Rowand44

Wow. Casey is going to attempt a 60 yard field goal to tie it up.

Jets tied the rams. Panthers on their own 2 with 50 seconds left.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) What scenario gets them in? A rams loss or a Panthers loss. Saints just went retarded on 3rd down.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 01:39 PM) how good are the kids that beane got for Mulder and Hudson? Well obviously these are just my opinions. Meyer and Barton are very good prospects especially Barton. Calero is a very solid bullpen arm, Cruz was outstanding last year and we all know he has a dynamite arm should be interested to see if he can carry that success over without Leo. I personally like Thomas, he was pretty good in a short stint with Atlanta last year, I think he'll be a solid major league player-nothing special. As far as Haren goes he's been rated pretty highly for a while in the cards organization, I've seen him pitch a couple of times and I'm just not to high on him, don't think he's going to be that good especially not a top of the rotation guy like some think he may be. Once again jmo.

I read this article before obviously I like the part about the sox winning the series but this is such a dumb article.

I think billy's making a huge mistake here. I'm willing to bet that bmac turns out better then Haren, I'm not that high on Danny, I think he's a bit overrated.

QUOTE (Jeckle2000 @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 03:48 AM) <!--QuoteBegin-Cleats67+Jan 1, 2005 -> 09:30 PM--> QUOTE (Cleats67 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 09:30 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> This is no different than when the Bulls brought in Dennis Rodman. He was hated by everyone on the Bulls when he was with the Pistons. The Bulls talked with Michael, Scottie,... and then agreed to sign him. Even though he caused a lot of chaos while here, they won 3 championships with him. AJ is the same type of player Rodman was. He gets in the head of the opponent and takes them out of their game. We need some character, heart, and passion on this team and he will give us that and it will spill over to other Sox players. We won't have anyone being plowed over at the plate without getting drilled the next time up if AJ is here. The difference is that the bulls would of won those Championships with or without Rodman. The bulls were already in a position to win it all. Rodman was just the icing on the cake. It is highly unlikely this team in it's current state is going to win the World Series. Will adding AJ make us that team? Maybe... However to compare us to the Bulls signing Rodman just doesn't make much sense. No way the bulls would have won those championships without Rodman.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:46 AM) well a rotation of prior, wood, zambrano, and maddux is top 3 if not top 1 in my book... and if glendon rusch is as good as he was last year id say they be easy number 1 but if he sucks sirgio mitre isnt that bad of a 5th starter Mitre is awful.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:13 AM) <!--QuoteBegin-SoxAce+Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:10 AM--> QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:10 AM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> I think the sox will be a fun team to watch in the 2005 season. Fun as in different if you ask me. Is it possible to be sick of the longball? Chicks do dig it after all. I've been sick of the longball for a while now. Chicks will learn to dig smallball

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 01:49 AM) I honestly think that Harris will be more aggresive on the basepaths this year, if he can get on base enough. I think if Willie is the starting 2b he'll definitely get on base enough and having Scott and Rock on board can only help, so hopefully he will be more aggressive and be able to steal 40 but he seems so intimidated out there I'm not holding breath about him stealing a lot of bags.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 01:40 AM) If Podsednik's 2005 equals an average of 2004 and 2003, I'll be more than happy with the guy. Exactly if spod can hit .270-.280 which he should be able to do, he'll add so much to this team.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 12:34 AM) Today will mark Ace's one year anniversary on soxtalk. I was actually surprised I was included on the soxtalk ROY since I don't really feel like one. I've been around on this board around 2 years and I've been a part of this board for 1 year. It's had it's ups and downs and it's name change (cause damn Kenny had to trade away my favorite spect ) but soxtalk is a pretty good community. Here's to it. You've been here a year to long.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 12:41 AM) Yeah Baj didn't pitch well. You can't read everyone on a Sept callup either. His numbers were poor, however he didn't pitch that bad, he had a lot of bad luck, a lot of balls that were hit soft got through on him.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 12:12 AM) <!--QuoteBegin-A.J.+Jan 2, 2005 -> 03:42 AM--> QUOTE (A.J. @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 03:42 AM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> Playoffs holy s*** AJ the girls b00bs in that picture are enormous.... I think he noticed

2 weeks from today, for me. Can't wait

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) WilliamTell 18-7 Hall of Famer 16-9 Goldmember 16-9 chimpy2121 15-10 Palehosefan 15-10 greasywheels121 15-10 Zoomslowik 15-10 Rowand44 15-10 Tmar28 15-10 danman31 14-11 WHarris1 14-11 Gene Honda Civic 14-11 Purdue129 14-11 Heads22 13-12 The Bones 12-13 Chisoxrd5 8-17 A perfect New Year's Day for me that I wasted with my piss poor picking previously. The current standings are updated with tiebreakers. William Tell clinched the title after Texas won the Rose Bowl. Unfortunately this leaves no drama, but people can still cheer for other places. Talk about a choke job :headshake

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 03:52 PM) Rowand fell back with a 1-3 start to the day, ouch.

Kansas wins.

Unbelievable. Wow.

Wow Unbelievable f***in game.

QUOTE (raff @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 03:23 PM) - chinese gangsters all around the park I can honestly say I've never heard that one before.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:43 PM) <!--QuoteBegin-Rowand44+Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:41 PM--> QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:41 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Chisoxmatt+Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:40 PM--> QUOTE (Chisoxmatt @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:40 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> What the hell is up with the quotes? this has been happening lately. I'm assuming it has something to do with the board upgrade Yeah, they are in the process of upgrading to 2.0 as we speak. Got your named changed pretty quickly

QUOTE (Chisoxmatt @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:40 PM) What the hell is up with the quotes? this has been happening lately. I'm assuming it has something to do with the board upgrade

QUOTE (upnorthsox @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:35 PM) <!--QuoteBegin-Rowand44+Jan 1, 2005 -> 08:25 PM--> QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 08:25 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CWSGuy406+Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:17 PM--> QUOTE (CWSGuy406 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:17 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Jeckle2000+Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:33 AM--> QUOTE (Jeckle2000 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:33 AM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CaliSoxFanViaSWside+Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:19 AM--> QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:19 AM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> It's amusing to me that Sox management decides that a power filled lineup doesnt work and we need a new direction , when clearly, if we had a better pitching staff all along we would've competed. Saying the power lineup got us nowhere is just managements attempt to redirect the blame away from themselves for not getting the Sox better pitching. I don't agree with that at all. The chubbies (who supposedly have the best rotation in baseball) lost because they have a lineup that was too full of power and less able to create runs. Yes the 5th starter was a problem but it was by no means the only problem. This team wasn't going anywhere scoring 7 runs one game and then 2 the next three. The Cubs lost because they had s*** in their bullpen, not because of their lineup... They lost because of both. Their lineup pulled the same s*** that the sox has for the last couple of seasons. The cubs lineup last year was very simliar to the lineup the sox have had for the past couple of seasons. But they were just 7 outs away from the WS with that kind of lineup too. Btw, they also lost 25 starts from their #1 and 2 pitchers due to injuries. Not true, they had Kenny Lofton, they had a real leadoff guy. If you're going to ask me if I think Lofton made that big of a difference, yes I do, he was there offense in the playoffs that year.

QUOTE (thelatinoheat_30 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:28 PM) i forgot exactly what he said, but somethin like he talked to kenny a day ago about aj. when the hosts asked hawk what the lineup should be, hawk said wait till spring training cause they'll make some more moves, kinda suggesting we'll get aj. also said he(hawk) had lunch w/ aj about a week and a half ago and also aj went to high school with hawks daughter. thinks he's conscientious. hawk said he would want him on the team but he didn't seem to be too enthused. and he said what pitchers said about him not preparing was prolly just pitchers pointing the finger after a bad performance: on the umps, bad d, and eventually bad sequences by aj, etc. also said that getting big boppers for the cell isn't the right theory, which he said jerry manuel did while he was here(you could tell he was ripping on him again). since its so easy to get hrs, even the smaller guys can get the homers so we don't need to clog the lineup w/ "power" hitters, which is a good point, except on the road, like @ comerica. the pitcher he's worried about most is contreras cause of his love of his splitter. overall, hawk didn't seem as optimistic about the team as usual, esp. the rotation. kinda skipped over talking about the starters to say the bullpen could be one of the best in the league. You know, I love Hawk and I hated Manuel for his tenure with the sox but I think Hawk should really stop ripping on the guy. Manuel wasn't the greatest manager but he was a classy guy and doesn't deserve to be ripped on all the time by Hawk.