Milkman delivers

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Mar 24, 2007 -> 04:31 PM) http://rajah.com/base/node/7573 Perfect getting inducted by Wade Boggs. Pretty damn cool. That part at the end about Hennig saving Boggs' life is awesome. I know I am biased here, but I can't believe nobody's responded to this ^

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 01:33 PM) He's a guy with a deceptive delivery and gaudy minor league stats in the lower levels. Scouts never really liked him and called him a back of the rotation guy, but the stats said different... until he started pitching at the higher levels of baseball. The scouts were right. He's a back end of the rotation, back of the bullpen guy, and could even end up as a AAAA player. Thanks, didn't know that. The last I heard of him was that he was good, which threw me off seeing him traded for Jorge Julio.

Wait, isn't Petit supposed to be really good?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 08:36 AM) To me, Erstad's getting those AB's to try and justify him getting that starting spot when he doesn't deserve it. Hell isn't BA even outproducing him in spring training so far stats wise? And sure injuries have been a big problem for Erstad. But he's only posted a +.700 OPS season twice since 2000. Compare that to Iguchi in the #2 hole who's had OPS's of .780 and .774. What if moving Gooch down the order doesn't work and he struggles? Do you move him back up to the #2 spot, and what does that mean for Erstad? Best case scenario for Erstad IMHO he puts up something close to his 2004 numbers, .295/.346/.400. I just don't think there's a great chance of that happening. If Erstad put up those numbers, I would absolutely love to have him leading off.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 07:40 AM) "I've definitely brought this upon myself, so I deserve to have to do what I'm doing," Anderson said. "I shouldn't have had anything handed to me." I give credit for Brian understanding what is going on. When a guy has two veterans ahead of him--[and most importantly for the Sox, two top of the order guys; if the sox only needed a number 8 hitter, Brian would be fine in CF]--and is coming off a horrible year when he was given a lot of time to develop--more than most teams who expect to make the playoffs--he's got to battle day in and day out. One good spring by a 25 yr old 2nd yr player isn't going to outdo years of proven production by two veterans. The right call is having Pods and Erstad as starters to start the year. Anderson will be given the next shot WHEN one of the two get hurt or suck. I remember reading a few days ago quotes from Ozzie saying he thought BA would be a superstar in this league. That kind of talk goes against the prevailing thought that Ozzie has it "out" for Anderson. And to refer to both Pods and Erstad as proven veterans is stretching, I'd say. At most, they've both just proven that they're not very good.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 06:10 PM) I was just commenting on how many games Hall was likely to play. That's all. Oh, I realized that. I was just trying to hammer my point in, ha. No offense.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 06:04 PM) 2 games is about right. I doubt it would have been much more than that, unless he played at first. AJ wasn't going to put up with playing in half, or slightly more than half of the games in a week. Even at just two games, that adds up to a whole lot of games throughout the season. And for anyone to shrug this off is retarded. Who would people say is a better back-up C in baseball than Hall was in position to be this year?

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 06:00 PM) Adam Russell traded for Sandy Alomar. j/k Good save with the "j/k," I damn near threw a chair into my computer.

I don't even care who's fault it is anymore. It happened and there's nothing to change that. I'm just angry that people are brushing this off like it meant s***. This is a big loss. Toby Hall was the biggest move of the offseason. We finished in 3rd place last year. We need to get BETTER, not move laterally with garbage back-ups like Wiki or Alomar. The focus should be who we can pick up somehow to lessen this blow. The only guy that comes to my mind is Miller up in Milwaukee. We desperately need a catcher that can hit lefties and can call a good game.

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 05:54 PM) Name one player, off the top of my head without making a trade: Javy Lopez Secondly, I've seen them play enough, I have MLB.TV and watch almost every game. How many games was Hall going to play in a week, the max, 1. Therefore, it is a lost, but it's not the end of the world, calling for Ozzie head, etc. You people need to relax a little bit. Not the end of the world. Javy Lopez is as much of a catcher as Mike Piazza is. And the max for games a week was not 1, you're just wrong.

I think a lot of people would argue reasonably well that Hall was one of the best, or even the best, back-up C in baseball. He also would've been our biggest RH threat off the bench, would keep AJ fresh, help with our TERRIBLE hitting against LHP, and call a good baseball game. This is the biggest loss we could've had to a non-starter (and it might be bigger than if a certain few starters got injured).

If you're one of the people that's saying it's not a big loss, you might be an idiot...just saying, is all.

Need Damien Miller.

QUOTE(FlaCWS @ Mar 26, 2007 -> 03:10 PM) In no way am I blaming Ozzie for this injury, but I am just curious why we needed to play Hall at 1B when we have about a bunch of utility players (Ozuna, Mackowiack, Perez, even Cintron) who could've filled in for an inning. This hurts because Hall would've been a nice bat off the bench, but at the end of the day the backup catcher is not making or breaking the Sox' season. I can live with Wiki playing once or twice a week. One or two games a week isn't that big? This is huge, no matter how you slice it.

What's the worst we're looking at here?

http://rajah.com/base/node/7573 Perfect getting inducted by Wade Boggs. Pretty damn cool. That part at the end about Hennig saving Boggs' life is awesome.

Congratulations, SSI.

QUOTE(Brian @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 06:46 PM) Robin Williams has been very good in dramas and has an Oscar to prove it. And was nominated for three others. But, he sucks...

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 12:15 PM) Hmm, I'd like to see that clip. I know he had a freaky tattoo around his stomach. Some of the minor leaguers I've talked to sound a little disappointed about the whole situation with Brian. Disappointed in how badly Anderson has performed on the ML stage or disappointed that he's not being handed a job?

Alright, Kalapse, I'm getting antsy. Who the hell is it?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) Endangering everyone on the road with an alcohol-guided 3000 pound missle is worse. I think we need to take Germany's stance on DUI, or something similar. First offense - no driver's license for 5 years or so, probation/supervision over any other crimes during that period, and if an accident is involved, some short jail time. Second offense, a year in jail minimum (more if accident involved), and no driver's license again, ever. I'm not against that at all. I'm just saying the thing he said was over the top.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 09:24 AM) Maybe this is off topic, but I despise how acceptable DUI is becoming in our country. More and more people are doing it, and nobody seems to give a damn. I'm sorry, but if your dumb enough to drive a car while drunk, maybe you deserve to end up in a single car accident or something. It's not too hard to NOT DRIVE if you get drunk. I'm sure nobody will remember this happened in 2 or 3 weeks though, so it's not really a story long term. That's terrible.

Billy Koch?

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 07:51 PM) Ortiz is one hellova human being even before this gesture he's done. I always liked him when he was in Minnesota. Just a ginuwine heart he has. Doesn't hurt that he loves the game alot eigher. He has been a great person on and off the field for the U.S. and his hometown the D.R. Haha...Not to be a jerk, but what the hell?