Yeast Confection

Oh yeah and if McCarthy somehow carries this dominance into his remaining 3-4 starts... And Contreras hits a stumbling block.... I start Brandon in the playoffs without hesitation. Next year should be fun with Twins and Santana/Silva/Radke/Liriano/Baker...

McCarthy is not as good as he will be (barring a major injury, natch) in a couple of years when he's not a rail, but hopefully his recent brilliance against offensive juggernauts in their house will shut the "why do Sox waste time withthese finesse types when they can be loading up on flame-throwing projects" peanut gallery heard from so often earlier in the year. Just wait until they see another "soft-tosser" Gio a couple of years from now... I hear Haigwood and Broadway aren't that hopeless, either As for Cincy/Lindner/Griffey... f*** them, hard. :finger

I remember Uribe's swing/approach looking much better (even if results weren't always there) around our first trip to Boston, then Juan relapsed so to speak on the Minny road trip, before starting to rake in September. But his recent success only highlights his year(s)-long stupidity/selfishness, and for all his considerable physical talent, you get this feeling he will find a way to screw things up. Fool me once and all that... If he matures overnight and kicks ass in October, I'd be happy to admit I was wrong.

He's no spring chicken but he is not 35, either. Hits for average, with some power - gap power that, unlike pull-HR power, doesn't magically disappear against good/great pitchers... in addition to playing good 1B... and running bases better than most first-sackers, something which you may not appreciate until you have, say, 2 outs, game-tying run at 1st and a ball is hit down the line... All at 350 K. Let's see: one-dimensional athri-hip Konerko at 11-12 Mill for 4 years... or Gload at 500 K for 3 years. A year ago I would have said no question Paulie. But now, as much as I appreciate what Kong has done the last 3 weeks or so, I seriously give this one a second thought. Gload needs to impress in September again, though, which won't be easy playing once a week tops.

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Damn, those Injuns jus' keep up on coming. Cut the lead to double-digits in the loss column with 20-some games to go. Mommy hold me!

Yes and no.

At least I didn't compare Whisler to Mark effin' Prior.

Yes, because that's precisely the course of action that I had suggested.

Yes. I am well aware of his less than spectacular "performance history"; this is one of the few times where I go on a limb. Aaron's pitch-selection/recognition is as abhorent as I remember it, but I still maintain that the strides he made last year in that respect, were no fluke. He may not be the 950 OPS guy he was in the final 4 months of 2004 when Ozzie gave him a chance to play every day, but I honestly believe Aaron is capable of low-to-mid 800 OPS. A late bloomer, perhaps, but there you have it. The key for him is to remember that God made him a 20 HR/45 double guy, NOT the other way around - nowdays, Aaron's mostly trying to jack everything to Left, which is counter-productive to say the least. Again.... Anderson may or may not (notice how I not writing him off just yet? Good) be the next JoBo - as in, overrated range, overrated arm, overrated baserunning, as well as the swing that can't square up a good ML fastball or a good ML breaking ball. Oh how quickly do people forget all the complimentary gems hurled "4.5-tool" Borchard's way circa 2001-2002? :rolly .

What's with the tude, little man?

Unit was flat as helll; even Greg Norton took him deep twice in one game when he was really off. Santana is Santana is Santana, but Anderson looked like s*** - the kind of s***-looking that would probably result in a bagel against a lesser lefty. Radke walked Uribe; he wasn't his dominant self either. But I guess I'll keep an eye out for Anderson, maybe he will break out tomorrow.

How about 850 OPS - which is what Rowand will have next year... versus Anderson who may (or may not) be a glorified Borchard?

If true... that is a big deal. It's not fair to ask him to gun fast runners down off his back leg from the 'deep', but what is reasonable to ask for is someone who doesn't allow medium-to-slow runners take extra bases almost at will. Speaking of which, Pods sucks in Left.

I am dancing to FF's 'Take Me Out'-themed Ipod commercial. What color am I?