Harry Chappas

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 11:44 AM) The useless jersey club is a pretty awesome one which includes: Damaso Marte, Billy Koch and Joe Borchard. So don't feel too bad. Doesn't take much to get you jazzed up for dropping the money on a jersey. Please tell me these are just three of the many jerseys you own. Maggs, Lee, Thomas, hell I could even understand Cotts but a Joe Borchard jersey??????? Don't take it the wrong way just giving you grief, it does suck to drop that kind of dough.

Yesterday after Bruce Levine was giving the low down on Vazquez, he then went into Buerhle. He stated that the team and the Buerhle camp were going to talk through the remainder of spring training and see where they stand. I always believed that most of what KW says is fluff and positioning not among his team but among other teams in baseball. KW says things and then most of the time does the opposite. Williams knows you win with pitching. We have three guys locked up for a couple of years. If we can lock up Buerhle there is concrete cost certainty for the next two years. I get the feeling a deal will be completed with Buerhle and it will be a longer term deal with some outs and incentives later on in the agreement. Williams likes to trade young pitching and if we lock up Buerhle imagine the damage that he can do........ I think the WBC hurt Vazquez last season and with Cooper I think he is in for a big, big year.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 04:02 PM) Well, contrary to your own personal fantasy organization, money is an issue in the real baseball world, and Javy just signed for less than he would have gotten in the open market. In this past offseason, he would have gotten better contracts than Meche, Lilly, Marquis, pretty much all of them. He took a hometown discount, and we got the good end of the deal. I am expecting good things out of him this year. When he finally moved over to the edge of the rubber and kept his hips closed, he posted ERA's of 3.41 and 3.82 in 2 complete months. You realize you can not win. JV sucks and should be released. This is the same as everyone berating Garland. Many people do not understand what 200 IP means they'd rather have the Mark Prior beautiful 82 IP and ESPN highlight game wrapped around DL stints. The guy is solid and solid costs about $13M a year at least. He gave the Sox a nice, real nice home town discount. This adds some starting rotation cost certainty for this and next year and for that Javier Vazquez gained a ton of respect in my book.

The thing i think I like is that the Sox spent some money. Wheather you like JV or MB there is a cost certainty here and for three more years after that. Now we have three guys that we know and can set some fixed cost to these future years.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) 3 years 34 million reported. A GREAT deal by KW. Yep it may sound like a-lot but at 29 he just took a 20% pay cut, I think. Good for Javy. He would have gotten more in arbitration after this season.

Every person that wants to rid themself of Vazquez probably wanted to get rid of Garland every year and sign Buerhle to a life time contract. If this 3 year extension is inked that will be a good thing.

I think Erstad starts in left and Anderson in center with Pods on the DL for at least the first three weeks of the season. At that point the Anderson 2007 campaign will be in week three and Erstad may be on his way to the DL.

QUOTE(bkmoney @ Mar 5, 2007 -> 04:20 PM) cotts giving up more runs for the cubs. has aardsma pitched well for us so far? havent been paying attention much lately then again its all just spring training Aardesma looked good he was the victim of some bad Pedro Lopez defense he and Masset if I recall correctly.

Just left after hitting a guy and walking another. Not good.

I guess Garland is hitting his spots too. Christ someone is going to get hurt out there.....call it a day already.

Another double. Shiny happy day though 7-3 pitchers are hitting their spots nicely though. Man on 3rd 1 out. 7-3 Rockies

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 02:57 PM) Please...someone send a memo to some of these posters that it IS FEBRUARY. If you are going to be this intense when the seasons starts lawd help ya. I'd like to see Mark get it going early in spring, but no reason to jump the ledge right now. Come on it adds some levity.

Give Pods a run for his money there Darin nice K on the hit and run. Uribe with a SB though, 1-out. This interview is hilarious. How did Buerhle give up four runs.......sounds like he did everything right. Iguchi with a 2B. I think they need to let him hit and knock off the small ball crap. He is their most consistent hitter period. 6-2 B3 1 out man on second. Thome 2B.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 02:49 PM) so far so good, minus the towering doubles, errors, hitting into double plays. no ones gotten hurt yet. Give Erstad an inning more of work.

I thought Buerhle was out of the game. Javy f'ing Lopez with a double 5-0 Rocks.

Hey Mark two balls hit off the wall were not on the ground. My man you only pitched two innings. Oh well. Another XBH for the Rockies.

Well at least the soothly sounds of Chris Singleton and Ed Farmer are enough to bring a smile to my face. Farmer with a nice rationale as to why Anderson has to produce........Uribe can not. Garland in.

Buerhle isn't fooling anyone. This will most likely be his last inning. Ugly early.

QUOTE(Beltin @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 02:59 PM) I forgot my green ink. Sorry. I agree that the Nats were foolish to sit on Soriano and now have to rely on their scouting department to turn those drafts picks into gold. Becasue the Cubs blew so bad I do not think they even lose their 1st round pick or even their second.

QUOTE(Beltin @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 01:52 PM) Am I mistaken, or is it three other HOFers? Jenkins, Williams and Banks? That's what I thought.

The person that will get this deal done is Oswaldo Guillen. If he wants him he will get him. I think in US Cellular Zambrano is a guy you need. As I explined in an other thread a guy like Zambrano surrounded by four .500 pitchers = 90 wins. If the young guys are .500 pitchers we are set. The guy is a number one plain and simple he is 26 and has beyond electric stuff. He does not rely on funking stuff. Dye and Buerhle = Zambrano if they choose.

QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ Feb 19, 2007 -> 04:02 PM) its only 90 seconds in between innings, 2 minutes for ESPN games (which they could cut down) -- who puts licorice on a baseball? Turk Wendell.

Small Ball encompasses hitting behind the runner and the hit and run as well as bunting. I hope the emphasis is on fundamentals. The think the start of last season was a result of Big Ball and when it faded we could nto resort back to Small Ball for some reason. I do not understand why Konerko, Dye and Thome will not practice bunting. Thome especially when the shift is on.

Bud was on ESPN radio this morning and said he can not really talk about the issue as it is not final but would come on when it is resolved. He did say that the move affects very few people as if nobody that has cable orders it according to their sources.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2007 -> 07:28 AM) Interesting list of names here... Some other big names mentioned throughout the article include Juan Gonzalez, Rafael Soriano, Erwin Santana, and Bartolo Colon Not to be a wise ass but it is Ervin Santana right? That is an impressive list and one that has been tainted with accusation. Funny that Sam isn't part of that list.