June 9, 200916 yr http://futuresox.com/frontpage/?p=118 I shamelessly edited this into Jimbo's post too.
June 9, 200916 yr He's probably going to start for Colon against the Brewers. And seriously, he has a Facebook? Edited June 9, 200916 yr by chw42
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:40 AM) As does Clayton Richard. It worked so well for...(all of these guys had Minor and Major League starts and we used them out of the pen at least half the time if not all the time) Rocky Biddle Lorenzo Barcelo Tanyon Sturtze Gary Glover Jon Rauch Josh Stewart Jon Adkins Felix Diaz Arnie Munoz Charlie Haeger Lance Broadway Heath Phillips Dewon Day Adam Russell Matt Ginter Kevin Beirne Carlos Castillo Aaron Myette Pat Daneker Sean Tracey It did work for: Buehrle Garland McCarthy
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:13 AM) And on that list of guys that didn't make it, few were considered top prospects. My point being we rarely have success starting a guy out of the bullpen top prospect or not
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:14 AM) My point being we rarely have success starting a guy out of the bullpen top prospect or not How many guys have we had success with dumping them straight in to the rotation?
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 09:14 AM) My point being we rarely have success starting a guy out of the bullpen top prospect or not I understand that, but a whole lot of those guys listed weren't legitimate pitching prospects and were either called up out of necessity or pushed into a starting gig by necessity (remember how bad the Sox 5th starters were for a stretch? Oh and if you go by that rationale, the Sox did use Gavin Floyd a bit out of the pen and rotation in his first season with the Sox. The majority of his outings were starts but he also made 6 relief appearances.
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) When's the last time we had a Jewish player on our roster? Al Levine and Scott Schoeneweis come to mind.
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 10:45 AM) Firesale of who? These guys I'd put on the bubble right now: Count, Colon, Betemit has already been DFA'd, Gobble, Fields, Getz, maybe Nix but I think he's our UT player Count is the only one who is expensive and we can't move his contract without taking on another bad contract. The other players make very little if not the minimum. Moving any or all of those guys wouldn't constitute a firesale IMO. If we're going to run off a firesale then I'd expect to be hearing about Thome, JD, PK, Linebrink, maybe Jenks, Dotel, but who can take on those contracts? I guess I just don't see it. I see activity, and lots of it, but shedding major contracts of players who are coming off the books anyway doesn't seem to make a ton of sense when there's no one to replace them with. specific names he gave, jenks, dye, dotel
June 9, 200916 yr Author That is definitely the first news story I will ever break in my lifetime. I could not sleep and was checking facebook updated on the blackberry. The power of social media is very scary. The funny thing is most of the reports just copied my twitter update. The Sox first Jewish player since Schoenweiss.
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:27 AM) That is definitely the first news story I will ever break in my lifetime. I could not sleep and was checking facebook updated on the blackberry. The power of social media is very scary. The funny thing is most of the reports just copied my twitter update. The Sox first Jewish player since Schoenweiss.
June 9, 200916 yr this has always struck me as odd, but what difference does it make if the guy is jewish or not? who was the last latvian orthodox sox player??
June 9, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:30 AM) this has always struck me as odd, but what difference does it make if the guy is jewish or not? who was the last latvian orthodox sox player?? Jewish athletes are a very rare breed.
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:36 AM) Jewish athletes are a very rare breed. The fact Sage Rosenfels is in the Jewish Athlete Hall of Fame should be a small clue.
June 9, 200916 yr Author Though Ryan Braun v. Aaron Poreda will have the Jewish world going crazy. Too bad, Youkilis could not show up for the event.
June 9, 200916 yr Who was the Dodger Jewish OF that took off a Jewish Holiday right in the middle of the pennant race??
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:39 AM) Who was the Dodger Jewish OF that took off a Jewish Holiday right in the middle of the pennant race?? That would be Shawn Green.
June 9, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:39 AM) Who was the Dodger Jewish OF that took off a Jewish Holiday right in the middle of the pennant race?? Eli Goldensilverbergstein duh
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) Though Ryan Braun v. Aaron Poreda will have the Jewish world going crazy. Too bad, Youkilis could not show up for the event. I thought Youk was Greek?
June 9, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (Jimmywins1 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) I thought Youk was Greek? Yeah a greek Jew.
June 9, 200916 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 11:48 AM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewis...people#Baseball I'm pretty sure a few of those are made up... aka Tiger Woodawitz under famous golfers Edited June 9, 200916 yr by dasox24
June 9, 200916 yr I realize that we're only 4 games out, but at what point does Kenny Williams, if ever, come to the conclusion that this team isn't that good, despite the rest of the division being very bad? In other words, if the goal is to win a championship, and this team, while it may hang around and give false hope, isn't going to win one much less get over .500, why not trade Jermaine Dye to a team that can use a hitter?
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