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QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 12:24 PM) Junior is batting .308 for the Sox right now, all singles, albeit only in a handful of games. No reason really to trash him right now. I'll be ecstatic if he can hit over .300 for us, and he doesn't even have to give us much power, because we've got enough of those type of hitters already.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 12:22 PM) Jermaine Dye for Maggs. Yeah, basically you can find a player out there in FA such as a Dye who didn't put up great numbers in Oakland for health and ballpark reasons, who when they come to the Sox will have an increase in their offensive numbers. One of the best signings KW's ever made really.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 11:48 AM) BA hit this year for a decent average against RHP but no power really. Then he had a mini-slump, but at that point he started getting platooned with Wise and has only hit LHP since then. If I'm not mistaken all of his homers come against LHP but his average is hovering over .200 Well I remember in the past he has certainly hit better against RHP. Right now with Griffey and Swisher on the team, his role should be as a late inning defensive replacement, and the occasional start here and there. Swisher may have had a bad year, but he has 16HR's now and a fairly decent OBP, so he'll still offer you something on that front. And I mean Griffey had been swinging the bat well in his 1st couple of games for us. I can't really see the harm of seeing if that would continue for 1 game at home no matter what type of pitcher he was facing.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 07:15 AM) Kings of Leon is supposed to be announcing a US tour today. New CD 9/23. Also, my little brother is opening up for the Kottonmouth Kings in Milwaukee next Tuesday. http://www.myspace.com/thclp Nice. They're playing at All Points West this weekend in Jersey City IIRC. Am gonna miss out, but definitely want to catch them live somewhere while I'm over here. And w00t, 25,000 posts finally!

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) Or how about we play Griffey Jr. against LHP when he sucks against them while Anderson's been looking good at the plate? Isn't BA better against RHP than LHP?

Yeah unfortunately he's burnt some bridges so he won't be coming here, because he was a very good lefty back when he was with the Giants, and I wouldn't have minded of giving him a shot.

Pinning this. I imagine Australia will beat America in the Women's Swimming, but you'll kick our ass in the Men's with Phelps.

That's HAWT. But surely there's way more pressing issues in this election than a political ad by Paris Hilton.

Gatorade's my hangover juice in the morning. I get 2 bottles at the start of the week because I know by the weekend, I'll need them big time.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 11:03 AM) Russell Branyon had a couple years in MLB similar in power numbers to Fields' 2007. His minor league numbers were far superior. Ben Broussard is what the Indians got for him when they cut the cord. If Fields can't make contact, he's not worth much. Hopefully, that is an area that can be improved. I still think an NL team such as the Giants who desperately need offense would love to have Fields if the price was right. Fields for Jonathan Sanchez for example maybe?

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 10:15 AM) If KW were able to procure Blake (or somebody like him), I'd go ahead and deal Fields for a pitcher. I'd like to keep Fields around to see if he can develop into a better hitter, but I think that we need a reliable (health-wise) 5th starter more than Josh. Next year is the last of Jose's deal and I'm sure that somebody would take him if Kenny ate half of the remaining $10 million or so on it. Some team in the NL such as the Padres or even the Mets could be well interested in Jose for $5M if the cost was minimal. I doubt whether or not the Sox would be willing to pick up much of that contract though. A lot depends on how Jose looks for the rest of the season when he eventually comes back.

Yeah Blake is looking like a good option at this point. I'd be all for trading Fields for a good young starting pitcher in the Danks / Floyd mould who could jump into the rotation from next season. Of course you'd have $10M wasted on Contreras still then (unless you could somehow dump him on somebody).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 02:37 PM) Cabrera is only a good OBP person if you're comparing him to Uribe. His career OBP is .321. If he's doing other things with the bat, i.e. being a good #2 hitter, or driving in runs, etc., then you tolerate that. His OBP this year is .324. What were his numbers in Anaheim last season again? Something around a .340 OBP IIRC, which is just light years ahead of Uribe. That OBP shows us how much we need a bonafide leadoff hitter still though IMHO.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 02:08 PM) I don't know what they can count on with Homer Bailey. He's a guy that should have an ERA of 5 in the NL just on stuff alone. He's 0-5, with a 7.55 ERA and 51 hits given up in 31 IP with only 14 K's to 14 BB's. One of the weirdest things I have ever seen. Amazing how much his stock has fallen over the past season and a half. I wouldn't mind having a look at him if he was available though.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 02:23 PM) Although I typically have had a moderate position on Josh in comparison to a lot of the carried-away fanboys he apparently has, I still have to say it's pretty unreasonable to hold him to the stats he had after his first extended MLB stint, and expect he will never be any better than that. This applies to everyone, at any position. People who come up and take MLB by storm ala Alexei Ramirez are the exception, not the norm. I hate to say it with Josh, but it wouldn't surprise me if his career ended up sort of the same as Tony Batista (think that's his name the third baseman who played with the O's and last with the Twins). I mean 30HR power absolutely, maybe more, but unless he can cut down on the K's, or at least walk at least over 50 times during the season, probably needs more than that, then it's something that is really going to hurt him down the line. Still the power he flashed in around 100 games last season was hugely impressive.

Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt. Or not.

Long - term I can't really see a future for Josh on the Sox. With KW looking for hitters with good OBP skills (hence the OC and Swish acquisitons) having Fields and his sub .300 OBP in the lineup is not something I can see happening. My guess is, we'll target Casey Blake in the off-season, or might enquire about Adrian Beltre possibly, if Seattle's asking price does come down.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 09:59 AM) They are playing a post lollapalooza show either this friday or next at the Metro. Fly your aussie assie to Chicago and I will make time to go My faith in Airlines is at an all time low at the moment (see the drunk thread). But I'm off to Memphis and upstate NY the next couple of weeks. Hopefully they do a show in New York sometime soon.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Aug 3, 2008 -> 10:35 AM) Im a huge Brand New fan. The song "Sudden Death in Carolina" is probably my favorite song that band has, with "Sic Transit Gloria......" a short distance behind. Jude Law and a Semester Abroad is one of my all times faves also.

Ok so my weekend was one big f##ked up rollercoaster. I am meant to be in Las Vegas right now. Instead, because the stoo-pid New York weather, here I am at work. No other flights to Vegas with Jet Blue until this morning, and I'm not spending just 2 days in Vegas, need more than that. So what did I do instead. Drowned my sorrows in booze. Saturday afternoon was spent drinking on a boat on a pier which swayed from side to side a bit, that was pretty cool. Then outs to a few bars, and seeing one of my good buddies fall asleep while trying to take a dump in the toilet, pretty funny stuff. And 1 girl lost her bag with her passport etc. in there, and someone else lost their wallet, so it got messy. Yesterday I did Brunch at a place called the Sunburnt Cow. But this isn't your usual Brunch. $15 gets you any meal, AND, as much beer as you can drink. And I give Fosters a bad rap (as Southsider would attest to), but yesterday I drank it, and drank it and drank it. Probably around 15 glasses of Fosters I ended up having. Then I have absolutely no recollection of what happened after that. Somehow I think one of my mates dragged me into this party in some hotel for a while, after drinking some more at some other places. Then I proceeded to dance in my room to Daft Punk at 2 in the morning, so I am just majorly hungover this morning, and you don't know how hard it has been to just write this.

Going back down under for a Wedding in October as a Groomsmen. Hoping for something good (cue the boomerang and digeri-doo jokes).

Would love to see Brand New play also. Quite a few people I know from New York going across for it. We've got All Points West playing here next week in Jersey, Kings of Leon, Radiohead some of the bands playing.

Ha I was defending Pods in this thread 3 years ago. How things have changed.

Pittsburgh sure got a lot of prospects over the past few days. It's good to see Huntington actually making some moves though, unlike the previous GM Dave Littlefield, who just well, did nothing at all.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 02:48 PM) I know I'm in the minority here, but, assuming Linebrink is healthy and will really be back soon, then I don't see the Sox needing relief help. A pen of Jenks-Linebrink-Dotel-Thornton-Logan-Wassermann-Carrasco is, IMO, better than most teams run out there. If you can upgrade one of those last three, great, but I don't see Grabow as any significant upgrade to Logan (which is who he'd be replacing, I assume). Can you trust Carrasco to continue to be effective as a long - man, and for Wasserman to be the 1 inning ROOGY though? I think we can upgrade there. It may not be a factor come playoff time if we make it, but it may help us win an extra game or 2 by upgrading that spot right there. Whether Grabow is the best fit or not though, I don't know.