babybearhater

Oh yeah, because he has repeatedly been putting us in the playoffs for the past 4 years, thats right I forgot our domination of this weak division just because of Magglio. Oh wait, I woke up from my dream, and we sucked with him on the team. Dump his salary and pick up some players that will help this team, not our all star roster OUT

Fisk Fisk and more Fisk, nothing like keeping it in house. I would like to see Fisk back on that bench, maybe give this team some balls

BTW, Beltran wont play for the yankees, he has no desire to play in NYC. The only pinstripes he wil be wearing will be on 35th st

f*** Maggs---they offered him a huge contract for multiple years, which the sox are not known to do. And he wouldnt even give us a hometown discount, he is money hungry and the bad Karma caught up with him. I say get your money grubbing ass outta town, I would rather watch the Barons play for pure love of the game than someone who just wants more freakin money.

I know this may seem far-fetched. But maybe KW sees Carl as an op to pick up someone to bolster the bullpen. Last year, he could've signed Carl and let someone possibly trade something for Carl, instead he got picked up to a contract. Maybe he thinks this is a way for us to pick at least something up in return

I agree, I said that in another thread as well, when he hit the ball, there was lightning in the backround, it was awesome!! I will never forget that, until we trade him and make it to the series :finger

I cant seem to stop thinking of some, Joe Borchard by far and away

julio franco as well oh yeah and John Garland- still sucks

david wells

George Bell. Why in the hell did we pick him up anyway??????

He shoulda stayed with football

I would walk my grandma to get to JV. Then throw him a couple of outside sliders and a high fast ball, HE gone!!! so predictable

without question. lyle mouton

and dont forget Don Slaught

officer karkovice, was the man though

With all the talk of who wants what lineup, I thought I would maybe give mine. Cf Lance Johnson OF Tim Raines 3B Robin Ventura 1B Frank Thomas C Carlton Fisk DH Albert Belle OF Darrin Jackson SS ozzie Guillen 2B Joey Cora

if they could ever pull this off (not likely) this team would be very exciting to watch. I like the way you think

I wish they played like that too, then we would be in the playoffs

How could you say that Maggs hasnt been getting a ton of support from players that are hitting behind him. And as far as comparing Sweeney to Frank and Konerko, please. He hasnt once, in his career, hit 30 homers. He has broken the 100 RBI mark only twice. And that was in 99 and 2000. I do believe last year, Frank was in the hunt for the AL lead in homeruns , has only been under 100 rbi's three or four times, in his career. Has one of the best OBP ever seen. And this is without even putting Paulie's stats behind him. So if you really think Mike Sweeney is a powerhouse, and was the best hitter on the Royals team, and is comparable to Frank, then he may not make the HOF folks. And when Beltran was traded to the Astros, he was one of the only bright spots on the team until they got hot, up until that point, most of the lineup was slumping. Beltran, will probably never touch the power numbers of Maggs, nor have as good a batting avg either. But there is much more to a player than power numbers and avg. I do believe that we have been one of the top teams in the league in homers, and for even a few year, batting avg. But we still cant make the playoffs. And until we change the face of this team, we never will this is my last response to this argument as we are hijacking the post

BTW, nobody put Beltran in the same league offensively as well as payroll wise with Manny, bonds etc. Manny -2004 Salary: $20,409,542 Bonds- 2004 Salary: $18,000,000 Beltran 2004 Salary: $9,000,000 large difference OUt

Beltran has also not been playing in such a hitter friendly park, with so many hitter behind him. He was on a crappy team, with the exception of last year, when he was dominant against the sox at the CELL. And as you can see his OBP has been better than maggs over the past couple of seasons, which we need. As well as better defense and more stolen bases. This means more runs score, and we win. I'll take him\ OUT

Im going to go with maggs and Frank, because with them we would've kept it close, only to have another heartbreak letdown in the last series of the year with the twins. I am glad we are way out of it, so KW can see the flaws on this team more easily. Thanks guys for exposing this team as terrible

You wanna know who I would like to be a hitting coach for the sox??? Big Frank, nobody can touch his OBP except maybe Bonds. He can work the count better than anyone. I would like to see him step up and have more responsibiliy on the team. As far as bunting etc, Santana can take care of that

there is more to a player than batting average. This is a reason why he is one of the top fantasy players as well. He is so well rounded. His OBP is better than maggs, he plays better defense, and can steal bases with the best of them. Sounds good to me

True that, I was hoping they could keep Crede around so I could just blame it all on his emergency swing :puke