August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 4, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) Jays called up stud prospect Brett Lawrie. The Jays are definitely a team I'm going to follow from here on out.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 4, 2011 -> 07:44 PM) The Jays are definitely a team I'm going to follow from here on out. Great farm system and some great young talent. I enjoy watching the Jays play, but the dome brings me down. AA is quickly becoming one of my favorite GMs as well.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 4, 2011 -> 08:28 PM) Great farm system and some great young talent. I enjoy watching the Jays play, but the dome brings me down. AA is quickly becoming one of my favorite GMs as well. Yeah, it's the same thing with the Rays. Really exciting team. But you have to have a really good attention span to watch either team when they're playing at home.
August 5, 201114 yr Yonder Alonso just showing his defensive deficiencies against the Cubs horribly misplaying a single/double into an inside the park homerun. Dude needs a team with an open 1B spot.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 12:47 PM) Cubs really might finish with a better record than the Sox this year They might, but only because we could still lose 90 ish games. They're not winning more than into the low 70's.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) Yonder Alonso just showing his defensive deficiencies against the Cubs horribly misplaying a single/double into an inside the park homerun. Dude needs a team with an open 1B spot. Tony Campana = very, very, very fast
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 01:12 PM) Tony Campana = very, very, very fast He's the definition of a 1 tool player. Incredibly fast though, for sure. Edited August 5, 201114 yr by whitesoxfan101
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) He's the definition of a 1 tool player. Incredibly fast though, for sure. You just got Ozzie's attention.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 4, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) Jays called up stud prospect Brett Lawrie. Lucky for Brewers fans they are in first & Marcum has been solid, so they don't have to cringe if Lawrie tears it up in the majors.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) Tony Campana = very, very, very fast Indeed. But Alonso didn't help himself by overrunning the ball, bumping into the wall, and almost falling over as the ball rolled behind him.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) Indeed. But Alonso didn't help himself by overrunning the ball, bumping into the wall, and almost falling over as the ball rolled behind him. It sounds like he took fielding tips from Soriano during pre-game warmups.
August 5, 201114 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 08:05 PM) They might, but only because we could still lose 90 ish games. They're not winning more than into the low 70's. Sox up 5.5 on the Cubs now
August 5, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 05:31 PM) Sox up 5.5 on the Cubs now The Sox will be good for a late season winning streak when they keep the same pitchers but actually play guys like De Aza and Viciedo more.
August 6, 201114 yr http://www.purplerow.com/2011/8/3/2341147/...o-jimenez-trade Very good analysis of Jimenez trade and why it doesn't make any sense for the Rockies....J4L, do you agree with him?
August 6, 201114 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 6, 2011 -> 03:57 AM) http://www.purplerow.com/2011/8/3/2341147/...o-jimenez-trade Very good analysis of Jimenez trade and why it doesn't make any sense for the Rockies....J4L, do you agree with him? Good piece. This guy is obviously a Rockies fan. Therefore he's a lot more emotionally 'invested' in this transaction than somebody like me. I'm a prospect whore. This is no revelation. There's always going to be a certain level of risk when trading proven talent, which Ubaldo is, over potential (the package the Rockies received). I'm not a Rockies fan. I don't follow that organization day-in, day-out. Dan O'Dowd is obviously not satisfied with his club's performance this year. He also obviously believed the best way to enhance the long-term future of the team was to "sell-high" on their top asset (who's velocity is down considerably from a year ago). As far as the financial aspect? Yeah, I can totally understand that. Like the guy said, this wasn't a case of clearing a big salary for prospects. Ubaldo's contract is extremely team-friendly for quite a while. That's the biggest risk to me. Not so much trading Ubaldo. But Ubaldo AND his current contract status. It's going to take a couple years, at least, before one can legitimately determine who won/lost this trade.
August 6, 201114 yr Reds have been the NL equal to the Sox. Just without the bloated payroll and barren farm system. And I echo DirtySox when he says the Reds need to trade Alonso. This guy is not an OF. But he can f***ing mash. Edited August 6, 201114 yr by Jordan4life
August 6, 201114 yr Lawrie's got a bit of an odd swing... A little loopy, kinda like Beckham, but with the ability to catch up to 93 mph heat....
August 8, 201114 yr The cream has really risen to the top in the NL. Only six teams over .500 out of 16, and that's with a pretty close interleague this season. 8 out of 14 AL teams are over .500, but the Rays and Jays have no chance of making the playoffs. The Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies are locks for postseason, so right now only 9 teams are going for 5 spots. 18 teams are kind of out of it with about 50 games left.
August 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 09:11 PM) The cream has really risen to the top in the NL. Only six teams over .500 out of 16, and that's with a pretty close interleague this season. 8 out of 14 AL teams are over .500, but the Rays and Jays have no chance of making the playoffs. The Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies are locks for postseason, so right now only 9 teams are going for 5 spots. 18 teams are kind of out of it with about 50 games left. The Pirates sure didn't help themselves by losing 10 straight. Sucks for the fans in Pittsburgh. At least they have a good football team to look forward to.
August 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) The Pirates sure didn't help themselves by losing 10 straight. Sucks for the fans in Pittsburgh. At least they have a good football team to look forward to. Pittsburgh screwed up taking the half-assed way out at the trading deadline. They had better hope that these kids do gel, or they are going to be looking back at 2011 the way we look back at 1994.
August 8, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 08:59 AM) Pittsburgh screwed up taking the half-assed way out at the trading deadline. They had better hope that these kids do gel, or they are going to be looking back at 2011 the way we look back at 1994. You really think that there was anything the Pirates could have done that would have made them competitive with the Phillies/Giants/Braves, or hell, even the Brewers now that they're pushing away?
August 8, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 08:42 AM) You really think that there was anything the Pirates could have done that would have made them competitive with the Phillies/Giants/Braves, or hell, even the Brewers now that they're pushing away? Yes.
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