sayitaintso

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 02:17 PM) I seriously think Boras will get his ass handed to him in arbitration based on the fact that Crede's been all-around underperforming. Hopefully Boras gets his ass handed to him, i hate that prick.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 02:13 PM) Exactly. I have a TON of confidence in this team, but while I consider myself an optomist, I also think im a realist, and August is going to be a b****, best team in baseball or not. Just keep stockpiling these games now, and just survive August. Getting as many wins as possible before the dog days of the season comes will be huge for the sox.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 09:22 AM) She didn't look like that until I woke up....

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 02:05 PM) Games like that one are games where we stop playing so-called "Smart ball". You see them from this team every week or so - they stop pushing people over after falling behind early,a nd then everyone starts swinging for the fences again. Just like last year, and the year before, and the year before.......

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 02:07 PM) Have you seen him shirtless? I haven't. Would you want to?

QUOTE(orangekrush88 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:41 PM) Awesome news. We needed him back, he needed to be back here. He is going to help out this team tremendously.

Heres the grammar police.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:51 PM) any win is a bonus, it just brings that magic number down Smaller magic number = .

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) Wednesday's game. Read the article.... Ok thanks aboz, i skipped over reading most of it.(including the first paragraph where it says wednesday in the second or third sentence) Too many words. I guess I'm just that lazy .

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:20 PM) On THIS team, I'll take the Crede with the higher average and less power. Ditto

When is the "Nothing But Nancy" promotion.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:33 PM) hahaha, so many cubs fans are bent out of shape, check out the comments on the site. Go cry me a river, its not like they cant do this stuff too, its not that hard. Only if they knew how to rig polls.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:44 PM) Sing as if it was Stayin Alive.... One game at a time, One game at a time, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, One GAme at a Time,... Ok, I'm lame It's the effort that counts .

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:32 PM) you know who was on the juice? randy johnson. hes lost 8 mph off his fastball since dropping it. if you look at him during his heyday, he had all of the signs. acne, giant neck, irritable. Are mullets involed with steroids too?

Now its almost the "Us Against the World" mentality. Everyone wants a peice of us to prove to the baseball world that they are forreal and we are not. Just as long as we keep winning everything is fine.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:43 PM) Oh, no doubt...these could be considered holds, if he hadn't of gotten a win...his are different...Usually having wins as a reliever is bad. But in this case they aren't .

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:37 PM) They're all the same. I say get the best guy out there whether it's a setup man or closer. I don't give a damn. Just Git 'R Dunn!!! But what type of player would you prefer for us to get? One that could get it done in the ninth, or one that would preserve a lead for us.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:33 PM) He's 25 and has only been in the league since the beginning of last year. He had awesome minor league number but struggled when he first came up as a pitcher. Cotts became a pretty good prospect in 2003 with the numbers he was putting up at Charlotte. He has now settled down in his second season in the big leagues. That's kind of an ignorant statement to make, saying that he didn't really turn out as we expected him to until partially last year and now this year considering last year was his first season in the bigs. He WAS a starting pitcher in the minor leagues, from that standpoint he didn't turn out how he was expected to. When we called him up he was a starting pitcher and sucked at it so we moved him to relief. In relief he has done well. As a starting pitcher not so well. I love what Neal has done for us this year, but he was susposed to be a good starting pitcher and he just isn't one. He is a good reliever. And since when was the truth ignorant?

QUOTE(nvxplorer @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:31 PM) I don't expect Cliff to win 18, but with the amount of close games the Sox play, it's certainly possible. It is very possible, the way Cliff has been pitching, and the way we seem to comeback whenever he pitches i wouldn't doubt that he could do it.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:26 PM) Koch led the league in 2002 with 9 blown saves...here is an article about some of the times the A's came back to save his ass...like I said, I don't understand why we ever traded for this guy... Koch Blows I like the link title. It's so true.

How about telling him that we will trade Timo for him?

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 12:54 PM) You don't want closers to have wins...or losses...Koch kept blowing leads that his team would regain in the bottom of the ninth....that's why I never understood trading for that guy....although we did get Cotts... Cotts really didn't turn out as we expected him to until partially last year and now this year.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 12:44 PM) 18! I was surprised. I thought that Cliffy had a shot at something with 5 so early in the season. He's got a long way to go. That's pretty damn impressive. My hat is off to Roy Face .

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 01:13 PM) I'm really not buying Cleveland as a real contender. If they're still at this point around the break after going through a tougher schedule I'll reconsider, but not as of now. The only thing that impresses me about their team right now is their pen. Wickman pitching more effectively and Rhodes returning to his old form has created a formidable pen. We've discussed how inconsistent their lineup has been, but I'd like to make some comments about their starting staff, which I believe is pretty weak for a potential contender. Kevin Millwood is the staff ace right now. Yeah, that's the same guy who's ERA was almost 5 last year, and was over 4 in the NL the year before. There's no way in hell this guy's ERA is under 3 much longer. Cliff Lee has some talent, but we all saw what he did last year in the second half. We'll see what happens. Either way, he's a passable #2 at best. I am a firm believer that CC Sabathia is the most overrated pitcher not named Wood. I know he has a pretty good history against us, but that doesn't mean much in my book. He's gonna face us 3 times tops. He's just not consistently solid, meaning his ERA is going to stay around 4, much like his career numbers. We have 4 starters with an ERA lower than his right now. Not exactly what you want from your supposed ace. Their other starters have been getting hammered. Their rotation doesn't scare me at all. These guys are still 8.5 games behind us after going on a monster win streak against some weak teams. They could win 8 more in a row while we concurrently lose 8 in a row and we'd still be in first place. Lets wait to see a bit more from them before we start worrying about them. You can say all you want about some of the great charges by teams, but remember, the 69 Cubs were 8-18 in their last 26 games. I highly doubt the Sox go through a stretch that bad. Unless the Sox absolutely fall apart, the Twins are the only team I see as a threat, who have a better lineup, comparable pen, and stronger rotation (I want some of what you're smoking if you really think Millwood is going to finish with a better ERA than Santana). Good post, but as of now cleveland is a minor threat IMO.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 12:37 PM) Ands the Cubs will have Sergio Mitre, Greg Maddux, and Jerome Williams in that order. We miss Zambrano, thank God. In his last start against us he owned us.