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I'd say people were more frustrated with Toby's shoulder and Ozzie's judgment in ST than they were angry with Toby himself. Pretty much everyone loved the signing when it happened and he is definitely a better player than his production let on last season, he just couldn't function with that torn labrum. It's nice to see him have a bounce back season after being the worst player in baseball last year.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 04:58 PM) we dont have much to offer. Basically is you want Roberts, you lead with Swish, since we can replace him with Alexei in CF and Roberts moves to 2B. Alexei would im sure be of interest to them as a replacement, but I dont see us dishing him. I wouldn't deal Swisher for Roberts straight up.

Not a chance in hell. Not only would Zito not agree to give up guaranteed money but the MLBPA would NEVER allow it.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 02:17 PM) Tied or down after the 6th inning 0 Tied or down after the 3rd inning 2 That is where the debate is coming from. The stat 2 out RISP somethign like 2-24 was startling as well. I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that taking the early lead and adding insurance runs later in close games had no inherent value. My bad. He's not good in close and late situations or with RISP & 2 out but the vast majority of his 14 homeruns this season have been of great value to the team. He carries the stigma of only homering when the Sox are up or down big and that's just not true at all. That's all I'm saying.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 01:44 PM) Oh goshdarn Cabrera and Crede, hitting homers and padding their stats when the Sox are up big! Of course it means nothing, but Thome was on 3rd base in the 1st inning with 1 out and Crede grounded into a DP...he also doubled to help get an inning started - he was driven in by Swisher, who was then driven in by Crede's homer. You know, because Thome actually helping the team is ignored. I love it when people make it out to be like Thome never does anything to help the team and the only time he ever produces is in blowouts. It's just not true. #1: tied - 1st #2: down 5 - 3rd #3: tied - 1st #4: tied - 3rd #5: tied - 1st #6: up 2 - 5th #7: up 2 - 7th #8: up 1 - 2nd #9: up 4 - 7th #10: down 2 - 6th #11: down 2 - 4th #12: up 4 - 7th #13: tied - 2nd #14: up 7 - 7th Tie game: 5 Within 3 runs: 5 4+ run margin: 4

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 05:42 PM) I would like to see the Sox use a lot of motion this series. OC, Q, Ramirez and Wise can all steal bases and we should put the pressure of Doumit. Doumit has a pretty solid arm, but only throws out 30% of runners, so put the pressure on. 30% is actually very good.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 05:35 PM) Didn't know he's out for the series, that would be nice. I saw where Bay isn't playing tonight. McLouth CF Wilson SS Sanchez DH Doumit C LaRoche 1B Michaels LF Mientkiewicz RF Bautista 3B Rivas 2B That bottom 5 has to be amongst the worst I've ever seen.

Rehab assignments can last no longer than 20 days. These starts would have to count towards rehab, a major league player can not participate in minor league ballgames while on the DL unless it's part of a rehab assignment. So the Sox will have to do something with Loaiza 19 days from now.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 05:09 PM) So who backs up Swish at 1B in a pinch? Thome? Hall? I'd hope it's JD.

So according to Jesse Rogers KW said today that the recall of DeWayne Wise instead of Jerry Owens was Buddy Bell's call. KW went to Bell and Buddy told him Wise can do more for the team right now than Jerry Owens.

That last line is pretty funny, I'd say the majority of Sox fans I know hate these commercials seeing as how they're not funny or cute or particularly clever, just annoying.

Swisher proving why you don't give up on a struggling young hitter with a history of major league success.

14 out of 17 ain't bad.

Hank Aaron

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 04:03 PM) Uh, the way the ball appears like a beam of light off his bat, with Jones and the umpire perfectly clear and everything else fuzzy is perfect. Except that's not the ball in the center of the picture, it's the head of the bat, you can even see a blue ring near the bottom of the barrel.

The Royals took Cal Poly LHP Derrik Saito in the 16th round. His fastball has been clocked in the 92-94 range with good movement, his cutter was clocked at 88-90 his change grades out as a plus pitch as does his curveball. However, he's only 5'9", 155 lbs.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 6, 2008 -> 11:01 AM) Are they breaking for lunch or something? Seems like they stopped after Round 15. It's starting up again.

Juan Pierre is an idiot.

Great slide by Loney gets him into scoring position as the tying run in the 9th.

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Jun 5, 2008 -> 10:25 PM) I dont know the answer to this question but I was thinking..... Has any MLB team played a doubleheader against two different teams in same day? Back in 2000 the Indians played the Sox during the day and the Twins that same night, both games were played at Jacobs field.

And Wichita State (Kenny Williams Jr.) will be playing Florida State tomorrow at 1 pm CT, to be aired on ESPN2.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 5, 2008 -> 09:14 PM) There's certainly not much draft discussion on here considering so many people wanted the Sox to lose all their games the last 3 weeks to get the best pick. Am I missing another thread on the draft? About 960 draft related posts in the FutureSox forum.

Horrible play by JD in right, should be an error.

Craig Grebeck

The FSU vs Wichita State Super Regional Playoff game is going to be on ESPN2 at 1pm CT tomorrow. Should be a good opportunity to see KW2 in action (as well as Buster Posey.)