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All cable outlets that offer MLB Xtra Innings will be offering the same preview for those that are interested. Personally for anyone out of town, I definatley recommend it. Well worth the price.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 09:42 AM) Unless the Twins skip Mays this weekend, it'll be Buehrle vs. Radke. Should be an awesome game. I'm looking forward to bbq'in and watching the Sox game on Sunday. Hopefully they can win.

Cool stuff, I like the comments.

When were you at Morongo?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 06:22 PM) The Blue Jays drafted him and gave him a closer role. They are also paying him almost $1 million this year, and he couldn't get anyone out. He is still being paid by the Blue Jays. He doesn't want to hook up with another team because he wants Toronto to have to pay his entire salary. Or is it that no other team is interested in his services? Perhaps all the batting practice pitching positions are taken. Its ok, they don't pay that well anyway. Its decent of him to take the kids to the game, but if he's decked out in Tampa gear, its not only a shot at Toronto management, but also an insult to every player in their dugout. If the Sox released Koch last year, and he showed up in Tampa at a Sox/DRay game decked out in Tampa gear with a foam finger, you wouldn't think its so funny. What it is is pathetic. The guy needs to grow up. Its a lousy example for those kids. And instead he could of easily followed the loophole and signed for a ton more money then the million and a half signing bonus he got. He was nearly as good of a prospect as the other guys that followed the loophole and got big time bucks. Billy is nothing but a class act. Awful pitcher since leaving Oakland, but the way he goes about his business is classy. I also think its wrong for the Jays to cut him after just 3 outings.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 05:18 PM) Apparently Billy Koch is so bitter about his release from Toronto that he bought a seat behind the Blue Jay dugout and is decked out in D-Rays gear with a foam finger. I wish I was making this up Lol, thats awesome. I know one thing, I won't be mad about Koch. He may of sucked with the suck but he did nothing but put the blame on himself and thats as class as it gets.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 02:13 PM) I did NOT see that coming. Yep, definate shocker.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 03:57 PM) whateve danman. Tell me he's better than Andre Iguadala When healthy Deng was one of the best rookies out there. Igu gets more pub for his defensive prowess but Deng is as good of a defender, imo. Many may disagree with me on that, but his length and lateral quickness impressed me, plus he's flat smart. Offensively he's further along then Igu as well. I'd say they are similar players but to me the upside lies with Luol. Both will be tremendous defenders, Luol is so smooth as a slasher though. Will Deng have a shot at playing in the postseason? Either way it was a good year for Luol and I look forward to watching him progress.

Extended spring training is essentially where the short season players are as well as where injured players rehab. From what I've heard from some players it absolutely sucks. Its one of those things you never want to have to do. Of course when there the player will be working with the coaches on different things and they scrimmage and such. Extended spring is in Tuscon. And yes, Yofu is slated to start the year in extended spring training. To be honest I think this is more of an organizational thing because Yofu was pitching for the Sox when I saw them a little over a week ago against the Mariners. He was pretty pathetic too, couldn't come close to finding the strike zone. Then again all of the Sox looked bad that game (on easter sunday).

That stinks about Espinal. However on a brighter note, I think the Barons got a shot to be a pretty darn good team this year. They have some guys that should be fun to watch and in a few years, at least some of them have a good shot at being sucessful big leaguers.

Thats good news. Looking forward to Wednesdays game.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Apr 3, 2005 -> 07:48 PM) Chisoxfn vs. Laziness Art imitates life as Jason is a lazy pile of crap.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 01:15 PM) Now I can finally put the disaster that was last year's opening day behind me. Even with 2 outs in the 9th all I could picture was freaking Koch and damn Carlos Beltran. That was awful...this time, Gload dives, grabs it, flips to Shingo...White Sox winner

Its pathetic of me to say this, but now i finally get Gene Honda Civic Sorry Cheat, I'm just a wee bit slow.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 01:08 PM) I assume Ozzie put him in as a defensive replacement. If so, you got to give him his props. Yep, Paulie had 2 nice hits in the game though and of course had the game winner. YAS, if you don't get the Xtra Innings package, you can still watch this weeks games because its on free preview (don't know if you have it or not, but was gonna tell ya just in case). Of course Wednesdays is on WGN and then Thursday back on Comcast.

Wow, what a play by Gloadie to rob Coco of at least a single. Fantastic Win And damn did Buehrle pitch awesome....YEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting, I see at least a few of us think Boston is in for a doozie of a season. Personally I think they will struggle without Lowe and Pedro. They meant a lot to the team, mainly Pedro. Lowe pretty much blew last year for them, but he was good in the playoffs. I think the BoSox are overrated this year.

Good move by the Pats. I guess Brady was campaigning for the Pats to sign him. BB won't take any of Terrel's antics and I kind of think your gonna see DT grow up and play like he's capable of.

AL East - Yankees AL Central - White Sox AL West - Angels AL WC - Twins NL East - Marlins NL Central - Cards NL West - Padres NL WC - Braves

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 07:38 AM) God bless the WhiteSox..... Lets win this s*** in '05.... I cant fargin wait.

I thought the Seahawks were close to signing Sharper?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 06:05 AM) Eddy vs. Brenda Take 2. Should be a great series if it does happen though. The Bulls are really going to have to be at their best defensively to clamp down on Arenas and Hughes. I'm leary of the matchup simply because Arenas is so insanely good at penetrating (plus he can shoot) and Hughes has been playing like a man posessed this year.

QUOTE(Goldmember @ Apr 3, 2005 -> 05:24 PM) OMG, awesome smilies..and Go Bulls

It should be interesting to see if Jenks can figure things out (mentally) and just how back his stuff is. I just remember seeing him in the Angels system and wow was he amazing (stuff wise). Also kind of cool to see Corwin back. Sounds like he really worked hard this time around and hopefully he can stay healthy and get himself back on the path to US Cell. And personally I'm pumped about Young moving on up to Bham, but I think he may just struggle simply because he's still working on hitting the breaking pitch.