Harry Chappas

You know what I found odd, I sit in a part of the park where you can see the Sox dugout. OC keeps all of his stuff down in the corner by himself, helmet, bat, etc. I found this odd, I am not sure why, I just did. OC kind of grew on me though. He seemd ot have Jose Valentin type mental lapses and made some stupid plays. I am really neutral on him and realize there may not be better alternatives. He seemd to be a guy that had a personality defect and may have been misunderstood. While I know nothing of his psyche he just seemed to be different in his personality. Sprinting out of the dugout on the Ramirez slam was cool and flew in the face of all I thought I knew of him. He seemed kind of like an outcast or someone that has trouble fitting in with people......he also seemed to be.....not sure how to put it......a little slow. Although that is simply from watching him on tv so I could be way off base. Boston gave up on him in a heartbeat so I am not sure what to make.

I was there on the ramp and I'd hear boos as much as I didn't hear anything for him.

Defense should be pretty good behind Buerhle today. Maybe ANderson could have a King Felix day. I like Swisher in the 2 hole and think this is a good time for him to shine.

If they are playing the shift against Thome he really oughta try and bunt.

I think the mental thing is that media and fans tell them they have been great for so long that they begin to believe it and do not feel they need to really work toward actually achieving. They are viewed as winners while actually being one of the biggest losers in sports history.

Rafael Furcal and Manny Ramirez are in the Scott Boras post season Carlos Beltran free agent showcase. They are scary. Joe Torre is an equalizer like none other, I do not know why but he is. Rich Harden was hitting 85 on the gun with his fastball in New York last week. Lilly's role for this series is to back up Hardan and Zambrano if they are not healthy. The cubs are constructed to shut out bad hitting teams and pound bad pitching. They are made to win a lot of games in the NL. As for the playoffs, who knows.

He was backing up Uribe as Balfour seems to have a Zambrano quality of yelling at hitters. OC struck out and that sucks but you know what, I liked it and I am actaully starting........oh god I can't beleive I am saying this.......liking him down the stretch.

I have no reason to believe that Chris Young will be a better MLB player than Brian Anderson.

The problem with the Paniagua game was that he acted like a douchebag while getting hit around and fired up the Twins.

There are no moral victories in the playoffs on a team basis. Individually maybe.

Why is Kemp playing so shallow? I think he should have got both of those balls. Here comes Broxton.

Saito needs to just throw strikes.

The lady next to the Dodgers owner ain't bad for an older bird.

Angel with a hit. Here comes Furcal. I bet Wood hits him.

10-1 They don't even boo anymore.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 10:17 PM) Andruw, not Andrew. Damn, all we need is for Soto to overthrow on a stolen base attempt. Thanks for the late night spelling class but what is his deal. Think any cub fan wore a Nomar jersey tonight?

All four infielders have made an error.

Where is Andrew Jones?

Furcal, Russell and Manny are as dangerous a combo as three guys could be in my mind with the various abilities that they have.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 10:06 PM) I have no idea, are those boos the entire game?? TBS trying to make it sound like the greatest fans to every set foot in a professional stadium would never turn on their team. When does the garbage come down?

With the off day the cubs are going to have to score against the big guns. Anyone hear the excuses on MVP 1000 this morning for why Dempster blew last night. He was too amped up.

Marmol made Lou look like a fool last playoff season.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 10:55 PM) So did the league just figure Fukodome out, or was he never really that good? He's worse than Nick Swisher. And that's pretty bad. Thanks to Soxtalk at a Christmas Dinner of friends last year I look really smart when I stated Ramirez was a better pick up than Fukodome. I said that really, not sure I believed it but it made everyone feel better.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 09:51 PM) Probably thinking of John Lujan, who we picked up from the Rangers by trading Chris Stewart yep that's him. Long day I am losing my mind.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 09:49 PM) 3 straight hits, 7-1, 1st and 3rd, 2 outs. On a cold night they should have left him in, IMHO.