Rowand44

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 11:53 AM) Expect a response bashing your grammar and sentence structure. And probably a few insults. I tried sending him a well written email where I didn't insult him, nothing like that, just stating some facts which I disagreed with and why, his response to me was: You're a sox fan, I'm not, get over it."

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 09:33 AM) I don't see how anyone here culd criticize Mariotti for changing his opinion on how the team will do in the playoffs based on how they are playing at the moment. Everyone does that here and we aren't two faced, trying to cover our butts. See, I have a problem with this in a way. I agree that many people changed their opinion of our team because of two bad weeks of baseball which really isn't fair to the club. It's baseball, it's 162 games and this is our first real bad stretch of the year, unfortunately it happens. I personally believe that you shouldn't change your opinion of a team that has been so good all year because of two bad weeks, but obviously that's jmo.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 09:07 AM) Oh. Come on now. Don't be so hard on yourself. Last time I ever sell you tickets.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 09:04 AM) Brandon McCarthy for Ron Villone speaksa volumns! QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 09:04 AM) All you need to know about this market is the Mariners asked for Brandon Mccarthy in exchange for Ron Villone, case closed. Asshole :headshake

All you need to know about this market is the Mariners asked for Brandon Mccarthy in exchange for Ron Villone, case closed.

By the time the playoffs come and the Sox had a great month of september we'll be Mariotti's favorite to win it all.

Time to forget August and kick ass in september.

Have a good one Tex.

QUOTE(Bullard @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:22 PM) Offical Call ups Sept. 1 Gload Casanova Sanders Sept. 5 Anderson Baj Thats all i know for sure PS I have an MRI Friday or Saturday. I might need tommy john. Pray for me! Thanks Bull Good luck bull, hopefully it's nothing serious

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 10:05 PM) The only reason I wont be at the game threads is because hopefully I will be at the park. But I honestly understand what your saying, and I think thats really good, just sit back and enjoy. That brings up the question: Who's going to pick me up down here to take me to the playoff games?

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) This thread is magic. See, we all love each other and now the sox can win. Ok, now I'm just trying to add to the oddity that is this thread.

QUOTE(SnB @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:53 PM) rename this thread to: how we learned to stop worrying and love fathom LOL, it actually happened.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) Im going to back Fathom up here, yes, Tony backing up Fathom (thats f***ed up). Fathom, while often putting a negative spin on things, does tend to try and look at things at the big picture, and at TIMES, AT TIMES, will give credit where credit is due. There are some here that only seem to come around when the Sox lose, or are heading on a slide, and not when they have won 3 or 4. Fathom is a good poster, and brings good discussion to this site. I do however hate him. I agree with this. Him and I have actually started to get along very well, we've disagreed on a ton of things but he backs his stuff up and for that I definitely respect him.

No reason to join guys, I already got this league won.

Good memories. Thanks for that Kalapse.

QUOTE(SnB @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) actual quote from this show: "don't tell me the world doesn't revolve around me, because today it does" - girl w/ all the crap designer clothes and huge stupid paris hilton sunglasses. I seriously need to program my tv to skip over mtv before i throw the remote at it, everything on mtv pisses me off. I'm old MTV sucks.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:59 PM) T minus one hour and counting! Liar, 1 hour and 1 minute.

That's pretty cool.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:17 PM) Perhaps I'll take a stab at it. Sanders has an ERA of 3.02 and has been a key lefty out of the bullpen in Charlotte. Diaz has an ERA of 4.95 and has been very inconsistent this year. Munoz has really struggled lately, including tonight. Perhaps they feel Casanova is a better defensive catcher than Burke?? Burke only played 46 of his 96 games this year at catcher, so it seems obvious to me they don't really see him as a catcher, but more as a utility player that can catch. Note he played most of those games at catcher while Casanova was hurt. Then again, perhaps it is simply because Casanova is hitting .314 with 7 HR and 18 RBI in the month of August while Burke is hitting .244? While I don't always agree with Sox personnel decisions, why is it so necessary to criticize decisions made with input from coaches who see these players daily? I personally don't have a feel for Casanova, but I do know that Sanders is tough against lefties, as evidenced by his 2.45 ERA and .216 BA against them. Good post, thanks for that info rex.

:headbang :headbang

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:13 PM) No kidding. And if ONE player needs a rest, that's fine...sit him that day. But no more lineups with 3 starters on the bench. This I do agree with. I can definitely understand giving Scotty a day off today but Gooch got a game off yesterday, Carl is a dh and he rarely needs a day off. There wasn't really a reason to give those two the day off.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 08:05 PM) My point is the difference in performance between the 2 teams is very small. BTW Vizcaino wouldn't have given up 6 if Ozzie didn't make him the sacrificial lamb that day. Ok, so you take two division teams that are 7 games apart and you can make the same comparisons. Pretty out there argument, what if what if what if. It didn't happen so it doesn't matter.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 07:39 PM) Holy cow, I can't believe that. Jphat...are you watching on the extra inning package? You're seeing it way before I am on mlb.com. I'm watching on mlb.tv as well. Anyways, that rally died in a hurry, absolutely beautiful, hopefully the tigers can finish this one off.

Casey Blake...thank you.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 07:27 PM) 4-2 Tigers in the 8th. Very nice move by Trammell to pinch run Young for Logan.