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QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 05:09 AM) I know this is way early, but if they put up numbers such as 9-5, 10-4, or better on this road trip, we are going to be in trouble. If they put up a 10-4 on the road trip...well, let's hope Boston starts losing a lot.

This would be an absolutely huge win for the Twins to start this road trip.

Also, Howie Kendrick must be batting .800 in games I don't watch, as I can't recall ever seeing him hit well when watching.

The Angels keep adding offensive players (Hunter, Tex)....but I still think their offense sucks.

QUOTE (False Alarm @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 04:52 AM) cook's got a chance to make it as a 4th OF. i've read scouts comparing him to warren newson, so at least someone who gets paid to evaluate prospects thinks he might have a big-league career. but he hardly seems worth arguing about. seems to be a lotta love on the board lately for oldish fringe guys who have very little chance to make it and almost no chance to be MLB regulars. i guess maybe it's just a product of us having so few potential impact guys in the system. Good thing we never had Calvin Pickering in our system.

What a great double play turned by the Angels!!!!!

Thome had a stomach pull yesterday, but is expected back tomorrow.

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 02:55 AM) Soooo... the one time you saw him he sucked, eh? I guess we should just ignore the fact he's had over a .900 OPS two years in a row then. (Sorry... not vicious sarcasm... just mild.) JPN knows a fair bit about him since he has season tickets to the Barons games. I'm sure he'll chime in on the subject soon. The report I got was from someone who saw him play 8 times over the last 2 months. All opinions on his ability aside, I just don't see the need to call up 2 outfielders at the call-up deadline. It's hard enough to get Anderson some at-bats. I hope they do call up a 3rd catcher, as that would allow Ozzie to pr late in the game. I have no clue who would be the 3rd catcher (Armstrong?).

On the radio, they said Mike Brown is a huge Sox fan, and he was ecstatic to meet Swisher and Dye prior to the game. Swisher is wearing a Brown jersey (shocking it's #30)

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 12:13 AM) Because you've seen him so many times, right? No, but people that have seen him realize that he's not a prospect. Have you seen him? The one time I saw him on NESN, he looked very bad.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 10:30 PM) Let's not get crazy here. Cubs aren't just an "the NL sucks" team. Look at the talent they have on that team. Also, there aren't 5 teams in the AL better than them. Cubs still have the best overall 3 starters in baseball compared to any other team, and as B&B were talking about yesterday, which one of the Sox pitchers would you take over any of those 3 in the playoffs? Likely none of them. I hate the cubs fans as much as the next guy, but let's not act like we have a world beater team and their team sucks. It just makes us look like a bunch of idiots. I'd take Danks over Zambrano, especially the way Z is throwing the ball lately. However, I do agree with you. This Cubs team is enormously talented. I didn't know Marmol hadn't allowed a hit in like 12 appearances.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 10:11 PM) To be fair Bolt was the night before. In China they took place in different days. That might be true, but Costas definitely compared the two events and said the volleyball was more impressive.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 10:38 PM) Yeah, we dont really need another position player as much as an extra arm. That being said I definitely wouldnt mind Cook being up in September. I would, he's not very good. The last thing this team needs is another outfielder. If anything, call up Owens for pr purposes.

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 09:47 PM) If DeWaine Wise is out for any period of time due to his abductor injury... which is very possible... Who might the Sox call up to replace him? Conventional thinking says Owens. But I can picture Cook getting a September callup and getting a little playing time too... If for no other reason than they have to either add him to the 40-man roster or potentially lose him in the Rule 5 draft this fall. And if they add him to the 40-man roster, why not call him up and give the big league coaches an opportunity to help make a decision on him? I would guess it would be a pitcher they'd call up.

Does it hurt when you push on the upper left part of your abdominal area? If so, go get a CT-scan of your appendix.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 02:45 PM) His two races are the most impressive thing of the whole Olympics as far as I am concerned. Agreed...pure domination in events that aren't supposed to be won by that much. He made every other sprinter look terrible.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 03:27 PM) According to cubs fans, they play in the best division in baseball while we play in the worst, and we have also been helped by our hitting parkpark and PED's (Q) And they all love Jim Edmonds. It's funny that they say some other team is benefitting from PEDs (Soto, DeRosa, Edmonds)

As Costas was signing off on the NBC primetime coverage last night, he said that May/Walsh had the most impressive performance of the day in the Olympics. What a joke....I'd say that 19.30 seconds says otherwise.

Upchurch with another great start tonight. Beckham's 1-2 with a double. When I click on minorleaguebaseball.com, you better believe it goes straight to Kannapolis' score.

So my female boss tells me this joke: "Why do gay people do it up the butt"? So they can have sex and watch the Cubs game at the same time

Huge double plays in the top of the 1st yesterday and today really allowed the Sox to cruise to easy wins.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 09:28 PM) There's no way you could consider trading any major member of our bullpen consdiering how bad it has been in the past (and how much it has cost us). The bullpen needs to be a major strength on this team. Dotel's throwing a ton this season, and I just think he could bring you back a lot of value in the offseason (particularly if a team wants to make him a closer).

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 08:25 PM) It will be interesting to see what the Sox try to make of him. Sometimes he does so well out there I wonder if they could groom him for the role. I do not know the wear and tear on Jenks' arm, but with so much more time before FA, I would be curious to see the talent windfall the Sox might be able to get by trading Bobby in the offseason. I know, dumb idea ready to be panned, but this could very well be that year too soon to trade him as opposed to the year too late. I think Thornton would be the closer of the future. I'll recommend this...trade Dotel this offseason!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 08:24 PM) Righties are currently hitting .289 off Russell, Lefties only .250, albiet, sample size. Lefties do have a couple more extra base hits and a homer against him. Unless he develops a splitter or a nasty change-up, he just reminds me of a righty set-up man (at best). Another thing that would be interesting to see is if he can keep up his velocity on back-to-back days.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 20, 2008 -> 09:18 PM) I love his arm and his arm angle. I think he could be effective as a closer if he got more consistant about his release point. Don't you think lefties could feast off of that arm angle?