July 28th vs. Anaheim

[SoxFan25]

isnt he on the DL for the season?

 

oh and crap crap crap.

[SoxFan25]

pen time.

[riverside sluggers]

lester shouldve been pulled after the game was tied

[a700hitter]

He could go Tony Womack or Bernie Williams on us, and show his age really fast.

 

Face it, he's going to want a two to three year contract. He's not going to be the same player toward the end of his career.

So what. He won't be getting 10 or 12 million. If his wheels come off, the Red Sox are one of the lucky teams with the financial resources to handle that. If you sign him for 2 years and Pedroia wins the job, Loretta could be moved at the trading deadline in '07 or after '07.

[Cocos Disciples]

Better hold them, because the back end of their bullpen is sick.

[CrespoBlows]

Crespo, you busy next Sunday? (Aug 6, I believe)

 

I will be in Jacksonville. I'll miss the entire series.

[ORS]

Damn, sucks to give up a double to a guy that looks like he just dropped the crack pipe.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

we just can't get anyone to go 7-8 innings

[a700hitter]

This is a big game. Tomorrow they have Jared Weaver going against Home Run Derby Beckett. The Yankees have already won, and they have good matchups for the rest of the weekend.

[RedSoxRooter]

lester shouldve been pulled after the game was tied

 

Yeah, I was waiting for that. Francona did the right thing. The pitch count was low enough. If MDC came in and gave up a hit you'd be saying "Lester should not have been pulled so early." We've heard it before. Yawn. There should be a yawn smiley.

[Cocos Disciples]

f***.

[ORS]

I will be in Jacksonville. I'll miss the entire series.

Damn, I've got an extra ticket that Rick gave me for the birth of my daughter. I was going to take my brother, but he's got a tournament that weekend. Oh well.

[riverside sluggers]

Manny DC has been poor in 2nd half of July

 

1st pitch, now the erratic Sox offens tonight is down by 3 runs

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Yanks get another game on us.....at least we held 1st place for a long time this season

[Cocos Disciples]

We gotta make a dent in the 7th, because, as I said, Shields and Rodriguez is arguably the best 8th-9th inning combo in the league.

[RedSoxRooter]

way to go MDC

DFA MDC (I smell a comeback song for Michael Jackson)

 

(sarcasm, sort of)

[Cocos Disciples]

Yanks get another game on us.....at least we held 1st place for a long time this season

 

I'm not counting us out yet, but it'll be tough. I'll never count out the Red Sox after 2004.

[CrespoBlows]

way to go MDC

DFA MDC (I smell a comeback song for Michael Jackson)

 

(sarcasm, sort of)

 

[SoxFan25]

keep the faith.

[riverside sluggers]

Yeah, I was waiting for that. Francona did the right thing. The pitch count was low enough. If MDC came in and gave up a hit you'd be saying "Lester should not have been pulled so early." We've heard it before. Yawn. There should be a yawn smiley.

 

but its the truth...

 

Lester at the time the game was tied had already given up 9 hits and was about to face the top of the order (pitch count isnt everything).

[a700hitter]

We are all giddy with the kids and fat Wells coming back that people think this team is fine as it is. It is not. The kids are nice, but this is the kind of game that Smoltz would go 8 and turn it over to Papelbon for the save.

[ORS]

Anyone else beginning to think Coco has been missing a lot of cutoff men lately. Sunday comes to mind -- and that was the last game I watched due to work -- and now he just missed two on consecutive plays. That's troublesome.

[Cocos Disciples]

We are all giddy with the kids and fat Wells coming back that people think this team is fine as it is. It is not. The kids are nice, but this is the kind of game that Smoltz would go 8 and turn it over to Papelbon for the save.

 

Agreed.

[CrespoBlows]

Howie Kendrick is another example of why you don't give AB's to aging veterans. (Kennedy)

[riverside sluggers]

We are all giddy with the kids and fat Wells coming back that people think this team is fine as it is. It is not. The kids are nice, but this is the kind of game that Smoltz would go 8 and turn it over to Papelbon for the save.

 

The moves the Braves are making is for this year's playoffs hopes... they wont trade Smoltz

[a700hitter]

Yanks get another game on us.....at least we held 1st place for a long time this season

They held it longer last year, and if they don't win the division this year, they will be going home after September, but that's okay because they will have the future on the farm.

[jsinger121]

Howie Kendrick is another example of why you don't give AB's to aging veterans. (Kennedy)

 

no doubt. kennedy should have been on the bench at the end of last year.

[Cocos Disciples]

They held it longer last year, and if they don't win the division this year, they will be going home after September, but that's okay because they will have the future on the farm.

 

Not necesarily, amidst all the talk that the Wild Card will be out of the Central, the Yankees lead the WC.

[CrespoBlows]

They held it longer last year, and if they don't win the division this year, they will be going home after September, but that's okay because they will have the future on the farm.

 

Yes! I agree!

 

Let's trade Lester for Lieber!

 

Hansen, Delcarmen, Pedoria, and Papelbon for Smoltz!

[RedSoxRooter]

We are all giddy with the kids and fat Wells coming back that people think this team is fine as it is. It is not. The kids are nice, but this is the kind of game that Smoltz would go 8 and turn it over to Papelbon for the save.

 

I hate to remind you guys but this is a REBUILDING YEAR. Like it or not and live with it.