Jake

Damn near every move we make works well, I couldn't help but think that way this morning. Boozer is the main disappointment so far, but everyone had concerns about how he would fit in a Thibodeau defense. Those concerns continue -- occasionally he seems to be turning things around, other times he falls into old habits of passive defense. Rip hasn't been healthy in a shortened season and I won't blame the GM for that just yet, especially given the fact that Brewer has been phenomenal and Korver has far exceeded expectations this year as well.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 14, 2012 -> 11:53 PM) No, please trade Boozer. He was so f***ing worthless. Only if trading Boozer doesn't alter the composition of the team too much. Can't bring in bad apple, can't send away too many of our guys. Will need new reserve 4. Don't trade him for less than his value.

I need more John Lucas

JL3 = MVP

so much epicness in the past few minutes, dear lord

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 14, 2012 -> 09:10 PM) ESPN: "LeBron loves situations like this with the shot clock off"... except in the 4th quarter. I thought that was a really odd comment too

I can't believe that the NBA would want the Heat to win a championship. They benefit from the drama surrounding "when will they win? is LeBron a b****? etc"

Dunn for MVP and President

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 14, 2012 -> 04:26 PM) Does he? I only saw his first AB today. Should have put it in green, that was my reaction to him dropping a popup In other news, welcome to the bigs Anthony Carter

Rios looks good.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 14, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) AJ really needs work on his salesmanship nevermind, just saw the Alexei version of that commercial

AJ really needs work on his salesmanship

I wonder what velocity to expect from Sale as a starter...probably won't see the 100mph anymore

Now they're younger than reported age! lol...

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Mar 13, 2012 -> 11:15 PM) Please tell me you're not still clinging to the belief that Anderson would've been something, anything, had the Sox only given him the chance. Rob Mackowiak has suffered enough of your hatred. I actually believe that there is a strong case of "what if" had we not completely f***ed that kid over. He lowered his own chances by being weak mentally, though -- and of course by having a terrible first half of the season.

Ventura knows what its like to have a slow start. Dayan has what is essentially a blank check on playing time unless it Dunn-esque

From the postgame comments, I think Peavy was pissed that he wasn't executing his pitches, not so much the outcome.

I miss "the kids can play" Seriously though, it's only loser-ish when you're losing. We'll be chanting this s*** like it's "grinder rules" all over again if we win this year.

I think they're all copying each other. It's not that bad.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 10, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) Here's our first real Viciedo Pimping article of the year. And I used the word pimping for a reason. No pictures, no care

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Mar 11, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) Over. He'll hit .235 with 25 HR, 100 RBI and strike out 165 times. I don't think he can get to 100 RBI without 35 home runs or a significantly higher batting average.

lol @ the thought of Aaron Rowand looking Lillibomb without the 'roids...might be true

For the record, that bullpen pre-2005 was anything but certainly good. Marte and Politte were the best known entities, and this year's equivalents are very similar. Shingo was expected to be dominant but couldn't even stay on the roster. Hermanson was a dubious acquisition, we thought he'd be a middle reliever. We did not expect much at all from Neal Cotts. Jenks was off the map, other than being my Soxtalk Adopt-a-Prospect But seriously, I didn't mean for this to be my plea that this year's team is the reincarnation of the 05 team -- though there are similarities. I just want us to put everything in perspective and remember the fun part of being a fan so we don't have to look on the Sox as a source of stress or anger, because that's not what it should be.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 7, 2012 -> 05:28 PM) Paulie = Frank (elder statesmen in clubhouse) Reed = Jenks Danks = Buehrle De Aza = Pods Viciedo = ...Carl Everett? Morel = Crede Alexei = Uribe Honestly, when you start stacking it this way this might even be the better squad on paper than that team. I don't think there's really a fair Viciedo comparison. Dunn might be closer to Everett since both are poor fielders that we don't expect much offense from, though both were pretty good in their hayday. Perhaps Rios is closer, but he plays better defense. Crede was more established than Morel, but Crede was also established much more clearly as an average player with a great glove by then. Those two are really rather similar, but Morel I don't believe was as exciting of a prospect. De Aza has a similar game to Pods except of course he's had less ML exposure. Then again, most folks thought that Scotty Pods was a one year flash in the pan once we got him. I would say Humber is our Garland where we'd expect something like a 4.5 ERA but if he becomes a sub-4 guy this year it makes our rotation a LOT more formidable. And our bullpen probably looks much better on paper than that team's. The most sure thing in that bullpen was Shingo Takatsu. Alexei is a bit different and a bit superior than Uribe, but close enough for these purposes. At this point, Paulie > Frank because he's performing at a much higher level (especially in terms of consistency and health) than Frank was at that time. And Reed = Jenks, for sure (at least in theory ) Peavy is kind of like Contreras in that you know this guy could be great but you don't know what you're getting out of him. Coming into '05 we would have been more surprised by a Contreras all-star appearance than a Contreras trade/salary dump. Anyways, my point wasn't necessarily to make you believe the Sox are going to win the World Series this year. Just do a service to your mental health and let yourself relive some of those moments from '05.

I command you to take a day or an evening and watch everything you can -- just remember how great that was and still is, and you'll know not to sweat the small stuff. It's so amazing that we all got to witness that and we of all franchises know that that can be a once in a lifetime chance. If that is the case, then so be it; it'll be all the sweeter. Sure we need to and should push for as many titles as humanly possible, but I think this board is too hard to please...I think that's the penalty for knowing too much Just think back to that time and I think you won't feel so negative for a while. By the way...that team was in a similarly awkward position to us. Trade Carlos Lee, lose Magglio, sign a bunch of guys that weren't exactly stars (JD being an exception) and there you have it, a fourth place team, right? I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Let's just let the season play out