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I'm also getting one too Slavko. It's gonna be this summer as well. I know your younger than me but usually the saying is "it's my body and my decision." especially if your paying ($$$) for it like I am. P.S. we still gotta meet one of these days. You live around me and you know a couple of my friends I went to elementary school with and I still haven't meet your ass.

Yea heard this on my way to work with my grandmother and lil bro in the car. My brother actually told me his friend does that on his way home from school and the neighbor comes out and yells at him about it. But it's beacuase he doesn't like anyone on his grass. He does have problems though cause he takes medicine for anti-depression of some s*** like that so my brother is probably gonna say something tomorrow to his friend about this.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Mar 21, 2006 -> 11:50 PM) Maybe he misses Cotts? God I would like to find that thread when that Koch/Foulke trade happened a couple years ago. I know Jas was one of them but alot of people said that Cotts was the interesting name in the deal cause he was good spect with impressive numbers (except his walks) He is the only one left in that deal with us in the same uniform.. Hell Koch is not even in professional baseball anymore. What a pickup. Now a reliever and one of the best/underrated relievers in the game. (probably shouldn't get too carried away for one season, but he looks like a diamond in the rough.) I'm glad I was also a "one of the many" Cotts backers when that thread about running his ass out of town was around. (Should try and look at that too.)

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 21, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) There are certain moves Bavasi has made that I just absolutely hate(for instance, resigning Ibanez...journeymen Joe Blow can come in and put up .280 20 80 .800 for you, and there are always bargains to be had and players to be traded for that have little to no value but have a high ceiling(JOBO))...but I really like the direction that team is moving. If Beltre looks anything during the year like he did in the WBC, watch the f*** out on the west coast. I too think they are going to surprise a lot of people this year...very solid, underrated team all-around. I don't know wite. Ya boy Bloomquist is considered a god in spring training and in AAA and if he makes the team, Seattle will go very far this season. Waiting for posters to rip on me.

This also goes to show how horrific the Reds starting pitching is. Arroyo would be a #4 (possible #3) on most teams but he instantly becomes the #1 on the Reds pitching staff. Boy is that sad.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 20, 2006 -> 10:28 PM) That's one hell of a September. When Williams suggest he's been following Thornton for awhile, it must have dated back to this specific time frame. Should someone tell Tizz or should I?

I'm just laughing on some of the posters here who are already saying this trade is horrible, and that our bullpen is s***ty. I think some tend to forget its March 20th. I want to see how things go down with Hermy, and if Coop can change this "kid" (Ozzie word ) with his mechanics like he knows he could. Kenny wanted this pitcher for two years and just like Cintron, Vazquez, etc., he got his guy. Can we please see how this trade shakes up this season and say if its a bad trade down the road just like we did with the Garcia/Olivo&Reed deal? We'll see Thornton on Comcast and we'll see if Coop has him in the right direction mechanic wise before we all think it's a bad trade. (not to say if Borch even makes the roster for Seattle)

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Mar 20, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) Bo Jackson, Deon Sanders, Brian Jordan and those were two sport athletes that played both There are athletes that dropped football and plaed baseball Remember Lou Gehrig? For every failure there is a success story Todd Helton quickly comes to mind for me.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 19, 2006 -> 08:57 PM) This kid is borderline arrogant. If he can get guys out, so be it. Ya, I wasn't kiddin around when it said he has a cocky attitude. Alittle bit of a meathead, but if he does his job consistantly, I think he'll be tolerable in the clubhouse.

From what I've heard, this kid is very cocky (in a good way) but that's the kind of confidence you need to succeed in the majors. He'll be fine.

Ain't too many Borchard backers on soxtalk (All I know of is Aboz) so any move that takes Borch off the 40 man (hopefully the entire sox organization all together) is fine with me.

Now the O's want Zito (and/or) Prior cause the A's are now getting involved in the deal. Greedy O's very greedy.

I am now hearing just the D-Backs and BJays making a trade. Miguel Batista and Orlando Hudson for Glaus.

Well everyone (especially the veterans here) knows how I feel about mr .300+ 7-10 hrs 60-80 rbis 15-25+ sb 70-80wlks 50-60ks and so on Reed. He will always be my favorite non w.sox player and I still believe he'll be a good (semi-great) player for a long time.

Happy birthday "kid"

Yea I was with my grandmother when I heard this. Dungy is very faithful. He'll get his family pass this. Prayers go out to the Dungy family. I will never understand anyone who does suicide though. Can your life be that messed up to take your OWN life? I know I shouldn't get into that or why he did it so I'll just keep quiet. I just wanted to throw that out there.

It's sad cause I still believe Cotts can be a very good starter for years to come but we have so many starters that the bullpen will probably be his future job even though thats not bad at all. There are some lefties available but I don't mind someone in our system or just Cotts being the only lefty. I believe LAA didn't have one lefty in their bullpen throughout the season or the playoffs so that's how much they think about their bullpen when they have some great studs down there who are nasty against any lefty or righty.

I might say # 20 when/ if Garland is gone.

I'm sure it's a f***ed up thanksgiving for Rowand. Just won the WS and to get traded from a team you've known all your life a day before thanksgiving won't get ya in the mood for turkey I'll tell you that.

To this day, I have still not been the same since we won the World Series.

I have mixed feelings about it. Boy do we have flexability though considering teams like Florida need young OF'ers and we have a ton of them. Of course some can be dealt better than others.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 04:58 PM) Gathright is fast, but that is it offensively. He won't hit above .300 in the majors, no power, poor plate discipline (39 K, 10 BB in 203 at bats.) Jerry Owens is a gonna be a better player b/c of his plate discpline. We don't need guys with speed just for the sake of having speed. I agree with you to some extent. I do believe Gathright will hit .300. I'm not saying .320+ but .305 or so is not out of the question. (hell he hit .276 which isn't bad in 200+ abs) I know he hit .300+ in the minors which doesn't mean he'll do the same in the majors but he does not strikeout much or walk so you know he'll put the ball in play. I still like Gooch in the 2 hole. I don't know why people here are riding him off tryin to move him down. I would put Gathright down maybe 8th or 9th in the line-up kinda like they were doing to Willie this past season. They can us his speed more to distract the pitchers down in the line-up more like Pods was doin so he can set-up the top of the order. (gives Pods, Gooch, Thome more RBI chances) I'm alittle lost right now cause I just found out yesterday comming home from work about the Rowand trade and how I think it's f*** up they announce this before thanksgiving.. but that's just me.

Roger said his mother did say that and us and his team would be in the world series. It was odd because she told him to pitch for her and the score would be 12-1 or something like that. Whats f***ed up is that was the actual score in that game.

If I were a Cards fan I'd stay too knowing that Busch stadium won't be around next season and it holds alot of baseball memories there.

I'm actually happy for Biggio and Bagwell at least getting a shot in the W.S. Those two deserve it. They aren't getting a ring though