Jake

Thomas can't produce, goes down with injury. Everett continues sucking, but must play. Ordonez signs to yankees. Valentin resigned, Uribe moves to second. Rowand hurt, replaced by Harris in center. Davis, Burke, and Alomar provide no production. Konerko tears up first half, blasting 30, but enters home run derby and slumps the rest of the year. Lee decides he's a basestealer, attempting to steal everytime he gets on. 13 SB 87 CS. Brandon McCarthy starts 5-0 with a perfect game and only 3 ER. Goes down with torn labrum. Crede plays to his .220 20HR 50RBI expectation. Buehrle goes 12-12, along with Freddy Garcia, both with near 5 ERA's. Contreras goes 7-16, leading the league with 54 wild pitches. Throws 4 fastballs all year. Garland pitches to a 8-8 record and a 4 and a half ERA. Many fifth starters tried, but to no avail. Sox finish dead last in MLB.

We definitely need a fifth starter. You can't have a winning season when 20% of your games are automatic losses.

Hawks getting old. Just called Detroit's center fielder Carlo Lee

cheers to that!

hell if he sat on the bench the whole time he was here i would have been his biggest fan!

I hope shingo continues to be a great closer in the major leagues

no.

Its official now boys. I just listened to his press conference and read the press release. Torn acl and miniscus and various sprains. 10 months minimum. He's liable to be out 2 years

I rarely see Garland go deep into games

*patience wears thin with garland this year*

little optimism never hurt anybody

i look through our drafts and see about 95% 90 mph throwers.

i know a guy thats a cubs fan, he says he doesnt like the sox because there are too many hispanics and blacks. a cubs fan says that!

Anyone notice we never draft any hard throwers? I got really excited about McCarthy because with his size I thought he'd be a flamethrower. Maybe when he fills out he'll throw harder.

i dont want to get rid of paulie but quite frankly i could live without carlos, especially if we got some holes filled for him

i totally agree

get any sleep out of it?

We never sign big free agents. We're more likely to make a trade for big players than sign one like beltran. We might sign a 4-6 million guy, but i don't see a 18 million guy like beltran coming to town. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get him, but i dont see it happening.

they might do that too

We also need a true leadoff hitter. Rowand is more 3,4,5 and Harris speaks for himself. Alomar hasnt impressed me but he knows how its done. Getting a man on base for the power guys would be nice. Lots of solo homers for the sox. Another thing is all the automatic outs in our lineup. Crede, Valentin, Borchard, Harris....

i dont see us spending that kind of money on anybody but maggs. beltran will prolly go to yanks or other big market teams

maggs should be 2-3 million cheaper and is already a known face in the clubhouse and wants to play for the sox anyway. better hitter IMO than beltran. solid defensive player

i'll take maggs over any trade or carlos beltran IMO

oh didnt realize that...must have been why we were shut down for five innings

he's a lot like sammy sosa....small range so a lot of routine balls turn into highlights