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Another 6-0 OD spanking! Bat Flips, Donkeys, Lose Your Love

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 01:54 PM) Just to clarify, I don´t expect KW to win every single trade, or to select every prospect that pans out or turns into a stud. I just believe that this team would have had much better results since 2005 if they had been drafting better, and even though they are doing a better job, they still have a huge room for improvement. Some people may think I am just nitpicking or finding something to complain about, but I see this as a legitimate reason for why the Sox have not strung consecutive good seasons together. Maybe I am spoiled since Im only 21, but I want the Sox to succeed year in and year out, and this is a good way to help with that. Dude but they have for 10 years now! It's hard to draft can't miss guys when you finish above .500 every single year. The one year we didn't finish around .500 we got Beckham! Since they changed their drafting philosophy we've picked Poreda, Beckham, Mitchell and Sale. Would you rather be worrying about Rick Porcello and Clay Richard this year than have Peavy? I mean that was the big gripe at the time, taking Poreda over Porcello. We basically gave the Pads nothing for Peavy. I'm ok with how the drafting has been going the last few years; we just gotta wait for the fruits to ripen some more. It's also very possible that after this year our system looks stacked again. Guys develop out of nowhere.

Even if Buehrle declines a bit more he's still the best #4-5 out there, or at least WAY above average. It's just that moving forward the current cost would be too much. Another 3 years of Buehrle at 10-11M is a good deal to me. Plus he's our boy and does amazing things. How cool would it be if he pitched on the Sox for 20 years? Legendary.

I think he's going to pull a DRose and carry the team all year- best Buehrle in years. The #1 reason being not to make a public fool of JR and KW for their All-In commitment to the team. #2 Cha ching Pay Day, Multi-year, quick 8 figs no brainer.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 04:59 PM) I like that Bren just casually mentions breaking news in a catch-all. She scoops Mark Gonzales by about a day and thinks nothing of it.. No disrespect man, but why should she think something of it? Maybe some people don't see the need to gloat or try to impress others with "breaking news". After all, it's just baseball, not news that ever impacts people's lives. I just don't get the "yay, i found news first" attitude. What are we.. 10? Here's to Dex being the ol' Dex

I still don't understand how Hawk n Co decide who wins a Pick To Click on any given day. They've never announced how they do it but does anybody know? Does he have to be player of the game to get a point? Does he have to be the best out of the picks? What defines a click exactly?

Saw Morneau hit a pair of doubles in that game. Sounds like he's back but is that really the case?

I'm going to get the mlb.tv package for sure this week. I did some research and it turns out the prices for it can fluctuate. Apparently some dudes got this year's subscription for 20 bucks, but I'll probably end up paying the 120. I had it a few years ago and it's awesome if you get the premium. morl

lol, how silly of me to overlook that. Lead me to the mountain so I can scream "Rehabilitated" with all of you.

Millions is a punk. Pretending to have a work ethic this spring is nice and all, but I look forward to adding the Soxtalk community to the long list of disappointed, past-believers in this kid.

Can I join the Friday night loser party? Count me in on the rooting for Lillibridge. I want him to be our pinch runner all season.

I'd love Beckham-Quentin-Dunn-Konerko

Isn't a Humber when a chick takes your...

Forget the money. Teahen is the best LH bat in our camp for the bench.

Skin gloves is really funny. I imagine a set of vintage Leyland's would be too rough for most sewing needles to even take on.

Teahen is really awkward in the field. He dropped that pop-up like the nervous kid in gym class.

Humber and Milledge are both garbage to this point; it's what they've proven to be. At least the positions they are fighting for don't matter too much overall. No big deal if these chewed-up scraps make the team. Or Lillibridge for that matter- it's all the same big can a garbage with different levels of optimism poured on top.

I still think there is an underlying shoulder/arm issue with Peavy. I've thought all along that his shoulder was bothering him last year so he started throwing differently which caused the lat to rip off. His velocity was down last year before he ripped off the lat. I hope my theory is wrong and it's just general soreness, but the lat should be fine if not stronger than ever by now.

Beckham hits .340

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) Against Thorton, Martinez is 5/19 with a .785 OPS, Cabrera is 1/7 (.476) and Ordonez is 0/4. Alright, if some of the best righties can't touch him then i have no worries.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 15, 2011 -> 01:13 PM) Agreed on all accounts. Yea he's earned it but I just worry about him closing out games against teams like Detroit, where he'd be facing VMart, Cabrera and Ordonez, guys who love fastballs.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Mar 12, 2011 -> 10:52 PM) But... but... but Hawk said Teahen was good defensively! Seriously I've always loved Hawk, but the one thing I can never stand is how he PRAISES seemingly ever player just because they "do something" against us or because they simply on our team. I remember rolling my eyes when Hawk used to rant about how great a player Andy Gonzalez was going to be. I thought Agon was gonna be a stud after that like 12-pitch AB against Zumaya in the bottom of the 9th. One of the coolest things I've ever seen.

I understand that Millhouse is supposed to be better than Bridge, but this is all in-theory talk. I'd love for Millions to realize all that potential but I'm not sold on him hitting any grooves off our bench. I hated Bridge more than anything until he came in for Beckham. I'm still amazed by some of those balls he hit that first week. Been a fan ever since and I like him on our bench.

I love Brent's skill set off the bench. How is having a guy who can play 6 positions, with pop and +speed so terrible? I wouldn't mind having him on the bench for 5 years. Unless The Mill is faster than The Bridge, why take him? If nothing else The Bridge is an excellent late-inning pinch runner for our slow guys.

QUOTE (quickman @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 10:57 AM) yes right, I should have clarified, any outfield postion. My point was that he needs to learn to play the position, right or left and a year in the minors wokring on that is the best option, unless we trade CQ. The sox really need to make Ramirez a leadoff hitter, if mitchell cannot be ready which I assume he wont be. ( talking about next year) I just don't see us having a guy with enough OBP to satisfy most of us at leadoff for next year. If we use Ramirez everyone will be upset that he doesn't get on enough. Without a trade, we're looking at Rios Beckham Dunn or Ramirez Beckham Dunn or Ramirez Rios Beckham Dunn PK- if Viciedo and CQ are our two corners next year. Maybe Morel takes ROY with a .365 OBP and the problem solves itself.