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QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 16, 2006 -> 10:27 AM) Crede has looked really good this year.. he's still playing like its September/October. For Crede its a matter of staying focused. In years past he'd give away ab's, but in the crunch he's so much more focused and it pays. He's doing that consistently this year.

Now we need Freddy to hold onto this lead. Is it supposed to rain a lot today? DJ just said the weather was crappy.

Aj may hit .300 this year. He looks so much better at the plate this season. He's been willing to go with pitches a lot more and than when he gets that pitch to pull he does that.

Considering we started the year without much pop, 14 hr's for the Sox now.

Thats vintage Dye. He hits missiles out. Beautiful.

YESSSSS 2 run BOMB by JD

Oh man, Paulie got a freaking hanger. Was out in front though.

Looking more like 05's top of the order. Come on Paulie, base knock.

Scotty is looking healthy. I think he's getting his confidence back. Expect a hot streak out of Mr. Pods this week. I've seen enough just based on him running last night when he got on and than turning it on on that triple.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Apr 16, 2006 -> 10:10 AM) I sat in centerfield Friday. He freezes on balls hit right at him like Rowand did, maybe that is just the position. I think he also plays to deep. Neither of which I am any more qualified than Tim Raines to address. As for his time at the plate Friday. He looked like a pithcer. Mack should be playing center for a week. KW should have some feelers out there...... I can live with Pods struggling as he looks off, same as Uribe. Anderson looks clueless and worse than that, helpless. Defensively he's superior to anyone else on the 25 man roster in CF though. I haven't seen enough of Anderson but he's very fluid, with a strong arm and I've seen him cut off balls that a lot of CF'ers wouldn't be able to. And its pretty normal for CF'rs to freeze from time to time on line shots hit right at them. Thats by far the toughest ball for an outfielder to read. Although I've yet to see him really screw up out there and like anything he's going to have to get adjusted to the major league level. I've long said all those people that said Anderson was going to be just as good as Rowand were freaking fools. Centerfield at the Cell is the most difficult spot to play CF in the bigs (due to the swirling winds) and to get good you need to get consistent playing time and make adjustments and start to learn the park.

Anderson doesn't have a naturally pretty swing so he's going to have to be confident so he's out there being his agressive self. He's very tentative right now and its killing him. We all know I despise his swing and I've always been a little down on him as a prospect (as opposed to some) but I've never denied the talent is there. I really hope he can develop becuase he's the type of person Sox fans love (think Arow in a sense).

QUOTE(SnB @ Apr 16, 2006 -> 09:42 AM) i got those AA seats once in '03, 3 hours before an august monday game. It was the only time I've ever had first row, so cool. Carlos Lee ran over to our section for a foul ball, reached right next to me and caught it. He didn't give me the ball, I was dissapointed. I wouldn't have either

Really appreciate the recap G&T

QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 09:51 AM) question... If you don't owe anything, do you have to file? Even if you don't owe anything (assuming you worked) you still have to file. If you have no income thats another story.

You all have to remember the market has changed since urlacher signed his deal. If they were both FA's today Briggs would not get as much money as Urlacher, however, a contract similar to Urlachers is about going price for a guy of Briggs caliber.

QUOTE(bigredrudy @ Apr 16, 2006 -> 08:13 AM) What do you know about Orlando. Does anyone have a scouting report? He's got some tools. Don't know a ton about him cause none of my contacts have seen him play until now (I don't know anyone thats been around the dominican summer league). But he's good good speed and I believe the Sox feel he'll develop some pop. I think the Sox are going to really like this guy.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 16, 2006 -> 12:10 AM) They could move Sean Smith to LF (since he's hitting over .300, doing a fairly good job so far) for Dane Cook to let Orlando hit in CF. But I would like to see what Orlando could do in high A ball. I think it's fair to say he's too good for low A ball already. I think its too early to say that at this point. Guys have hot streaks. Thats like saying Chris Shelton is too good for the majors after 2 weeks.

QUOTE(Soxpranos @ Apr 15, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) Yes.. I have a Rowand Jersey. Yes I like his ethic, but is he in the top 6 CF's in the game... NO! Defensively...easily....offensively, probably not. Sizemore Jones Hunter Edmonds Beltran Those are 5 guys I'd no doubt take over Rowand (money being equal). I'm sure there are at least a few more, but thats adding offense into the equation.

Considering how he hit the 2nd part of last season, I am quite surprised it took him this long to find a spot. He hit with some power late in the year for the Tigers. Had to at least make a few organizations think he had finally figured things out (lets not forget he was pretty damn talented back when he was in the Athletic's system).

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Apr 15, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) I'm thinking Nachos and a Polish for my dinner tomorrow. Is that kind of like some sort of squash? I love squash.

Every easter one of my best friends folks throw a huge easter bash (mainly for his younger brothers) but we all go over. They bbq as well as cook a ham and his mom is a baker so there are pies and cookies everywhere. Usually we play a football game in the early afternoon and than eat like pigs before finishing off the evening/afternoon with a short game of bruiser ball (basically its basketball on my buddies ghetto hoop which is like 9 feet tall) and than bust out the video games. I'm still a kid at heart.

Everett had 2 hits today and had one awful baserunning play but the M's pounded the Red Sox. s***ty defense was the story of the game for Boston. Between Bard doing an awful job catching Wakefield and Willy Mo Pena not knowing how to judge a fly ball it just wasn't a pretty day for BoSox fans.

QUOTE(ShoeLessRob @ Apr 15, 2006 -> 11:31 AM) Sorry I had to whip this out ...

QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 15, 2006 -> 06:41 AM) I must have missed those quotes, because I don't remember them. I'll take your word for it though. He was very clear about how close he was to joining the Halos.

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