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16th inning in Philly the Astros just scored 2 and are now up 4-2 on the Phils. Ryan Howard was ejected in the top of the 15th inning forcing the Phils to move LF Raul Ibanez to 1B and Roy Oswalt into LF, he's played 2 innings out there.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 11:00 PM) Threets and......... Clevelan Santeliz? The man with the 6.3 BB/9? My money's on Torres, he's basically the tallest midget. There's always Freddy Dolsi and his 1.60 WHIP. Horrible year for minor league pitchers on the 40 man.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 10:39 PM) Isn't Threets on a rehab assignment and pitched the other day? 4 IP, 6 H, ER, BB, K in 3 rehab outings. He threw 2 scoreless innings on Sunday. He'll most definitely be one of them.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 10:31 PM) I dont like you very much for making me think these thoughts If Threets is actually injured the likely candidate to replace Thornton is the man with the 1.11 WHIP at Charlotte: Randy Williams. You're welcome.

Cowley via Twitter: Threets and ??? Torres?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) I hope an NL team claims him. As was stated earlier, this is very much the opposite of the way KW does business. It almost makes me think its strictly a PR move for the Sox hoping an NL team claims him or someone in front of them in line and then they can always say, we tried to get him. I just don't think Manny is going to earn that $4 million plus the next month. Last Sept. he hit .218. His last 1000 American League ABs his numbers aren't much better, if they are really even better, than Thome's. Maybe it will light a spark, but oft-injured 38 year olds off the juice rarely earn $4 million in a month. Don't really know what Thome has to do with all this considering he's not on this team and Manny would be mainly be replacing the sub .700 OPS, .300 wOBA Mark Kotsay but Manny's last 1000 AL PA: .297/.392/.508/.901. Hardly an argument against acquiring him.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 12:30 PM) No doubt that Posey has been mashing, but Jamie Garcia still has something to say about the ROY award. 11-6, 2.42 ERA, just pitched a 3-hit shutout, and he's been pitching since the start of the season. It sucks for Posey that he spent the first two seasons in the minors, but you still have to take that into account. He's gone 6.1+ innings in only 7 of his 24 starts. When he's relying on the bullpen to finish at least the final third of the game in 71% of his starts that's a pretty big negative against him. Posey on the other hand has the second highest wOBA among all 21 major league catchers with at least 300 PA this season, about 10 points behind Geovany Soto.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 01:20 PM) Kal, you've got to be really, really desperate...either to cover for ManRam or just to nitpick for accuracy...to go with that one. It's nitpicking but it's also the truth. I have no reason to defend him since I really don't care that he's almost definitely a user, we've gotten to the point where I can't think of a single player that I'm even 50% certain didn't use so how can I be too upset with those that actually got caught? It's become a part of the game, if I let it bother me I'd have to stop watching all together. The only thing I worry about at this point is a past user being acquired and falling flat on his face because he's off the juice, Manny's still produced this season when he's managed to find the field so that isn't a big concern for me.

QUOTE (buckweaver @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 12:22 PM) Are you accusing someone? Odds are, you may be right. Odds in Manny's case: 100%. Suspended last year, the idiot. He's a known commodity. and yes, that includes his being a great hitter. It's not 100%, it's more like 99% since he wasn't suspended steroid use it was a female fertility drug used by steroid users to restore testosterone production to normal levels.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 04:47 PM) They're not. He was asking why they didn't use an iPhone etc early on in the game. I was under the assumption that everyone was in the dugout or bullpen early in the game, thus unable to use equipment. Usually the teams rely on the umpires and grounds crew to tell them what's going on with the weather. You're the only one that brought up the dugout, I don't really see why where a "no electronics" rule plays a role in any of this. The Sox knew what the forecast was before and during the game yesterday, not being aloud to have a cell phone in the dugout doesn't hamper them in the least.

Supposedly major league baseball has a rule that any suspended game must be played after the next scheduled game at the earliest forcing them to play after the 6:00 game today. Playing a day game today was not an option. At least that's what I've heard.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) I don't know if they are completely shut off, but coaches and players can't have electronic devices in the dugout. The clubhouse is a few paces down the tunnel, plenty of options in there. Not sure why the entire team would be confined to the dugout.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 11:42 AM) Why the hell does the second game start at 10 p.m. (at least according to ESPN)? Heat? Thank FOX and their f***ing exclusivity contract with MLB.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 10:21 PM) Tell him I said hi right back. PK is having just as good a year, if not slightly better, than Gonzalez. Votto

Is it weird that I'm not pleased when the manager of my favorite sports team tells me to get f***ed or to not watch the club anymore? I'm just glad we're running a classy organization.

Shockingly LaRoche has turned it on in the second half: .319/.359/.571/.931. It's just unbelievable how consistent he is from year to year with his second half performance.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) A team had claimed Luke Scott off waivers but was pulled back by the Orioles. Trying to see if my guy knows anything about who claimed him. That's hardly surprising, wouldn't be surprised at all if Seattle put in a claim. There's next to no risk in claiming a guy like Scott.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) Werth was also a former 1st rounder, IIRC. He showed up on BA's top 100 prospects list 4 times ('99, '00, '02, '03).

Werth was always an incredible talent (22nd overall pick in '97), he broke his wrist in Spring Training of '05 which accounted for his down year in his second full season and forced him out for all of 2006. That's what f***ed up his career trajectory, I mean he was in the majors and playing well at age 25, the wrist injury robbed him of his age 26 and 27 seasons, not an all-out lack of production or development. He's produced in the majors whenever his wrist wasn't killing him.

Rosenthal had a quote from an executive about a week ago saying that basically everyone is being blocked, no one is getting through. This is hardly surprising since almost all the good players that may be available have reasonable contracts.

In the divisional era: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finlest01.shtml http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hergema01.shtml

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 7, 2010 -> 11:40 PM) I can't believe the Red Sox are willing to give Carlos Delgado $3 million. It's a prorated $3M, he's only going to make about 1/6 of that. Still a lot of money given Delgado's status.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 7, 2010 -> 10:00 PM) Just read through the game thread since I had to work tonight. Thought it was a good thread overall. This post was a classic in the "no class" department. I always feel for guys who get hurt. Injuries suck. Real hard to drum up sympathy for a player who injures himself while loafing.

Just from the trailers I imagine Steve Carell was unbearable.

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