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Boohyah. Go get em Eggy.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 20, 2009 -> 09:26 PM) Elaborate. The company line is that KW and Sox scouts really like him because he has alot of movement on his pitches. That's also what Steve Stone said after watching him during spring training. What are you seeing that we're not hearing? If by lots of movement, you mean he has zero secondary stuff and a straight fastball, than I'd agree. But that is in one minor league game that I saw this spring. I had heard scouts say some nice things about him, but nothing near as nice as i've heard them say about a lot of other guys in the system, including Nate Jones. And I definately didn't hear scouts talking up Marquez.

Danks didn't win as many games as Floyd because Danks didn't go as deep into games as Floyd and thus was more reliant on the pen. I think both are great pitchers and have the ability to be front of the rotation guys but I love Gavin Floyd (Danks too for that matter).

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Apr 19, 2009 -> 09:44 PM) I doubt that because there were supporters of the doll incident. There were guys who loved Swisher on the team. I wouldn't be surprised if Konerko was one of the guys who didn't though. I'd like to know what you heard though through PM if you would be comfortable. You don't have to give up your source. Good stuff JD, and Nite, I'm going to just say one thing, JD has a history of being incredibly accurate on this stuff.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 20, 2009 -> 06:55 AM) Not to sound like a dork but did she tell the teacher that the fat f*** kicked her? That should be the first step because then she should have free reign to kick him in the nuts because the teacher didnt rectify the problem. Completely unrelated.... I have been seeing a floating spot in my right eye for a couple days and its kinda freakin me out. Like you see a spot in your eye all the time?

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 18, 2009 -> 08:46 PM) Unless your NOT GIVEN THE PROPER TOOLS! Disclaimer:Inside joke Lol, if I don't have the necessary supplies to cook a good meal, I'm gonna be pissy.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 19, 2009 -> 09:07 PM) I don't really agree with him that he's one of the top pitcher in the majors since he's the 3rd best pitcher on this staff, but it's hard to deny that Gavin has been pretty good. Hopefully that dreadful start against Detroit was an aberration. He's the best pitcher on this staff.

Oh and my cable company charged me double this month and than when I called them and told them, they said excuse me, I'm the expert. I'm the calmest person in the world but I f***ing snapped on the phone.

Sweet, I'm planning on using Verizon for my internet and phone. I see they have 49.99 for unlimited local and long distance plus dsl. DSL will be a downgrade from my cable, but I'm pretty certain I won't really notice it. I just need to find out if I have Verizon in my area. I know fios isn't an option in my area unfortunately. But if all the installer needs to do is drop a line from the side of my house into the cable setup outside my house which will activate all my lines and than just plug in the boxes inside, than I'd be set.

So I'm fed up with cable and making the switch to direct tv. 200 buck rebate using Amex, and 10 bucks off a month for bundling with verizon, 10 bucks off a month for AAA and am supposed to actually save like 40 bucks a month once the teaser specials stop. Only thing Iwant to make sure is that the installation actually works and that they can use my preexisting cable. It would be badass if it works cause I'll have most all the Sox games in HD.

score?

Good to see De Los Santos back on the mound.

My f***ing extra innings isn't working today. Apparently my cable company has f***ed up and all the sports packages are out in the region. Uggh.....whats the score/inning/situation. Thanks!!!

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Apr 17, 2009 -> 03:26 PM) Minor league deal. No biggie. I knew "Doobie" wouldn't amount to anything with the Sox organization. I still the Sox shouldn't given up Iguchi to Phillies so easily after Utley went down. It made the 2007 team look even more like the Pirates. However, if you don't make that trade, do the Sox get a high enough pick to get Beckham?

Is he going to play on the major league roster? I'm a bit confused. Who will he replace? I assume this is more of a depth move and he might eventually slide onto the big league roster as a utility guy. I assume they'll replace Owens with him (unless Pods sticks) and than use Lillibridge as the primary backup in CF.

Thats a steal for Buffalo. He made a lot of money and didn't perform. Plus with the 28th pick, I think if you draft right you get an olineman who doesn't have attitude and hold out issues at a lower financial price tag. That said, they might not be a probowler immediately, but Peters was far from a probowler last year.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 17, 2009 -> 08:48 AM) And if that's the case, I imagine that he would've been traded by now. It's not like Ozzie has been a huge BA supporter. This is why I call BS on this rumor. The problem is Kenny doesn't really want to give up a ton to get a CF, especially since I believe the organization is very high on Danks/Shelby. The thing is there are going to be at least a few spots coming open next year (Thome/Dye will be gone) so that could allow the Sox to be able to acquire someone to play CF this year and still be able to move them to another position while they also can find ways to get Brandon Allen, Viciedo, and Beckham at bats (since I'd have to imagine all three are going to be starting for the Sox or at least getting significant playing time next season). Allen is just transforming into an elite type of offensive prospect.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Apr 17, 2009 -> 08:41 AM) If KW is looking for a CF, that tells me that he doen't believe BA can do the job. We all know that BA will never be able to hit enough for the club to not always be at least considering addressing the CF spot, imo. Thats just how bad of a hitter he is.

QUOTE (G&T @ Apr 17, 2009 -> 12:13 PM) This was the same as people said last year. Thome will be fine if he's healthy. That said, he has to be moved from the 4 spot. Without Thome in the middle of the order, your going to have one massive string of right handed hitters. Is that something the Sox are willing to do? Maybe you can move Thome to the 5th spot, but as long as he's in the lineup they are going to have him somewhere near the middle of the order because of his ability to get on base and the fact that he's the only left handed bat in the lineup that projects as a middle of the order hitter (AJ does not). And Wise, forget about it.

QUOTE (G&T @ Apr 17, 2009 -> 05:47 AM) Getz hasn't been very good, but he is young (unlike Wise) and should be given a chance to work through it. He is making contact, but unless he gets that his top hand working he is going to hit fly balls. His last two AB's were good. Getz has started what, 10 games in his major league career. The guy shows a lot of promise, has great strike zone judgement, and as a whole has done as good of a job as anyone leading off with the limited big league experience he has. Getz is the guy. Sure there are better options, but I'm pretty confident Getz will do his thing. He's also had a history of putting up above average minor league numbers. Basically put, he deserves the chance, where as Wise/BA aren't leadoff hitters. There major and minor league stats both point you in that direction since neither will ever post OBP's over .300.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 09:21 AM) I hope to god that this means Frank Caliendo will finally be rendered COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT instead of just mostly irrelevant He's got 2 more years on his Fox Sunday contract. He was on the radio today and they were asking him how it was going to effect his career since Bush and Madden, his two best impersonations are now out of the public eye.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 08:04 AM) Of the candidates to be targeted by KW, Rowand and that contract are probably near the bottom. It all depends on what the Giants want to do with Rowand. If they regret that contract and can get rid of about half of it (with them picking up the other half) it might be a good move on there part, especially if they get a guy like Poreda or better out of it. His 08 numbers weren't great, but he's clearly a significant upgrade over what the club currently has. He'd also slide in nicely to the 2nd spot in the lineup, imo.

Kyle, do you have the info on that. I'd like to do that. Is it just on there website?

Umm...its not over yet.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 11:54 AM) His .280 career avg. would indicate he does more than homer and walk. I was more or less referring to the Thome on the Sox, who isn't as good as he once was. Thomas turned into a similar player later in his career as well.