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Might be one of the dumbest innings I've ever seen before.

Well.....maybe I should start pregaming for the parties tonight right now, rather than later. God I love Welcome Week.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:17 PM) I was excited for Beckham but his ceiling as a prospect wasnt nearly as high as Hawkins' is now. I remember hearing Beckham's MLB comp was Michael Young but Hawkins is Kemp. That's a beast MVP type comparison. A guy that gets national attention/All-Star consideration. I'm also not counting pitching prospects since the Sox havent had problems devolving those guys, it's the impact bats they can't seem to develop and haven't since Frank. Yeah, and Keon Barnum's comp during the draft was Ryan Howard, but I'm not going to count on either of those. Beckham, after his ROOKIE year was voted to be the future 2B of the decade by MLB Network. That's higher praise than a prospect being compared to an above average, but not great player.

f*** YOU CHEN.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:16 PM) Are we just giving De Aza multiple days off just for fun or is something wrong with him? Hawk said he tweaked his back sliding in to 2nd base at some point.

Well, Wise went ahead and picked himself up. Nice.

I guess Wise didn't feel like running.....that was an easy triple for someone with speed.

LETS HIT THIS PIECE OF s***!!!

Beckham for me. I remember being in HS and following his games by staring at the live boxscore of each minor league game during class.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 03:04 PM) This season has been great. Not arguing with that, but I think S4 was better, at the Ep5 mark.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 02:33 AM) Given all the hullabaloo on it in this thread, I finally started watching Breaking Bad. I'm three episodes in (Gus just killed Crazy 8s, and is presumably about to tell Skyler he has cancer). I like it a lot, but not "OMG BEST SHOW EVER" level of like. You mean Walt, not Gus, and each season gets better and better, with the exception of S5 so far.

Erik Johnson continues to be filthy. 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K. Boo on the walks, but he now has 36 K to 8 BB. That's bueno.

QUOTE (That funky motion @ Aug 17, 2012 -> 07:16 PM) He's the player that elbowed Paulie in the head. I hardly think he had any intent, it was a glancing blow.

I hope this means a 6-man rotation. Or just throw Phil back in and give us a 7-man rotation. LOL, just kidding.

Not to be a dick, but I am going to disagree that this was a "very good" interview. This guy clearly had some nerves, which is fine, but it made it really hard to follow sometime when he struggled to find his point. Also, he really didn't get us anything we don't already know. I DID like to hear Sale talk about his new use of the 2-seam fastball now vs. the past, but it's really the only interesting thing to come of this interview. Lots of cookie cutter questions or answered you'd expect to hear.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 09:27 PM) I'm glad its not another close game. lol Until Matt Thornton is in and out of this game, I wouldn't put this one in the bag yet.

QUOTE (That funky motion @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 09:04 PM) Fan had a heart attack in the stands And the camera man just happen to be panning for people dying? Or did a foul ball get hit to him? Or near him? Gameday has completely stopped. Did they stop the game for this, or just coincidental?

Huh? What's going on for those of us who can't see the game?

Snodgress with a human outing. Him and Erik Johnson have taken major steps in W-S.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 03:42 PM) You guys are the problem. If EA stopped making so much on that crap game they might actually try to do something a little different. But instead you're paying $60 bucks for minor tweaks and updated rosters. No, the problem is lack of competition. EA makes such a fantastic NHL franchise, and 2K (I'm told) makes such a great NBA franchise, and it's likely because of the competition. TECHNICALLY SCEA has MLB competition, but that's debatable.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 08:24 AM) It was quite sudden, but not quite as sudden as in The Departed...but still. I understand peoples issue with how sudden it happened, but it wasn't like he died from a teensey-tiny little 9mm bullet...he got blasted with dual 50cals or something insane. I don't think anyone is disputing the strength of the weapon that killed him, it's the seemingly lack of interest the characters had when he died, or the lack of acknowledgment by ANYONE really that he died. No camera close up on his face, no parting words, so sense of relief. It's like Tulisa (or w/e her name was) totally stripped Bane down from a big badass villian to just a regular henchman, and then Catwoman quickly swept him under the rug seconds later. His build up was so great, his tear down was so fast and unimportant seeming.

Brandon Short has been pretty great since he returned.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 13, 2012 -> 03:55 PM) The crazy part is that both Jesse and Walt reiterated that nobody could ever know that they were there. The guy was basically following orders, so you know that Jesse at least will have a tough time dealing with it. The wave first was very disturbing though. And because it was his idea. This is going to effect Jesse.

I'd like to see.... De Aza Youk Rios Konerko Dunn AJ Viciedo Ramirez Beckham Once Paulie comes back, obviously.

Surprised they pushed Hawkins so fast. He wasn't really tearing up Bristol, at least not statistically.