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QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 12:54 AM) Ortiz with 6 RBI's in the first inning. John Danks first 6 innings last night might have been the best performance I've ever witnessed by a Sox starter.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 11:39 PM) apparently it's not OK to say the things we're all thinking. give me a flippin' break. you, and everyone else on this entire board has been on Javy's ass for the amount of sucking he's done outside of maybe one start, over the course of the entire year forgive me if I don't buy into the belief that Javy will have a good game string together 3-4 games then I'll start having some confidence I dislike Javy, and am pessimistic....but I think we have a better than 50 pct chance of winning tonight.

General soreness for CQ, as he felt sore/numb from getting hit.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 11:39 PM) Apparently, it's not from HBP. He tweaked something in batting practice. Well that's not good. Are they saying he's day-to-day?

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 11:28 PM) not good. hopefully it's just one game, but honestly we already knew Javy wouldn't give us a good chance to win anyways You can have my title of Mr. Pessimism.

Assuming it's his left forearm, then this is no big deal.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 10:11 PM) s***. I'm going to hate rooting against Freddy. I'm going to love seeing the Sox hit against Freddy.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 10:08 PM) I'm just giving you a hard time. It's what I do. I totally agree with you as well. KW's had a great idea in the past with the Swisher trade and even the Vazquez trade....it's just that the players haven't panned out.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 10:02 PM) That's what pisses me off when posters slurp other teams young players/farm system. Danks is INCREDIBLY underrated on this board. I was at work thinking about it last night. If Danks was on a division rival, could you imagine the posts about him?(some of which would probably come from you ) Why, I rarely post about young talent on other team? I think teams filled with young talent are incredibly overrated, and would much rather see a team trade some of their young talent for big time major league stars.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 08:53 PM) I'm sure I had plenty of other things I was wrong about, but since I couldn't possibly have been more wrong on Quentin if I tried, I feel better having got that one off my chest. People who can't admit when they are wrong are annoying, we all f*** up sometimes. With the unpredictable season we've had this year, the only people who weren't wrong about something are those that don't make predictions regarding players.

I was worried about Danks' ability to compete after his struggles to end last season. He's shocked the hell out of me this season, and there's not many other pitchers younger than 25 out there that I'd trade him for. His first 6 innings last night were Johan-esque.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) The "I was wrong about Floyd" is a whose who of Soxtalk. Cool list to be on. Fathom NorthsideSox72 ZoomSlowik Milkman delivers greg775 Tony82087 Dick Allen Shouldn't Gavin Floyd be on this list? Also, Aaron Rowand should be on this list, as he told AJP that Floyd would never get over the "deer in the headlights" look.

Garcia's going to sign with the Tigers. I'm thrilled that we didn't sign him!!!!!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 05:54 PM) Well, they got a good pick AND Jordan Danks. I guess that's not so bad. Exactly

Oh, and I thought for sure the Sox were going to waste their high pick on Jordan Danks.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 05:45 PM) Basically the rotation. I didn't think this team could survive with Floyd-Danks-Contreras. I also really wanted Alexei to start in AAA to get his feet wet. I will say however I was looking back at the "Sox trade for Carlos Quentin" thread last night, and forgot I got on my high horse and made 5 or 6 posts about how trading Konerko would be the smartest thing this franchise could do. Guess I was right there. Isn't it amazing how upset we were seeing Alexei in the lineup over the first 40 games or so?

QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 05:44 PM) we'll see That was a bold prediction, I'll give that to you. The funny thing is that I had absolutely no recollection of making that until it was bumped. I've probably made others in the past like that, and they just got lost in the shuffle. Good thing I never promised to give my middle nut if something did or didn't happen.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) That's how I remember it It may take more than a post here to cleanse that. This was locker room bulletin board material. Epic actually. I'd be thinking of a much bigger mea culpa. Oh, it's coming, just no reason to jinx Gavin with time left in the season.

I thought Dotel would be hurt prior to June.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 05:34 PM) And what was that guarantee? No more game threads for me next year.

No official sources, but there's a lot of buzz that it's completed.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 04:31 PM) I thought the Sox would finish in either 4th or 5th place, and even bet a fellow Sox fan $50 that they would not win 80 games. I thought you were an eternal optimist.

Gavin Floyd.....there, I've cleansed myself of the stupid "guarantee" I made.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:52 PM) Probably the attitude considering how quickly he got benched. The Sox are really high on Buddy Bell, as is a lot of MLB. Fields is a very nice kid...perhaps too nice. Quite simply, he's not an instinctive baseball player. He has not swung the bat well all season, and it carried over from the minors to the majors. I'll be extremely surprised if he's with the Sox organization next season.

Linebrink's out until at least September now.