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So, DirecTV and High Definition? Anyone?

Does directv have this in HD on any channel?

At least Uribe saw 6 pitches :-/.

Anderson who?

QUOTE(danman31 @ Sep 22, 2007 -> 01:57 AM) If you like winning you want Bonds on your team. You simply can't argue against that. If you'd rather have a classy losing team, then you don't want Barry Bonds. I'd love for the Sox to sign Bonds because the team would win more games. Because San Fran did so well this season....I know he'd just be a DH and all but still. He's a horrible horrible cancer.

Not to even speak of that his agent is Boras whom we don't deal with kindly. $20 mill a year? You have got to be kidding me. Boras is out of his mind.

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Sep 30, 2007 -> 10:48 PM) Was 2007 really just a fluke year where it's worth bringing back the core withour majorly upgrading the glaring holes on the team? Based on KW's recent comments, I have a feeling we're in for a disappoint off season. The team needs some major help, and it seems like KW is looking to dump Garland and overpay for Rowand or Hunter. Uribe looks to be on his way back. It even looks like he's only going to go after 1-2 relievers and odds are neither will be dominant, but more like a crap shoot. Is KW watching the same team I am? I'm seeing a team with about a $100 million payroll that hasn't .500 baseball for a half since the first half of 2006. I see a team of one dimensional power hitters who strike out a ton and outside of PK and Thome can't even match the league average in OBP. I see a SS who has like a .260 OBP and is most likely coming back next year even though his numbers have declined for 3 strasight years. I see a team that is already starting to show it's age turn another year older next year. A team that had a bullpen that sucks that will probably only make an upgrade or 2 while relying on Ehren Wassermann. Why should I think this team can contend let alone win the division next year without undrgoing a major overhaul. If this team played above .500 in the second half of 2006 I can maybe see some glimmer of hope. But now we have roughly 250 games in a row of bad baseball due mainly to lack of execution. The funny thing is our GM and Manager talk about grinder ball and the need for getting guys who can do the little things. I see Ozzie begging for more speed, but we're running out of positions to put guys if we do get speed. While theyre talking about this stuff, they haven't actually done much to act on it. Remember April when the weather was cold and wet? Remember how many of our power hitters weren't hitting their weight? Whose to say it won't be cold next year. At least having some speed will minimize slumps like this. So someone please, give me some hope. If KW makes some major changes I'll be thrilled but I don't see minor one's doing much. Bob The sky is falling.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:43 PM) To anyone with a remedial knowledge of projecting minor league stats (by far the most reliable tool when evaluating young talent) Uribe never had a .360 OBP. You can point to those 29 at bats in 2003, but they hold ZERO predictive power. That's the point, and the reason I told you to check it again. Young, meanwhile, showed improvement at every minor league stop, cutting down on strikeouts, increasing walks, and had a minor league OBP over 350... And his OBP in full season ball average more like .360+. He doesn't have a good OBP this year in his initial major league season, but he's walked 42 times this season, 8 more than Uribe's career high at any level. He walked in about 12% of his PA in his last three minor league seasons, and is an incredibly good bet that he'll figure out how to take a walk at the major league level. There's a very good chance that Young finishes his major league career with a AVG below .270. But if that's how you judge a player, you're gonna end up with a team full of Pierres, Owens', and a lot of "L"s. Young has holes in his game to be sure, but over the course of his professional career he's been able to raise his game at each successive level. Learning is a skill, as is being coachable. Just ask Uribe. Comparing Young to Juan Uribe based on a few counting stats is childishly myopic. Comparing the two based on 29 AAA at-bats in Colorado Springs is just comical. Since the topic was about Javy can we stop talking about Uribe? It doesn't seem like most people are harping on that but you and 1 or 2 others. I agree with all the backers of Javy. Give the guy a break, he pitched damn good this season. I'd take an above average starting pitcher over a *maybe sometime* above average CF any day.

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QUOTE(danman31 @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 02:17 PM) I'd be ok with that. +1

I don't want Dye to go anywhere

I'm definitely disappointed Mack is gone

wow, way to go pods

If anyone cared, Iguchi went 1/3 for Philly with an RBI, run scored, and a walk.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Jul 28, 2007 -> 11:53 AM) I think that basically the trade was made to dump someone and make it look like we are really making some moves here. Iguchi was a good player for the Sox and should have brought more than a class A level player in return. ^ Frankly, I'm pissed at what we got for Gooch. Since he got here, even with his lower numbers this year it was ranked like 2nd-5th for 2B in nearly every meaningful category. They showed it up on Comcast one night, I don't have any source :-/

not to jinx it, but we're the only team in the division that has one any of their last 2 games, let alone both. heh.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 10:57 PM) What about the day Greg Walker was fired? wait, what? seriously? holy crap, where have I been?

none of our 6-9 batters even got a hit today

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 01:16 PM) Why couldnt the Sox have re-signed Riske? He was decent last year. Not wild enough? Ya well, hindsight's 20/20. His second half last year, if I remember correct, he got hit around quite a bit and we got rid of him in what we thought was an upgrade. But ya, his ERA isn't too shabby, easy to say that now though.

interestingly enough, San Diego is 1st in ERA, lol.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 09:11 AM) If I were upset this thread would be a lot more animated. Simply responding that you are incorrect in generalizing. I think you are just missing the point, oh well.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 09:04 AM) Perhaps to those that give a s***. To the rest it's not true. I'm just saying it isn't the same, no need to get upset about it.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 08:35 AM) Stupid. Perhaps. But true.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) I think after. I thought he was out for the whole year. I thought they both were.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 08:26 AM) Why not just put it in your sig? Probably because it is user edited, not "official" and thus not carrying as much "e-weight" if you will.