Greg Hibbard

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 1, 2005 -> 09:14 AM) .....so then why exactly didn't KW do more? I'm not sure. He just needed to give up enough to fill our greatest needs. We needed another big bat in the lineup, a bullpen arm, and possibly a starting pitcher. Buyer's market, seller's market....doesn't matter....this team is probably going to compile the best regular season and deserved to be stockpiled no matter how many prospects were given up. I would've emptied the f***ing farm for Wagner and Huff. I don't buy the fact that we got "held up" by teams this year.

Furious. I don't buy one bit that more couldn't have been done.

the best thing about the end of that inning: Timo won't be up for another 8 batters

ahahahhah I knew it what a loser

Yes! Timo can make two outs in the 1st inning!

YES BURY THESE LOSERS EARLY

what the f*** is with Timo leading off inexcusable

so this whole f***ing forum was created for Geoff Blum please rename it "Blum's Blog"

CAN YOU SAY INSURANCE, SUCKA

WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!! :finger :finger :finger

YES way to prove my ass wrong paulie christ, could these announcers be LESS into this game?

one of paulie's patented dp's coming up here...

CRAZY CARL!!!!!

Juan actually worked a walk...OMG

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 01:38 PM) what it say "frank thomas? HE GAWN!"

MJH just talked about it in their tease

well, I'm not exactly an optimist, that's for sure. don't forget the infamous yankees thread you can't spell controversy without Hibbard

Wow...I'm just in shock...Levine is giving a few more details right now...also talking trade stuff

Maybe the Sox look at Adam Dunn now? Or does Cincy want the farm for him?

They just said in a subsequent report that he may even have re-fractured the ankle coming back too early...they are not sure yet

Yeah this blows. Now we definitely need a bat.

Levine just reported it

on ESPN 1000 just now Frank Thomas done for the year

please please please let Thomas finish his career as a Sox

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 11:44 AM) Jermaine Dye hasn't committed an error at shortstop either. By the way that helped out my fantasy team a great deal. To be able to put a stick like Dye in my MI spot is just awesome. However, I digress. Hibbard, there is not a statistic out there that can actually prove someone's defensive worth. It is really impossible to do that. Just watch the games and you will notice how damn good Uribe is at SS. Watch the games and you will see such a huge downgrade in quality when Pablo fills in for Uribe. Uribe is a stud in the field and that should not even be up for debate. His bat I would like to improve. However, is Pablo really that huge of an upgrade offensively that you would be able to deal with the huge downgrade defensively? Who is to say that if you start playing Pablo day in and day out that he will be that good offensively? Plus SS2K pointed out that Pablo has absolutely no power. There is no way I am taking a chance with him playing everyday when I am not making my team any better. Now if you want to acquire a SS like Vizquel then I can understand that and I am with you, however I am not for replacing him with Pablo as the everyday SS. Hibbard, I understand you jsut want to try to make this team better, but this would not do that. This team is based on pitching and defense. The Sox are close to unbeatable when they don't create an error. You can't risk losing a guy like Uribe when your team is built like that. Great response. I do appreciate that some of what Juan does is unquantifiable, and I may have been hasty in suggesting Pablo would be a great fill-in perse. I was honestly just surprised at how bad Juan was at the plate and coupled with what I viewed as mediocre defensive stats, I got on my pedestal and started shouting. However, our most glaring deficiency is on offense it seems, and our most glaringly bad offensive player is Juan Uribe. Isn't there someone available that is better offensively and not a significant downgrade defensively?