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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 01:22 PM) The point was that Obama was willing to compromise. I guess if McCain flip-flopped too, that makes him a great compromiser as well! Or a flip-flopper, depending on which side you support.

just, weird.

hahaha hmm

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 03:44 PM) The Sox will easily offer OC arbitration. OC will not accept arbitration (he will have at least a few teams offering him multi-year deals which would pay him 10+ million). The Sox will than get two draft picks as compensation. In fact, I absolutely guarantee with 99.9999% certainty that they will get draft picks. I won't even argue you when you call OC worthless defensively. Is Uribe better, sure, but Uribe is arguably the best defensive shortstop in all of baseball and OC is easily a top 7 defensive SS (I'd argue top 5). It's impossible to prove it one way or the other, but Uribe may be the third best shortstop on this team.

Damn school and it's preventing me from seeing this game. I'm glad we pulled one out though, Cleveland's been playing like the analysts thought they would before the season began.

12" basket web Nokona. It's my baby.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 07:43 AM) Greatest song ever... I knew it before I even clicked. What a great song/episode/series.

When MacDougal throws 97 with more movement than any fastball I've ever seen in the strike zone, I don't know how anyone hits it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) Hahaha, the guy's name is CQMVP and he hates our offseason moves. BRILLIANT. His topic should have been "Anyone else hate our offseason moves that weren't absolute steals?"

QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 05:09 PM) in absolutely no way am i defending playing owens, but i never understand the BA love....whats wrong with an OF of swisher griffey dye with PK at first? edit: besides defense lol Nothing. Except we're comparing swish-owens-dye to swish-BA-dye. I pick the latter without second thought.

OC is very good over there.

BA, as always, getting f***ed.

Is he playoff eligible?

Soxtalk has become my go-to place for conversations outside of baseball, which perhaps separates it from all other message boards I've ever posted at.

Pretty good piece of hitting really. Had he swung and missed we would have said great pitch.

OPS is a vastly overrated statistic. Swisher's slugging doesn't mean s*** when he never hits. I also think his high OBP may be the reason he doesn't hit.

I'm sick of the people asking for Swish higher in the lineup. I want him OUT of the lineup.

I heart OC

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 05:08 PM) OC, where you going? Ominous start to the game. He never had any chance.

Wow what horrible luck there.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 05:52 PM) Cliff Lee has to lose sometime right? right? Cliff doesn't have to lose, but the Injuns do.

Can't get it to load tonight, guess I'll stick to the game thread.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 11:51 AM) I wasn't tryin to criticize you...hahaha....if everyone stayed on the lines of the original post or title this place would be no fun.... Dang, now I can't get in a message board fight.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 01:14 PM) What an epic match up between two pitchers who have each only lost 2 games all season! Wow!

We're the right kind of lineup to get him out of the game early, even if it isn't by virtue of run scoring. We can at least work his pitch count to get him out of the game before the game ends.