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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.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 24, 2005 -> 11:44 AM) Yet Wrigleyville is the safer area. :rolly And in honor of Kotex-Boy, I have adopted the derogatory nickname of Wrigley, "The Deadly Confines", and I encourage all to use it. As we have learned, short of using substantative arguements, use cute kitchy phrases to demoralize your enemies.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ May 24, 2005 -> 11:39 AM) I mentioned this in my original post, but I would much rather they give the 1B job to Gload and dangle a pitcher for an upgrade at 3B. 3B isn't going to be a primary worry for Kenny. Unless something big happens, they want the field clear for Josh Fields in 2007.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 24, 2005 -> 11:35 AM) When they are activated, there has to be room made on the roster for them. Sorry I wasn't clear, I actually meant how do they affect Charlottes roster. Do they have to move guys around to make room for Frank and Ross?

An internet posting is asking for prayers for him. http://www.nbc5.com/news/4524879/detail.ht...317&dppid=65192

Its hard to decide who to get rid of when you are 14-31... no wait we are 31-14

With both Frank and Ross in Charlotte for rehabs, do they have to clear roster spots for each of them? Or is there somekind of an exemption because they are major leaguers on a rehab??

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) Who could really afford Clemens this year? He's making too much, I don't think he's going anywhere. The way people talk around here, you'd think the Astros we're dying to get rid of Lidge. Keep in mind, when we get to the end of July the season is more than half over. That means a team isn't paying $18 million for Clemens but more like $7 or 8 million. And I totally agree with the last line of your post. There is no way Lidge gets dealt, unless a GM offers an obsence amout of players for him.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2005 -> 10:41 AM) Do you have any ideas on who that 1B might be? With Kenny Williams, you never know. But there isn't a guy better at filling holes than Kenny is. With all of our starters owned by the team through the end of 2006, we have an extra pitcher with McCarthy making his name heard. Many, many teams will listen if we are talking about a pitcher for 1B.

QUOTE(Cubs Suck23 @ May 24, 2005 -> 11:02 AM) Does anyone think with Houston sucking so bad that they might give up Morgan Enesberg. He would be a solid pickup Bad teams don't want to deal young cheap players. They want to deal expensive old players. The guy most likely to be dealt out of Houston is Roger Clemens, and then MAYBE Biggio, if he wanted to go. But that is about it. They aren't going to be dealing guys like Oswalt, Lidge, etc.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex.cfm?tbid=1091&topicid=43

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QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 24, 2005 -> 10:11 AM) Cubs fans seem to think it is Adam Dunn and Danny Graves. They will be happy that it's Billy Wagner but will be pissed they aren't getting Adam Dunn. The Cubs need Wagner more than they need Dunn. If they are indeed getting Wager they just need to STFU and thank Jim Hendry.

http://www.snopes.com/college/homework/unsolvable.asp A student solves an unsolvable math problem by mistake.

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