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QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 10:30 AM) I don't even think it's a case of Garland being a head case. I think it's just a matter of maturity. I believe he'll get to a "Pavano-like" status eventually. If he finishes the season as our #5, I will be surprised and believe it is far more likely we won the division and 1-4 had great seasons. My best guess now is he finished the season as our #3 or #4 with 16-17 wins against 10 loses. He's just now hitting his prime years.

I wonder if he will argue he should be locked up in a juvenile facility since most of his plastic body parts are less than 18 years old . . .

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 08:45 AM) Good list. I hear the working title for the musical is "All Hat and No Horse." Learn to speak Texas, that's All hat and no cattle . . .

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 08:37 PM) I thought it was for 4 years.. he wanted 5 and that's where the 70 million with it deferred for 2 years came into play..? The 70 was defered but much longer than 2 years which was the sticky point. That was also before Maggs brought in Boras. He brought in Boras after the injury, and in hindsight was a smart move. Boras had done a similar contract with I-Rod.

All of the experts whose job it is to follow baseball are wrong. Fans who are totally unbiased, like those here, are correct. We're not drinking whatever koolaid the teams are serving, not like all the experts. Pods will rebound to 2003 levels! Dye will stop striking out! Iguchi will do even better than he did in Japan! No question marks on this team. Suddenly we're the genius of the Central Division. Print the playoff tickets now. I'm as happy with the changes as the next person, but I can understand why people are not picking this team. It was blown apart and rebuilt. We can hope the pitching holds up. We can hope guys rebound and return to past glory.

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Stats aren't my strongest suit but for it to be a SVO doesn't the following conditions need to be met? A pitcher can earn a save by completing ALL three of the following items: 1. Finishes the game won by his team. 2. Does not receive the win. 3. Meets one of the following three items: a: Enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches at least one inning. b: Enters the game with the tying run either on base, at bat, or on deck. c: Pitches effectively for at least three innings. Is it a SVO if the pitcher comes in the 8th inning with a 4 run lead? That would partially explain our lower SVO stat. With out feast of famine offense we had a lot of blow outs and complete games.

I've been looking for about 6 months. I really dislike travelling in Mexico with all the recent problems along the border. The federal government has taken over Reynosa trying to fix the corruption, or getting their cut, whichever view of the world you like.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 03:44 PM) Maggs passed his physical & was cleared for major league baseball activity. Insurance companies don't go around asking people to jump rope. They deal with medical opinions I suggest you read this again: http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories.../18/story8.html An NFL player's disability insurance can cost $2,500 to $3,000 per $100,000 of salary insured each season, Lattinville said. Carriers typically cover 75 percent of a player's salary. Read the article. Even if premiums were to go up 500% it's still no where near the amounts your talking about. Unless of course you think insuring Maggs is a higher risk than insuring an NFL player He may be higher risk. Comparing a healthy NFL player to someone with a known injury who hasn't demonstrated he can play.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 03:28 PM) The Sox had 34S last year. Min had 48S. I'd rather have the saves than the HR's. I will gladly exchange a +10S potential for a +20HR potential. Are you looking at blown saves as well? Minny had more blown saves than the Sox and the Sox had more complete games. Minny also had more save opportunities. I think you're on to something here, pitching both from the #4 and #5 spot and relief have caused us a lot the past couple seasons. The losses in offense will be balanced not only by the speed but the pitching as well.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) I haven't seen any doctors reports.. but from all that I've heard it's caused serious damage to the knee. From what I have read about it.. taking it easy is one "treatment".. obviously Maggs doesn't have that luxury if he wants to stay employed. From the articles there was three courses of treatment Do nothing and the healing would be 18 months to never. Drill holes to relieve the pressure / drain with at least 9-12 months of rest. The treatment he took in Vienna which promised 4-6 months. Which is one of the reasons the Sox would have been in a no-win situation advising Maggs of which treatment to take. Conventional treatment where he would certainly miss all of Spring training and the start of the season, without a contract. Or a "not approved in the US" surgery in Vienna. What would the Sox have said? How would having input have helped the Sox?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 03:23 PM) Did the Sox call Geico? they could save 15% or more on insurance... That's about all they could afford . . .

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) I don't remember his name, but one of our WWII generals, in response to a German demand to surrender had a response that seems appropriate here. NUTS! That General would be none other than General Anthony McAuliffe. [paul harvey voice]The rest of the story[/paul harvey]

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) By the way.. edema doesn't go away. Does Maggs have a specialized form of edema? I thought this was temporary and could be cured? From the Intelihealth site Of course most people are not professional athletes.

Maybe he and Canseco could tour together . . .

In the good old days of the cold war a country could cast it's fate in one of two directions. Be friends with the US or USSR. Either way, you could be a little twerp and know that a major super power would back your action. If your crops failed, someone would provide some food. If you suddenly had something of value, "your bully" would protect you. Now it's a one country game. Fear us. We can take on anyone and win. If we decide you need democracy, we'll kill as many people as necessary until you have democracy. We are #1 and not afraid to shove our weight around. Shape up or you're history. The sooner the rest of the world realizes that, the better we'll all be. :finger world. We got it all!

s***, what was he going to do if his team lost?

Another guy we kept bringing back. He had what 3 or 4 trips with the Sox?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 09:50 AM) Compare our combined starting RF to Dye, not just Magglio. Compare our combined starting C to AJ, not just Burke. Then you might have a more accurate snapshot. Good point. Davis was .257 and Borchard was also under .300

Willie .343 Uribe .327 One or the other will be playing almost everyday, so that seems a wash.

So we are going to have more baserunners? obp last season: Lee .366 vs. Pods .343 Maggs .351 vs. Dye .334 Burke .386 vs. AJ .319 Jose .287 vs. Iguchi? So why will we all of a sudden have more baserunners? I must be missing something.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 08:34 PM) I was looking through an American-Dad Forum and I saw that there was a guy on there named Knucklesox, I read a couple of posts of him and believe me it's him. Those guys are f***ing obsessed with a show that's only aired one episode. OMG, there's a fan site already? I checked out amerciandad.com I don't think it's the same.

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 10:12 PM) Maybe I missed something during the process, but I don't remember us offering the same $60 million contract after he got hurt. Did everybody else know this? Without any information on his injury That's about the stupidist thing I could think of doing.