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QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:45 AM) Not even trade speculation. No matter if they win the WS or finish 25 out of first, just the divide between posters who want to rebuild or slide pieces around. Then when we trade the players who could help us rebuild, people will be mad about whom we got in return. Outside of Danks, I don't care if we trade every single person in the organization.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:45 AM) Who cares about the Cubs? Seriously. We have our championship. I just want to stop playing stupid baseball. It's one thing to be bad or play a bunch of rookies, but these are silly mistakes and weak plate appearances. Remember how intolerable the city got in 2003? Also, working with a lot of Cubs fans can get quite awful if they win. If the Sox aren't going to make the playoffs, then I hope the Cubs don't also.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:43 AM) f*** you team. So how good is Erstad's defense again? HE PLAYED IN THE f***ING BALLPARK FOR A GOD DAMN DECADE!!!! He makes about 3 mistakes a week, but people just don't make a big deal out of it.

QUOTE(Linnwood @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:41 AM) This is going to be an epic season. I just pray the Cubs don't make the playoffs.

Haha! This is a f***ing joke. Put in Masset now, so at least there's a reason to watch this game. This whole coaching staff should be fired.

This team sucks. We can't hit, can't throw out runners, and our fielding absolutely sucks. At least we'll get to see Hawk explode a lot. Why does Iguchi make catching the ball seem so difficult?

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:39 AM) We don't even need to wait for the offseason. It's early May and we are all already pissed off. I was pissed in February, but that's just water under the bridge right now. Every other team is so much faster than us.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:37 AM) I'm not watching, but this off-season is going to be so awesome. The b****ing is going to be off the charts. I can't wait to hear the idiotic trade proposals. I still thought we were getting Wood and Ardenhart for Garcia? Hopefully KW and Ozzie won't be back.

I can't believe Mackowiak and Cintron can't get the job done. He can't be DFA'd soon enough. This mess is KW's f***ing fault.

Ah, I love our DH. GMAFB! I hate this f***ing team.

Rather Crede K than hit into DP.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:26 AM) What the f*** is going on with Josh Fields? Another weak night at the plate -- 1-for-5. I know it's early, but he needs to get going, ASAP. We should have either traded him or Crede last offseason.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:25 AM) Has he even touched 95 this year? I don't think he's touched that since he returned from the DL. QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:26 AM) we've got big, big problems. played like s*** in spring training --- and it hasn't stopped yet. We've played like s*** for 100 games now....this is what happens when you do nothing to improve your team.

I don't think Contreras has thrown more than 5 good forkballs all season.

Ha, Sweeney can't go back to the minors soon enough. Another amazing Sox prospect. f*** this team.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ May 5, 2007 -> 02:19 AM) No chance throwing him out. Same s***, different day so far for this Sox team... At what point do people start getting on Ozzie for how flat this team is?

My gosh, Contreras is washed up. He has nothing left.

Contreras has absolutely no forkball left. He's going to get destroyed tonight if he can't induce double plays.

Gio gives up 4 in the first inning....he'll fit in great!

Cubs not spending money is such a myth. Their payroll has been high for quite a few years now.

QUOTE(joeynach @ May 4, 2007 -> 07:54 PM) Can someone just tell me the last time we had back to back hits (or walks). No seriously can someone really tell me I cant remember. Probably the inning vs the Angels on Saturday night where we ended up getting the bases loaded and still didn't score.

QUOTE(joeynach @ May 4, 2007 -> 07:50 PM) So u are in favor of giving MB before any other pitcher potentially available a 5 Year 75 Mil deal? Well then we are lucky you are not the GM. Whats wrong with MB on a 3 year deal at 11-12 per year with an option. It's never going to happen, so why even mention it?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 4, 2007 -> 06:18 PM) 5 games back already...... Danks has already gotten you excited....it would be great if someone like Sweeney can look like he'll be a part of our future for the next 5 years as well.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ May 4, 2007 -> 03:48 PM) I feel great about our starting pitching and our bullpen, and once the hitters come around (THEY WILL), this will be at least an 86 win team, probably even more than that, which puts us right in the thick of things. Our hitting will definitely improve, but our pitching is likely going to start to decline as well. We've faced basically all of the worst hitting teams in the AL so far this season. For our sake, we better hope our offense improves more than our pitching declines.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 4, 2007 -> 04:52 PM) It's the position players right now where we need some depth. Right now, it seems like almost all of our position prospects are hitting a wall simultaneously. This is the potential disaster. We don't have nearly enough money to bring in a FA or resign a guy to play LF, CF, RF, 3rd base, 2nd base, SS, C, and DH before the start of the 09 season. Think about that...as far as I can tell, the only position player we have locked up beyond the end of 08 is Konerko. We need to get contributions from quite a few of Fields, Anderson, Sweeney, Owens, and maybe Cunningham, and we need them ASAP. And if we deal someone, we need to find pieces to fill in some of those holes. Otherwise, the only way we stay competitive is if we spend Yankee dollars to hold our lineup together as they age. Our inability to produce offensive talent from our minors over the past 3 years is really coming back to haunt us. It's pathetic that we couldn't even call up someone to be a DH at the major league level and expect them to hit .200. I guess it's not surprising when you see how bad the hitting is at Charlotte.