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QUOTE(Jake @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:37 PM) i thought it was 50 and 50 Depends on whose version you hear. Another one saids you win 1/3, lose 1/3, and it is the other 1/3 that matter.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:32 PM) If the A's dont eat up any of his contract can the sox even afford him? Yes. We would let Paul Konerko walk away barring a WS apprearence giving us a ton of new payroll.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:19 PM) How much of Chavez's contract do you think the A's will eat. The more they are willing to take, the better the prospects. SB Not a dime.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:17 PM) You can look at those as well. ERA is pretty decent, WHIP is horrible at over 1.3. If you are going to use the argument that we haven't seen enough in 3 years to tell how good he is, I'll say that 15 or whatever innings he's thrown this year aren't enough to tell he is any better than in year's past. Like I said, to write him off already is premature IMO. Many, many, many pitchers take time to establish themselves in the majors. Cotts has pitched one full season up here, along with 2 stints of about 2 months each in 2 different seasons, I would hardly call that 3 years. Heck check these numbers out if you don't believe me. Greg Maddux first two seasons http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maddugr01.shtml Tom Glavine's first two seasons http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml Javier Vazquez's first two seasons http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vazquja01.shtml Eric Gagne's first two seasons http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gagneer01.shtml

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:13 PM) He may turn out okay, I'm just tired of his defenders saying he is good now. He isn't. He needs more seasoning in AAA. I thought it was funny that people would think that if you threw out the starts that he was pretty good. A 4.86 ERA as a reliever is simply not good, whichever way you slice it. Unfortunately we don't have anyone else who can take his spot right now or do the job any better. If you want to judge how he is now, why wouldn't you just use his 2005 stats?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:08 PM) By the way, just FYI for all of the Cotts apologists: Numbers as a reliever: Innings worked: 79 and 2/3 Earned Runs: 43 ERA: 4.86 Walks: 38 Homers: 11 K: 72 Come on Alex, you should know better than to judge a guy based on 80 innings of work. Go back and pull up Greg Maddux's, or Randy Johnson's or Curt Schilling's first 80 innings and tell me what you see. I am not saying Neal will be a superstar, but that is a pretty short sighted bar you are using to deterimine a guys career.

I give this thread an under/over of 250 posts.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:03 PM) To bad allstar voters dont realize that stealing bags and messing up pitchers mind works just as good as hitting the homerun! Welcome to Soxtalk

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 01:01 PM) Lets meet somewhere down the middle. Say the 1970's. Frank probably would still have close to his numbers, ed walsh no way in hell would have a whip under 1. Sounds good to me. Personally I like to compare a players dominance within an era to decide how they would compare to someone else that wasn't playing at the sametime. I think Ed Walsh was about as good as you got during his time, so that is how he should be judged. On a side note, if you had to select a neutral era, where pitchers and hitters were about even, what do you think it would be? Obviously the last 15-20 years have been way skewed towards hitters, while up until the mid 1920's and the late 60's were the biggest pitchers eras.

Also don't forget to make your picks to click... the competition seems to be waning, so now could be your chance to get ahead. Remember, there is a really cool autographed mini-helment for a prize.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2073436

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:25 AM) What a bunch of morons. This is a breath of fresh air, FWIW: Wow, even in disgrace the boy scouts have more class than just about any politician.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) Walker had an outing against the Rangers in the blowout game. Before that, it had been like 12 days since he had seen any action. Something tells me we don't really need that extra relief pitcher right now. He's as good a person to replace as any. And we could use an extra bat right now. And oh...to any of those folks saying McCarthy should come out of the bullpen...yeah...let's put him in Walker's role, so he gets 12 days of rest. That'll be great for the kid. Exactly. We don't need Walker at all, and we definately don't need to waste Brandon to have him pitch once every two weeks.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 10:52 AM) That was 2 tickets for tonight's game, but thanks. Quick has season tickets up there. Definately give him a try. Real cool guy too, well except when you get him going about Willie

The person(s) behind that website should be held liable for every dime of therapy and health care costs these people incur.

QUOTE(bulokis @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) I like Pods, simple. That's the one I like. Same reason, it is simple.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/schuster.column/

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 09:35 AM) Who's McCarthney? You've never heard?

http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/4548810/d...382&dppid=65172

Also from what I was just reading, it sounds like KRod is going to be activated for the game tonight, so those 9th innings might be a little tougher.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 09:03 AM) 3 teams in Chicago? Mmmmkay. I wouldn't bother counting the Blackhawks as a team after this strike. An interesting side bet would be to see if the Wolves or Hawks draw more people when then NHL comes back. On the bright side, it will be kinda cool to be able to see the "Komets" again

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...3100794_pf.html

make more threads about it. In all seriousness, just keep winning. Attendance is already up double digit percentage points over this time last year, and it shows no signs of slowing down. The attendence is fine.

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