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You are watching the emergence of a set up man now, and it is due to Ozzies "terrible" bullpen management and willingness try guys in different roles. You may all praise him now.

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 11:21 PM) His Fielding is his only weakness but that is getting better. Has the tools to be a succesful Major Leaguer, makes the outstanding plays but sometimes struggles to make the routine plays. The hitting is there I would like to see more power but I believe that will come with time. I like the kid hopefully he can get the job done. Josh has started to hit the Low and away breaking balls to the opposite field and with power that now gives him pitches on the inner half which he can use his natural power but the key was hitting that breaking ball on the outside black and laying off the the pitches out of the zone Sounds like he is already ahead of Joe Crede in that last respect.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 01:05 AM) Who thinks the mainstream liberal media is going to expose this one? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics...agewanted=print much more mind blowing info at the link Can anyone tell me why someone who used to lobby for Oil companies became the chief of staff for the White House on Environmental Quality? :headshake The funny thing is that it took that damned conservative Drudge to break the story.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 07:48 AM) Yesterday, I was getting some stuff out of my truck and was standing on a fire ant mound wearing sandals. Those little bastards are nasty. Thankfully I had some rubbing alchohol and some fire ant itch relief gel handy. In less than a minute, I must have had 30 bites. Funny, yet not so funny fire ant story. My brother and I were born and raised here in Michigan City, in the shadow the Dunes National Lakeshore and spent many a days up at the beach playing in the sand. We moved to Webster Texas when I was 9 and my brother was 5. The first time he went out and played in our yard, he plopped down in a anthill thinking it was a sand pile. He was almost covered in bites up to his waste. Now as an adult he hates the beach.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 07:43 AM) And you blame that on Boras? If they spent $40 million on a different agent's players, they would not have been handcuffed? The decision to pay that much for two players was flawed, regardless of who the agent is. Look at the Sox of 2005 and 2004 and think about that question. You need more parts than 2 studs if you are going to win. You have to be deep. Unless you are the Yankees and Red Sox, it doesn't make sense to spend that much money on one or two great players, when you can get 5 good players for the same price. Teams are hurting themselves wasting so much money one so few players.

Is anyone worried that we lack position player prospects and we took 13 pitchers in 17 picks?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 06:55 AM) Boras' clients are a virtual all-star team. The best players all eventually find him and he finds them. How much of a disadvantage is it to any team that will not deal with him? Ask the Rangers and teams what is it worth to have spent $40 million a year on two Borass players and be handcuffed in adding complimentary players. There are bads to go with those good players.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 07:13 PM) Four position players through 18 rounds (17 players chosen). Wow. That shocks me too. Our system really lacks position players, yet we drafted all pitchers. Wow.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 01:50 PM) Not bad. Oooo, them nasty colors. :puke If you want to be able to post stuff, send me an email address to send you an invite to, and I will get you hooked up. After that, tell all of your south shore buddies about it.

Here is the initial blog. http://purgatorywithpantagraphs.blogspot.com/ There might be a little tweeking done, but overall, I love the color scheme as it matches the old train and seat colors.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 01:04 PM) Let's just remember one of the biggest reasons why Ozzie is the manager in the first place...the "2 out of 3 ain't bad" mentality in September 2003 against the Yankees. After an off day...we had Mark Buehrle on 4 days rest and ready to go, and instead, we pitched a Rookie in Yankee Stadium after winning 2 games. The rookie got shelled. I still think our stumble out of the pennant race started with that game. I can't complain about saving people and getting the subs some time this early in the season. Hell, I wouldn't complain if we put El Duque back on the DL for another 15 games here at the end of June just so he gets some extra rest. But when August and September hit...there can be NO more screwing around. Our toughest stretch of the season will hit in August...Yankees, Bosox, Twins, Yankees, Twins over 15 games. After that...it hits September and the sprint to the finish. Those series are the ones that you save people for, and that's the time you give it everything you have. Right now...sure, give people some bench time. But if we get a chance to sweep one of those series, and Ozzie plays the bench....that's when we should mutiny. If the Twins are within 10 games in August, it won't happen. That is why you rest these guys now, so they are ready for the stretch run. 162 games is a long, long season.

Check out the futuresox board, right underneath Pale Hose talk. Plenty of info about him and a lot of the other draftees.

QUOTE(jerseysox @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:49 PM) are you drunk? do you really think chris widger's playing time is more important than having an eight-game lead in june? i'm pretty sure the yankees of the late '90s weren't winning titles because they got luis sojo steady at-bats. When the Sox fall apart in August because guys like AJ hit the fall, you would feel differently.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) His right leg is key, since it is his plant foot...that leg wasn't injured. He drives with his other leg.

QUOTE(S720 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:12 PM) SS2k5: Thanks for your help. No, I do not share my PC with anyone else. Next question, what do you use for internet access?

The thing is with having only 1 pick in the first two plus rounds, we HAVE to make sure they are signable. This was the smart move.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:12 PM) This goes so fast is it an option for the chat room? Good idea, I'll meet ya'll there.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:11 PM) I can't believe what I'm watching right now. I have a call into Paul Tagliabue its funny what no trades and no TV do to the speed of a draft.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 12:07 PM) He looks good so far. That injury was in his arm, which would be a big part of his swing. Watch Franks swing and tell me how much of it is dependant on his legs.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 11:49 AM) I think Widger should be El Duque's personal catcher and than AJ can catch the other 4 guys... reason is El Duque and Pieryznski dont seem to have the same chemestry as he does with the other pitchers and El Duque likes to call his own game a little. They talked about this in Duque's last start. It sounds like it doesn't matter who his catcher is, he has an idea of what he wants to do, and it is never the same as what the catcher is thinking. Hawk actually talked about then needing to use a signal system when Duque essentially calls his own game in order to speed things along.

If its a boy, I guess that makes it Mother Nature's Son?

QUOTE(nvxplorer @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 11:15 AM) Contreras still leads the league in opponents BA, .200. If he keeps his walks down, he could give up 3 runs or less. That is the key. At Coors you are going to give up the deep ball, you just can't compound it by having guys on base.

QUOTE(S720 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 10:45 AM) Page cannot be displayed. I'm wondering whether my IP is being blocked! Do you share a computer with anyone else?

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 10:24 AM) It's who you're married to/related to? Man, with my college gpa I guess I'm over qualified for the presidency. That's what I keep telling myself.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 10:25 AM) I believe this is something that Ozzie learned from Cox. He understands that as important as it is to win early in the season, that typically the team with the healthiest roster and specifically the healthiest bullpen down the stretch will tend to run away with things. Ozzie treats his roster in the same way he would a Little League team: he plays everybody. This gives the everyday players a break and valuable at-bats for the bench. I think my dad said it best that it seems like Ozzie has a role in mind for each of his players. I would take that last thought, and take if forward a step. He also likes to see what potential roles they could fill if needed. I think a great example of that has been Neal Cotts over the past 10 days or so. Ozzie has basically been using him as a set up man, instead of middle relief, or against lefties. Right now he could be discovering that Cotts can handle being a set up man, whereas if he played it by the book, he would have been using Marte or Politte in those roles. Now he might have a new weapon for the late innings, that he would have never known about if he didn't experiment.