Thad Bosley

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 20, 2010 -> 08:50 PM) No thanks on Garcia, as he cannot be relied upon for a full season and just like with most veterans, I have no faith in Ozzie to use him correctly. Certainly not for a full season every 5th day, but as the occasional long reliever?

I keep wondering if Garcia could fill the role of long reliever/spot starter next year. I could be wrong, but I don't think we can count on him for another full year as the 5th starter. However, I think he could be an interesting candidate for the role that Pena has found himself in this year a lot, which is coming in early in certain games with the hope of giving the Sox somewhere around three or four innings before they could get to the end of the bullpen. I know a lot of it depends on the ability to get warm quickly in the bullpen, but if Freddy could make that transition, I think it could be a great niche for him.

I feel like we're playing some AAA team in an exhibition game.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 20, 2010 -> 08:24 PM) Floyd injured is just another pile of what we have had this season for the most part. I just hope it is not serious On the replay of the last pitch he threw, you wouldn't have known that he hurt himself. There was no body language to suggest as much. Certainly nothing like what Peavy displayed on his last pitch of the season. So from that standpoint, I'm hoping it's not all that serious.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 20, 2010 -> 08:20 PM) So Gavin got pulled on a 2-2 count? Please tell me it's a leg injury and not arm related. We don't know as of yet. The replay on the last pitch he made was inconclusive, but Stone said he saw him grab his right tricep when he was in the dugout. That's all we really know at this point.

If I'm not mistaken, the "Sox Supporters" used to take their show on the road, too. Didn't they use to go to games in Milwaukee back in the day when the Brew Crew was in the American League?

C'mon, Andruw! Right man, right spot, right place, right time!

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 19, 2010 -> 08:46 PM) Don't get a leaky vag because my comment upsets you. they're 10 out with no playoff chances, only difference between them and detroit is detroit hasn't cashed it in Watch your language - no need to get vulgar. They are 10 games out because a superior team, one with one of the top records in all of baseball, just flat beat them out. Beat them out convincingly in head-to-head play, primarily because of that superior talent. To call them out as "quitters" is weak and, quite frankly, very becoming of an ill-advised fan. "Quitting" is a mental state, and neither you, nor I, nor anybody on this board has the ability to look inside the minds of those 25 players to even remotely come close to making such a judgement. Maybe all 25 of those guys did quit, but you certainly aren't the one to make that call.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 19, 2010 -> 08:30 PM) They're quitters Simpleton comment. You cannot equate the results with the effort expended.

Ok, Mr. Brent Morel - making your case for next year in no uncertain terms!

They really should find a sponsor for these always-exciting at-bats courtesy of Mark Teahen. Oy.

Watching Teahen play, whether it be batting or fielding, is a very painful experience.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 19, 2010 -> 06:34 PM) If we're going to be sitting Manny, it's ridiculous that Viciedo isn't getting at bats. 100% agree

I still maintain, based on this article from earlier in the year, that if Tony LaRussa does make a return to the South Side, it is as likely to be in the role of GM as it would be as manager. La Russa weighs in on Reinsdorf

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 08:49 PM) Teahen with the same amount of strike outs tonight as he has homers all season. What a disgraceful effort on this home stand. He has got to ride the pine the rest of the way - he is just an awful player. I'd rather watch any other position player on our roster play than him. Let's see what De Aza and his speed can do out there in right field, maybe. That would be at least somewhat more interesting than watching this clown peform. I mean, seriously - what more does Ozzie and Sox management need to see? He's terrible! He's terrible, and he was terrible for most of the five full years he played with Kansas City before he came to us. There is no "potential" - it is what it is. We can not afford to let him essentially kill us on BOTH offense and defense any longer.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 08:43 PM) Exactly. People act like it's some huge contract we are stuck with. Pay $3M a year, and I can bet you that we can find a team to take him for $2M a year. Someone out there exists. I mean, it's not like Teahen hasn't showed potential in his career. I bet someone would take a $2M gamble that he can put something together, at the very least being able to play multiple positions. Did you see any "potential" this year?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 08:38 PM) The Marlins led by Ozzie Guillen??????????????????????????????? Lol - the only way we get this albatross off of our hands is to take someone else's albatross off of their hands. I guess it can happen, seeing how the Cubs were able to miraculously move Bradley last off-season. The problem with Teahen is that there are not one but two years left on that contract of his. Imagine the garbage we'd have to take on in order to move him along. Oy!

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 08:35 PM) Way to track that one, Teahan. I don't see why it would be hard to move him in the offseason. Isn't he only signed for $5 mil a year? Who the heck would want him? What Major League team at this point would want him on their 25-man roster next year?

Ooooohkay, there's another position Teahen cannot play. Next!

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 08:15 PM) Include him in a deal with someone like Danks for a team that can take on money. Lol - sort of like the Marlins tacking Dontrelle Willis along in the Cabrera deal. I wonder if we could double tack in such a deal and send Linebrink along as well!

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 08:10 PM) He's a zero tool player. Exactly, couldn't agree more. But that makes him useless as a bench player as well, if he can't do anything particularly well, or in his case, even league-average. So what to do with this guy for the next two years? That is the question.

This Teahen guy is just a mess of a player.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 07:29 PM) but what do we do with the cuban man child? Hawk sez he's going to the other side of the infield.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 07:24 PM) Wow, very impressive by Morel!! Me thinks he's going to be the 3b for Sox next season. After that play, maybe even longer than that!

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) Agreed. This is JR we're talking about. Unless Ozzie is leaving on his own terms, it doesn't matter if the sox go 62-100 next year, he will still be the manager. Well, if he was ever going to leave, now would seem to be the opportune time to do so. He has what appears to be as appealing an opportunity he could wish for waiting for him in his hometown of Miami. The job with the Marlins would seem to be the perfect landing spot for him were he to leave. He has a good, albeit brief, history with that team. He'd be in the National League where he could play NL-style baseball to his heart's content. And by going down there he would get him far, far away from Kenny Williams. So despite the JR element, I think it's quite possible he could make the move. We'll see!