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Getz has awesome range to his left.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:49 AM) ...and nor far behind is trading for Juan Pierre. It will be interesting to see who KW goes after, Pierre or Chone.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:49 AM) Another terrific at bat by Podsednik. Just because he stopped striking out doesn't mean he's giving you good at bats, it just means he's being more aggressive early in counts. This last PA was a perfect example of just that. Needless to say if Pods played the whole year for the Sox, we'd have the winner of most outs made in baseball in consecutive seasons.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:44 AM) If Josh can still play left field, you gotta bring up Beckham for third. Pods is just horrible. Are you kidding..I'm worried we'll give Pods a contract extension.

Give me Wise over Pods in LF any day. At least he gives you a little power. That was really disheartening right there. Shades of how we were playing 2 weeks ago.

First pitch pop up by Pods. The magic for Pods is completely gone.

Fields just missed a homer foul, and softly lines out to 2nd base. Not a bad AB at all by him. Get him in Pods.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:40 AM) It's really hard to tell a jump from TV unless you're actually at the game. I actually haven't seen Anderson play in person until earlier this year, I had to take everyone's word for it until then. I think it's fair to say he has almost as much range as Adam Jones (someone I get to see a lot). Adam Jones is excellent already, and looks to be a top 10 player for the future. He reminds me a lot of Eric Davis.

Good jump by Getz. Just make contact Fields.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:35 AM) Yeah I figured it had to have been hit away from Anderson if it was a triple to center with him playing there. It's rare that he actually misplays a ball. I personally couldn't tell if it was a bad jump. He was playing way too shallow though, and Buehrle pitched away from the defense by leaving a change-up over the inner half.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:24 AM) What happened on the triple? Bloomquist hit what should have been a pretty routine fly to center, but Anderson was shaded way over to right and extremely shallow. Anderson made a big dive for it, but missed it. Stoney was critical of Anderson's jump.

Anderson with another swing on the 0-0 pitch that makes you shake your head. Stoney's making a great observation about Meche opening up too early.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 31, 2009 -> 12:14 AM) 2-16. His OBP in the leadoff spot is right around .310 even counting his amazing day in Anaheim. His new style of hitting basically makes it impossible for him to draw a walk. Lets just hope he can keep swinging the magic wand though.

1-0 KC

Can we get a mulligan?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 30, 2009 -> 11:06 PM) Podsednik sure is living off that one game in Anaheim. What is he, like 2-15 since that game with no walks?

Stults getting roughed up yet again. If Kuroda doesn't come back with good stuff, the Dodgers might need to find another starting pitcher. I highly doubt Eric Milton will be sufficient.

So is he under contract for next season?

I said during the entire Peavy situation that I'd take my chances of one of Poreda, Richard, and Hudson (if he was included) being better than Peavy by 2013 when Peavy would have been making 20+million. I'd much rather have KW have some payroll flexibility for once and see what else we can add.

If the Sox didn't take Broadway, they were going to take one of the local boys: Carrillo or Bogusevich. Broadway's actually been better than both.

I'll say it: Richard should be untouchable right now. A lefty starter who can throw 94 mph with potentially an above average change and slider (holy cow, that thing was filthy) should not be traded. Poreda needs to be the chip we use in a trade.

This is a huge upgrade offensively.

Will Castro be a type B FA?

What's his contract status?

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ May 30, 2009 -> 03:00 AM) pointless trade He'll get 125 ABs for the Sox