Balta1701

Who in the world would take a guy making $60 million over 4 years and who hasn't been healthy for a full season's worth of games since 2003? I mean, I know the Yankees need another outfielder or two, but Jesus, that was a terrible contract when the Tigers signed him to it, and it's a terrible contract today. No one else was considering offering him more than 2 years, and Boras got 5 out of the Tigers.

I'll feel happy for Giambi when he gives some of that $120 million that steroids earned him to a charity that helps prevent teenagers from using steroids. Otherwise...he deserves every single Boo he gets.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 09:27 AM) My hunch is that Garland had worse luck last year than most pitchers and worse run support during that first half. Yeah, but it's somewhat evening out this year...Garland's mostly had bats there to carry him when he needs them (aside from that start in Anaheim) - he gave up 6 to Toronto and the bats bailed him out, he gave up 6 yesterday and the bats bailed him out.

Also I got the impression that the Sox weren't to thrilled with the inconsistent strike zone yesterday. Yeah pitchers are supposed to get used to it, but when it seems like every other pitch is a close call...you start wondering.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 11:13 PM) Maybe his rbi's will slow down with frank batting a few of them in. Maybe his RBI's will go up with the big man in front of him actually walking. I wonder if the biggest effect Frank might have on this team is just as a hitting mentor. No one in baseball has been a more patient hitter over the last 15 years. Frank knows better than anyone that a home run is great, but a walk is better than an out, and his whole career he's shown that. We've already heard anecdotes about Frank working a lot with Uribe to force Juan to be a more patient hitter. I wonder how many of the other guys Frank spends time talking to about hitting? Frank's also a guy who's never been scared to hit the ball the other way.

QUOTE(SouthSidePride05 @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 08:47 AM) For anyone that cares, it was about a 6-minute segment. It started with Sox highlights from this year, and then the lady (don't know her name) interviewed a guy in North Carolina who wrote a book on the Cubs, believe it or not. The book is called "Cubs Nation : 162 Games. 162 Stories. 1 Addiction", and that's who they interviewed. UNBELIEVABLE! That's about it. :sleep The guy who wrote it was GENE WOJCIECHOWSKI. He's one of the ESPN columnist/reporters. You can find his archives here if you care to read more.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) If anyone saw his tweak his leg again last night, and his limping around the bases, I wouldnt predict any huge comback at this point. The guy is going to be fighting through injuries the whole year. The best thing to happen to Frank this year may very well be Carl Everett. Now that Everett has stepped it up, Ozzie has to find Carl some playing time. In other words, Frank will be forced to take extra days of rest just because we have Carl. And therefore, Frank will be more well rested when he's in there, and hopefully will be in prime shape when September and October hit. God I hope we re-sign the big guy.

Every pitcher ends up dealing with some bad luck and poor run support. That's why you have people pitching more quality starts than wins. That's why Jose Contreras and Mark Buehrle don't have 10 wins a piece. When John Garland is on, he's one of the best around. Does anyone other than me remember that game last year where Garland came out pitching against the Twins (I believe against Santana), El Cabayo hit a home run in the first inning after taking a pitch that should have been strike 3, and then that was all that Garland needed? There's no reason Garland can't be one of the best sinker ball pitchers in the Big leagues. He needs to keep his slider moving, but his sinker and straight fastball combo is as good as anyone's when he's smart enough to change speeds on them. We've seen that plenty this year. He's grown up enough now that he shouldn't get too rattled if someone commits an error behind him or if someone hits one out of the Cell. If he keeps his head in the game, keeps the ball down, and doesn't change what he's doing when he makes a mistake...then he will win 15 or more consistently. End of story.

QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 04:42 AM) Houlton pitched real well vs. Minny on Sunday. Big righty. The quote from Jim Tracy was that after his first start, he'd earned another one. We've had plenty of guys this year get lit up in their first or second starts and then come out against us looking like Cy Young. It's about time we made a rookie look bad. Just out of curiousity, anyone know if Jose is traveling with the Dodgers?

It's nice to see Kelly Wunsch pitching again. I was at a end-of-school-year party for my division at Caltech 2 weeks ago - wearing my Sox replica jersey of course (we beat Cleveland that night), some lady came up to me & asked if I knew who Kelly was. Seems she's fairly good friends with him. He's a good kid, always like those crafty relievers. Glad to see he's back healthy & in the big leagues.

QUOTE(Tadahito15 @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 07:42 PM) Wow. I didnt realize how quickly Konerko raised his average up to the .250s now. GJ PK He's hitting .362 in June.

Acquino's ERA Dropped by 26 runs in the 1 inning he pitched against us.

Your no-no ended in the 8th tonight.

There goes Neal's no-no. Cancel the post game show.

In the first 2 batters this inning...this pitcher's ERA Dropped by 18 runs.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 07:20 PM) No they have not this year... nothing really close even. Biggest inning before this was 6 runs in an inning in Colorado.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 07:07 PM) Damn, there is so many people in this thread today. And for like the first 2 innings there were just 6

Oh sweet Jesus.

That's the most runs we've scored in an inning all year...we had a 6 run inning in Colorado, before that we hadn't even scored 5.

Oh. My. God.

Come on Juan be patient...this guy can hardly throw strikes right now.

SWEPT AT HOME BY THE GODDAMNED DBACKS!!! AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 06:14 PM) No matter what happens here, Garland should not be pitching to Gonzo with first base open. Gonzo versus Glaus? I dunno, I'd almost pick Gonzo.

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 06:13 PM) This is such bulls*** man, what the f*** happened to our "new approach?" I am so mad I don't even know what to say. I mean no f***in patience at the plate trying to pull everything. Even getting Thomas back isn't helping.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 06:05 PM) It's now been 24 innings since we last scored a run without using the longball. Didn't someone say something about playing smart ball this year?