July 28th vs. Anaheim

[jsinger121]

oh no the taylor hicks commericial is back.....i think that is the first time it played tonight.

[RoyNHSox]

Seanez, the most effective reliever tonight.

[a700hitter]

Sorry, but this makes no sense. Players with salaries like Lowell's, coming of year's like he had in '05, only get traded as baggage to deep pocket teams. Would any team have taken Foulke off our hands for prospects last offseason? Nope.

 

EDIT: Whoops, I thought you meant trade him in the offseason after the Beckett trade.

 

Of course, the idea of this being a retooling year might have been altered a bit when it turned out everyone had bounced back to form. They do have a shot, but I'm sure they aren't selling the future to plug a hole. Hey, in the race, with potential impact players making combacks? Why not stand pat and hope to strike gold -- ie get hot at the right time -- without mortaging the farm to get the missing piece.

An awful lot is riding on the left arm of a 43 year old pot-bellied guy with bad knees and no wins and a near 40 year old knuckleballer with a painful rib injury.

[a700hitter]

oh no the taylor hicks commericial is back.....i think that is the first time it played tonight.

He's getting residuals on the commercial. This one commercial will have him set for life. I must have heard it 10,000 times myself.

[a700hitter]

Seanez, the most effective reliever tonight.

That is the sadest thing I have heard all day, and I went to a funeral this morning.

[CrespoBlows]

Does retooling mean that the FO doesn't do what it takes to give your team its best chance of winning, but only enought to make it competitive? Is that the definition? If it is, it seems like a pointless concept.

 

The point --------

 

-------> You are here.

 

The Red Sox wanted to get younger and better at the same time. So, they made trades (Pena, Beckett and Crisp), and worked some of their prospects into the lineup (Papelbon, Lester, Hansen, Youkilis, and Delcarmen) while holding onto the other blue-chip ones. In other words, they'll make the team better, but not at the cost of a blue-chipper.

 

Call it, prospect holding.

[RoyNHSox]

Late 2 out rally?

[ORS]

An awful lot is riding on the left arm of a 43 year old pot-bellied guy with bad knees and no wins and a near 40 year old knuckleballer with a painful rib injury.

Do you doubt that the Pot-Bellied Wonder and Mr. Balky-Rib can do better than Schnide-Dog/DiNoNo/JJ the Run Train/Kason Gabbard/David Pauley? Because, despite the performance out of the back end, they are still in first. It's reasonable to think that the upgrade from what we've seen will be enough to not give up prospects. I don't know if they are right or wrong, and nobody ever will, but I can see the thought process.

[CrespoBlows]

That ump wanted to go home. Can't say I blame him.

[riverside sluggers]

that was a pity strike 3 call granted by the umps

 

ok now its on to face the 7-0, 1.15 ERA Jered Weaver... Beckett vs Vlady, how will that turn out to be?

[ORS]

Not that it matters much, but that looked like a pretty s***** call. Geezer was probably counting the seconds until he could hit the hotel an nuke a hot-pocket.

[a700hitter]

Do you doubt that the Pot-Bellied Wonder and Mr. Balky-Rib can do better than Schnide-Dog/DiNoNo/JJ the Run Train/Kason Gabbard/David Pauley? Because, despite the performance out of the back end, they are still in first. It's reasonable to think that the upgrade from what we've seen will be enough to not give up prospects. I don't know if they are right or wrong, and nobody ever will, but I can see the thought process.

Take Eck out of the studio and he'd be an upgrade over those guys. That's not saying much.

 

BTW Was that Paris Hilton holding up the "Sox Rock Sign" in the 9th inning?

[a700hitter]

Wang now is 12-4. Not bad for a #3 starter. We have a 2 starters and prayers. Our rotation is not as good as the Yankees right now. Not by a long shot. And this may come as a surprise, but with the exception of Papelbon, our bullpen is no great shakes either. I think the Second Place cafe will have a new occupant very soon.

[a700hitter]

Two bad outings in a row for Lester. We should wait a while before we annoint him as ace or savior.

[riverside sluggers]

Two bad outings in a row for Lester. We should wait a while before we annoint him as ace or savior.

 

he's 22 and first season in the majors

 

what am I saying, Theo send him down to Triple A!! Better yet trade him for a half a season starting pitcher. We cant stand by for this kid to learn his way into the big show

[a700hitter]

he's 22 and first season in the majors

 

what am I saying, Theo send him down to Triple A!! Better yet trade him for a half a season starting pitcher. We cant stand by for this kid to learn his way into the big show

Don't get your shorts in bunch. He should be fine, but he is not yet a #3 pitcher, nevermind an ace. Unfortunately, right now he is the #3, and too many people are okay with that. He slots into the #5 slot quite nicely. Management has to make sure that the team has a #3 and 4 to slot in. Apparently they are sold on Wells being the #3. I am skeptical. The Yanks # 3 has 12 wins. Ours has zero.

[Anuj09]

this team needs to step it up the yanks are a half game back

[Cocos Disciples]

Yeah, that'd be nice. Good luck the next two days.