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He's at least the 3rd youngest players and Alderson was only the youngest for one day as his teammate Madison Bumgarner was promoted to AA Eastern and made his start the very next day. Two very very good Giants prospects.

Good for him, but man, he was one crazy and entertaining bastage. I don't think anything made me laugh more than Jackass and Viva Le Bam.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2009 -> 08:17 AM) Thankfully no Lillicurse. Still, someone explain to me why Betemit is even on the roster anymore? Unless he's going to DH he doesn't have a spot cause he's a complete butcher on the field and I don't know if he's good enough offensively to make up for that woeful defense. Than again our defense sucks anyway.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 18, 2009 -> 08:47 AM) The one thing I have seen this year is how he approaches his breaking pitches. Last year he had a slow yacker that had a lot of depth to it and threw it a lot. This year it looks like he sped up the pace on it. He has a tighter rotation, yet he starts it out low in the zone, and it bottoms out before it can appear hittable. Once he gets behind, he abandons it and then goes to his fastball and gets rocked. He needs to attack the zone more, use his big hook to offset his fastball and then use his slider with 2 strikes to wipe out the right handers. I agree, I was commenting in the game thread on Sunday how the big thing he has been lacking is his big slow, throw it for a strike curveball.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 15, 2009 -> 08:56 PM) It's a shame so many people stopped watching Prison Break, as tonight's series finale was the best finale I've ever seen. I liked the Scrubs finale, but this one was a million times more memorable. Ya, it was f***ing awesome. I couldn't give up on Prison Break and it finished really strong after getting pretty hokie for a while. I give Fox credit, they said it was going to end and than gave the directors time to put together a real good ending that wrapped things up.

Steve-O from Jackass right?

Pretty cool story.

This is pathetic. It's not going to be because the refs are on Cleveland's side that the Magic are going to lose its because the Magic are the worse team. Magic will lose in 5, maybe 6, but it won't be a series, imo. There will be some close games but the series to watch is the Lakers/Nuggets. LA played awful against the Rockets but they are a much better team than they showed and if they take care of business against Denver everyone will quickly forget the Houston debacle. All of the momentum starts right now. I think if Denver can pull game 1 though, than its there series to lose. I expect this to go 6 or 7 but if someone told me it ends in 4 or 5 than it means LA showed up and just whiped the floor with Denver. But in 6 or 7 I'm taking Denver. But Denver is going to have to play D like they've been playing it. And all in all, this is going to be a very very exciting, up-tempo series.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 18, 2009 -> 08:37 AM) It looks fixable for both. Their stuff passes the eye test. The same tilt, same bite, same movement. Bad location and getting behind is catching both of them. The key is to attack the zone. Maybe it was here, or maybe it was on cheats site. But there was someone who brought up the fact that according to pitch track data, Gavin was up in velocity. Maybe he is doing something with his mechanics differently, or he is getting too amped up and sacrificing location. The biggest thing is to make sure that they both keep their heads in it. And they start to attack the zone. Gavin's also had statistically bad luck judging by the statistics.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 18, 2009 -> 08:37 AM) It looks fixable for both. Their stuff passes the eye test. The same tilt, same bite, same movement. Bad location and getting behind is catching both of them. The key is to attack the zone. Maybe it was here, or maybe it was on cheats site. But there was someone who brought up the fact that according to pitch track data, Gavin was up in velocity. The biggest thing is to make sure that they both keep their heads in it. And they start to attack the zone. I agree, both look fixable and I think its more a confidence, tempo, minor adjustment to the mechanics type of deal (and I haven't seen anything glaringly wrong with either's mechanics). I wouldn't be shocked though if they did have a bit of an up and down year just given last years workload and the enormous expectations on both of there shoulders. Still, long term, I like them both a lot and I still think Floyd ends up having a big time second half of the season, but it might be all meaningless.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 18, 2009 -> 07:43 AM) Brothers, Sanchez, and Miller would be a really sexy draft. Unfortunately, I don't see either Brothers or Sanchez falling to either of those picks. Well, Sanchez has a chance, but Brothers is looking more and more like a top 10 pick. Lefties with his stuff who can start don't last a long time come draft day. Ya, I wouldn't be shocked if he just flew on the draft boards. Paxton is a bit more realistic target.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 18, 2009 -> 07:26 AM) Check in the Future Sox forum, its our best forum on soxtalk. There is already a ton of write-ups on potential draft picks and the database is growing on a daily basis.

Coop, I hope you can get them both back on track cause they are a huge part of this franchises future and if they flop, this team is in serious freaking trouble (not just this year, but more specifically long term).

I say that and than he has this huge f***ing swing and pops up the next pitch.

FIelds will deliver. Swing looks much better right there. Hitch is a lot smaller.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 17, 2009 -> 10:52 AM) I'm with Fathom on this one, you keep Thornton and trade Jenks. Jenks has much more trade value and will bring in as much or more than anyone else we might trade. Plus, he has potential arm troubles and will see a great increase in salary of the next couple of years. And, I think a possible trade partner for him might be the team we are facing today. They could use a closer with Ryan's arm being practically dead and Scott Downs, well, I doubt he's their ideal closer. Angels need to upgrade there pen. Fuentes hasn't been a problem but you get Jenks and that pen gets a lot better real fast. I don't know if they have the prospects the Sox would want though. Thome smokes the s*** out of a double.

Oh man, Thome just got a 3-1 cookie and whiffed on it.

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ May 17, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) is there any doubt that the toronto blue jays are the best team in baseball? and led of course by a nasty ass young pitching staff. with pesky outs? i hate to say it but this team is for real. They are definately a legitimate team.

Hawk needs to shut the f*** up. I love Getzy. Oooh and I'm a dumbass, I just remembered I had paused my Sox game at the beginning and that was why my feed was so behind.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2009 -> 10:39 AM) Gavin's curve has still been dominant this year. He really should throw it any time he gets 2 strikes on the hitter. If the hitter does damage on it, good for them. Ya, his big hook has been nice, its the one he throws for a first pitch strike thats been non-existent.

QUOTE (qwerty @ May 17, 2009 -> 03:46 AM) The 8 ways are as follows. Hit. Walk. Hbp. Third strike not caught. Fielder's choice. Error. Catcher interference. Fielder obstruction. ESPN did there thing, but I always thought there were 8 ways to get on base. ANd those above were them.

That was an awesome Curve Gavin threw to Lind to get the whiff. 2 quick outs now as Rolen flies out to CF. I just want to see Gavin get command of the curve he can throw for a strike early in the count.

Okay FLoyd, we need a good 1-2-3 inning out of you here. How the hell did ROlen get that. He caught that thing so awkardly. I guess thats why he's a 7 time gold glover.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 17, 2009 -> 10:32 AM) directv is horrible, when the sox are at home I hear the fireworks before I see it on tv. Its pretty sweet for me though, I get all of the baseball games in HD. Pods 0-1 now. So I think I'm on a good feed now. Just have to listen to the Jays announcers.

Oh ya, thats a bit better. Halladay is 3-2 to Lillibridge. Is that at all up to speed?