Balta1701

"And the American People are safer."

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 07:08 AM) History is always being rewritten as new information becomes available, there are always multiple points of view. Each part should be looked at within a specific context of when it was produced and by whom. Sorry Bill, the right wingers get to write some history also.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 06:28 AM) Who still watches these award shows? If they have a host I enjoy, I'll watch. Watched Conan hosting the Emmy's, watched Stewart hosting last year. Both were pretty good. Hopefully Ellen bombs this time...the producers get desperate...and next year, they turn, of course, to Stephen Colbert...

QUOTE(loltrain @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 08:02 PM) We have better pitching than Minnesota really, even if Liriano is healthy (big if) they need a 3rd starter. Obviously noone wants to face Santana in the playoffs though In a 5 game series, you can face Santana, Liriano, and Santana (with of course a random guy thrown in the mix) Follow that up with 2 seven game series, and you can face Liriano, Santana, Liriano, Santana, and then you can even try to work it so that you can throw one of them on 3 days rest in game 7 if you have to. 2 pitchers can be enough to win a world series. If they get 1 or 2 good games out of say Silva or Radke, which is always possible but not unbelievably likely...combined wiht the strenght of their bullpen...they would be scary in the playoffs if they got Liriano back. If Liriano was 100% healthy, they might be unbeatable.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 09:07 AM) I will say this about Haeger. I sat right at the end of the bullpen last night where he was warming up. His knuckler does have alot of bite to it. But you can tell that he is still working on his mechanics to a great extent. Even Art had to come over and work with his release during his warmups. I would say another year or two on Charlie. Is it possible that part of the problem there was Haeger warming up as a relief pitcher, and not having a full warmup, with long toss and everything, to start the game? I mean, if McCarthy has struggled with some of his "touch" pitches like the changeup this season coming out of the pen, I can't imagine getting a knuckler into a groove would be any easier.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 09:02 AM) This writer is smoking some messed up s***...... On our Center Fielder...yeah he is. Spending the money on Hunter or Cameron when we have a guy who can do almost exactly the same stuff for $400k is just silly. Any of the other options...I'm open. Sweeney in LF, and hell even leading off (a-la Grady Sizemore) I could live with happily. A trade of Uribe, Podsednik, and a starting pitcher or two, I'm game for. Brandon McCarthy better be in that damn rotation next year. And I wouldn't mind seeing 2 pitchers moved one bit, especially if it brought back enough talent. Doesn't even have to be ML ready talent, IMO...with this offense, I could tolerate giving either Haeger or Broadway a shot in the big leagues as the dreaded sh*tty fifth starter next year.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) I hope no one thinks there's a realistic chance the Sox sign Zito. The White Sox don't give pitchers more than 3 years. Someone will give Zito at least 4 and if the Yankees and Mets are involved, it may go to 5 or even 6. I hope to God the only reason the White Sox get into any Zito talks is to give Boras another team to use to drive his cost up. I really, really don't want to sign Barry Zito.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 10:48 PM) Probably now would be the most ideal time to move him, since his value is at the highest it's really ever been (well earlier on in the season it was probably even higher). Still it's something KW probably wouldn't consider I would imagine. Honestly, I don't believe that's true. His value is still pretty low compared to the numbers he's put up, because he's a knuckleballer. If you had a guy who just turned 23 throwing 97 who had put up a 14-6 record, a 3.07 ERA in Charlotte, and was chewing up innings...you'd have one of the best prospects in baseball. But because he's a knuckleballer instead of a guy with a big fastball...teams don't always buy into his ability to get people out. You know what would really raise his trade value? Pitching in the big leagues and putting up non-terrible numbers...as he's doing right now to some extent. People can project how a 97 mph fastball translates to the big leagues. People can't project how a knuckleball translates to the big leagues until they've seen it.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 05:38 PM) Looking at the trend, he will pitch minus 8 pitches in the 5th. Please don't let yesterday's offensive explosion be an abberation. 8, 0, 12, 0 still comes out to an average of 5 runs a game!

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 05:33 PM) It was 24 in the 1st inning. Yeah Yeah, i'm backwards

40 pitches through 2 for MB. 16 then 24. Cleveland working him hard.

QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 05:28 PM) Det up 3-0 That's the kinda play I like Mack making. Lazy fly. That's the kind of play I like Mack making. Fly to left field.

QUOTE(G&T @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 05:19 PM) The top 3 of this lineup is awful.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) All of which should be in HD, along with a 'meh' college game on ESPN. Someday, I will care about such things as HDTV... Sigh...

Marion Jones was cleared of doping allegations. Her "B" sample tested negative.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 03:27 PM) He had an .802 ops in charlotte of all places. Just watching him play ( and yes i have seen him in person in charlotte and online when games are available) he is not ready yet. A year or two from now is when he will likely have it all down. He needs to work on his power and better defensive reads/jumps. You have to rememeber there is not one area of his game that he extremely excels at ( average, gap power, obp, defense). He still has time before he will be a productive every day baseball player... even to the point of brian anderson. One key little element you're missing when you look at his season numbers...he's gotten better as the season went on. Which is exactly what you'd hope from a guy his age. OPS by Month, Ryan Sweeney: 0.741 0.773 0.766 0.857 0.852 HR by month: 1 1 3 3 5 2B by month: 3 0 5 7 10 (May he was on the DL for a couple weeks, so his at bats were a little low that month)

Rightly, it should go to whichever player out of Dye and Morneau has the better September and leads his team to a playoff spot. Jeter's numbers are nice but they don't even deserve to be discussed with the other 2. If both teams make the playoffs somehow...whoever has the better September gets it.

Tigers right now. Tigers sweep is my goal. We still have a chance to catch the Tigers, which would of course be nice, and this series will help...but key #1 is making the playoffs, and the best chance for us to make the playoffs with this few games remaining and as many games as there are between us and the Tigers in the standings is for us to pass the Twins by several games.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 03:40 PM) Joe out with a bad back. Joe needed a day off anyway. Hopefully it won't be more than one.

Pitch. That is all. Pitch.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 7, 2006 -> 01:47 PM) Sox, sign him, stick his ass on the DL all season. I would buy a ticket to help pay for that.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 06:24 PM) His brother got released by the Tigers today. Ex-Sox players are having very strong years, as Frank, Valentin, Norton, and Durham have looked very strong this season. Don't forget all the bullpen guys...Howry, Grilli, Majewski, Rauch, El Duque, etc. QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 06:26 PM) Wait, Dmitri Young got released? He was their #3 hitter last week. That's a little... strange. Well, his return did coincide with the start of their slide...clubhouse issues maybe? Maybe his court issues also?

So...isnt' it about time to bring Anderson in and sit Dye down?

The no-hit drought is ova! Woot!

QUOTE(SoxnGiants @ Sep 6, 2006 -> 06:13 PM) Might as well hit your 30th right here Joe. Save it. I'd rather use that in a close game.