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QUOTE(qwerty @ May 24, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) I have been looking too. Maybe it disappeared like that other thing we were looking for before? This is starting to piss me off. Anyway, why is it that on some of the old posts you can only see have of a thread? About half of the posts are not there and are blank. An example is this one. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...1&st=&p=entry Its funny to read some of that stuff now. 2 years will give you some perspective.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/24/l...reut/index.html

This whole issue is moot if he doesn't commit a brutal crime... just sayin.

I have to laugh at people who were taking Martinez over Lopez and IRod in the fantasy drafts...

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 24, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) I think we should get rid of Pods, Gooch, Buehrle, Garland, and Hermy. Yeah we can get tons of prospects for those guys.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...iver_donation_1

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 24, 2005 -> 01:36 PM) I've never hated a player on the sox as much as I hated Jiminez. You obviously missed the Jaime Navarro Era.

QUOTE(marsh @ May 24, 2005 -> 01:12 PM) Everyone said the exact same thing about Crede when he was in the minors, how'd that work out for us? Success at the major league level is a huge trump card over anything someone accomplishes in the minors. So because one guy doesn't work out, that means no one else will? Come on.

QUOTE(quickman @ May 24, 2005 -> 01:00 PM) he is not arbitration eligble? I was thinking he had one more year too. Personally I think Joe will be gone after this year, but not before. The thing is, if he hits too well, we won't want to pay him a lot, and if he doesn't hit, we will get rid of him. Crede isn't long for CHicago with Borass as his agent.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:52 PM) To further enhance your reading pleasure... Who gives a s***? I was going to link up Flaxx's Whale s*** pic, but it is gone

QUOTE(winodj @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:44 PM) That has nothing to do with Soxtalk. I think there is generally an atmosphere in the country that one side has to be right, etc... You're pissed at Newsweek or you hate this country, You're against the war or you want to kill everyone.... There's just not enough nuance in this world these days... Now your just hating on black and white.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:44 PM) We should get Sarah Beeson, the chick(?) in your avatar, to play 1B or DH. She looks like quite the ... umm ... slugger. Hey SS2K, if you see this ... is the chick in knightni's avatar not the perfect morph of quickman and Gail Fischer (Comcast)? Tell me this is not just in my head. Dude that is just wrong. 110% correct, yet completely wrong.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:42 PM) Timo in center? Why not Willie? Good question. I truely believe Willie Harris is the 2nd best option on this team in CF.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:38 PM) Pablo has been great. I would rather have him as our first option off the bench instead of Timo. That I would have no problem with. I think Ozuna would be a great supetutility guy.

QUOTE(Spiff @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:33 PM) Actually, that's not what I said at all. But yes, I am insulting what others are saying, because it's stupid. b****ing and moaning and wanting to blow up the team after one loss, when they are 31-14, is idiotic. Take it to the Roadhouse

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:25 PM) I'm not changing anything on you, your numbers speak for themselves, I was just saying Brazelton sucks. lol. I feel bad for the kid. He has got a studs arm, but he was in the majors two years before he should have been there.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:22 PM) Our pitching has been great. The back of the bullpen has been great. My favorite lineup is when its Pods Gooch Arow To start it off. Dead is coming around. These are things to be optomistic about. Having Timo, Uribe and Crede hittiing back to back is not good. I think we all would of rather have had Timo in LF, Pods in CF and Pablo in at 3rd. When Thomas and Gload get back a lot of this will get better. But for now its frustrating watching Uribe, Crede and Timo swinging out their asses at the end of the lineup. I would rather see Carl Everett in CF, than Timo Perez as a starter, and I am not kidding. Also Ozuna is a solid guy off of the bench, and a good defensive SS, but is not everyday material at 3B. There are plays that Crede makes look routine, that many 3B's don't make. Crede's defense alone makes him the starter, without a doubt.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:17 PM) Yep sure did and Brazelton has sucked all year and is in the minors now I believe. Now don't go changing the rule on me... the complaint was that the Sox don't hit pitchers that they see for the first time. Now to start talking about who has done what, changes the arguement.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:15 PM) We had faced Bedard last year....and roughed him up. Even better. Out of 4 SPs we have seen for the first time this year, only one has had any success against us.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:13 PM) Who were the other pitchers? Or could you link me to your post. Ask and ye shall recieve. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...ndpost&p=694299

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:11 PM) If a guy can hit .300 and play solid defense at the major league level as a first baseman, he is better than a bench player/fill in guy. The key there, btw, is the hitting better than .300 part. Playoff teams just can't afford to have a 1b who doesn't produce any offense, even if he is solid on Defense. The question is will he hit like that playing everyday for longer than a 3 week period? It is much easier to hit .300 when the manager is setting up good match ups for you to play against.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) Boz, that's true. I hate that about the Sox. But I will say that this year they have not been that bad about it except for last night. Let's just come back and get the next couple... Freddy and MB... let's get two W's and then forget about this damn thread. And I dug up the stats for this in another post earlier today. Of the 5 starters we saw for the first time, we kicked the crap out of 3 of them. Bedard and Santana pitched well against. Bedard has pitched well against everyone pretty much, so there isn't much embarassement in the numbers we through up against him. All of this corpseball and first time seeing a SP stuff, is pretty much urban legend anymore... It really doesn't hold up to the actual statistics.

QUOTE(thomsonmi @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:03 PM) Yea, we're in utter collapse mode now. Folks, on Saturday we were one game away from sweeping the Cubs and going 20 games over .500 in only the 44th game of the season. Two games later we suck. Give me a f***ing break. There are things that need fixing. We obviously need someone to challenge Crede for playing time at third and Vizcaino and Shingo have been awful. Besides that this is the best this team has been since at least '83. Our starting pitching is 6 players deep, we have a very strong bullpen (despite Vizcaino and Shingo) and we are consistently scoring enough runs to win. Konerko and Dye are clearly coming out of their slumps. With Frank coming back soon, you have to be crazy to not be optimistic about the rest of the season. Finally someone else who enjoys being in the sunshine, instead of cursing the occasional cloud to cover it up!

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ May 24, 2005 -> 12:00 PM) For every "Sweeney/Jeter/Manny/etc" there are a hundred Credes. It's time to accept that fact and move on. I was just thinking the samething. How many superstar hitters do you expect us to have?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 24, 2005 -> 11:46 AM) Sad part is that we've played as well as we can and Minnesota is still just 5 back. Not surprising though. The Twins are a damned good team, as usual. I still expect them to make a run at us, and it wouldn't surprise me if they overtake us.