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QUOTE (Marty34 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 01:50 PM) Depends on who said it. Oh my god please stop......... This seems like a "mods close the thread until people shut up" kind of moment.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 02:03 AM) I always read your s***ty replies and think, "Wow, I can't believe this guy is an admin". Oh crap, I made a personal attack on your replies. Sound the troll alarms. *Ban forthcoming* Don't self-destruct, man...Ron Swanson dancing in a tiny hat is good s**t!

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Dec 16, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) So we can expect 190 innings from Danks next year. I dunno. Likely not, but probably not because he's still injured. If ptatc says his injury is likely to heal well, I trust his opinion because he's been right in the past, and not because he pulled stuff out of his butt. Because he knows the difference between various shoulder operations and injury sites. And, if I recall the way ptatc has phrased things in the past, he's usually said that things are unlikely, not impossible. So you may still be right, but it, like the rest of baseball, is an odds game.

If we wanna talk about history, I don't ever remember ptatc steering us wrong. He always has sound justification for what he has to say.

I rarely post speculative trade stuff, but a Floyd/Trumbo-based scenario is something I could actually see playing out.

I moved to Chicago from southeast Michigan in the late 90's when I started high school. I really didn't care about baseball at all at that point. I was in the camp that found the game boring. Right when I came to town was when Sammy Sosa was doing his thing on the north side and it really annoyed the hell out of me since the team sucked but the media were fawning over him. There was not a chance in hell I was gonna end up a Cubs fan after that. About a year later, I had a friend (who lurks here but almost never posts) who was a Sox fan and convinced me to watch a few games. I enjoyed it a lot more when I understood how pitching worked a little more. Then they went to the playoffs and I was hooked (despite the results).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 7, 2012 -> 08:21 PM) Season ticket renewals right now over 90%. Last year they were 50%. Just guessing, but that probably means that the people who were likely to drop their season tix did it last year, selecting for the diehards this year who will retain at a higher rate. I don't interpret it as THAT positive of a sign (not a bad one either, of course).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) Morel for Stanton. Get it done Only Mike, though. I don't trust that Giancarlo guy...

Hey now, just because Minnesota all of the sudden sucks doesn't erase a decade-plus of bad blood! Twinkies all the way

I thought that one might have blooped in off the bat....damn.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) Throw beat the runner....but AJ wasn't in a great position to make the tag, too far out in front of home plate for some reason. Well, let's just put that run on AJ, pretty much, taking one away from us and giving one to them. How so? Even if he comes back to 2B, it's still 1st and 2nd, one out. Can't assume a run there.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 09:24 PM) I don't blame Danks on that pop up, Danks bunting against a lefty is not the best option horrible managing mistake. Any time a guy pops up a bunt, you blame the guy trying to lay down the bunt, unless he's a slugger who hasn't been asked to bunt since high school.

Agreed, can't bunt in front of Olmedo...though that flyout would have brought a run home had Danks not effed it up royally

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 08:51 PM) I'm actually optimistic Olmedo will contribute here. Well, at least he kept the fans cool down the first base line with all that waving

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 08:50 PM) He's 23, he's going to take some lumps in his first full season. This was the plan. Totally agree. The only problem with "the plan", though, is that it didn't orginally involve winning. So the plan has changed somewhat. However, I'd rather keep Tank in the lineup, especially since we're generally hitting well enough to cover him up. Dude needs experience, though. Can't bench him down the stretch if you want him to gain experience in meaningful situations.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) Danks doesn't exactly hit the ball hard. He's so much better as a 8th/9th inning replacement player. Also, until ADA feels better, Danks has to be in CF. Can't bench Tank now.

Jebus, Jake...there's a plate that shows you where the strike zone is, in case you're confused

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 08:26 PM) When's the last time Adam had a hit? He had an infield hit in one of the Angels games, that's the last one I remember

So mad at RV for batting Beckham leadoff today. Clearly, he should have batted him third.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 10:43 AM) I don't believe in keystroke limits. The wrist activity is not to just active keyboarding. There are many other activities that are done with the wrist and hand outside of keyboarding that could cause repetitive stress and thus cause the carpal tunnel. If you put a limit on THAT, I quit Soxtalk

Woohoo ptatc! Can we lock him up long-term? Give ptatc a Hamels-like contract.

No wait, I'm dumb. You were referring to Viciedo's dive that went off the side of his glove, but it looked in realtime as though he might have caught it. Umps got the call right, but RV came out to discuss it with them (left smiling so can't really call it an argument). Anyway, point is, poster is right: we should play this game under protest.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 02:16 PM) What happened? Missed that AB Three low breakers, three swings and misses. Filthiness is what you missed.

It's amazing that Liriano could have a .230 BAA and a 5+ ERA

QUOTE (northside sawx @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 12:29 AM) Yes we did. Some believed it could have been Walker or Snodgress Yeah, I never understood this. Probably showing my ignorance but...since Myers was already in a Sox uniform anyway, didn't the Sox have all the leverage? Why would they give up someone of significance? What are the Astros gonna do if they don't like the person being offered, ask for Myers back?