I can't believe a couple of people were hoping that the Sox brought back Shields next season.  Haven't you seen enough yet?

24 minutes ago, footlongcomiskeydog said:

The Angels got Mike freaking Trout to sign a contract extension and we don't think we can do the same with Eloy and Rodon? 

Regarding Rodon probably not as long as Scott Boras is his agent.

So Ricky left Shields out there to face Trout after he homered twice. My God. 

37 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:

Ever been to Anaheim?

Yep. Lots of strip malls, spray tans, McMansions, and breast implants.

I prefer Malibu, Silverlake, and the canyons of LA.

Trout cost himself 100 million or more by signing that extension. 

22 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I can't believe a couple of people were hoping that the Sox brought back Shields next season.  Haven't you seen enough yet?

Why is he still around now? Shouldn't these starts being going to guys like Stephens, Adams, Guerrero, and Fulmer?

Maybe we can convince Jerry to sign Trout

Edited September 9, 20187 yr by elrockinMT

58 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

Dude just turned 27 too. Greatest. Hitter. Eva.

Possibly best player of his generation . Has a lot of competition for best hitter in baseball history.

Juan Minaya's proving his worth to the other team.

23 minutes ago, footlongcomiskeydog said:

Yep. Lots of strip malls, spray tans, McMansions, and breast implants.

I prefer Malibu, Silverlake, and the canyons of LA.

Trout cost himself 100 million or more by signing that extension. 

LA isn’t very far and Malibu isn’t too bad of a drive. Point is, he grew up in that dump they call New Jersey so compared to that, Anaheim is terrific. He took $150 million to play in SoCal. Can’t say I blame him.

13 minutes ago, elrockinMT said:

Maybe we can convince Jerry to sign Trout

Get @WBWSF to sign him, you mean?

1 hour ago, soxfan49 said:

I say Bonds. He was a 500 HR/3,000 hit guy before steroids. His hand-eye coordination was insane. Besides hitting, he also stole a bunch of bases and won a bunch of GG’s... but that’s just me.

Trout’s in the top 3 however

I always point this out - there's no reason to assume that he was clean prior to 1998. He could just as easily have started steroids in 1980 and then switched to a more potent steroid in 1998 when his body exploded and, per that one book, he said to Griffey that he was going on the "Hard stuff". That line could easily have indicated he was on softer stuff, a-la Palmeiro or someone like that, whose body did not explode.

Why would you intentionally walk someone who's only hitting .223?

21 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

I always point this out - there's no reason to assume that he was clean prior to 1998. He could just as easily have started steroids in 1980 and then switched to a more potent steroid in 1998 when his body exploded and, per that one book, he said to Griffey that he was going on the "Hard stuff". That line could easily have indicated he was on softer stuff, a-la Palmeiro or someone like that, whose body did not explode.

Against an entire league that was also on drugs, hard or soft. What a dumb conversation. He was great.

Moncada ?

Trout could be Barry Bonds hitting in Chicago.

We need more contact hitters duh. 

Does anyone remember what it is like to watch a meaningful baseball game in September? 

Also, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the Sox FO just sets their out of office email responder to turn on after Labor Day weekend every year. 

It looks to like the home plate umpire is blind

10 minutes ago, footlongcomiskeydog said:

Does anyone remember what it is like to watch a meaningful baseball game in September? 

Also, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the Sox FO just sets their out of office email responder to turn on after Labor Day weekend every year. 

I'd settle for seeing a meaningful post.

35 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:

Against an entire league that was also on drugs, hard or soft. What a dumb conversation. He was great.

He was a drug fiend, not great at all.

On Gameday, it says "official scorer ruling pending" and yet the game is getting played with the next hitter.  

12 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I'd settle for seeing a meaningful post.

No one likes a bully. 

Next year if there is no room for Davidson and goofy Yolmer is on the bench things will be better. 

Time to put bigfoot on ignore. 

Out of the fire and into the Jace Frying pan.

Relief corp melt down in the 9th

This team looks like it cannot wait for this season to end. I don't think they will win more than 5 games the rest of the way.