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this is easy Johan Felix Timo ...unless I can make Timo one of my minor leaguers, in which case, Pujols without a doubt in my mind.

I love ARod, and the next person I'm about to mention, Daisuke. However, what I hate above all else right now is the ridiculous hype he has received. That's not a him, but I don't care.

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 06:30 PM) I know, I saw that clip on sportscenter over and over, but it gets batters thinking, which makes him intimidating. Another player, how bout pronk. hit him with a pitch, out for a month

You know, now that I think about it, Joe Morgan. I mean, seriously, could he be anymore clueless sometimes?

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 05:26 PM) Danks vs Byrd could be interesting. We cant hit Byrd and Indians havent seen Danks so that should be fun. The Sox f***ed Byrd up last year. ERA of 6.94, WHIP of 1.63. Something like that.

I saw the Sox win a World Series in USCF. No one on this board, and very few people in general can say they saw the Sox win a World Series at Old Comiskey. That's really all I need to reassure my beliefs.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 11:32 AM) How is Carmona? note July 30th to August 5th and every other s***ty game he had last year

QUOTE(blancosox @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 12:47 PM) make sure you check out this list: http://maximonline.com/slideshows/index.as...3&src=mtm70 I will not, for Timo Perez is not on said list.

just wanna throw a little stat that you can relate to Jason... Since Erstad broke into the league with the Angels in 1996, average win totals per year since... White Sox - 85.2 Angels - 83.5 the Sox had enough of a winning attitude already goddammit

what about the bird

when does Spring get involved?

QUOTE(Shadows @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 12:29 AM) Man, what a steal for the reds if he turns into a badass for them I thought he already was a badass...he just did a lot of cocaine too

I will not look. However, if Timo Perez is not on this list, it's garbage.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 11:01 PM) Or it's because he still can't hit. .240/.310/.360/.670 - neither can Erstad Atleast Pods hasn't gone into total suckitude yet.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 11:02 PM) I checked the MLB.tv archives and according to Comcast's gun from April 10th/12th of last season vs Detroit, Bobby was sitting at 96-97 MPH so yeah at this time last year Bobby did have his good velocity. thxmch, that helps my memory. I was trying to find it, but the earliest I found was that May 14th game. His velocity does take a hit when he pitches back to back days, but if he's in the 90-93 range come May, I get concerned, and all Sox fans should too.

It's to be expected when his second at bat of the season comes 9 days after his first.

QUOTE(bad at best @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 10:36 PM) I have no data to support this but i seem to recall his fastball being disapointingly slow in the first month last year. It seemed to improve slowly over that first month and reach top form in mid-May. Could be making this up. Thats what i remember though. It's a possibility, and my memory has been shady before. However, he hit 99 on the gun on May 14 against the Twins last year, which is why I said he has to be there in a month. And if it isn't there on back to back days, it isn't there and Ozzie needs to figure that out. That really appears to be the case, so hint to Ozzie, don't pitch him back to back days in extreme close games; or, if he does, have an option ready during the second game in a row. Jenks really shouldn't have been in the game to face Chavez last night, but I won't complain because I wouldn't have taken him out either and I wasn't suggesting it. Really, the best choice would have been going to Thornton right there, but that's hindsight. I didn't see the game today, but I heard he didn't look good again today, and you can't just go by the box score, so I don't really know. Really, all I'm saying is that Jenks without his velocity is mediocre, and with it he's dominant. This lack of velocity is scary, and I'm not sure there's a solution that will provide a great solution. His velocity has never been consistent throughout the course of the year, so I'm not sure starting him early will even do the trick.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 09:24 PM) I don't. He better as hell be able to hit 99 in a month then.

Twins game definitely over, 4-1 Twins, Morneau on 2nd with 1 out check that, 5-1, Hunter on 2nd, still 1 out

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:53 PM) Hopefully better than Arnie Munoz's infamous curveball or the Felix Diaz fastball. haha, no doubt The Felix Diaz t-ball special

Jim, where have you seen that before? (for those who have no idea, Mientkiewicz just robbed Alexi Casilla of a probably a triple) and who is this guy that the Twins have on the mound. They keep saying Ramon Ortiz, but that's no way that's true. Not possible.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:32 PM) Ah, so now its not his stuff, its his elbow. The guy is a top closer. His stuff is electric, and he will build up to the mid to high 90's. With that cutter and curve he will be sub 3 no problem ......? His fastball is not hitting 96-100. It's not hitting 94-97. It might touch 95 occasionally, but he's sitting at 90-93 right now. That's the concern with Bobby right now, and that elbow, along with the shoulder tightness and hip problems he's had, are a major red flag. That's how the elbow relates. And I really don't know how you know that velocity will come back. I recall him hitting mid to high 90s already at this point in the year last year, and every other reliever in the pen seems to have their velocity at 100%. Why doesn't Bobby? How is that not worrisome in the least? Bobby, like every other reliever in the Sox pen, along with every other consistently good reliever in the majors, are successful because of their fastball. If his fastball is 5 MPH slower than it was last year, he is going to get rocked because he is going to rely too heavily upon his breaking stuff, and even his breaking stuff - as good as it is - will be hit eventually because no pitcher can rely entirely upon secondary pitches to be successful. You saw that in last night's game. Point blank, Bobby without his fastball will be a mediocre to bad closer. The second half of last year is a perfect example. I just hope that hoping comes through and Bobby's velocity does indeed get back up to the 96-100 range, because if not, he's not a dominant closer, and he's not the best reliever on the Sox.

Good to see Gio showing adequate control. And I really want to see Day's slider.

I blame no one on this site; just ESPN.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2007 -> 08:06 PM) Is she Russian/Czech, a porn star, or neither? I believe the story goes... that's his wife, but she is unaware of this fact. If someone meets this woman...confuse the name HeGone33 with witesoxfan, and no one will think lesser of you.