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I'd say Barry Bonds is one of the more hated players. I think he's awesome though.

I am with you. Grace is definately one of the bigger characters in the majors but he also understands the game. I see him keeping a lose clubhouse while commanding his players respect at the same time. Actually in some weird way I liken him to a Dusty Baker.

My big concern with Diaz is he has this "electric stuff" yet in his stats you don't really see him dominating in any particular area. With the stuff they talk about him having you expect to see him limiting hitters to nothing offensively. In his defense he's playing in a pitchers park and has had his roles flipped around quite a bit. I am hoping to see a breakthrough out of him and I hope the Sox stick him in the rotation and leave him there cause when he was constantly starting in Charlotte he really seemed to get into a groove.

Jason, please, no sleeping with the prospects. LOL ROFL. Wing and Honel will definately be in Bham for the start of the season and for the duration of the season. No matter how good they do I don't see either moving up to AAA nor do I see either going up to the majors (Unless the Sox really really suck). Of course the exception to this is if god forbid one of them gets injured.

Thats how I saw it. Pitcher has to deal with it if his team scores runs or has a long inning and they'll have to deal with that too. Gardenhire was stupid for taking Radke out. I thought he hooked him too early right when he pulled him. He hits one guy...other then that he was on cruise control.

Thats pretty freaking tight.

But Soccer is so freaking fun to play.

First rounds on me

No...they just need to contract the f***ing yanks. Turn them into a sideshow or something.

I want the Yanks to get their asses kicked by the TWis. Screw Georgie and the freaking Yanks and their 187 mill payroll. Its blatant BS that they are allowed to have that kind of payroll while we have to sit and freaking watch the Sox get breaken up because ownership isn't willing to spend 60 or 65. :fyou George

I'm guessing Williams will be one of th top ones. Williams is really good. Great finesse, etc. And as far as DT goes...he'll suceed once we get a real coaching staff in here. I'd say Eli goes in the top 3. I'm not too up on the top prospects though. Usually I figure that out later in the college football season when I start paying more attention to the draft.

He's be nice...but Roy Williams would look a lot better. Plus I like Clark a hell of a lot. Bears need to get Gallery asap and maybe sign Sapp this offseason. Well heres the field goal.

s***...I have no idea how he made that catch. That looked like it was way overthrown and then bam. Guess you know why he's gonna be a top 10 pick as a tight end.

4th and 13 for the Hurricanes. This is the game.

Ya...posted a few teams and I see him lurking quite often.

Damn...that be creepy watching his brains get blown off on tv...but for some reason I'd watch it. If the morons are stupid enough to do it...then its their problem, imo.

Well I went with the Bulls. If I was gonna take another team it would be Denver.

That was a freaking unbelievable run by West Virginia (Well it was a pass...but the run after the catch was great). Go West Viriginia

Wow is right

Overtime Hockey is really exciting, especially in the playoffs. I loved watching the Ducks in the playoffs, especially once the games went into overtime. Still...I can't possibly get up for a regular season hockey game.

Hope you are having a good one

Now that its the offseason I was thinking it would be cool if everyone gave their favorite prospects at each position. I think we'll start with starting pitching and go with your favorite 5. My List: 1. Neal Cotts We got a little preview of Neal this season. We know he has a sneaky fastball and a good changeup. He also has a curveball. The big thing for Cotts is to harness all of his pitches. He's still got a ways to go but he has a very good understanding for pitching. He does a great job changing speeds and location. The big thing for Neal is like I said...control as well as improving his curveball and adding the cutter to his arsenal. Once he gets himself to a spot where hitters can't just sit on the fastball then he'll be ready. 2. Kris Honel Honel has a whicked fastball and knuckle curve. He still has to improve his control but their is no doubt he has two plus major league pitches. It would be nice to see him develop some secondary pitches though. Still has a long ways to go, but the kid has #1 potential. 3. Ryan Wing This guy really impresses me. He's a very similar style pitcher to Cotts. Has a great slider and a sinking fastball. Also throws a cutter and is developing a changeup. From what I saw he moves the ball around very well and changes speeds but the control needs to improve. He's put up the best numbers in the organization over the past two years, imo and is still relatively unknown. 4. Emencio Pacheco Pacheco came out of nowhere this year to put himself on my radar and many other Sox fans radars. He has the best fastball of any Sox starter as well as a good slider. The velocity stays their throughotu the game and he is turning into a workhorse. Still has a ways to go but could make an impact this year. 5. Brandon McCarthy Put up amazing strikeout numbers in Great Falls. Has good stuff but a long ways to go considering he's never had a full season. He'll likely play half a season in Kann and then move to Winston Salem for the 2nd half. Should know more about McCarthy then, once you see his how he handles his first full season. Great upside though. Honorable Mention: Jon Rauch, Todd Deininger, and Corwin Malone. We all know about Rauch and Malone, but Deininger really impressed me the one time I saw him pitch. Showed good command and had nice velocity. Looks like a guy that has potential...will be interesting to see how he develops.

I like the idea of Backman, Guillen and Gaston. Not incredibly familiar with Buddy Bell. I know he never had any good teams to work with...thats about it. I'd love to have either Gaston and Guillen/Backman (3rd base coach) or just go with Backman or Guillen and let them hire their own guy respectively. I love the rest of our coaching staff and believe any of these three choices would be good.

ROFL

Ditto. My prayers go out to you.