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Ozuna leads the game off wit ha flyout to right center. 1 down.

5-8, 4.09 era FOR MAroth.

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 03:07 PM) 1) Jeremy Reed 2) Kris Honel 3) Neal Cotts 4) Joe Borchard 5) Ryan Wing 6) Brian Anderson 7) Arnie Munoz 8) Jon Rauch 9) Robert Valido 10) Ricardo Nanita Just missed the cut: Ryan Sweeney, Chris Young, Ruddy Yan, Enemencio Pachecho

GAME ON!!!!

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 03:04 PM) Uribe is better offensively? Vizquel since 2000: 2000 Cle 156 613 101 176 27 3 7 66 87 72 22 10 .287 .377 .375 .752 2001 Cle 155 611 84 156 26 8 2 50 61 72 13 9 .255 .323 .334 .657 2002 Cle 151 582 85 160 31 5 14 72 56 64 18 10 .275 .341 .418 .759 2003 Cle 64 250 43 61 13 2 2 19 29 20 8 3 .244 .321 .336 .657 2004 Cle 148 567 82 165 28 3 7 59 57 62 19 6 .291 .353 .388 .741 2005 SF 72 271 38 83 17 3 1 27 26 25 13 7 .306 .366 .402 .768 Total -- 2210 8090 1167 2230 365 57 67 742 811 819 331 136 .276 .341 .360 .701 Uribe's career: 2001 Col 72 273 32 82 15 11 8 53 8 55 3 0 .300 .325 .524 .849 2002 Col 155 566 69 136 25 7 6 49 34 120 9 2 .240 .286 .341 .627 2003 Col 87 316 45 80 19 3 10 33 17 60 7 2 .253 .297 .427 .724 2004 CWS 134 502 82 142 31 6 23 74 32 96 9 11 .283 .327 .506 .833 2005 CWS 65 215 24 53 12 1 5 33 12 35 2 3 .247 .279 .381 .660 Total -- 513 1872 252 493 102 28 52 242 103 366 30 18 .263 .304 .431 .735 The difference making year for Uribe is 2004 (and his rookie year of 2001) or the gap would be worse. (If he hit that well, I wouldn't want to trade him.) In 3 out of his 5 years he's posted OBP numbers below .300, and if you look at the splits, he's only that decent because he bashes lefties, which Ozuna can do just as well. If the rest of our offense was gangbusters, we might be able to carry Uribe as an out in the postseason. But a bottom of the order with Crede and Uribe and, if we were lucky enough to make the WS, the pitcher, is not a recipe for scoring runs. Props for backing it up with he numbers but Uribe had his breakout season last year. I doubt Vizquel was good his entire career. Uribe wasn't even playing a lot in Colorado!

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) Farmer and Rooney just mentioned that the Sox picked up a pitcher off of waivers from Texas, i think his name is Ryan Wing? They said this is his second go around with the Sox He was drafted by the Sox a few years ago? Has he turned into something yet? We traded him the 1st time for Carl Everett.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 03:01 PM) im at work, so i havent been watchin tv, but im guessing someone has been watching a little too much rain delay theater Yes. You can say he was my inspiration for the post.

How the hell do you walk 12 miles every damn day and you're still a fatass! But it is for a good cause.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:56 PM) Those shows are boring as hell to watch but those guys are freaks. Hitting a softball 515 feet? C'mon. Not even tennis balls with aluminium bats go that far! Whatever that big guys name is.....he is DEFINITELY a Roids user.

I think heads Groundskeeper Roger Bossard is severely under-appreciated. He makes the Cell one of the best baseball fields. He also has strong relationships with the players and help's them out. For instance, he might pile up a lot of chalk on the 3rd base line so when Pods drops a bunt down, it'll stay fair or if PK likes soft dirt at 1st to make the hops stay down, he'll water it a bit more. PROPS TO YOU ROGER BOSSARD! This was my random Sox comment of the day BTW.

Tarp = OFF! Baseball coming your way shortly.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:48 PM) He is a southside Sox fan...so that's what I'm hoping for...money isn't everything ya know For some strange reason, people will go to another team for less money if they think it is right for them or if they like the town....See: Jermaine Dye.

I seriously think that SS2k5 is the only one who watched this softball shows.....

QUOTE(go-sox05 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:28 PM) i think the home run derby should be all the guys who dont hit home runs alot. Scott Podesenik Chone Figgins Julio Lugo Johnny Damon Omar Vizqual David Eckstien you could win with like two. Hahaha. That is more like the line-up of a bunting contest.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:22 PM) Excellent "stuff". Good K/9 numbers, atrocious BB/9 numbers. But, then again, some say we shouldn't look at minor league stats. So, I guess we need to look at his 'makeup'? He has control problems but high K/9 numbers. This leads me to believe he get's people to swing at his out pitch when it isn't in the strike zone. Is this the case?

Awesome one right here from the July Wallpaper thread: Knighti Soxnbear01

WHOO...the rain has subsided. The game will definitely get going. The field people are on the field....

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) green? Too obvious... the green wasn't needed.

Serious question to those who know....How is Jenks coming along? Can we expect him in the majors this year? Next year?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) ^ Classic 2k5 right there. That's what I'm talkin about baby!

Anything can happen. Therefore, this thread should be terminated and extincted and not let be opened and read ever again.

QUOTE(go-sox05 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) they better play, what the hell else am i gonna do at work. Work? forget that. Hahahahaha.

I'm back to TWIB since they're talking about supestition.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:05 PM) Congrats to Mike Stanton, as you've become Soxtalk's *Official* "Flavor of the Week". If you recall, Kevin Walker also had this spot for about a month, as well as Arizona Diamondback Alex Cintron. I'm sure that we'll see tons and tons of stats on you -- sometimes bolded, other times provided by links -- that you know we haven't ever seen before. Oh... and this is a good move, 'cause Kevin Walker >>> Neal Cotts. Right? LOOK! 7.71 K/9 IP http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=4391 EDIT: My favorite part of his page: Eva Longoria on top!

QUOTE(wsox08 @ Jun 30, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) Why is the 1996 home run derby on espn??? THe only good thing about it was I got to see Jayw Buehner hit. Isn't this the Larry Walker/Barry Bonds showdown one???? When Barry flips the bat over with his winning homer?