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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 09:37 AM) How many hitters from the 2009 and later drafts are currently contributing in the majors? I'd be the average is something like one per team, or less. Didn't you post somewhere a few months ago a stat that the Sox were leading MLB in major league WAR from their 2009 draft on?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 12:30 AM) Read this regarding The Franchise getting canceled and again you see a kindler, gentler Ozzie. How can you not read his comments in articles and laugh your ass off. He's an entertaining guy. Do yu all deny that? http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/21/2960...len-reacts.html No, I don't see a kindler, gentler Ozzie in that article, I see an Ozzie who is still obsessed with himself. And no, I don't think Ozzie's an entertaining guy...because Ozzie Guillen's teams keep playing bad baseball, in no small part because Ozzie doesn't have them ready to play/doesn't have any control or organization over his team, and I think bad baseball isn't very entertaining.

Rack me up!

Rested Konerkos are not to be trifled with.

Youk.

Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr

Someone finally hit the ball over Cano!

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) Wasnt he hitting .209 or somewhere near there(Jones was a solid 4th OF...Kotsay...no)? I remember once Thome signed with the Twins Ozzie got pissed from all the backlash. That DH rotation was a bad idea. No, the bad idea was involving Kotsay in it.

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) Jones is pretty bad....funny to think Ozzie had him as our DH not to long ago.... He'd have been a perfect platoon partner with Thome.

Man did Viciedo hit that ball hard

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) Which makes attendance even more important. No it doesn't, it makes having a certain income group attending very important. Folks who drive but who also use the sox lots, rather than usin public transit or the other lots in the area. Prices that attract a lot of public transit users arent as profitable.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 08:58 PM) Exactly. We all know concessions is where clubs make a lot of money. Actually for the sox it's probably parking.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 08:56 PM) Plus you get more concessions and parking revenue. Dumb move by the Sox brass. You guys really think you know their marketing strategy better than them?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) It's inexcusable No, it isn't, it's business.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) He definitely has a reality check in Miami working for the Loria wacko and his spoiled son. I'm sure Ozzie has had to sit in on endless nonproductive meetings like other people in America with horrible bosses. What evidence do you have that he's gone through a reality check other than with the Castro comments?

QUOTE (YASNY @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 03:58 PM) I'm not making a prediction here, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was fired before the 2012 World Series ends. With the amount of money still on his contract, I'd be very surprised.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 03:35 PM) That's not a counter-argument, son. Dayan Viciedo will never put up a good enough OBP to justify having a starting gig on a major league roster. Just as another example, at age 22, Jose Reyes was in his first full MLB season, with almost exactly the same number of minor league PA's as Viciedo had. He put up a .300 OBP that season, taking only 27 walks in 733 PA's. The next year, he nearly doubled that number of walks. This doesn't guarantee Viciedo will improve on OBP, but from the standard you're using to cast him overboard, you'd have cast over that all star as well.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) I'd love to hear some examples. Maybe you're looking at the wrong numbers? Seriously, how many guys have put up amazing numbers at AAA and never cut it at the big leagues when given a shot? I can think of a couple examples currently playing in Charlotte. How many guys put up average or even mediocre numbers in lower levels and then wound up excelling in the Show? John Danks is a great example. Never put up an ERA below 4 in the minors, then has been an above average starter in the big leagues...because you take things like age into account, which you're failing to do. Then even once you get to the big leagues, the numbers can continue to lie. Anyone remember Chris Shelton, who came up for the Tigers and became the fastest guy in AL history to 13 homers, then was without a roster spot 2 years later? Or the time when Kevin Mench changed shoe sizes and hit like 5 home runs in 4 days and then was never heard from again? Heck, if the concept of BABIP has taught us anything, it's that the numbers can certainly lie. Guys can have success via luck, guys can fail by being unlucky.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 03:11 PM) I said I don't follow things much? I have access to fangraphs, just like everyone else. That's the beautiful thing about baseball. The numbers don't lie. There's not much to go on with Hawkins, but I figured that the consensus top prospect in the organization as voted on by Soxtalk members would at least have a shot at making someone's Top 100 prospects list. That was a leap of faith - I guess I should have known better. The numbers can lie all the bloody time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 02:31 PM) Something on Drudge about Secret Service preparing for Biden to be in Tampa during the convention. No story yet, just a blurp. Well, I guess that makes sense...have Biden fill the old "OMG how did Anderson Cooper survive!" role as a hurricane hits and people forget that he's also talking because of the Ramada sign blowing past at 85 mph

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 02:26 PM) Biden rumor? I'm guessing he's referencing the 6 day predictive model Fox News used to publish that there was a 37.3576% chance that Biden would drop out of the VP slot and be replaced by Hillary.

There is a possible tropical storm or stronger shaping up that might have a shot at Florida early next week. (Monday-Thursday, of course, is the GOP convention time). The actual odds remain low at this point, 5-6 day directional forecasts have limited accuracy, but worth watching.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 05:37 PM) He should have withdrawn already. Word is he will by tomorrow, no doubt because I thought I read that tomorrow is the last day to replace a candidate and still be eligible to be on ballot. Horrible statement to make. Maybe we should throw him in general pop and ask him a week later his opinions about rape. He has about 2 hours to change his mind before the official deadline to withdraw while having a substitute name on the ticket. He seems to be remaining in the race.

I only worry about insane things like that since...it happened once before.

Continues to impress. The "no additional punishment" part is really irksome.