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It's not about Hermanson, it's about trying to reestablish Shingo as a reliever Ozzie can have some faith in. Look, we have a 10 game lead now with a lot of games to play. If Ozzie waits till someone gets hurt and our lead is cut in half, then there is 10X the pressure on Shingo.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 10:07 PM) Wow what an awesome confidence booster for Shingo. Win and basically a save if they let you save your own wins. Which is the exact reason Ozzie left him in there. All the screams for DH were from people that only think about today, not the long haul of a season.

Let Clement, Halladay, whoever start the game. Mark and Jon will have more than enough innings pitched by the time this season is over.

QUOTE(farmteam @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 08:18 AM) Corny Joke of the Day: Why does Mike Morse always smell like meet? Why? Because he's a BUTCHER in the field! Hardy har h...alright, I'm done. Don't give up your day job.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 08:44 AM) Ladies and Gentleman, Jeckle and quite a few of the nay-sayers are unavailable for comment... I'm shocked!

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 06:35 AM) This may be down right silly but what if the Sox were to trade Garland for Schimdt/package? Yes I know Garland has been hot as hell this season but thats partly the reason why. His trade value has probably never been this high and may never again be, plus IIRC isn't Garland a FA after this season? Maybe the Sox may think to try and resign again or that they may not even be able to do so....I am not saying I would be for this, I would rather it be El Duque or Contreras to go but does anyone really think SF or anyone else for that matter would want either of those guys?? We've been waiting for this from Garland for 4 years and now you want to trade him? No thanks.

I wonder what the temperatures are peaking at in Baghdad these days. Just food for thought.

This serves Steinbrenner a little slice of justice. He has so many players with no-trade clauses that can't be moved, no prospects to move and the players he can trade say they won't go.

Let's hope AJ and Widger can stay healthy.

I want Halladay to get the nod. Starters usually pitch two or three innings. Let Buerhle get an inning and call it a night.

QUOTE(jerseysox @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 07:12 PM) i'm telling you -- when i get these feelings, they are dead on. we're not winning this game. Good call.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 01:31 AM) OK. If you watched the game tonight, you saw a great performance by a great pitcher almost go for naught. Would Jason Schmidt have helped our offense tonight? We have had plenty of starting pitching thus far, and I don't think it will drop off to a significant level. Now, consider a few weeks ago when Frank came back to the line-up. Remember the effect that seemed to have on the rest of the team? Remember how the Sox have generally put up better offensive numbers since then? That should tell you something about the effect that even adding a solid regular bat to the line-up would have (a la Randa or someone that can hit consistently from the SS spot). Then imagine if we got Chavez or the ilk. We didn't lose the 2000 playoffs because of a lack of pitching. We lost because our bats disappeared. I'm concerned that we'll lose in the 2005 playoffs for the same reason: no bats to begin with. Legitimate concerns. Still, I wouldn't move Crede just to upgrade offensively at 3rd base unless it was a Chavez quality ballplayer. Crede's defense is undervalued around here.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 01:29 AM) IIRC he did pitch a pretty good game at fenway for us last year at some point but when he was with NY he definitely got lit up against the Red Sox. If he pitched a decent game in Fenway, I'd be inclined to call it a fluke.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jun 29, 2005 -> 01:17 AM) That's a great package and would probably land Schmidt in a heartbeat. Honestly, I make that deal for me if we can get to the playoffs and go in there throwing Buehrle, Garland, Garland and Schmidt in a short series is to much to pass up imo. I agree about Joe though, the left side of the infield is as good as you'll find in baseball imo, I'm not sure I want to mess with that even with their offensive struggles. The reason I'd make that deal ... The road to the AL crown is going to go through Boston. Contreras cannot win at Boston. That is a proven fact. If we are down 2-1 in Boston, I'd much rather have Scmidt on the mound than Contreras. Who knows what the situation will be with Hernandez?

This is a tough call to make. Is Schmidt the same guy who can pound the zone with 98 mph heat and be an ace or is he a guy that will sometimes hit 94 or 95 and struggle as he's coming back from his injury. Alphonzo's numbers look decent, but will he struggle with being in the AL for the first time? Crede may not be gang busters at the plate, but he's got to be worth an half an out per game defensively over the average 3B. I'm very leary of moving Crede right now as he has been an achor of our improved team defense which has helped our pitcher's so much this year. I'd move BMac, Anderson and Tracey for Schmidt, but I wouldn't allow Crede or Sweeney to get away. Just MHO.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 03:14 AM) We were both in a 6 month old thread at the same time at 3 Oclock in the morning. I thought I some how bumped this thread by accident. Sounds kinda suspicious to me. What the hell were you two doing over here?

Not quite so innocent.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 02:59 AM) Haha I forgot about that, that is a plus. You forgot about THAT?

I'll take the hot weather anytime. Attractive women look so much better without a parka.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 01:11 AM) We get Haren/Harden/Zito out there.... Oakland has been about the best team in baseball (save the Nats) since the calender turned to June. They have, no doubt, been the best pitching staff in baseball since the calender changed to June (2.98 ERA). Haren and Harden are horses. They're fricken good. Zito, well he's got a Cy Young. That's going to be one hella tough series. As I said, we have to win those tough series to be champs.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 12:51 AM) Honestly, I'll take 3 wins in Detroit, and 1 in Oakland. I know it sounds bad, but that damn Oakland park has some weird hex on us. Screw that. We need to learn to win those tough series, regardless of who or where it is. Can't win the whole enchilada if you can't do that.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 09:56 AM) Yup, but for the most part he's as good as an analyst as there is around baseball. Agreed.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 04:10 AM) You should have gutted it, scaled it, fried it up, and ate that stinky thing. Catfish don't have scales.

QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 09:44 AM) I think Stone's terrific too. However, he predicted the Cubs would win the Wrigley Cub Sox series, so that was a mistake, and he has predicted all year long that Minnesota would overtake the Sox in the standings. That's not looking too good, either. So, he's like countless other experts who the Sox are making look foolish.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 09:34 AM) While she might be a knowledgeable fan (I don't doubt that in the least), she could have come up with something a bit more creative than "b**** sox," couldn't she? Maybe she's been lurking around here?