Jake

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 11:17 AM) Maybe we can loan Hermie to the Bulls? We'll have to cut Mike James so there's extra space on the bench

Cowley gets just what he wants by preying on the fears of Sox fans. If players that are supposed to be good are good, our team is damn good. Yeah I said it. Can we please just ride the wave of Spring optimism? Adam Dunn is batting over .300 for pete's sake.

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.