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LOL. No. Sheff probably. Damon also.

Error.

OR maybe hes just I don't know good??? He's a curveball pitcher in coors, they just don't go together. Anyway great win for the yanks.

Clemens and schilling.

and yet they still couldn't score even after the 1st base ump blows the strikeout call. I wouldn't be saying anything about mo with your closing situation.

Start?

His velocity is back. All he needed is a rest. I still would never trust him though.

If wright keeps pitching like this, the rotations might be closer than you think, but the red sox rotation at this point is still better.

That may be, but thats not saying much.

I doubt it, because for the first time in awhile, the yankees can actually block a move.

How many runs/blown saves does the guy have to give up to make terry realize the experiment has failed? He'd help boston so much more in the rotation. I don't see why it's a sin for timlin to close, he's done it before. Schilling is detrimental to the team as a closer.John McDonald just owned him, now if that doesn't send a wake up call, I don't know what does.

and you addressed your lights out bullpen over the deadline how? The teams are neutral. Neither are losers or winners becuse both didn't do anything to help their team or downgrade it. Dayn Perry is just an idiot and had to put the yankees in the loser's column anyway possible. Absolutlely no other analysts have labeled them as losers.

Yeah, I agree with you. Sometimes I don't see it, but Dayn Perry is the worst one I've seen in awhile as far as anti-yankee. This stupid article here is just another example. Do you think he knows that he's lying, or he actually believes this???

Sorry, but Dayn Perry is the biggest anti-yankee sox loving writer on earth. Fox stays true it it's biased reputation with this dumbass. Red sox are winners for signing the second coming of Ted Williams apparently, Jose Cruz Jr. He's a platoon player AT BEST. And he makes him out to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Did the sox address the bullpen need at all? Nope, but they're the sox so they're winners. Someone tell me how when both teams don't help what they need, the yankees are still the losers? If you don't think this guy is a biased yankee hating sox fan, you're out of your mind.

Nevermind, already a thread.

Just saw it on ESPN.

Someone needed to put manny in his place. Of course it was schilling.

Sox press to unload disruptive Ramirez Curt Schilling and Manny Ramirez went jaw to jaw -- David Ortiz had to separate them -- after the left fielder refused to play Wednesday. 01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, July 30, 2005 BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Spurred by his request to be dealt and, to a lesser extent, by increasing frustration in the clubhouse with his antics, the Red Sox stepped up their efforts yesterday to deal Manny Ramirez, talking trade with at least five major league teams. Ramirez further alienated himself from teammates and members of the organization when he rebuffed the team's attempt to put him in the lineup Wednesday at Tampa Bay's Tropicana Field after the Sox found themselves short a position player. Ramirez's insistence that he be given a day off Wednesday as promised, sources indicate, infuriated some teammates and resulted in an angry confrontation between Curt Schilling and Ramirez. Schilling got into a heated argument with Ramirez and David Ortiz had to step in and separate them. The Sox talked on-and-off with the New York Mets yesterday about a complicated three-way deal that also would involve the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In the deal, the Sox would get outfielder Mike Cameron from the Mets and first baseman/outfielder Aubrey Huff from the Devil Rays while Ramirez would join former teammate and fellow countryman Pedro Martinez with the Mets. The Devil Rays, meanwhile, would walk away with two of the Mets' better prospects. It's possible the deal could be expanded to include closer Danys Baez going to the Mets. But an industry source indicated last night that, of the number of deals being discussed for Ramirez, the Mets-Devil Rays scenario was the "least likely" to happen. It's unclear how much of Ramirez's remaining $64-million salary -- $7 million for the final two months this season and an average of $19 million per season over the next three years -- the Sox would have to eat in order to get the deal done. The Red Sox and Mets had talked about a deal for Ramirez last December at the winter meetings that would have sent Cliff Floyd -- a former Sox outfielder -- to Boston along with a number of top prospects. The Sox would have then shipped Floyd to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a number of younger players. But that trade fizzled when the two teams couldn't agree on how much of Ramirez's salary the Mets would be responsible for. A major league source said at least four other teams -- two in the National League besides the Mets and two more in the American League -- had discussed deals for Ramirez yesterday. In addition to last December's swap, the Sox twice have attempted to deal Ramirez. First, they placed him on irrevocable waivers in the hopes that another team would take him and be responsible for the rest of his contract. Ramirez, however, went unclaimed. Later, the Sox were set to include him in one of the biggest deals in baseball history, hoping to send him to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alex Rodriguez. That trade, too, fell apart when the Sox couldn't convince the players association to allow Rodriguez to give up some back-loaded money in his record-setting $252-million deal. Months later, Rodriguez was traded to the New York Yankees. The Los Angeles Dodgers, hit hard by injuries, could be an interested suitor for Ramirez. But they would likely insist on the Sox taking back a similarly outsized contract, such as that of outfielder J.D. Drew or pitcher Odalis Perez http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/projo_20050730_30fight.227743d2.html

You think of that by yourself? THats pretty damn creative.

Apparently schilling got into a fight with manny too.

Got that right, if I'm not mistaken, don't even sox fans hate the douchebag?

Cut the conspriracy crap. A rod and ortiz are friends.

Huh? Schilling gave up a run tonight.

Open mouth, insert foot.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES ARE IN FIRST PLACE Easy call: Race is a runaway By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist | June 26, 2005 PHILADELPHIA -- It's OK to say it. Don't worry about jinxing them. The 2005 Red Sox are going to win the American League East. By a landslide. Come late September, this is going to look like Secretariat at the Belmont in 1973. After looking up at the Orioles for two frustrating months, the Sox moved into first place Friday night and they are there to stay. Stop worrying about the Yankees, Orioles, and Jays. It's not even going to be close. ''We're going to the Series, boys!" shouted Kevin Millar in the locker room after yesterday's 7-1 thrashing of the Phillies (the National League really stinks this year, no?). ''We're back! The [expletive] Sox are on a roll!" ''This is the place we thought we'd get to," added Johnny Damon. ''It was just a matter of time. This team is playing great and I'm proud of what we've accomplished." The burst of optimism that consumes Red Sox Nation at this hour (truly, this is an alternate universe) is owed to something more than a season-high six-game winning streak. The Franconamen turned things around two weeks ago when warrior Tim Wakefield took the ball and stopped the bleeding on the ivy in the Wrigley finale. The Sox have won 11 of 12 since that night and their starting pitching in that span has been sensational. In the dandy dozen since June 12, Sox starters are 9-0 with a 1.77 ERA. The fab five have held the opposition below the Mendoza Line for a fortnight. Matt Clement's victory over the Phillies yesterday makes him 9-1. Would the Sox still bid for Carl Pavano or Brad Radke ahead of their Lincolnesque righty? It gets even better for the pitching staff. The Sox have five solid starters and a first-place standing despite the fact that Curt Schilling has been on the shelf most of the year. The Big Blowhard is due back in the rotation early next month. Is any other team going to get a midseason acquisition better than Schilling? Meanwhile, as usual, the Red Sox lead the majors in hitting (.285), runs (409), and on-base percentage (.360). They've scored six or more runs in 12 of their last 14 games. Manny Ramirez is back to his Jimmie Foxx self. Boston's catcher, center fielder, and DH are having All-Star seasons. Bill Mueller (two doubles yesterday) appears to have returned to his batting-champ form. The Sox also have Earl Weaver's proverbial deep depth: John Olerud is better than Doug Mientkiewicz and Jay Payton is an upgrade over Gabe Kapler. Boston's bullpen could be a sore spot, but Mike Timlin -- who should be an All-Star -- can step into the closer role if cranky Keith Foulke can't get going. Even Theo Epstein's minions are on a roll. They have proof that Mark Bellhorn somehow contributes more to a lineup than Ryne Sandberg, and yesterday Bellhorn caught a Jim Thome line drive while standing in shallow right field. BlackBerries were buzzing from Brookline to Kansas. Here's another clue for you all: The Sox are in first place even though at the end of yesterday's games they had played more road games than any other team in baseball. Boston plays 49 of its first 88 games away from home, which means they will be at home down the stretch. The Sox play 24 of their final 36 at Fenway, where they are a major league-best 77-36 since the start of last season. ''Most of us are from warm-weather states or warm-weather countries," said Damon. ''We've only been comfortable for a couple of games at Fenway this year, but now it's warming up. This has been a nice run, but I think home is going to make us even better." Elsewhere in the AL East, the rabbits from Baltimore are finally taking that predictable plunge into the great middle. A round of applause for the Orioles for staying in first from April 22-June 24, but sooner or later the pitching mound was going to be a heap of trouble for the Birds. They did well to stay on top for as long as they did after losing catcher Javy Lopez last month. And then we have the unfortunate, spoiled sons of Steinbrenner. The Boss assembled baseball's first $200 million roster but as of this morning, the Yankees are 37-37. There is no sign of life, no alternatives in the farm system, and no one who can be moved. They're just a couple of injuries away from morphing into the Horace Clarke Yankees of 1965-66. Twice this season the Yankees have enjoyed stretches of dominance that justified their paychecks, but for most of the year they have looked uneven, uninterested, and old. They pose a threat only if the Red Sox succumb to the irrational fears of history, and this Boston bunch buried all that stuff for good in October 2004. So there. No worries about the wild card this year. Start lining up the rotation for October. The Red Sox are going to finish on top in the American League East for the first time since 1995. They are going to break the string of seven consecutive second-place finishes behind the Yankees. And they are going to win by a wide margin. Don't look for a lot of strong quotes to support this theory. The Bruins of the 1970s and the Celtics of the mid '80s were probably the only local teams bold enough to say, ''We're just better than everybody else." But the once and future idiots know. They are playing with a confidence and comfort that come only when you know you are good and you know the other guys fear you. Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. His e-mail address is dshaughnessy@globe.com. Stick it up your ass danny boy.