Obstacle 1

i didn't think much of ramirez while he was in pittsburgh. I didn't get to see him play that often on tv, but i always felt he k'd too much and was a sub par fielder. but for some reason i did feel he was a good change of scenery candidate (who the hell wouldn't do better out of pittsburgh?), which he proved to be. he is a solid ballplayer, but i still hate his guts.

exactly, that's why i voted for the man. loretta is playing pretty well, too. he'll be a great deadline pickup.

to quote carl, in his infinite wisdom. (from last week, it was too funny) and the infamous...

AL 1B Hatteberg, OAK 2B Uribe, CWS 3B Mora, BAL SS Guillen, DET C Rodriguez, DET OF Guerrero, ANA OF Lee, CWS OF Man Ram, BOS NL 1B Casey, CIN 2B Loretta, SD 3B Rolen, STL SS J. Wilson, PIT C Estrada, ATL OF Pierre, FLA OF Grissom, SF OF Berkman, HOU didn't vote for bonds because he'll make it anyway, but voted Grissom because he's older than dirt and kicking some ass. Reminds me of his expo days.

check out those racks behind uribe batting right now, holy s***!

rack, obviously a 5th man is our most critical need right now.

send in aqua teen hunger force!

jesus this is pathetic

god and we're not even through 2!

game time for munoz

jesus, munoz seems 60 deep already

benson would be a HUGE gamble, he really needs to start pitching well because he hasn't been getting the job done enough to change my mind.

whenever is fine for me.

no way you give him more than a minor league deal. the 8 run era just is too much, and is not worth the risk of getting stuck with another dead arm during crunch time that you can't move.

picking up garcia would make my f***ing weekend. cheers to that!

gracias, hopefully that $1.5 mil will be used on an arm come july 31.

says a ton about the club that they can overcome a huge loss in maggs.

i know the sox gave the marlins some cash in the deal, but i have not seen how much reported, either through the news or on this board. anyone know?

i would MORE than appreciate anyone who could make me a sox sig. i would put it in my sigs that i post on 100s of message boards. my favorite players is mb, i love interpol, pearl jam, the pumpkins, and t-bo as well. here are some images for you to crop from. try to include the headshot of culhane as well, he's the man! paul banks (center) ed billy t-bo culhane thanks to all of you awesome sig makers! keep up the great work!

that is by far the most hilarious s*** i have ever seen on this board. props.

one?

yes it is, that's why most of you mensas aren't doing it for a living. put your money where your mouth is.

hawk was trying to give him props all game but then cotts would do something stupid and he'd have to rip him. i don't care what he says about "you never want to speed the hitter's bats up," if you think you can only rely on a 92-94 mph fastball to get the job done, you are kidding yourself. cotts needs another pitch BAD.

koch can do it, not like this is the ny media market we're talking about here. ozzie's got his back, that's all that matters right now. i can't count on all my fingers the number of major league players that make more than koch who arent playing up to par. now about those god damn twins...

a-row needs to stop reading the f***ing papers. bottom line.