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QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 10:50 PM) So through our 7 game homestand, we're 4-3. The Twins play 6 of 7 on the road and go 4-3 in that same stretch. Wasn't this supposed to be our magical stretch of home games where we blow the Twins out of the water? So yeah, 4.5 game lead here we come! I don't think anyone foresaw Crede's back injury lingering as long as it has nor Contreras blowing out his achilles (but if you did see that, you should have let him know about it...maybe just give him a shove and a nod about not covering first on that particular play). The Twins also played the mighty, mighty Seattle Mariners and proceeded to lose the series and then played the ever so tough Kansas City Royals (who I fully expect the White Sox will sweep, though I obviously can't be certain of that). This is also just the beginning of the Twins roadtripping. A 14 game and 10 game road trip mixed in there while the Sox have 9 of their next 12 at home and like 19 of the next 31 are at home too. My only cause for concern are the injuries that are occurring to this team, but there have been some trades that have been made that look like they'll help the Sox down the stretch. Horacio Ramirez may or may not be a suitable bullpen arm but he's been solid this year and if Carrasco sucks I could very easily envision the Sox either picking up Paul Byrd or calling up Poreda and giving him a shot down the stretch. Otherwise, the rest of everything will work itself out. The offense is generally too inconsistent to go on a long winning streak, but if they keep hitting homers, they'll be a good team down the stretch.

I don't know that I'd call Fuentes a big name. Good pitcher but not worth a pitcher who could very realistically put up similar numbers to him this season out of the pen with youth and the ability to start on his side.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 10:18 PM) Swish is too streaky for 1 spot, too K prone for the 2 spot Nick Swisher has currently reached base safely in 12 straight games and has reached base safely in like 30 of his past 34 games. I don't think he's too streaky; he just isn't a real flashy player.

I would be completely for going back to a 1-2 of Swisher-Cabrera. Swisher - CF Cabrera - SS Quentin - LF Dye - RF Thome - DH Ramirez - 2B Griffey/Konerko - 1B Pierzynski - C Uribe - 3B or something along those lines...I love JD in the cleanup but he could potentially work well hitting behind Thome in the 5th spot too with the Griffey/Konerko hitting 6th and Ramirez hitting 7th. But yeah, AJ can drop in the order again and that would be perfectly fine by me.

I went to Medora, ND on Saturday and came back Sunday afternoon. First off, it's a neat little tourist attraction considering the second best tourist attraction in North Dakota is a giant f***ing cow. Secondly, it's North Dakota's best 1 day trip in the state because there's only enough stuff to do for 1 day and then you get bored out of your mind. There are 3 old fashioned general stores, like 7 ice cream shops, 3-4 real restaurants in town, and everything in the town is overpriced like no other. I did get to ride through Teddy Roosevelt National Park (while slightly intoxicated) and that was OK, especially the part where 10 buffaloes were standing right in the middle of the road we were driving on. I yelled at them pretty good but they seemed generally uninterested in some drunk dude's rantings.

I wouldn't touch Bedard with a f***ing 23 foot pole.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 08:21 PM) CQ HBP AGAIN. 95 MPH heater. Is he ok? better question is if the ball remained in tact after hitting steel at 95 mph. my guess is no

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 05:49 PM) I think the Cubs are too hot too early. All its gonna take is for a team to get hot at the time like Colorado did last year. They seem to be unbeatable, its just not the best time for it because we know it wont last. Thats what I think made 05 even more unreal was how cold the Sox got going into the playoffs and then just flipped a switch once they started. As I recall, the Sox got pretty hot when they clinched the division, and shortly thereafter the Sox 40-man scrubs swept the Indians out of the playoffs entirely. Then the Sox won 3 straight and then won 8 more in a row.

for whatever reason I forgot that Augie Ojeda started for the DBacks in the postseason last year. ODog needs to stop getting hurt. I hope the DBacks don't want him back so that the Sox can pick him up in the offseason; he'd be fantastic.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:47 PM) Scherzer's on the 40-man, though. I don't think they could deal him without slipping him through waivers (which obviously would never happen). no, I was merely stating that they do have players that are good. I would be a little surprised if they dealt away Parker, but they could figure that with Haren, Webb, and Scherzer all hanging around that they have the ability to deal him away.

Josh Hamilton was addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Carlos Quentin. "Hello, my name is Heroin, and I'm a Carlos Quentinaholic."

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:38 PM) WCW has connections to Haeger, so the best thing to say is that you hope Haeger excels in the majors when he gets another chance. I hope Chuck Haeger wins a Cy Young award and cures cancer in the same season

QUOTE (oralsoxpodcast @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) lol...you just know Nick Swisher has had his hot girlfriend dye his junk hair. Well either her or Toby Hall. They do share pants sometimes. WHOA I was talking about their armpits, settle down there

QUOTE (Winning Ugly @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:29 PM) Because I live in Phoenix and they got a few impact players left in the minors, and Dallas Buck was the best left of them. The stations out here are stating the other 2 will be 1 from low A and 1 from AA, but nothing that was in the D'Backs future plans. That would be funny if it was the low A kid we gave up for Quentin. Jarrod Parker disagrees...funny too, seeing as how he's in low-A. They already dealt away Chris Carter too; they traded him in the Haren deal. Scherzer is also legitimate as hell too; 2.90 ERA in 31 innings in the majors, 2.70 ERA in 36 innings in the minors to go along with a K/9 of 14.5. Even if he's just a closer of the future, he's got an absolutely dynamic arm. You don't know that they gave up hardly nothing.

QUOTE (wcw2323 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 10:09 AM) This decision goes back to a previous post...Broadway signed for $$$$ big bucks and Haeger was a 24th round draft pick. They have more money invested in Broadway even though you're right "fixed" Haeger has outpitched Broadway since May! Or they don't want the catchers to have to deal with trying to catch a knuckleball when, either way, the innings are meaningless. They also probably feel that Broadway atleast has a future on the big league roster whereas they consider Haeger to be an afterthought. Haeger blows, Broadway blows, who really gives a s***? You are arguing about the 27th man and a dude who is pitching garbage innings.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 11:05 AM) Yeah, I thought he actually pitched well for like a month to about a month and a half. That was just a guess off the top of my head, though. Schoeneweis had an ERA of 3.64 in his first 10 starts in 2004 (April and May, 64.1 innings) From June and beyond, his ERA was 8.14 in 48.1 IP. He was very good in the first two months, and then he was worse than a AA pitcher for 4 months.

QUOTE (oralsoxpodcast @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:27 PM) This team is obsessed with hair. Dyeing it, shaving it, growing it...on their head, on their chin, on their face...just obsessed! I'm just glad that the bet didn't involve having Dotel eat the hair off of someone's foot. I love em...but baseball players are dumb. I think there's a body part that has a lot of hair on and around it that you missed.

QUOTE (Baines3 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:23 PM) KW needs to do something to help this pitching staff. you mean German doesn't do anything for you?

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 03:08 PM) That pretty much nails it. Mark was the exception, and he had to come down to less than his market value for it to happen. And even then, it almost didn't get done. Jerry Reinsdorf & Co. tend to max out at around $35 million for pitchers. Mark signed a 4 year deal too with options; if he gets traded it becomes a 5 year deal, but even the best pitcher for the Sox in the past 10 years didn't get a 5 year deal...why would the Sox sign Garland to a 5 year deal? If anything, Garland is lucky he's been pitching in Anaheim this year and not Chicago, because if he were in Chicago, his ERA would probably be in the 4.5-5 range; his H/9 is up, his BB/9 is up, his K/9 is down, his HR/9 is up, and he's actually been a very average pitcher this season (technically, slightly below average...league ERA is 4.25 and his is 4.28). I think any team that signs Garland is going to regret it 2 years into the deal; they better hope they got him for 3 or maybe even 4 years rather than 5. Same goes for CC Sabathia too. I would also like to kindly ask people to stop suggesting that the Sox are going to sign a big-name or even semi-big-name starting pitcher via free agency. Those players are looking to make bank and that's something the Sox will not provide them.

QUOTE (Winning Ugly @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 01:37 PM) D'Backs just got Adam Dunn for hardly nothing. I don't see why it would take a lot to get Washburn or Byrd. You don't know that yet. ...the nothing part. Not that DBacks getting Dunn. Two of the players haven't been named...how can you say they got him for hardly nothing?

QUOTE (quickman @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) I think they go hard after Hudson. KW has mentioned him before. KW gets stuck on guys and doesn't let go. They will lose crede, and OC and pick up hudson, fields slots over to third with his crappy Batting average, and Getz and uribe fills in the infield. Now we jsut need a leadoff hitter again. I have strong doubts about Fields' future in the organization. They just don't like him at all.

As big as homefield advantage is in the regular season, I still think it's going to be a bit overrated come playoff time. All the games are magnified, you get a ton of rest, the teams are essentially traveling together; the advantages are not nearly as clear. Sure, your team is built for your ballpark, and the fans are on your side (which doesn't seem to make a ton of difference) but you are just as (tired/rested) as your opponent and every team in the playoffs is a good team, or so it would appear. I don't think, come playoff time, home or road games are going to be that big of a difference. It's simply going to be matchups that decide who wins.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 12:58 PM) has the 2nd biggest lead in all of baseball at 4 1/2 games. and it could disappear in a matter of 10 days pretty easily The Rays have 26 road games compared to 19 home games; it's not as drastic as the Twins schedule, but their lead is definitely not safe, though they are very likely to make the playoffs at this point in time considering they have a 6 game lead on a playoff spot at the current moment. It's still a young team though and seeing them fail wouldn't be surprising in the least (though it would be disappointing because the Sawks and Yanks are ghey).

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 12:31 PM) AL East does't affect us at all. The Twins are a game and a half behind the Red Sox in the Wild Card race, meaning the White Sox are 1 game back. It's completely relevant.

Their major league team looks pretty damn good for the future but I can't help but feel that Arizona has cashed in their chips too early.