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Anybody else here think Theo should sign Arroyo on the cheap RIGHT NOW???? What could it hurt? Sign him to a 3 year @ 1.75/yr. I know we have him through next year, but he's the real DLowe replacement if you ask me.

I don't know... I agree we need pitchers with dominant stuff to win in the playoffs, but we don't necessarily need two aces. Sure it would be great to have two #1 starters in the rotation like last year, but you surely remember 2003. That team was 5 outs from heading to (and winning!) the World Series but they didn't have a closer for the last game in NY. The final 2003 playoff rotation was: Pedro Lowe Wake -------- Burkett (didn't he start game 6 of the alcs?) :shock: -------- Suppon This year it could be: Schilling Miller Clement ---------- Wells ---------- Wake Arroyo If healthy, that's better than the 2003 postseason staff. Plus we still have Foulke who will come around.

SIX????? Arroyo will HAVE to appeal. If he can start serving the suspension next Friday after his Thursday start, Miller may be able to fill his spot the following Tuesday. Eeesh, this is going to be one ugly week.

Here is a pretty funny read. Same old s*** really.. Kay sucks. YES sucks. Arod isn't a "true Yankee". Arod is a money grubbing slob. My question though is this: Was this whole "true Yankee" thing started by the Red Sox this spring or was it going on before then? If it was started by the Red Sox, then it's a riot that New Yorkers are still talking about it. ==============NY Daily News=============== Bob Raissman's Tuning In Kay an authenticated shill Drools over A-Rod, but won't take critical caller Alex Rodriguez has hat in hand for 'authenticated' autographed balls. In terms of critical questions of our times, it ranks right up there with this one: Who gets down the line quicker, The Flash or Superman? And yet on Wednesday, as the world held its collective breath waiting for an answer, Michael Kay, on ESPN-1050, brought this inquiry to an alleged public forum. From the lonely peak of a radio mountain, Kay, the spiritual voice of Al Yankzeera, looked down at the unwashed masses and asked all of us, friend and foe alike, to ponder: "Is Alex Rodriguez a true Yankee?" Kay didn't wait for an answer. His mind was made up. His agenda was set. Speaking directly into his ESPN-1050 Joy Stick, Kay launched into a tirade defending A-Rod. The talkie wasn't spewing. He was proselytizing. On the day after Rodriguez's three-homer, 10-RBI explosion against the Angels, an indignant, outraged Kay delivered the word. Since his radio show is not simulcast on the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, I cannot report if he was wearing a No.13 Yankee jersey while delivering it. "Yankee fans should be so appreciative to have a guy like Alex Rodriguez on their team. Do you know how good he is? Do you realize what a player he is, the things he's accomplished already before the age of 30? And you sit there in judgment of him," Kay said in a disgusted tone. "He's not good enough for you yet. And you blame him for the Red Sox series. Nonsense. I've never heard such pap - mindless pap." During this fire and brimstome sermon, Kay said Yankee fans resent A-Rod because they see him as just another baseball mercenary. "It comes down to money," Kay said. "This guy is great. Stop with the 'true Yankee' nonsense. ... He's phenomenal. Stop judging him against his salary. Judge him against history." Shortly after Kay's statement, another chapter in A-Rod's "history" would be written. No sooner had Kay advised listeners not to hold the $25 million per against A-Rod, ESPN-1050 aired a commercial for a Rodriguez autographed ball commemorating his three-homer, 10-RBI night. Yes, less than 24 hours after he hit the three homers a company called "A-Rod Authenticated" was selling this "once in a lifetime" autographed baseball, complete with Rodriguez's Tuesday night stat line, for $399. Order quickly. Only "113" basballs are available. On Wednesday, Peter B. Reilly, a Daily News reader, attempted calling Kay to say this kind of "marketing crass" does "not endear" Rodriguez to fans. Reilly got through to ESPN-1050, advised the screener of his topic, and was told he would be up next. Suddenly, Reilly was disconnected. "I called back a few minutes later, and when I again told the screener the nature of my comment, he brusquely said: 'We're not going to get into that today,' and hung up on me," Reilly said. So much for those ESPN-1050 promos about "keeping it real." After Kay's rant about fans resenting A-Rod's earning power, closely followed by the commercial for the $399 A-Rod autographed baseball, Reilly's arguement would have provided compelling radio. It also might have jeopardized the financial relationship between "A-Rod Authenticated" and ESPN-1050. Kay has a relationship with A-Rod, too. Not only is he the play-by-play voice of the Yankees on Al Yank, but he also hosted a private soiree for fans, who paid $7,500 each, to schmooze with Barry Bonds and A-Rod in December. Rodriguez donated his earnings from that affair to charity. There probably is a large segment of Yankee fans who don't care about the money or all this "true Yankee" jive. All they want is Rodriguez to be a consistent performer in the clutch. But for those who believe A-Rod should be doing much more for the $25 million per, the thought of him turning a three-home-run night into $4,500 by selling autographed baseballs is hard to swallow. After all, following that diving-in-the-seats catch against Boston, which left his face bloody and bruised, Derek Jeter was not out hawking commemorative Band-Aids. See, until further advised, anyone who dwells on who is "true" or "false" only creates a giant smokescreen. It's all about perception, right? The only thing that can erase that fact is winning. Just ask The Flash. Or Superman. Originally published on April 29, 2005

Let's see... Possibly wreck your closer for a start in April. Hmmm. STUPID IDEA.:rant:

I will say Boston + 8. Ortiz, 8 hits. We should have done it with "How many strikeouts will Bellhorn have in the 6 games?" 14.

When you say "Please also include what you think David Ortiz's hit total will be, so a winner can be declared in the event of a tie." I assume you mean his hit total in those 6 games?

gee. this shouldn't be too hard given we don't even know who will be in the rotation and the fact our offense can score 10 runs a game. But I will say + 8.

If it's not, it's close enough for me. It's authenticated. Here's the sig from a walmart ball http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3861345 and I didn't pay half as much for my ball as that one is going for. :dance:

I'm not too worried. We play the Yankees May 27-29 (and Baltimore right after), so lets work our way backward from there. Between now and then we play Texas 3 games, Detroit 4 games, Seattle 6 games, Oakland 6 games, Atlanta 3 games and Toronto 3 games. It's 25 games until the Yankee series. The offenses of Texas and Detroit worry me some, but the other 18 games are against poorer offensive teams. If Wells is out for 4-6 weeks then Miller will be back well before him. Pencil him in to start, say, May 15. So he'll be around for the Oakland, Atlanta and Toronto series just before NY and Baltimore. Schilling should be back before the NY series regardless, be it a day or a week. If it's a day before, then he'll have had a whole month to recover. If it's a week before (3 weeks recovery) then he'll be back right after Miller comes back - somewhere around the Atlanta series. The rest of the starters are reasonably stable. Gonzales has a history of injury but Halama, Arroyo, Wakefield and Clement do not. I think Gonzales and Halama can each make 4-5 starts without it killing the Red Sox. Anything over .500 from that combination is a bonus for me. May I also add that Clement, Arroyo and Wake have been the best pitchers on the staff so far this year... so it's not like we just lost two of our most productive pitchers. Also, the Sox are not the only team with pitching problems. Every team in the AL East has pitching problems of some sort, so don't expect one team to run away with the division too soon. Probably the biggest problem with the whole schedule this coming month is that the Sox only play 9 of those 25 games at home (9 out of 28 if you count the trip to NY). On the brighter side, if Foulke needs more work to get in a groove, he'll surely get plenty. Also, this can only help Wells and Schill come playoff time. They should be a little better rested than the other guys. Stay positive. We have the depth to get through this. We are not the World Champions for nothing!

I don't know. I was thinking all along that he'd replace Mirabelli but then Doug signed an extension... I think for two more years. Unless there is an injury, I just don't see Shoppach in the bigs for Boston. It would be a complete waste to leave him in the minors for 2-3 more years. He's got to be considered trade bait now. He's doing pretty good right now. .275/.413/6hr in 16 games.

I really doubt they'll be skipping any starters right now. Looks like Wake on Friday.

If you're going to try to offend me with "girly" insults, then at least make fun of the $80 curtains in the picture. There should be a gay smiley

WS ball signed by Mueller. Not a game used ball.

We could skip the spot in the rotation with today's rain out. :dunno:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/h/chinigor/lite2/a1a.jpg

That one went for $405! I'm not so much of a big spender as I am a wise one.

And it finally came. It is sooo much sweeter than the picture shows. IT GLOWS! http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/h/chinigor/lite2/a1.jpg

Well, better it happened now instead of August. It looks like the rotation will be back in form in a couple of weeks (including Miller), hopefully..

Jesus. Who's next? http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/04/27/ankle_injury_sidelines_bosoxs_schilling/

pretty funny http://www.bobbleankle.com/

Looks just like me after I take a pee.

Why not just change the name Fenway to Wake's Field?

Nice deal for the Sox. Wake could be in a Sox uniform for a long time if he pitches well into his 40s.

The Sox and Wake sign contract extention http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20050419&content_id=1021168&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos