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N32606527_32219358_6072_tiny by Randy Booth on in Open Thread Comment 471 comments

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, Aug 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT


If you pay attention to any series in August, this is the one.

The Red Sox start a four-game set against the Yankees in New York tonight at 7 p.m. John Smoltz will be on the hill for game one against the Yanks' Joba Chamberlain.

The Yankees lead the Sox by 2.5 games in the AL East. If the Sox can pull off a sweep, the season series would stand in the Sox's favor 12-0 and the lead in the East would swing. While at this point a split would be nice, I think we can all hope for the best and ask for a sweep of the Yanks.

Mr. Smoltz, show us what you got.

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Boston Red Sox
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Thursday, Aug 6, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Yankee Stadium

John Smoltz vs Joba Chamberlain

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Time to lose 10-4

I’m pessimistic now-a-days.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That will be the score if we can shake their pen.

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hear that

I’ll be thrilled with a split and have the Sox still contending for at minimum a wild-card spot. I hate Chamberlain and would love to see the Sox rip him.

by ccthemovieman on Aug 6, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Decided to join us for a GT?

We’ll try to keep the teen stuff to a minimum.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, I have a friend here

she just went home. Both of us are disgusted but we feared this was going to happen tonight.

Nice job, Theo – Yanks get A.J. & C.C. over the winter and we get Smoltz.

by ccthemovieman on Aug 6, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hold off judgement for a few years...

When CC’s in a power wheel chair and AJ’s in a full body cast, and both are still getting paid.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but by then

they’ll have some championship rings on those aged fingers, and we won’t
What’s wrong with winning NOW? You also forget the Yankees have a bottomless pit of money so if Burnett or Sabbathia lose it some day, they’ll buy two other top pitchers to replace them. We already have people you describe, too (big salaries/little or no production). You want proven talent now instead of waiting for prospects to deliver. Ask the Celtics, who went out and got proven stars and – boom, a championship! (and another if KG hadn’t got hurt).

The future is NOW, as one famous coach put it years ago.

by ccthemovieman on Aug 7, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's about balancing the present and future.

I’d rather have a 20% chance every year for the next 10 years than a 50% chance this year and a 5% chance for the next 9 years.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 9, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lineups:

Redsox:

CF- Volcano Tacoby
2B- Pedroia da Destroya
C- Victor Martinez!!
LF- This F’n guy can play Left Field too (Youk) Now the best utility guy in the bigs
DH- The Large Father (slump breaker hopefully)
RF- Better be Healthy J.D. Drew
3B- Robotic Hip Mike Lowell
1B- Casey (Texeira’s replacement) Kotchman
SS- Jed (slump breaker II hopefully)

SP: Legendary Hall of Famer John Smoltz.

MFY:

SS- Giggilo Jeter the Cheater
LF- Judas Iscariot
1B- WARNING PEANUT BUTTER ALLERGY
3B- A-Roids, A-Roids, A-Roids.
DH- Hideki (no longer can play the outfield) Matsui
C- Old Catcher
2B- Robinson Pedroia’s better Cano
RF- Let me pitch Nick Swisher
CF- Melky AAAA (I wish) Cabrera

SP: Mama deals drugs Chamberlain

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

umm....V-Mart is catching....

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

Instead of 1B VMart C Tek

We play Kotchman

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have to get the defense respectable...

How are the subs going to work? Reddick LF, Youk 3B? Tek C?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds good to me. Almost perfect defense wise.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not gonna be until Reddick shows up.

May as well do our best offensively.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No news...

Maybe he’s getting in some extra swings in the cage? Has to adjust to the fast stuff.

Might also be in reserve in case Joba decides to go ape shit on Youk’s head again.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait. You guys were under the impression he was enroute from Pawtucket?

I think I have to agree with that. Let Reddick get 4 ABs.

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Honestly, I don't think Papi needled like A-Rod.

That is my one-up on Yankee fans still.

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well even if he did roid, I bet it was oral consumption not needles. Or a cream

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ortiz is honest enough that he would confess to needles like Petitte did.

Petitte said he did it to heal and came out front about the needles. Ortiz wouldn’t lie to Boston like that. But who knows? I may be an idiot for saying this in 24 hours.

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still don’t understand your fixation with needles

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dirtier, Harder Steroids.

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My Brain. But if you want, go find the BALCO reports and read them.

I thought it was kinda common knowledge.

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never heard that.

I’ve heard about guys testing positive b/c of sharing needles with users…

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Roids can enter your body just as easily from your GI tract into your bloodstream as a needle in the ass

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

From Amalie:
Boos for Ortiz during the introduction. Not overwhelming, though. (Yet.)

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You watching this? Who is Amalie? Are you trolling on the Pinestripe Alley?

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hot little peach

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

She is appetizing to my eyes

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

can we get visual confirmation on this?

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

google her or something

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joking:

In Turkish, peach = female dog

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

THINK POSITIVE PEOPLE

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is that...

DON CHERRY?!?

Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)

by crabchowdah on Aug 6, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

IDK.

Haven’t seen Zoolander (all of it, anyway). That just gets brought up on WCG a lot.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You wouldn't get the joke

if you don’t know who Don Cherry is.

Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)

by crabchowdah on Aug 6, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

DO IT

And not another word

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am thinking about banning you

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ten year?

Nah, Rickey’s got more like 15 or 16.
/Very bad job of paraphrasing

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by crabchowdah on Aug 6, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha.

Did he actually tell that joke in his speech? I missed his.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah.

I saw it on a list of his best quotes

Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)

by crabchowdah on Aug 6, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes USG

do not cross me big fella

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

GO SOX!!!!!!!

Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)

by crabchowdah on Aug 6, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

MVP

Double machine up and running!

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I ventured to pinstripe alley

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

took thier women and beer

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's it?? Couldn't crash the coffers?

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

YOU TOOK PEANUT BUTTER!!?!?!?!

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got her !

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I saw PB

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WEAK booing by the MFY village tinkerbells

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I will not say but I'm sure you can figure it out

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep that cant walk straight

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, not only aren't you banned on PSA yet...

You’re unbanned on DRaysBay

Got someone on the inside?

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I better change that

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can I get an update?

I think it’s only DRB, Camden Chat, and Halo’s Heaven.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm back

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Back to being banned?

"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko

by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Odd.

Not going to test it though.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Umm... Gameday WTF:

Pitch 3: In play, out(s)
Pitch 4: Ball
Pitch 5: Ball

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nothin'

When we needed somethin’.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lets go Smoltz!!

As goes his first inning, so goes the rest of his outing. (IMO)

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If I remember correctly his blowup innings have been kind of sporadic in terms of when

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I mean if he has his fastball working for him.

He seems like if he doesn’t trust his fastball, he will throw breaking balls early and often, and gets rocked after the line up sees the breaking stuff enough.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone want to bet

Damon is our LF next season?

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd go with no.

Can’t offer anything until I win my bet with NG though. :/

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

For the record, I'm now involved in three icon wagers:

Freddyd – till end end of series, I win if Smoltz doesn’t blow this game.
All OTM – till end of season, I have to change icon if swept by MFY (gain nothing for winning)
NG – already documented.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

change it to milton burel

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

5

it’s a possibility.

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

“being a left fielder takes some lessons of command as an out fielder”

Is that what I just heard from our color commentator on NESN this evening?

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If smoltz goes the distance I will banish myself forever

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

well i guess Tek/Buch will be the battery sat??

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

has anyone produced a "cleared waivers list" yet

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i wish Pedro was still a FA

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Philly doesn't need him

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He will return to his 1999 self

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOVE THAT GUY

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

SUBJECT LINES, please.

So we can minimize the pic and not slow down the thread.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops sorry

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you have a problem with that?

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinda.

Ratio of smart newbies to dumb n00bs is too low.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you callin me a dumb n00b?

ive been around all season. not much in june and july tho (vacation and internet trouble)

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, the smart ones stay around.

I mean the ones who post one FanPost, then leave like 2 comments and never come back.

Or the Ed guy who screams every other thread.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What am I

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love you all

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok gotcha

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are we talking about the same team??

That whole lineup is meat!

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sit down a-roid

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THINK POSITIVE

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wouldnt we all?

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, Smoltz might not.

Arm’s gonna tighten up sitting so long.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

im not askin for them to all come in the same inning

he wont be sitting long if we get one run here and maybe two runs there

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads

by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That'd be nice.

No crooked numbers – just a long string of 1’s.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eleven isn't crooked.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'd take it

but the occasional crooked # wouldnt be too bad

"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
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by tseyb_06 on Aug 6, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have visions of Lowell coming off the bench in the WS

and having a hit like Gibson

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

Would be nice if he asked JD to help him recognize pitchs better.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

High OBP...

Which JD has, but he has issues every time we try him there, it seems.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. Posada did an awful job catching that last pitch.

If the glove is in the dirt to catch the ball, you’re not gonna get the close call.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kotchman cannot buunt?

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the umpire is playing by the joba rules

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tito cost us another run

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

To be fair

I dunno if Jed manages to put the ball in play with a man on 3rd, even.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nick Green anyone?

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chone Figgins

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mat Gamel

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Beltre

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I changed the subject

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

@ 3b

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

See Above.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ahh....shit. He's a 3B man.

Alcides Escobar.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

@ 3b

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

2010 Red Sox:

C Martin/Tek
1B Victor
2B Ped
SS Scutaro/Jed
3B Figgins/Lowell
LF Holliday
CF Ellsbury
RF Drew
DH Ortiz

Lackey
Beckett
Lester
Wake
Buch

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scutaro's going to regress HARD.

RussMart is going to be hard to acquire, even with his struggles.

WTF: Lackey > Beck, Lester?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no no no order

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's all a dream

but Holliday/Figgins would be great

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, yes it would.

As long as it doesn’t cost more than 30mil per year.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vlad/Damon/Abreau

are all options

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We have a DH for next year...

Hell no, and I’d rather keep Abreau away from the Monster.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he is just vegitarian.

I’m not sure what they would make his glove and shoes out of if he was vegan.

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crap, my bad.

Pressed enter when I meant backspace.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ells hacks at ball 4

Then looks at a hanging offspeed pitch.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

To look on the bright side, 25 pitch inning.

I’d however have liked to cash in the man on 2nd with 0 outs.

Tito thinks the bunt is for little girls…..real man swing for the fences, no matter the count or situation.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THINKING POSITIVE

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is the bright side.

Once we can get to that pen, I’m throwing a party.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The impressive part

Jed and Kotch, combined for about 7 pitches.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chamberlain should be at 50 pitches. Damn.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rather have Laroche

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

That has to do more with our lack of OF depth than anything else.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FML.

I’m a Raiders fan. What did the Pats at least give us?

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm think Second Round Pick.

Yes, Please

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you mocking me?

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinda.

Second part was serious. Murph’s a better pure receiver than Harvin, is as fast as Percy ever showed.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please don't Al Davis' damage is going to take 10 years to repair.

After he dies, naturally.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha.

Weren’t you a Colts fan last summer?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's my brother.

He was probably writing on here when I left it open or something. Two teams, panthers also because they are local.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's a run stopper as well as a pash rusher, but doesn't shine at either.

He’s solid. Think a solid MLB player like……

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Those last strikeout calls were total BS. Each above the belt, Kotch’s at the letters.

Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!

by BoSox415 on Aug 6, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Smoltz

retire

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

sliiiddddeeeee

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow that was Kevin Cash like

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Get Masterson up

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dave Roberts need to be no where near a mic.

The things that come out of that mans mouth baffle me.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 7:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

He sucks as much as Tim McCarver and Joe Buck! And that’s saying something.

by Lolmoarpl0x on Aug 6, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that is a major understatement

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The final draw for me was he started drooling over Jetter.

I get enough of that on ESPN/TBS, I don’t want to hear a NESN announcer verbally jerk Jetter.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

THE MVP THINKS POSITIVE

Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HR!!! Thats only 8??

Seems like more.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm still pessimistic

We started the last 2 games with solo homers too!

"Swing and a ground ball, stabbed by Foulke. He has it. He underhands to first. And the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's World Championship!"

by bloodysock04 on Aug 6, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pessimistic about this game one game only

"Swing and a ground ball, stabbed by Foulke. He has it. He underhands to first. And the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's World Championship!"

by bloodysock04 on Aug 6, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whos that?

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Got to go read that. Bandwagon fan who knows nothing I'm assuming.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinda.

Said DP’s K’s were up, was wrong.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's like second hardest in the AL to strike out behind Placido Polanco!!!

What a fucking idiot!!

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sox-Rays rivalry

Tampa resident. Sox fan. Went to the extra inning, Longoria game the other night and wrote a piece on it.

http://sportschump.net/2009/08/06/sox-rays-a-blossoming-rivarly/1063/

Would love to hear what you guys think.

Pedroia just does deep. Nice!

by sportschump.net on Aug 6, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm stuck down here too.

Looks good from the first two ‘graphs. I’ll give it a look.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Without reading it, I'm guessing no.

First off, I hate playing the Rays. I don’t hate the Rays. They’re a small-market team which played the MLB salary game the right way. They have some really good young players who don’t have a lot of ego. If they were in any other division, or hadn’t played the Sox, I would’ve been cheering for them last year.

Second off, they just don’t have the fanbase for it.

Third off, it’s only year 2 of their success, and with less money, they’re unlikely to keep being consistently competitive.

What I will say is that I hate Tropicana. It is truly awful.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meh.

The only reason a “rivalry” is forming is because the fans that are jumping on either bandwagon feel like they have to jaw with any fan of another team. It’s ridiculous at my school sometimes, which is why I require anyone that wants to talk ball with me to list at least 10 players from their “favorite” team.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do that too with all the bandwagon fans who want "hang out" with me at lunch or something just b/c we are both Sox fans. WTF?

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's usually just "fans" who try to tell me how the Sox suck or how great they are.

Which is hilarious when I have the patience to listen and count all the incorrect things they say.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's bad in Florida

Last year when they made the play off it was horrible. All the Rays shirts and caps came out. From people who don’t even watch baseball, I really don’t get it.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ever hear about the 2003 Marlins horror stories?

Season ticket holders not going to late season games because of the HUGE increase in traffic?

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really don't buy into the Rays/Soxs rivalry.

You have one good season doesn’t = a rivalry. It was being pushed by the Florida media, and the easily swayed fans.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meh.

They’ve been starting stuff for years with the HBP thing.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno

When the Benches cleared last year both teams looked pretty heated

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree there was bad blood last year.

But I think the term rivalry is thrown around too freely.

Red Soxs, Yankees = Rivalry

Cards, Cubs = Rivalry

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Youk being Youk

THINK POSITIVE

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ellsbury!

Don’t be hurt.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crap

Ells don’t get hurt

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I especially like it because it's a song which is half about the importance of looking past the material and economic world

And how focusing on that tends to lead to corruption and evil.

In New Yankee Stadium.

Good show.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Music is about both lyrics and...well....music.

You can’t have one without the other.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You ever listen to certain Nirvana songs?

Sometimes the words are just there because they sound good.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK

The same is not true for all songs.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Smoltz keeps giving up big swings.

It’s like a fucking minefield. God dammit Smoltz. Learn to pitch.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crucify Judas!!!

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Good day for Portland.

Expo 2-4, 2B
Kalish 2-4, HR

Kalish is on an absolute tear since the ASB with an OPS well over .900. Good July, great August so far.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Westmoreland 1-1 with a walk.

Only baserunner the Spinners have had all night.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

God Help us. Traber is our long relief.....

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Claim Vernon Wells or Alex rios on waivers

THINK POSITIVE

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rios is a big time under achiever in my mind.

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I feel as if he was expected to be something much more.

I may however just be swayed by my Blue Jays fan friends who complain all the time.

by upCHUCK on Aug 6, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i felt the same at first.

 if i’m getting that on waivers, i’m not expecting a superstar.

by BoldandBrash on Aug 6, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meh.

They’re always supposed to be just a piece away from competing, and then the Rays jumped over them last season.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Aug 6, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rios-yes

Wells-no-sarcasm

THINK POSITIVE

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hell YES!

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha

EXACTLY what I was thinking!

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 6, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um....USG. I'm sure we are around 450 comments or something, but the sooner you make an overflow the better for me.

Having slow internet here is kinda like impotence.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No you virgin.

Its embarressing. My internet is so fucking slow…

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was talking about Kotchman.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My internet is killing me here.

Notice how my comment exponentially decrease the closer we get to 500.

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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jed hurt?

I don’t exactly see Green as a defensive replacement.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lowrie hurt

SHOCKING

THINK POSITIVE

by gizmosandy on Aug 6, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Look on the positive side

Green coming in as a replacement, will motivate him to prove he is better than Jed. He will swing a hot bad, maybe a rbi double and a solo HR.

by ruktuim on Aug 6, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

taking strikes

This is getting old quick.. every hitter LOVES taking 1 if not 2 strikes every at bat, then they’re taking strikes right down the pipe.. TIME TO FIRE DAVE MAGADAN

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