Harry Chappas

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 01:37 PM) With the Twins budget they would have probably lost Hunter and/or Radke to keep him. Then again, Ortiz is way better than either of those guys. Ortiz is not better than Hunter and Radke IMHO.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) He's signed through next season. It's less than $2 million. Considering he's only at about $500,000 this season its still a good deal. 750K all-star bonus to make 1.95M next yr

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 12:33 PM) And that Paul Slownerko sucks.. don't forget about that. There are plenty of people warming the crow up for me. A dish I will enjoy.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 12:28 PM) Well the same guys that hit also defend in case you didn't know. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Not sure what that means but I thought it sounded nice.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) He's the most overrated player on Soxtalk. Everybody loves his stolen bases, but not only can he not drive home runs, he doesn't score that many. This'll get ya in trouble. We are winning because of pitching, defense and the mental state Ozzie has this team in. Everything they do offensivly can be questioned except Iguchi (although I would like for him to stop giving himself up.) Do you get the feeling they are almost afraid to change things up? It seems every other week we are talking about being in a huge slump? Have we come from behind in a game since the beginning of July.....

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 12:21 PM) Bottom 4TH B:2 S:0 O:0 Alex Rodriguez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Aaron Rowand. Bottom 4TH B:0 S:0 O:0 Hideki Matsui singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jermaine Dye. Alex Rodriguez to 2nd. Bottom 4TH B:1 S:0 O:1 Jason Giambi grounds out to first baseman Paul Konerko. Alex Rodriguez to 3rd. Hideki Matsui to 2nd. Bottom 4TH B:3 S:3 O:2 Bernie Williams strikes out swinging. Bottom 4TH B:0 S:1 O:3 John Flaherty pops out to first baseman Paul Konerko. Thank you for your work.

What is Pods RISP? He only has 18 RBI, I know Uribe has a ton of RBI but 18???? This guy and Uribe need some time off send down Adkins to get work and get anyone that can play the outfield. 3 have three off days the next three weeks.

Can we get the PBP againn, what did Cano Sheff and A-Rod do? Sorry but scrolling through this is better than a Sportsline. It makes my day. Thanks.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 06:09 AM) and those performances are from the sox #4 and #5 starters. I'll take it, with the offense bound to step it up a bit Our #5 and #4 out pitched their #2 and #3, not by much but I thought Hernandez had an easier time then Mussina and the same last evening, again not by much. If you think we are worried about Hermanson's back what to do think the Yanks are thinking of Johnson's??? Man I would still like to see another LH bat.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 03:38 AM) If I was in Ozzie's place, there is no way I give a rookie his first big league save opportunity as the visiting team in Yankee Stadium. That's just expecting too much from any kid. He may have to in October as Marte and Politte do not have the make up to close. Although I think there will be an injection of some sort into that back in October.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 03:10 AM) I obviously never got to see Nellie or Aparicio play but having a statue of them turning a double play sounds pretty cool imo. I was thinking the same thing, that would be nice. Thing about Fisk is if he was such a New Englander why does he live in Lockport??? He is a surly guy it is that simple.

Didn't Ozuna serve as a servicable outfielder with speed???????

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 12:00 PM) 11 of our last 15 games have been negative. There you go. Doing something we haven't done as an organization in 51 years is as negative as it gets. I think they are talking of trading matt lawton at cubnation.cub Isn't D Lee hitting under .100 the last 10 games maybe he should be put on waivers or outright released.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 10:32 AM) can somebody sticky the reasons why Griffey is not coming to the Sox so that we don't have to keep explaining it? I think my post explained why we won't get him and why the Cinninnati ownership would've blocked the deal. I did not see this here and thought it was insightful as to why we did not get him. Sorry if I wasted your precious time from railing against someone.

Ok this may be the wrong place and if addressed somewhere I aplolgize but the following sources have stated over the past week that Rowand would be displaced by Griffey should he be brought in. Harrelson and DJ in response to an e-mail Bruce Levine Some nit wit from Sporting News Radio on the CLTV Round Table Sunday night ESPN dolts Many folks on this site. Should by some miracle of god we did get him he would fill the role Everett had when Thomas was here and Everett would fill the role Thomas had when Thomas was here with less at-bats then Frank. The OF'ers need a day off here or there and Timo is an embarrassment. Another injury and we are done, we will not play above .400 ball and out pitchers will be toast from the stress of having to throw a shut out everyday. In the game last night they talked of how NY was going to get him. If the cash is right they will get him. Although I did hear on the cub radio braodcast, first insightful thing ever, that the Reds were about to be sold and they did not want to risk the devaluation of the franchise by giving up Griffey. This may be who we are fighting for and why if the Yanks will eat the $$$ the will get him. I actually think Pods is an ideal DH as he can play everyday and run without tiring. This team is looking tired offensivly and there is nowhere to turn. Where is Pablo OZuna, I thought he was a fine spark but we haven't seen him in weeks again.

Was there about 96K for the series? Should be at least 100K this weekend. Yanks already have 107K. The Twins for some reason are not a draw. How close are we to 2.5?????

This was what Bill Wirtz had been saying and forcing his team to do all along. Will they win, who knows but I'll take what we may be looking at for the next four years and understand much better what the plan was the last three to five years.

QUOTE(Pale Hose Jon @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) For the hockey experts out there: What happens with Tibult, what can we expect in return for him? Traded for big bad contract worth a risk??? Tampa need a goalie?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 09:22 AM) There is no reason that Tallon shouldnt offer St Louis a contract. He puts the biscuit in the basket, and we could use that. He needs a good center and guys that can keep him free. He had that with Vincent, we do not we have that.

So I get to listen to ESPN for 5 minutes on my drive to the train, I am indeed that lazy. In this time Gammons is on. I suppose the conversation started with how much of an impact, seeing as they played for Boston, Willamson and Nomar will have and the cub run to the Series starts today. Well in the time I listed he talked about how Shilling will start and Foulke will be saving games by September, ok fine. Then he goes into a dissertation about how the Manny thing was good for the team (ya right). Clement looked great yesterday (Don't know the details but the score was 11-9). Wells is their best starter and they will be good with Wakefield. I guess he has given up on Wade Miller. Here is the topper after this crap he goes on about how Theo and Cashman have realized that they need their prospects to produce and then he listed all (I think there were 5) pitchers that can add to Boston in September or immediatly next year. This pissed me off, not really sure why, it is nothing new.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 4, 2005 -> 06:28 PM) The problem is we don't have many relievers who can get lefties out. Cotts is better against righties. Viz has been hammered against lefties (which was supposed to be his strength). Jenks has been wonderful against lefties, but they're not going to bring him in just to get 1 lefty out. They need to give Marte work to find his groove again against lefties, and there's gonna be some speed bumps along the way, but the potential reward is there for everyone to see. A healthy and dominant Marte equals one of the top 5 LH relievers in baseball. We haven't seen this pitcher in almost two years. I think Ozzie is trying to get the unknowns (Blum, Viz, Marte) situations where he can see how they perform. Why he isn't doing this with Jenks is beyond me. Why he wasn't asked about his use of the bullpen is another mystery. Marte was lucky to get out of the 7th and it cost him in the 8th. I'd rather have seen Viz or Jenks start the 8th but yesterday was diffenitly odd. I think Ozzie thought we would score in th 6th or 7th on their bullpen and make it easier at the end with a bigger lead.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 02:29 PM) His contract runs through 2025, no thanks. Come on with Julio Cruz off the books (well at least in 2001) we have done it before. Look at the guys on the bench.... All you are mortgaging is the long-term cash you would give to Konerko or Thomas. He would be a splash.

After this year chances are Frank and Konerko are off of the books at their current prices. If you take on the salary he could had realitvely easily I would assume. Our bench Widger,Ozuna, Gload, Harris, Perez is embarrasing. McCarthy, Harris and Vizcaino?????? After realizing Frank isn't coming back, we really need a bat if not two. Widger, Harris and Gload are not major league hitters and I am not too sure about Perez or Ozuna either.

After reading this I can not understand why this is a bad point? I believe there should be a four/five (Konerko) way platoon to get Ozuna more at-bats. Ozuna should be at second rather than Willie Worthless. Uribe showed last year he can play all three infield postions flawlessly. What exactly has Uribe done to warrant a guaranteed spot????? Upgrading from Valentin was not that hard. Funny how the chemistry suffered with his loss. We lost more games with Valentine's horses*** defense and K's then we won from his clutch hits.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:55 AM) I guess he has a huge problem with Sandberg making the hall. I have never been told what this problem is. I guess he thinks he is the be-all end-all in second basemen, and noone after him should be inducted. Did he go when the veterans committee put in the guy from Pittsburgh?