Harry Chappas

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) nice comeback mark! i don't know what kazoo is complaining about - that was right down the middle. It's GAZOO not kazoo.

WOW Buerhle gets the Great Gazoo (not Kazoo) looking.

Seems like any player that bunts for hit is almost always successful agaisnt the Sox I really wished the Sox picked up Polanco way back when.

QUOTE (29andPoplar @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) Harrelson just commented that Carlos Quentin has a bad right hand he's battling. Bruised, swollen, etc. Then why play him?

Go to MLB Gameday. Looks like 90% change-ups from Rogers. Looking a-lot the last two games offensively. The Homeplate umpire is Phil Cuzzi. Isn't that the guy that Guillen had the blow out with earlier this year. Rodriguez was slumping until this series. Lead off hit.

There is the Farmer foul ball out of play drama.

Nice walk, come on Brian make 'em pay.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 11:30 AM) ugh, well then I am off to NSBB, But not until Buerhle stops striking guys out. Inning over 2 K's and a Dye job.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 11:28 AM) Well it also means "quit f***ing trolling* in some contexts ugh, well then I am off to NSBB,

What's Farm harping about hte umpires there. Sounds like a web gem, 2 Dye 4

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 11:25 AM) Quoted For Truth Whooo for a second it was like STFU and you were related to Farmio. Lexi pop foul to catcher. Ok Burls, there is your run now save the team ERA.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 11:14 AM) QFT...you can hear the crack of the bat...and he's yapping What is QFT? Joe with a hit

2 Dye 4 1-0 good guys Thanks Farm, soon as the ball is hit, he tells us it'll get the run in.

PK nice hustle. Farmer needs to explain what is happening as soon as the ball is hit and not add the f***ing drama.

Why don't the outfileders play Polanco at about 200ft? DP inning over.

Another uneventful first.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 12, 2008 -> 09:07 AM) Pitchers normally pitch on 4 days rest. Z pitches every 5th day no matter what they skip everyone to make that happen. Not sure about Lilly and Dempster. I would think as their lead grows they may stop doing this to save Z a little but I am not sure.

QUOTE (heirdog @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 10:11 PM) So is there any real advantage to "drafting and tracking" a player other than building a relationship with the player/family? I mean, even with a good relationship, someone else can still draft him later and its simply a wasted pick. I understand the potential for signing the player when he is a free agent but drafting a guy out of high school, then the player going to college, then getting drafted again by another team, then playing in the minors, then cracking the majors, then playing out the league minimum years, then the arbitration years and then hitting free agency...we're talking about 8-10 years minimum. I know you have to take chances with high ceiling players and hope the money will entice him but unless the pick is extremely late in the draft, it seems like a waste. The Jordan Danks example may debunk this theory but I'm not sure why we decided to pull the trigger in the 7th round instead of the 6th (I know we had to get KWJr but still...) or the 8th round? Did we have some inside info that another team might pull the trigger (say a family insider in the know)? The 6th round ended one day and the 7th started the next day. It it possiblethe team contactedthe family after day one and talked about the situation.

Stop it everyone I have the answer. Send down, waive, DFA whatever it takes both Uribe and Ozuna and bring up Strawberry Fields and Cal Eldred as your LH and RH bats off the bench. Why am I even doing this..... Anderson and Uribe could use more playing time and they will get it. Anderson will end up being a more well rounded hitter than Fields when all is said and done. Fields should be left in the minors to pad his stats and should by some miracle Crede resign, traded in a Matt Garza / Delmon Young type of move. I like Josh Fields more than Joe Crede but I think Joe Crede is a better option for the longevity of this club as Fields could net some really young needs for this team (i.e. arm to replace Contreras in 2010).

With the young talent on the major league level, the Sox do not need a top 10 farm system. They need 5 or 6 MLB prospects. If you have a high payroll, you only need a couple of younger guys on the MLB team (Danks, Floyd, Quentin, Anderson, Logan, Janks, Massett) and then a couple of younger veterans (Swisher, Crede, Buerhle, Vazquez, Dotel, Thorton) and some older veterans (the rest). A decent farm system is 5 or 6 guys that can be used to reload the MLB team via trade or taking over for a veteran. Guys like Getz and Wasserman can be more benefical than Braodway and Fields based on teh role they play at the MLB level.

Does anyone else think that OC really tries to avoid any type of contact at second base? The play yesterday was just another example of how whenever there is a play whether a steal attempt or DP attempt that he seems to be really uncomfortable at going and getting the ball and making a tag.

Sad thing is that he was the best of the three the Sox were going to face this series. I find it funny that Justin Verlander turned into a new pitcher last night. The Tigers pitching has bee ntheir downfall and hte SOx needot keep itthat way.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 11, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) NY Times rates ballparks' food and says what to get and what to avoid. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06...APHIC.html?8dpc For the Cell, they say "avoid: everything" I thought the park was known for having good food/ concessions? If you read the comments, the author is called out to a degree.

Glavine hurt yesterday and Jurrgens hurt walking down the stairs and out tonight. Has a team seemed to catch every possible break there could be.

Pick him up and put him in AA or AAA and have him work on the infield and see what happens. At worst, he can be a September call-up.