LittleHurt05

Very, very excited for the puck to drop at 9 PM

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 12:02 PM) Holy s***. Desmond Jennings getting the start in RF? Joe Maddon is a strange cat. Wow. They have a lot of lefties, so I guess he wanted another right handed bat vs. Wilson instead of Pena/Brignac. Still doesn't top the Baldelli decision though IMO. Lucky for Maddon, his "fatigue" creeped up again, so Aybar could take his spot on the roster.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) F*ck me, Todd Collins starts Sunday. The good news is our defense & special teams are used to winning games on their own due to QB futility

It's one thing to be ultra-competitive in a recreation beer league like softball, but its another thing when its a kickball league. Some people need to take it easy, its f***ing kickball.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 10:35 AM) And yet the team are supposed to emulate hasn't won a title in 20 years, and choke every year in the first round. 3-17 in their last 20 playoff games

Colts

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 09:04 AM) The part of the article that reminded me that we got rid of a great clubhouse guy who's also a formidable left handed power bat and not having anything in place to make up for that production. And to hear his new teammates vocalize what a poor decision it was for the Sox just made me even more annoyed. Gotcha, I thought it was a specific part that stood out. But being reminded that they decided Kotsay >>> Thome is a good enough reason for me.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 08:35 AM) Holy cow, I cannot wait for 9pm!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) Reading the Thome article in today's Sun Times makes me wonder how both Kenny and Ozzie are back next year. What specific part of that article makes you wonder that?? I agree about it being a bad decision, and Kotsay sucks, blah blah blah, but that article just talks about Thome suddenly caring more about playing when he signed with the Twins. Looking at it that way, you can't expect KW to never ever let a FA walk in fears that he is gonna get a chip on his shoulder when he plays the Sox.

Orlando Cabrera classy as ever: "he and the umpire pitched a no-hitter. He gave him every pitch. we had no chance."

Not to take anything away from the managerial skill of Torre or Girardi, but goddamn, having Mo Rivera in the bullpen makes postseason managing so much easier. He just throws the same damn pitch in the same spot and it doesnt even matter.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 06:14 PM) Ignored? No. I'm just saying they're not the Yankees of the NL (not even close). Something that I've read a few times around here. And I'm not just talking Halladay. What about Lee and Oswalt? When you can get three pitchers of the caliber in a year you're system is pretty f***ing loaded. We had a higher payroll just two years ago. And like you said, you win, they'll come. We can't seem to put a consistent winner together for a number of reasons. Despite the fact that we've only had one non-great team, who until this year we had a higher payroll, in our division to deal with. Well in that sense, the Cubs have been more like the Yankees of the NL, but with little success, LOL. The Phillies do remind me more of the Red Sox, who have been depending more on finding talent in their own system and paying them. I don't think the Sox were at $135 mil back in 08, but I'm not using the payroll excuse for a team like the Sox, cause they could probably get close to a similar level if their team performed better every year. I was just saying in general for the whole MLB, not many teams can maintain the same success level since they dont have the same payroll capabilites. But whatever, time to watch Doc finish this off.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) This Phillies team is outstanding. Much better than the 2008 team. They've really become the premier organization in baseball and a franchise that I wish (not holding my breath) that we can someday emulate. And before somebody pulls the payroll card keep in mind that 50 of their 138 million for this year is Ryan Howard (who's averaged 46 HRs a year since 2006), Chase Utley (the best 2b in baseball when healthy) and Roy Halladay (enough said). Howard and Utley came through the system and Halladay is a product of the system. So it's not like they're just going out and signing expensive free agents every year like the Yankees. Outside of Ibanez, Moyer and Lidge, they've got no bad contracts on their roster (I concede the Howard extension was pretty stupid). And they've more than proven that it is possible to have a loaded ML team and a productive farm. I'll agree that they have done an incredible job, but you can't just disregard the payroll card. If they didn't have the $$$$$, their system would not have helped them get Halladay, cause they couldn't have afforded an extension. Their payroll also helped them keep farm products Howard & Utley around, unlike the Rays who have to let Crawford go. You mention they only have the 3 bad contracts, but those add up to $31 million. How many teams could afford that many bad contracts and still be as successful? Granted, they did a great job of using the momentum of a big, new ballpark as well as success to get their payroll so high, but it was $93 mil in 04 already when the park opened, so they havent always been poor. Their fans also sell out nearly every game, which unfortunately not all teams can do even if they sustained the same level of succcess. They are a team to emulate, especially the Sox, but their great payroll situation can't just be ignored.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) Like in 2008 where he was the only guy pitching reliably well down the stretch. Month-by-month ERAs for Floyd in 2008: April: 3.16 May: 3.27 June: 3.86 July: 3.34 August: 4.29 September: 4.81

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 02:33 PM) Cliff Lee is a post season beast. Does he ever pitch poorly when it counts? Our staff should watch and take notes. Gavin Floyd especially

Ben = Grindy McGrinderson

What a disappointing start for Mr. Price

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) Rangers trying to make this a laugher. Rays are in a huge hole against Lee. Will the real David Price please stand up?

Jay Cutler is practicing today

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 01:14 PM) Rangers strike first, Kinsler scores on a RBI double from Francoeur LOL, who had Jeff Francoeur in the 1st RBI of the playoffs pool???

24 pitches for both Lee & Price in the 1st

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 08:53 AM) Eh, I get it. "We're smarter than everyone else." Well, your offense is going to take a s*** now, but enjoy 2012. And how much better would their offense be with Moss giving maybe 50% because hes upset they didn't give him a contract extension??? Pats saw the writing on the wall with a pouty Moss not trying at all and made a move while they still could.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 02:37 PM) The Ogun that the Texans have had active for one game this year? Well they did just sign him days before their Week 2 game, so it probably took him a bit to work his way in the rotation. Either way, he still is/was better than Anderson.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) I don't necessarily like Jeter, but why does he deserve to he hated? I think it has more to do with hating the way the media praises him and treats him god-like, as opposed to hating the actual man/player.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) Mark Anderson... released Wow, didn't see that coming. QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) And again another reason to why we should have kept Alex Brown. Or Ogunleye