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I was talking to JoshPR, not you. On a side note, to all of you who will be on the road this Memorial Day weekend, be careful out there. There's a lot of drunk mo-fo's who have no regard for their life -- so by default they have no regard for yours. :fyou drunk drivers thats why i take ian.. he cant drink so i can and i dont have to drive......besides they have checkpoints up here everwhere and they just showed on the news tonite they are stopping every 5th car... so far they have made a great haul with no seat belt tickets and drunken drivers with cars gettin towed.........now about the drinking and game thing.. i figured that you and i could go get drunk after a bad loss tonite there clu and maybe run down to the local tattoo place and mark up a few body parts... maybe get something pierced???? wadda ya say there clu.. you game?????? lmao .....only jokin... i assume you know that though............had to lighten things up a bit around here before everyone jumps off the building............ I don't drink in public. Although, I may start -- the Dodgers have won 8 in a row, and we can't beat Mike Maroth, -- June 6-8 is gonna be fun!!! Clu, Dodgers pitching going up against our offense is going to be real scary. The only thing scarier would be one of us beating up a player (and I do mean a Sox player; I swear if I'm at the game and Jose makes an error I may just run onto the field and give him a lesson on throwing accurately) wearing a Sox shirt (And you thought Sox fans repuations couldn't get worse, lol)

The other 2/3 we will turn things around??? I dont think so, today this team showed how bad and no heart this players are. There are games where the Yanks will lose the the Devil Rays or Tigers and they could lose bad, doesn't mean they suck. Everyone loses to the bad teams because you play so many games against them. There have been a few times this year the team has looked great, but I'll be the first to admit 90% of the time they have looked pathetic. This team needs some changes, imo, but I think the talent is there. By changes I just mean some guys that will bring a different style/tempo to the field.

There Michelle you said it, we looked so gosh freaking great on paper. And PAPER is all the general manager can do. The rest is up to the manager and players and then if things fail then the GM has to make a change. Thats my 2 cents at least.

The thing about this team is the players dont care about winning, win 60 and lose 60, it doesnt work with this team. They will be playing winning baseball when the twins will be 15 games ahead of us. The last 3 seasons is the same thing, a team without defense waiting for the hitters to win ball games. I think every team in the majors cares about winning. A bit of it has to do with how they mesh, but all winning teams have good chemistry or at least 90% of them do. Just like all teams have problems when they lose or at least when they underachieve and everything is magnified. Fact is the players aren't producing, nothing else to say. You can't point any of these blame on one person because its a team FREAKING sport.

Agreed....except I am not positive that we will be out of it by the All-Star break. I realize KW is not in charge anymore....but he put the team together....and teams that KW has put together have, in the past, had 2 very terrible months, 2 months where they played decently, and 2 months where they played outstanding baseball. This is our second month of terrible baseball. The only hope we have left is that the above holds true. Thats teams that are managed by JM. You look at 2000 and really thats exactly how the Sox were.

He made the error that allowed them to score. Ill never support Crede again. Crede, PK, Manuel, KW, Einhorn, JR and Buehrle are on my permanent Sox blacklist... How are they on your list yet Frank isn't. If all it takes is one freaking game then why the hell isn't every player on the majors on your list?

Why is Crede getting blamed. The guy plays awesome defense and makes one freaking mistake. Everyone is gonna botch a play here and there. It sucks that it happened with the game on the line but thats life. Fact is the offense should score more runs and if your serious about Walker getting canned already then I don't know what your thinking. It takes quite a while before a hitting coach can make adjustments and even when the adjustments are made it takes quite a while until the player gets comfortable with them.

I'm pissed too. Just went to the guide looking for it and the freaking thing isn't on. What a bunch of crapola. I just thought of something awesome though, Joey B's been called up just in time, the Sox-Dodgers Series is coming up! Oh ya, thats in like two weeks. SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

That is the theory I'm using, lol.

Thanks for the update

I'm pissed too. Just went to the guide looking for it and the freaking thing isn't on. What a bunch of crapola.

Just create a new thread. Like I said I never saw it so I don't know, but its cool in my book to do so. Like I say, the more Sox fans the merrier. We all can agree that the Sox are the most kick butt team in the majors (even if their record doesn't show it; it will at the end of the postseason).

Calling Up Borchard May be Beneficial By Alex Ernst May 23, 2003 SoxNet.net Today the Sox called up slugger Joe Borchard from the Triple-A Charlotte Knights. Even though Borchard has been out to a slow start with Charlotte, this may not be a bad move for the Sox. The Sox outfield has been juggled in recent games, with the only player staying in the same position being Carlos Lee. Magglio Ordonez has been playing more and more center recently, giving an opportunity for Brian Daubach to gain playing time by starting games in right. Sox manager Jerry Manuel has, in the past, always played the Sox’s newest player in the game immediately after he is called up, and not letting him leave the lineup for a while. This should make things interesting in the lineup, as Ordonez will most likely be moving back to right. This leaves Daubach, who has been heating up as of late, out in the cold. Expect to see Konerko or Thomas getting time off as Manuel will want to get Daubach in the lineup as much as possible. While Borchard has not yet found his spark this year in Charlotte, this may be his chance to prove he belongs in the majors. Despite his lower than usual slugging numbers to this point, he still has a lot of raw power that is very sorely needed for the light-hitting Sox.

Konerko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vince, just make a post and include the picks in todays thread and make note that the other two picks are for the day after and the day after thats game. I'm assuming that would be adequate.

Me...I still back Ken Williams.

All I'm going to say is I don't know how this Winner argument is made on Jose. I don't have stats in front of me, but I'd say the 2000 Sox were the only playoff team he played on and I know he's been on a ton of losing teams. People get labeled has winners cause they play hard, etc, but there are plenty of guys in the majors that play hard and don't make all the mistakes Jose does. He's a below avg defensive shortstop and avgerage offensively. He is clutch and I Think he'd be a very productive utlility player, but he is not the shortstop I would want if I were on a world series type team. In the playoffs defense is about 10 times more important and with jose there you know there will be mistakes and playoff teams capatilize of anothers mistakes.

Most of them were called up.

John, I don't have a clue what happened, but I'm sorry about it. I just got in from school so I wasn't around earlier. It could of been accidentally removed or their could of been a glitch or some sort.

Agreed, we have an option year next year and the Sox can mull over it then (If he's still pitching awesome). Now if during the offseason he finished this year and pitched awesome, then the Sox could also try to get him to a sign a few year deal at a discount rate.

He could potentially contribute off the bench if he was on a team that was in great need for hitters. While statiscally it looks like that with the Sox, it really isn't the case and we have quite a few more options ahead of him. He's got to just hope he gets a shot and can stick with some team as a role player.

Happy Bday Colon, don't each too much birthday cake. Ah hell, eat whatever you want as long as you stay healthy and pitch awesome for the Sox. I want you wearing a Sox uniform for years to come.

Guillen was a top prospect way back when (I think with the Pirates). This guy has all the tools, would be a nice pickup. Were gonna see borchard though and I'm excited for that. I hope he's playing today. My theory is all these guys with limited potential aren't doing crap so Borchard should be able to do what they do while developing into a pure stud.

Temecula, huh? Hope you stay away from that ghetto casino they have up there, Pechanga. The management sucks. Ah yes, Pechanga and all the other damn casinos you hear advertised on the sports talk stations like Xtra. Hey WU, did you use to listen to 690 at night with Randy Jones and the Coach when they did their baseball shows? Personally I think it blows how they went to all that network wide crap. I liked how they had local shows.

Damn that couldn't work out any better for you. The one person who was calling for him to come up all along and now you get to see him. Hopefully he crushes the ball all weekend.