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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) Joe Mauer. There is no other choice. ^

Are you sure someone wasn't Futurama?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 11:52 AM) In the whole system? I'd say that Hynick and Ely are our two closest starters. We have a lot of pen arms too that could compete as early as next spring, like Link and Hernandez. Also, there's a lot of Harrell hype going on, i'm not as high on him as most, but he's got an arm on him. If you are already counting out both Hudson and Torres, I agree with your first sentence.

Kinda strange stuff happening in this thread lately...

Xanax will take care of that.

Valued time away from the nerdy posts if you ask me.

Really? I never took you for a New Jersey hockey fan...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 10:38 AM) Only in international rules where they have automatic icing. Obviously he still shouldn't have played it, but I don't see another Oiler near that puck. True. The only other guy around the puck is from the Flames. If the puck takes a straight bounce around the boards, it goes right to him. If the puck ringed around, there seemed to have been an Oiler on the other side of the ice, as you can see him come into the picture after the goal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 10:48 AM) Link Cabrera was 0/11 with a walk during that last series, FWIW. I wonder what the Sox would look like today if Detroit had not have stepped in and one upped our offer to the Marlins for Miguel?

Pretty soon the leaves will be changing here. You can't get that kind of beauty down there.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 10:27 AM) Didn't Paulie play through an injury in '03? If Rios hits .270, hits 18 HRs, and plays his usual defense next year, I'll be satisfied. Throw in some solid speed numbers, and I will be happy too.

Last place I would ever want to be is in the Valley in August...

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I think the average falling off, plus not playing the first two months of the season will hurt Gordo.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 09:58 AM) He is a .280 career hitter who hits lots of doubles and had a horrible horrible season. He is under contract for a long time. Get used to him. My guess is he bounces back, what do I base this on. His career numbers. You can look at Paul Konerko's 2003 season as something to give you hope.

CSN sportsrise just showed a replay of the Knox TD kickoff return, it turns out the dumbass threw the ball away to celebrate about a yard before he got into the end zone. Lucky for him no one noticed during the game.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 10:14 PM) I still don't get why so many guys here talk about trading a ton of talent and depth for Fielder or Gonzalez. Why not try to improve the club without sending out players? Matt Holliday has nearly the same value as Prince Fielder (5.4 WAR v. 6.2 WAR) and Adrian Gonzalez (6.4 WAR) but would cost only money -- probably less than it would cost to extend Fielder beyond his current deal. Granted, Holliday is a righty, whereas we need some lefty power. But still, doesn't it make sense to add some valuable bats without weakening out starting rotation, bullpen, or depth?

QUOTE (kev211 @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 08:20 PM) What date did the tigers take over first place? I mean they've been in it all season and its going to be hilarious and great if they lose. Don't forget they did almost the exact same thing in 2006. That year at least they had a good enough record to go into the playoffs via the wild card. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/...006.shtml?redir

Figures, more nerdy work in this thread.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 08:47 AM) Couldn't. That system never had the fire power. The Padres had a proposal on the table IIRC, Hendry just didn't want to do it. I think it was something like 5 players for Peavy.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 04:58 PM) He had a couple high-walk outings in Charlotte too. It has been a long season for him and he's constantly been under the pressure that comes from promotion after promotion. You can see he's got the control, the composure, and the stuff to get it done up here. I have no lack of faith in him all. As far as getting innings, why? If he can help the 2010 Sox then isn't that better than helping the 2011 Sox? It's not like Hudson won't be able to work on things during side sessions while in the pen, and being there actually gives him an even better shot in the future because he'll get to know MLB hitters that way. Besides, it's not like Hudson can't continue to improve the consistency of his secondary stuff as a fulltime starter in 2011. It's not like he's going to lose anything in the meantime. The question for me isn't if he could help in 2010, it is would he help more in 2010 right away, than he would help in later 2010 through 2016 with some more development under his belt. If you are talking about a guy like Carlos Torres who doesn't have a high ceiling it is one thing, but a guy who could make a large impact as a starter is another story. You take a special level of care and work for a guy like that.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 07:22 PM) Wasn't this guy a shoe in to be a Cub? I can't think of a bigger wish for any Sox fan/Cub hater. Oh yeah and the guy has kicked ass in his AL debut. Cub fans sure thought so... but Hendry wouldn't pay up for him.

Wow. That was terrible!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 03:56 PM) Really? That's been your impression of him? I've sort of gotten the feeling that he might well be better served by facing big league hitters, his secondary stuff already seems almost there. He FLEW threw our system, and when he got here, he started walking a lot of guys. I want to make sure that his control is a bit finer, personally. If we didn't have Garcia as a cheap option, I wouldn't mind Hudson starting here, but right now I think it would be better in the long run for him to get his innings.