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QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 24, 2009 -> 03:30 PM) his location is what has impressed me so far...getting in on guys hands and shattering some lumber Has he started to develop his other pitches though and do the Sox think of him as a reliever or starter? I think those are the main questions with Poreda. His jamming of hitters (even when giving up hits) has been impressive for sure.

QUOTE (Ron @ Mar 24, 2009 -> 03:33 PM) Owens looked completely bewildered at the plate. Can he just leave now? Please? Pretty please?

QUOTE (Cowch @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 04:13 PM) Richard's pitch count is ridiculous! Az has pretty much made an out or gotten a hit on the first pitch EVERY TIME. Edit: Is gameday wrong? It says Haren has 26 pitches through 5 and ALL of them are strikes. I don't think they are keeping track of balls and strikes...or at least it doesn't appear to be.

No HR's for Quentin so far this spring, but 8 RBI's. Good to see him driving in runs even without homers.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 04:32 PM) Well, technically Owens is at .212 but it's the weakest 200+ average in spring training history. Coleman wants to rename him "Wayne Wise." Starting to remind me of Harry Carry...he's really really OLD. I will 2nd you on the old.

This Padre announcer is hilarious. DeeeeeWayne Wise.

"My goodness...who is this guy Floyd?" -Padre announcer

It is nice to see someone actually take the time to write something nice about KW. It is a shame a local writer here wouldn't take the time to do that.

QUOTE (scenario @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 08:10 PM) No... just no. I'm not an Owens fan, but let's not get carried away to try and make a point. NOBODY in the known universe has a worse throwing arm than Pierre. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pierre needs a cutoff man to throw to 2nd base. Also, does everyone have a short memory? Scotty Pods could barely throw the third from left field on 2 bonuces.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 10:23 PM) I really don't need to see John Van Benschoten pitch again, thanks. That is pretty funny. Doesn't he know the great Coooooop fixes all?

Rally killer up.

Melton's pronunciation of Viciedo is killing me.

Getz bringing them all home. I agree with Kalapse on Betemit. Just think about our bench the last couple of years. Have we had anyone that could come in and hit a homer off the bench?

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) Wise, I honestly believe, would be the better call. But can Wise lead off? Or would it be whoever starts at 2b?

How did the Indians score in the 1st? Danks all over the place?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) I'm at my breaking point. Sometimes I feel like in the f***ing Twilight Zone. I feel like we are just beating our heads against the wall with this issue. The coaches have to see what we see....they just have to.

Kroeger's hit gave Beckham another Ab....very nice.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 6, 2009 -> 04:34 PM) i wonder if we just gave them rote for the day since they were burning through their pitchers, and thats why rote doesn't have a number, cuz he's not on their roster i found online Good point. I was wondering why his name wasn't on his jersey.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 6, 2009 -> 04:10 PM) It's on fangraphs. Thanks.

God Jr. up.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2009 -> 04:06 PM) Do you find it strange that people in the States have no idea about that sport whatsoever? I have only seen it on vacations when you get the ESPN channel from around the world and I have no idea what is going on when it is on. One of the few sports that I cannot even follow the action.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 6, 2009 -> 04:02 PM) He was valued at $20.6M, he was paid $9.7M. I knew it was something ridiculous like that. Do you remember where you saw that?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 6, 2009 -> 03:57 PM) I know he'll be 39 years old but Brian Giles would actually be a good top of the lineup hitter. Walks a ton, doesn't strikeout at all and hits a ton of doubles. There's a reason why Epstein/James tried to get him last August. I remember reading somewhere that he was the highest value player for what he was paid last year. (Maybe the year before) I will have to see if I can find that.

But don't get me wrong fathom, I completely agree with you, just not sure how many options the Sox will have. Regardless, Kenny would probably go the trade route anyways. FA splash is not normally his forte.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 6, 2009 -> 03:53 PM) The only leadoff type player who's FA eligible in '10 is Chone figgins. * denotes a 2010 option First Basemen Carlos Delgado NYM Ross Gload * KC Aubrey Huff BAL Nick Johnson WAS Adam LaRoche PIT Robb Quinlan LAA Matt Stairs PHI Second Basemen Marlon Anderson NYM Ron Belliard WAS Jamey Carroll CLE Mark DeRosa CHC Omar Infante ATL Placido Polanco DET Freddy Sanchez * PIT Shortstops Bobby Crosby OAK Alex Gonzalez * CIN Khalil Greene STL John McDonald TOR Marco Scutaro TOR Miguel Tejada HOU Jack Wilson * PIT Third Basemen Adrian Beltre SEA Hank Blalock TEX Geoff Blum HOU Pedro Feliz * PHI Chone Figgins LAA Chipper Jones ATL Mike Lamb MIL Melvin Mora * BAL Chad Tracy ARZ Catchers Josh Bard BOS Henry Blanco SD Ramon Castro NYM Ramon Hernandez * CIN Jason Kendall MIL Victor Martinez * CLE Benji Molina SF Jose Molina NYY Miguel Olivo * KC Mike Redmond MIN Brian Schneider NYM Yorvit Torrealba * COL Outfielders Rick Ankiel STL Jason Bay BOS Marlon Byrd TEX Frank Catalanotto TEX Endy Chavez SEA Coco Crisp * KC Carl Crawford * TB Johnny Damon NYY David Dellucci CLE Jermaine Dye * CWS Ryan Freel BAL Brian Giles SD Vladimir Guerrero LAA Matt Holliday OAK Geoff Jenkins * PHI Reed Johnson CHC Andruw Jones TEX Austin Kearns * WAS Hideki Matusi NYY Jason Michaels CLE Xavier Nady NYY Magglio Ordonez * DET Dave Roberts SF Gary Sheffield DET Randy Winn SF That is a pretty weak FA class no matter what kind of player you need.