ZeroHour

this is bordering on insane......

Let's check. I think my last post was sometime during the playoffs, and before that was sometime last April.....not that anyone, even myself, keeps track. I come back to ST because my baseball addiction is back and better than ever. Not to beat dead horses, but Ill throw in a few kicks. For starters, if you think a city being "over-soxed" or, god-forbid, becoming a "Sox town" is a BAD thing, you need your head examined. Fans=money=payroll=players. Period. I dont care if the new blood are posers, fools, bandwagoners, or just plain newbies, bring em all on. Sorry if you have to leave earlier to park, sorry if the beer lines are longer, its the spoils of war. Speaking of spoils, the team, Oz, KW, JR brought the world series home! Remember? That thing that now defines our team and our baseball lifetimes? We should all be calm as Hindu cows right now. I know I am, but my fellow Sox fans frustrate me with all of this hand-wringing. Its not living in the past, its not blind faith, its trust. Not to sound overly rah-rah, but this team is much improved. yes, it has some flaws, but tell me what you would have done differently. Yes, another bullpen arm would be nice, but I have to believe KW and Coop know more about Thornton than I do, no matter how much Baseball Prospectus I read. I would rather have BMac in the pen and Javy #5 than BMac #5 and another minor in the pen. Thome brings us lefty power and BA, while still cutting his teeth, is a good replacement for Rowand. 2005's bench had Geoff Blum and Timo Perez, 2006 has Mackowiak and Cintron. Both vast improvements and great insurance. Thats what KW did this winter. Insured. We cant predict the future, we can only project, and why is everything always so doom and gloom here? Talk to me next homestand, maybe then well have a picture. Until then, the ledge should stored in the very backs of our minds. Yes, Cleveland will be very good this year, but are they perfect? absolutely not. They are exposed to the same risks as the Sox as is every team. Its time to show some trust, show some pride, and stay the course. Let the Cubs fans worry about how were playing, Im just enjoying the ride. -ZeroHour is a lurker on the SoxTalk message board. The opinions of ZeroHour are his own pipe-dream optimism and contain generalities that should be taken with a grain of salt. If you would like to enjoy the first Chicago World Series in 88 years, ZeroHour suggests cutting back on the sports radio.

thanks, for some reason i didnt have the button until after i posted.

Its good to see the team on TV again. BMac looked just OK. It's just spring training, and its early. Everyone needs to tighten it up, but that's the point. Im not on here very often in the offseason, what happened to quick reply?

I want to know some Sox draft picks that have made a consistent above-average major league impact on the team for a considerable duration of time. Off the top of my head: Mark Buerhle Frank Thomas Ray Durham Ozzie Guillen Now for some others who havent seemed to put it together: Scott Ruffcorn Scott Eyre Joe Borchard Aaron Myette Josh Fogg Its unfair, but Im going to call it a night and let you all discuss. I may be wrong on whether we actually "drafted" some I named...but you see what Im getting at. I am not discussing the merits of our drafting or the ethics of our dealings. This is just an experiment, name some Sox prospects that panned out.

thanks, i needed to remember some common sense and logic. however, i still dont think KW is done.

veteran righty=hermy?

is anybody hearing this rumor about Beltran? I know it could be BS and im dont like to spread, but there is serious talk in the financial district about Garland/Bmac=>Beltran (????) someone please BS this.

Here's my take. The cash is key to this deal. KW is basically taking what the marketplace is giving him and is dealing prospects to avoid the inflation with the added salary. I believe Vazquez can do some great things, and showed flashes of brilliance up in Montreal. He's not young, but he's not old either, and he still has great years and potnential in him. I feel much more comfortable with him in the rotation the El Duque or Bmac at this point (in the regular season). This give the Sox many options and insurance on the roster, and the chance to stretch out BMac for a year in the pen. Garland now becomes strategic chip. Personally, I think you let Garland walk and take the picks if you cant sign him for value, but that's just me. Vizacaino is a throw-in here, you have to think like this. This is Senor Tee-ball were talking about here. Sox cant keep 40 players, sorry. As for Young, if the Sox have anything, its OF prospects. Again, through his entire careeer KW has seemed to sell high (even Kip and Fogg) so again, I have faith which is all you can have with prospects.

Good morning, Sox Talk. Dream the undreamable dream.

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well phil garner was THIS close to having a steel folding chair! OH GOD NO!!!!!!!

GOOD GOD!!!!!!! MARK BUERHLE! MARK BUERHLE!! ITS MARK BUERHLE!!!!! THE CARNAGE!!!!!

Give me the BIG lefty!