop a guy while putting out a world series caliber team and he's going to have most of the season to show us whether he can or can't. Today's game will go a long way in giving him some confidence because I think he's trying to do too much at the plate right now (he's not getting comfortable and he's trying to protect every part fo the plate and when you do that you'll end up being able to do NOTHING). We all knew he could hit a bomb like he did today, but we knew the same about Borchard. The key is being able to hit consistently and thats what will seperate Anderson from being a good player to a borderline all star (namely because of the way he plays defense). I've long said Anderon's upside is Torri Hunter. Similar power, respectable avg (nothing fancy) and fantastic defense.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) One of the problems could be(might not even be a problem) is that our starters are going to go far in ALOT of these games, and Oz is going to be hard pressed to find spots for these guys. I think rust has alot to do with Cotts and Cliff struggling. I also think we are putting Boone in a bad place. Logan is a young kid that needs to see batters. He isnt getting that here, and when he is, its 7 or 8 days at a time. Get another SOLID arm this pen, and send Boone down, maybe even Thornton... Thornton won't pass through waivers.

I take that back. I don't think he has went back to Japan. In fact I'm pretty sure he's a FA. My guess is someone will snatch him up relatively quickly (unless he's hurt).

I'm 99% sure he went back to Japan. I tried looking back at some of my notes and media releases and wasn't able to find out if he did ever land on somewhere and I checked through the Japanese league rosters and couldn't dig up his name. He may have opted to go to an independent league, but I don't recall him ever officially hanging them up. By the way, welcome aboard

QUOTE(JShBattier31 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 06:39 PM) Yea i guess they really wanted that win today. I just figured since he's one of the guys on the 40 man, they'd have a little more faith in him, but he is there to work on his control. I wonder how many pitches he threw. He's still healthy, it was the walks that got him. I don't think the Sox think to much of Tucker at this point (in terms of the majors). IIRC, Kenny said they had pegged him as a guy who could make some changes to his delivery (basically developing a consistent release point) so that he could maybe help the team late this season (or more realistically next season). Considering the arm injuries and loss of velocity he's suffered I'm sure the Sox are being very careful with him.

Lake show lost. Kobe didn't have his best game, but he didn't take many dumb shots. Lakers played pretty good D, but Phoenix was still too good for them. This is going to be a long series for the Lakers cause thats about as bad as I've seen Phoenix play (against the Lakers) and they still came out ahead. I have learned one thing though; Lakers need to exploit Odem because no one on the Suns can guard him.

Last year we started to put an end to that west coast spell. It was sweet seeing them win 3 in a row in Anaheim and to make things better it was in the PLAYOFFS!!!!! Can't wait till the Sox are in town this weekend. That + Bulls playoffs + the NFL draft = Great sports weekend

The streak ended on April 23rd.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 12:10 PM) Mackowiak has a lower average than Anderson to this point. And he played A LOT early on. And is nowhere near the defensive player Anderson is. I'm not too worried about Anderson. He's struggling but we have the ability to let him develop in the 9 hole. He's got a lot of tools, with the only question-mark being if he can figure out to hit (cause if he can, he will be able to hit for power and drive in some runs).

Looks like he was jsut a bit rusty (hasn't pitched since the 17th). His velocity looks a lot better and he gets a double play (did give up a run). 1 more out and this thing is over with. Best Cliff has looked in a while though (and yes I'm mostly paying attention to his FB, but as Hawk is saying that will help give him some confidence).

Politte comes in the 9th and gives up two hits. I'm very concerned about Politte.

Here are some other notes: ATO: Sox Release Nachreiner; Josh Hansen to WS By FutureSox.com

Is it only about the steroids fiasco or are there other interesting pieces to it?

He's doing very good as a freshman. Talented player and a smart kid with a good head on his shoulders. Its a shame we couldn't have signed him, but the effort was put in by the org, he just wanted to go to college (I don't blame him either).

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 06:34 AM) Hopefully Felix can out duel Verlander tonight. A Royals win over CLE would be nice, but I'm not hopeful That'll be a nice matchup in terms of studly young pitchers.

I'm not too concerned with Cotts, but I do have some concerns with Politte namely because he's lost some velocity. Cotts still looks like the same pitcher as last year, the results just haven't been there. I expect him to get on a hot streak pretty soon though.

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Thanks for the kind wishes everyone. I already feel like I'm going to pass out (played bball this morning, than a round of golf, now some of my other friends want to play some ball). After that I can finally grub it up over at the sports bar with my close buddies and watch the Bulls game. Than they will try to make me throw up (they will fail in that attempt).

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 08:34 AM) Happy Birthday Jason. Without you, none of us would be here, and for that, we owe you tons Can't wait to hang out at a ballgame against this year. This time bring your arm, as well as your mitt Haha, don't worry, I've actually been playing twice a week and I'm finally kind of rehabbing my arm. You just bring your accuracy

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Per ESPN News. Brace yourself for four years of Joe Montana compairisons. OH BABY

QUOTE(Goldmember @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) word. most everything else is too annoying or just gay... I don't even know why I still have it. My friends bugged me into signing up on it and I don't use it. I do ocassionally use facebook though. Its a lot quicker to access and less clunky looking. Myspace has so much stupid crap on it that it takes forever to load anything.

We have a tough grouping but damn it I'm going to be pulling for our team. I will be watching every USA world cup game just as I did 4 years ago.