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QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) Seriously, we swept the Tigers. Beat the Yankees. If that didn't produce a #1 for the week, I don't know what more we could have done. Who had a better week? Won back to back series against two teams in the top 4. Comletely agree, it's all about when this thing is updated and at the time it was put together the Sox were on top of the baseball world.

Nick Punto wasn't even a major league caliber player up until this year, he's finally producing at the age of 28, there's a reason why the Phillies gave up on the guy and dealt him to Minny to begin with.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) I hope that Javier Vazquez can grow some cahones and become as dominant a starting pitcher as we have all been told he can be. Otherwise it's just dreaming of what might hav ebeen with Young. Don't forget Orlando Hernandez and the good pitching he is now showing in NY with the Mets either. I think he lasts longer than 4 or 5 innings of good ball El Duque has a 5.29 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, .292 BAA and has gone 6 or less innings in 16 of his 24 starts this season all while pitching in the worst league in professional baseball history. How exactly is that good?

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:19 PM) The Sox need some speed at the bases, someone who will steal a base late in the game to push in that crucial run in the late innings. I hate this "power" offense. If no homeruns are hit, we generally don't score. This team is reminiscent of the 2004 team. Lots of similarities. Who in the minors has some speed? Jerry Owens, think younger, faster version of Podsednik.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) Ozzie is becoming really really annoying. JMO, of course. Welcome to the club.

f***ing ugly.

HUGE!

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 02:02 PM) Some bad baseball being played this inning. No surprise, but Vazquez is about to give up a run after we get the lead. I'm so f***ing sick of this debacle of defense being played in LF. It's not going to get any better with Juan Pierre out there next year.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 01:58 PM) The Tigers traded for Neifi. Well they just took the division.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 01:53 PM) 6-6 in Detroit. EDIT: 6-5 Tigers. Sorry It is tied. Bondy looks like s*** out there. Bonderman is now being pulled after 4 2/3 innings, 6 ER. Not pretty.

Jim Thome has 4 career hits off Johan, 3 have left the ballpark.

WTF, they scored off Santana?

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 01:21 PM) That's just a great start. That ball landed like a foot in front of Ozuna....why didn't he dive? Pablo probably would have impaled Uribe with his pointy little head.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 01:08 PM) AJ is a .091 vs Santana....Konerko is .128 Luckily Sandy Alomar is .182 so we're in good shape.

QUOTE(cgaudin @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 12:35 PM) ]If he had 60 stolen bases by now, everyone would still ignore his awful defense and journeyman OBP. This is just flatout wrong.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 11:12 AM) KW....get on the phone with the Mets! Best wishes to Glavine though. If they lose Glavin (which I hope they do not) they'll literally have no starting rotation going into September, talk about desperate.

You know who would be a perfect fit for White Sox right now? Aaron Rowand, he'd be the absolute perfect 4th OF for this team seeing how he can play above average defense at all 3 OF positions while at the same time supplying that right handed bat off the bench with a little pop.

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) from my view it looked like the ball was just 3-4 rows off of the concourse how can it only be 435 feet? I just checked the replay to confirm what I said, so how is it only 435 to a concourse in left, while it was 504 feet when joe borchard hit it a couple rows father? Dye's was basically straight down the left field line, Borchard's was to right center field closer to center, huge difference in distance between the 2.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 01:54 PM) Just woke up in time to see this Yankee rally. w00000t It's nearly 2 o'clock, you are pathetic.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 04:02 AM) kalapse, I need my ID back. You said you would only use it to buy a 6ixer. I can't wait until 2010 when you will be of legal drinking age. I'm tired of helping out your habit. You give me no f***ing credit, my ass turns 21 in the magnificent year of '08.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 03:25 AM) do your parents know your up so late? Uribe will be just fine. He will be on the south side for a few more years. Dig this post up if I'm wrong. But What I could do is, dig up thousands of posts of speculation, here on soxtalk , the last few years, that never came true. Sloshed

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 02:18 AM) Not a rumor, just something I'm gonna throw out there. Garcia + Podsednik in a deal centered around David Eckstein? What exactly would that accomplish? He's basically a shorter Podsednik with a weaker arm who plays shortstop and doesn't stealbases. Not to mention, all you ever hear from Cardinal fans is how overrated his defense is. Based on his final 2 years in the AL I'd expect numbers similar to these from David: .260/.330/.330/.660 + 16 SBs, that's pretty horrible.

I heard that Bud Selig has cancelled all games this weekend except for those being played within the Massachusetts state border, this way proper attention can be placed on this most epic of series. Can anyone confirm this?

QUOTE(MHizzle85 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 11:05 PM) Can Pierre play left at all? He's not a horrible defensive CF due to his great recovery speed so he could probably hold his own in LF fielding wise. He however, has one of the worst arms in the history of organized baseball. He'll catch a ball in mid to shallow centerfield and put the ball on the ground before the infield grass. I for one do not want another low OBP, low BA, no power, high SB, pussy armed leftfielder, especially one who's going to be making 5-8 million per year over the next 4 seasons.

QUOTE(fullcollapse @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) ok, general waivers question. wouldn't the red sox go to the bottom of the list because they claimed javy lopez? for some reason i always thought if you claimed someone and completed the trade you moved to the bottom. but yeah, i'm sure soriano didn't even make it to the al teams. Nope the Red Sox would remain in their current spot on the waiver list, you only move up/down the waiver list in Fantasy Baseball.