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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 03:47 PM) But you're leaving out the 3rd option...BA and Soriano, which is so much better of an option than either of the other 2 its not even funny. If there is ACTUALLY the 3rd option - BA AND Soriano - I would jump for JOY!!!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 03:31 PM) And the Sox would miss the playoffs, it's fun not giving a damn about defense. You as well as I do NOT know that! Since the Allstar game, our offense has been so terrible and inconsistent. Adding more woes to that, our pitching starters haven't fared too well either. If the pitching is not doing good, BA with his great defensive skills will not be able to do anything! If getting Soriano is to ignite whatever underneath the team to fire them up, so be it! Of course, if I have a choice, I will MUCH prefer to have Soriano AND BA, but if we have to give up BA in order to get Soriano, I will DO it.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 03:03 PM) Cherry picking? I'm not following here. How many runs has his offensive deficiency cost us in the first half? I have no idea. We are the highest scoring team in the league and you are worried about how many runs his offensive deficiency cost us up to June 11th? Wierd. I don't know how many runs his defensive skills have saved us either. Maybe you can look up both these stats somewhere and let us all know when you find out. That would be grrrreeeaaatt. If you don't know how many games BA has saved us using his defensive skills, why stated "He has been a big reason why we have won?" I like BA, but I will take Soriano AND Pods over BA AND Pods anytime.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 01:47 PM) Not since June 11. He has also saved this team many runs with his play in CF. He has been a big reason why we have won. Plus he is only going to get better. I am not talking about his defensive skill. His defense is great. The notion that he has been a big reason why we have won is IMHO bogus! Please tell me how many games that he has won for us using his defensive skills, and how many games he has cost us due to his offensive deficiency in the first half? I like BA as our CF, much better than Rowand. But please stop the cherry picking.

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 01:37 PM) While Anderson has pleasantly surprised me over the last month and he certaintly hasn't hurt the team, to say he is a big reason they've won any games is a gross overstatement. I second that! BA has been an offensive disappointment. Period!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 01:03 AM) Yeah, people rightfully criticise players when they're sucking then when they finally turn it around (hopefully) they let up and start to rightfully praise them. It's not like people call for his head then when he stops sucking act like they didn't. Yeah, I ripped Garland at the beginning as did a bunch of other people, now he's pitching well and I'm glad, he deserves praise for that which his getting from me. I'm not just going to hate on the guy for when he's going good because I hated on him when he was sucking. Does that mean you CURRENTLY hate Garcia, Vazquez and Buehrle? They have been god-damned terrible recently! Buehrle is 0-3 with a 13.81 ERA in three July starts!

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 12:32 PM) I'll say this. I would hate the trade, but put Rowand in LF, and he would be among the best defensive LF'ers in baseball. His D in left >>>>>>> times about another >> Pods. But like I said I would'nt like the trade one bit unless we were getting a Hamels or some of their studs in the minors. (wouldn't mind Gio.. ) It will not happen. Sorry! No way would I trade Pods for Rowand. We already have our CF in Anderson. Rowand might be a better defensive LF, but what about our leadoff and base-stealing man? That to me is more important than Rowand's LF defense.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 10:54 AM) Man, I hope our trade proposals don't look as ridiculous to people outside the board as those do. Yikes...Anderson backing up Victorino? What a dumb rumor! I would NOT even trade BA for Rowand straight up, let alone Vazquez AND Mackowiak! Rowand is batting .264 with OBP .317. Anderson's OBP is .280. That is only .037 different. Rowand's July average is .185; Anderson .333. NO WAY!

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 07:38 AM) No way, check out their stats with RISP: Thome (65 ABs, 9 HR, 46 RBI, .385 BA, .505 OBP, .846 SLG, 1.352 OPS) Ortiz (94 ABs, 7 HR, 49 RBI, .277 BA, .405 OBP, .532 SLG, .937 OPS) Ortiz has had 29 more ABs with runners in scoring position, and he gets a lot more SportsCenter coverage for every single hit. VORP Thome 39.1 > Ortiz 31.2 Great job RME!

QUOTE(jenksd @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:11 PM) that's awesome Once again, Crede is AWESOME and so caring!

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:05 PM) The sooner he's off this team, the better. He has nothing this year. Once Politte is released, do you guys realize how many teams will compete to pick him up? I know he is not doing well right now, but I got a hunch he will turn it around, perhaps after the Allstar break.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 08:56 PM) That would have been a good time to bring in Cotts/Thornton to face Patterson. It's not like the Orioles have a lot of lefties we need to save them for. Hindsight is always great, man!

Just got home from work! THIS IS GREAT NEWS. AJ, YOUR TICKET TO THE 2006 ALLSTAR GAME IS READY!

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 03:55 PM) I heard on ESPN radio that Liriano has a slight lead right now. BigSqwert, you're better not conning us! If this is the ploy to get us going, then I will forgive you.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 03:48 PM) I'm with Kalpse. I think he's in. Has anyone heard the latest on who is currently the leader?

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 03:40 PM) My lowest # so far was 008. Beat that b****es. Beat you by 1. Mine was 7! Well, just add another 60 votes for AJ. Gotta go home now. As Gregory Pratt said: MAN YOUR POST EVERYONE. TOGETHER WE WILL CARRY AJ INTO THE ALLSTAR GAME!

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 03:34 PM) we're in the strecth people, 90 mins, GO NUTS! Can I borrow someone some dutch tapes? My fingers are about to fall of my hands! 70 more votes for AJ! I find it very convenient to (1) fill out the form. (2) Before click Vote Now, bookmark the site form. (3) After you click Vote Now, keep on clicking the bookmark. Now you only have to check AJ and fill out the Validation Code. It's much faster this way to me.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 02:40 PM) BETTER YOUR FINGERS THAN AJ! LIRIANO DELENDA EST! Man, you are rough! I got this instruction from the ESPN's Milwaukee Brewers' Message Board. See if anyone understand. Even the Brewers fans are opposing AJ. Everyone, let's carry AJ into the Allstar game.

Another 60 votes for AJ. Man, my fingers are getting a beating today! Do we have any programmer on this board who can write some programming code to automatically fill out the form UNTIL the closing time? Man, if we can do that, we can be sure that AJ will be in the Allstar game.

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 01:43 PM) Go vote! Another 50 votes for AJ. Go Go Go Go Go Go AND Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 01:06 PM) Let's not say things we can't take back Sox fans are the greatest. I don't know if it is the chip on our shoulder or what, but this team is a like a member of our family. Man, I gotta get some real works done. My fingers have been devastated. It's for the noble cause anyway. 60 and counting...

Continue showing your support for AJ! No matter how tired your fingers feel, keep on voting for AJ until the poll is closed. Man, there are someone on the ESPN Message Board going from team to team to rally everyone to vote for Liriano instead of AJ. Those damned jealous Cubs or Twins fans! We will help AJ Liriano out of the Allstar spot! QUOTE(mreye @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 09:45 AM) Good news. I can finally relax. NONONONO!!! We can NOT relax. Continue punching away at your keyboard to vote for AJ.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) Or Garland this year. Perhaps, the question we should ask, "What's going on with Cooper?" NAH!

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 08:35 AM) Javy is 8-4 and has eaten up 95.1 innings. If he gets to 14-15 wins and continues to eat up innings at his current pace, then we pretty much got what I expected. He's frustrating at times no doubt, but Javy has some wicked stuff as well. I have no doubt he can put together a nice little streak. He has made some hitters look just silly at the plate. Did everyone here think we were getting a #1 starter for El Duque?? #5 starter doesn't get paid $12 millions. I was a huge supporter for this trade, but so far, I feel that Vazquez has not been living up to his huge contract. It's NOT El Duque AND Vizcaino that I'm beginning to feel the regret of the trade. Chris Young is! Anyway, it's still early. If Vazquez can turn it around, great! By the way, that's the one pitcher that Cooper has not been able to help.

I'm still waiting for the GREAT articles that the jagbag writer has written about the Sox! For someone who has called Hawk Harrelson "pig-like wail," why could not someone call him "***?" If you have gut Moronotti, quit hiding behind your pen and computer. Get to the clubhouse and do your biased report, if you dare!