Rowand44

It was a joke and not a very good one. C'mon man, I'm not THAT dumb.

My friend and I stayed at the hotel last year for it, absolutely awesome time, I really can't wait for it, to bad it's so far away.

It's funny cause it's true.

Is he available?

Who do you think that's going to be, I'm afraid their "big" pickup might be Russ Ortiz. :puke

Stop blaming the hitting coach, first it was von joshua's fault, then Gary Ward's fault, and now Walk's fault, ever thought the players themselves might have something to do with it?

Joe Nossek was the best in the league, a good bench coach can definitely help your team out a bunch, as for Harold, well............. :sleep

Yes they did, probably didn't want to have it conflicting with the superbowl again. Either way I already can't wait for soxfest, it's always a blast.

DBAHO do you have to win everything, greedy aussie. :headshake

Oh, I'm definitely not arguing ross vs. pauly, like you said it's gload and more, plus gloads a better player to fit with what ozzie wants to do.

For some reason I can't right now, every time I go to highlite the word then use green it gets unhighlited, stupid computer.

What are you implying?

If he gets drafted by the twins, will you cut his arms off???

Well, his numbers have been great this year no doubt about that. I'm not just saying I think he can be a solid everyday player though because of the those numbers, I've been a big fan of Ross since I've seen him play for the sox. I love his hitting approach, I love the way he takes what pitchers give him, unlike a lot of guys on this team he's not pull happy, he'll hit the ball opposite way. I know a ton of people got down on him cause he dropped a couple of flyballs in the outfield, well he's not an outfielder. He's a very good defensive firstbasemen, he's got very good speed for a firstbasemen. Imo, gload can hit .280 over a full season, 20 homers, 75 rbi's. He's also one of those guys that hawk would say "don't tell me what he hits, tell me when he hits it," there aren't many other guys on the sox I'd want up more in a clutch situation then ross. I really do believe gload can be a very solid firstbasemen and maybe help the team more then pauly would and I know pauly puts up far better numbers but sometimes guys like Gload can help your team out more with his style of play under our current manager. With Konerko's value so high I definitely believe we could get a solid leadoff man and maybe a bullpen arm to go along with, the trade jason proposed a week or so ago Pauly for Furcal and Cruz doesn't seem that far out of the realm of possibility. Imo, it just makes perfect sense to trade Pauly when his value is at his highest, with a good replacement in place, and our manager and gm wanting to change the look of this team to more speed and defense.

Like you said, it's pure opinion.

I don't know what your talking about.

Well gload doesn't have a lot of ab's against lefties but he's absolutely mashed the one's he's faced this season. With the way he stays closed against them I think he can hit them pretty well. If you trade pauly for a good leadoff man by putting a better defender and more speed at 1st, obviously less power and a worse hitter, although ross is a better clutch hitter then I think your filling a hole instead of creating one.

Congrats on a great season Pauly!!!!

I don't care that's he's been a journeyman. Ross can hit, he can play first base and he's definitely one of the faster firstbasemen around. I don't care how some of their pitchers are pitching now that the sox are out of the race, they have a very nice rotation in place for next year especially if they add another top of the rotation starter. Add a couple bullpen arms, tweak the offense through trades or fa and the sox will be a serious contender next year.

Who's this John you speak of???

I agree 100 percent. Retool don't rebuild. This team can be a serious contender in 05 if they add a top of the rotation starter.

No it won't.

Gload's playing first base again tonight. It really looks like it's a good possibility he might be the sox starting 1 bagger next year.

Woops, completely forgot about him. Your right, koch is a stud.

Lidge's stuff is disgusting. Unfortunately for them he's their only good reliever. I'd like to see them add a closer flame throwing or not, unfortunately the only 2 descent closers out there are Percival and Benitez. We might have to look for a closer by trade.