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QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 07:24 PM) Personally, I don't have any issue with Senators and their sex life. It's not of my concern. Even if they're breaking the law and hiring prostitutes? I mean, yeah, I'd say the same thing, but I only take that statement so far.

Our grinders are going to be making $10 mil next year. Rowand and Byrnes will both probably sign for something in that range. There are better ways and places to spend that money. Jon Garland is the best of them. The bullpen also counts.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 08:07 PM) Why would the Angels, or any team for that mater, trade someone when their stock is at their lowest value when they have complete control over the player for some time? I have a simple answer to this question. Brian Anderson for Ervin Santana.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 08:15 PM) Jerry Owens has gone 107 PA without an extra base hit. He has 25 hits this season, 23 of them have been singles. The two doubles he does have came in his first 5 ABs of the season, not a one since then. With his speed, in the long term, if he's also taking walks and pushing up that OBP, I wouldn't have a problem with that. Once he gets the techniques down, those singles will turn into doubles really quick.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 07:44 PM) quick poll: Would you rather watch Pods, erstad, or Owens lead off for the duration of the year? Owens. At least give me someone who has the opportunity to be better than what I think he is and helps us set things up for next year. I can think of few things as bad for this team as Pods or Erstad coming back for the rest of the season and hitting .320, and thus convincing KW that it's a good idea to go with that guy in the OF for this team next year. At least I don't know what to expect from Owens.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 04:58 PM) The 1 Percent are probably people who were convicted, indicted or arrested improperly. And Scooter Libby. (did that come out as green?)

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 03:07 PM) Think of it as your in-laws coming to visit. It's three days of hell, but it's over after one weekend. That's what the return of Pods and Erstad will be like. Hell, maybe Erstad will even make it to the dish this time. The way this season has gone, they'll both somehow stay healthy and hit .250 or so from here on out. That way, they'll be just good enough to prevent Ozzie from benching them, but just bad enough to prevent their return from having any positive impact on the game on the field, while simultaneously preventing us from taking a longer look at either Owens or Sweeney in the show.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 03:49 PM) na, trust me, the GOP 'powers that be' want Giulinani to get the nod. Yeah, him beating out Romney in 2Q fundraising says a lot about who the party insiders are favoring right now. Romney got a big boost of fundraising in Utah in the first quarter, but now that's drying up a bit, and the more standard money from that party is starting to show itself.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 03:43 PM) Jerry has been surprisingly good lately. Post all-star .286 .375 3 sb 1cs if he could keep that line we would be in biz One thing I'm really not looking forward to is the return of Pods and Erstad, because it'll resign Owens either to the bench or to AAA. If this season's a loss, then we might as well see if this kid can keep the hot streak he's on right now going against ML pitching, because if he can, it solves an awful lot of our problems for next season.

This was exactly the path Paulie took in 05. I think he's just the definition of a slow starter.

Houston could be deadly next year if Francis ever passes...

QUOTE(SoxFan77 @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 02:58 PM) I agree, He has had 2 seasons where he was hitting well. Decent Def.. And Avg player about to get more than Garland or Mark.. NO thanks. Does anyone else like the idea of paying $10 mil a year for an OF with a .750 OPS, who will hit 30 next year? I just don't see him actually being the .900 OPS guy he is this year or was in 2003.

I really, really dislike the idea of giving Rowand what his market value will be after this season.

If no one is brought in, you have to think that it comes from Fields, Owens, Anderson, and Sweeney. Sweeney I'd say is a virtual lock to take over one of those spots next year. Fields will be up somewhere, and might play some OF if Crede comes back for a few months to try to rebuild his trade value. Owens hasn't been as bad as he could be during this callup, he's almost up to hitting .250, and if he can do that, I'll take him over Podsednik. It'd still be nice to get something, somehow out of Anderson, given that he was a #1 pick and does have a bunch of unrealized potential, but his injuries this season havne't helped the cause. The best possible situation for the Sox would be to have the OF be Owens, Anderson, Sweeney, and then to have all 3 of them actually earn their starting positions. But the odds are that we're going to need at least 1 more person brought in, esp. if the organization has decided, as some have stated, that Anderson will never play for the Sox again. I think our #1 priority right now has to be to find another SS. If some of our OF guys struggle, at least there's a line waiting to replace them. But right now we don't have anyone to take over SS from Uribe, and that's becoming more and more of a problem.

Charlie now sporting a 1.93 ERA.

QUOTE(vandy125 @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 12:22 PM) Bases loaded, 1-out. I now look at these situations and try to figure out how it can be blown. Strikeout by Thome is a good start.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 12:07 PM) Think Haegar will pitch in every game for the rest of the season? Why not? At this point, what's the worst he can do, prove that he's not ready for the big leagues yet? On the other hand, maybe he earns a bullpen or rotation spot next year or builds himself some real trade value by getting big league hitters out.

QUOTE(chimpy2121 @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 12:04 PM) I can't believe the poll on ESPN that says only 58% of the people who voted believe he should be suspended now. I thought for sure it would have been 80%/20%. I also can't fathom how someone could treat a living thing like that. There's the one report that he was there when a dog was soaked with a hose and then electrocuted. That's so sick and twisted, I don't know how anyone could even do it. Well, on the suspension, it's not necessarily as open-and-shut as something like Pacman, who had 10 runins with the law before his suspension, or Tank, who was convicted and jailed before his suspension. The government still has to prove their case in a court of law and in their eyes Mr. Vick is required to be treated as innocent until proven. So here's the question; with Vick having no priors, unlike the other guys, what happens if the league suspends him for 8 games or so and then he winds up being found not guilty?

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 10:12 AM) <!--quoteo(post=1471586:date=Jul 13, 2007 -> 09:13 AM:name=NorthSideSox72)-->QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 09:13 AM) <!--quotec--> For the last two years since Katrina we were lead to believe by the overwhelming majority of scientists that global warming will cause not only an increase in hurricanes (or forces that cause them) but also an increase in the intensity of hurricanes. They forecasted the biggest number of hurricanes on record for each of the last two years. They used every piece of available data, every scientific model/program/whathaveyou, and spit out this grand theory that we were going to get pummeled by storm after storm. And you know what happened? Jack diddly f*ckin squat. For two years hurricanes have been a non-story. Last year was also an El Nino year. I'm not exactly certain why, but this is something that seems to be difficult to predict until one actually forms in the western pacific. It is well established that El Nino years do a lot of wierd things, like say, killing the snowpack in the Sierras and leading L.A. to ask folks to conserve water and so forth. One of the weird things El Nino does is create heavy winds over the Central Atlantic, winds that tend to shear apart any storms that try to organize.

Home Economics is now called "Family and Consumer Sciences". It was "Life Skills" when I went through high school.

Wow, and Matt Thornton comes in and does the job.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 11:32 AM) I'd love to get Hu, but I don't think Jose will get it done. Had he been pitching worth a damn maybe...Hu is a future MLB SS easily. The Dodgers are also rumored to have interest in Dye (which they really should, since they've needed a RH bat who can hit 30 home runs for 2 years now)

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 11:25 AM) Wilson and Uribe are pretty much the same damn player, why replace one problem with another? I'd rather just sign John McDonald in the offseason live with the horrid offense but get some great defense for 1/10 of the price of a Wilson or Uribe. Whatever we do this season, I sure hope that KW has his focus on acquiring a young SS, because at least to my eyes, SS is the one position where we don't have anyone young who could come in and even compete for a job next season. OF, SS, 3rd base, SP, bullpen, we have at least some kid at all of those positions who we could use if we decide that's the best option, but right now in our system, it's Uribe or nothing.

Dye Rumors.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 10:56 AM) Where is AJ, he always starts if there is a Righty on the mound. Day game after a night game on a takeoff day, Ozzie does have a habit of using the backup C those days. I presume AJ played the last 2 games?