SuperManny

well i agree that the Sox dont have a ton of homegrown talent (you forgot to mention Trot), thats not how it works with free agency. Renteria was the best SS on the market so the Sox went out and got him. He plays great D and is a pretty good hitter - he will come around. As for the homegrown talent issue - homegrown is a useless term. If you trade say Slocumb to the Mariners for two prospects who have never played in the pros do VTek and Lowe count as homegrown? And if not then Schilling, Bagwell, Brady Anderson, and Pavano count as homegrown for us that were traded to other teams. And then theres the players that came up with the Sox and left - Clemens, Mo Vaughn, Valentin, Nomar. You can't critisize the Sox for signing FA's when a lot of good players left the Sox for the same reason. Then theres the issue of signing players that no one else wants - Ortiz and Mueller were paid next to nothing to play for the Sox because no one else wanted them. Should the Sox be looked down upon for signing the likes of Ortiz to a $1.5 million contract? Obviously more "homegrown" talent would be good to keep payroll down but the term is useless in constructing a baseball team. Prospects are traded all the time and free agents move around every year. And the Yankees only homegrown players all make $10+ million a year now (Jeter, Mo, Posada, Bernie)

that would at least deter some of the pitchers from letting loose those fastballs to the dome. but seriously Arroyo will obviously appeal due to our current pitching situation. I would imagine that the suspension gets reduced a couple games too although because hes a pitcher it might be to just 5.

The following discipline was announced: • Both Boston manager Terry Francona and Tampa Bay manager Lou Piniella have been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for the inappropriate actions of their Clubs during the game. • Boston pitcher Bronson Arroyo has been suspended for six games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing at a batter during the bottom of the seventh inning after warnings had been issued earlier in the inning. • Tampa Bay pitcher Dewon Brazelton has been suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount for his aggressive actions in the bench-clearing incident during the top of the seventh inning. • Tampa Bay pitcher Lance Carter has been suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing at batters during the top of the seventh inning. • Boston outfielder Trot Nixon has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount for his aggressive actions in the bench-clearing incident during the top of the seventh inning. • Boston designated hitter David Ortiz has been fined an undisclosed amount for his aggressive actions during the top of the seventh inning. • Tampa Bay outfielder Chris Singleton has been fined an undisclosed amount for his aggressive actions during the bottom of the seventh inning. Unless appealed, all suspensions are scheduled to begin tonight. If appealed, suspensions will be held in abeyance until the process is complete. I can't believe Bronson gets 6 games and the guy that throws behind Manny and at Papi's head only gets 5. Well its official that our rotation is getting worse by the day. At least Bronson can appeal so he gets his next start.

well if we can put a warm body on the mound every night I will be happy. 2/5 of the rotation on the DL is not good. Miller will be fine though and I cant wait for his first start.

they showed the clip on Sportscenter then then they throw in the fact that the announcer is a former SP who won all of 57 career games. It was hilarious how they ripped the announcer for ripping on Schilling

I know who are we the yankees?

sorry about that but i just wantted to talk about the game before 6:55

just heard on sportscenter that the devil rays lead the AL in batting avg with .288 but have only scored 77 runs. The sox have hit .263 while scoring 87 runs so far.

Starting Pitching 7:15 T. Wakefield (2-0) 1.37 ERA vs. S. Kazmir (0-1) 4.80 ERA We get to see Kazmir again but this time in his home park. Once again I don't think he can contain our offense and Wake as well as the rest of our staff has been brilliant as of late.

Despite last night I think its safe to say Manny is already firing on all cylinders. He's been hitting absolute bombs the past few games and dont forget the 2 multi HR games in the past week.

1-0 games are great when your on the 1 side. it sucks when you get shutout and lose by 1 run. especially when it could have been prevented like in tonights game. But either way good win, great pitching performence tonight by Clement, and first place in the AL East

Cubs shortstop Nomar Garciaparra was placed in the 15-day disabled list on Thursday due to a torn left groin. Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal said the muscle pulled away from the bone, the Chicago Tribune reports. Garciaparra and Cubs doctors are expected to make a decision in regards to surgery sometime in the next ten days. "The surgery is really going to be determined by is it something that Nomar wants to do," O'Neal said. "We're trying to make a determination of what would be the most predictable outcome." A couple predictions have it being 2-3 months while others are saying he's done for the year.Either way its a shame - no matter how anyone feels about him now thats awful and I wish him the best.

10-6 and 1st place in the AL East sounds like a great plan

well we better not start booing him like those losers in the bronx do to their all star closer.

you really cant put Wake in the pen because he needs Beli as his personal catcher. i dont want to see Tek catch him anytime soon. A 6 man rotation takes starts away from Schilling so thats not a good idea. You want your 5 best pitchers to be in the rotation - that would leave out Wells or Clement in my mind but neither will be put in the pen. Arroyo will go if Miller comes back and is pitching well. But I would put Miller in the pen until he was totatlly back

why didn't we try to set up our rotation where we are pitching ATLEAST one reliable guy in one of the two games against the Orioles? I highly doubt they are going to re-align the rotation for the Orioles. Plus Schilling was coming off an injury and pitched as early as possible. We shouldn't base our roation around one team - even the yankees. If they're in the rotation then they should be ready to go on their turn in the rotation. Remember strange things happen - who was the Sox pitcher in the 2003 ALCS Game 6 when the Sox needed to win that game? John Burkett - we looked dead on paper but he came through. Plus Wells pitched well last game.

good luck finding a power lefty that can hit 100mph as a set up man. anyone that good is closing not setting up.

I have faith in the offense to get to Halliday - he doesn't have that good of an ERA in Fenway from what I remember. Plus Bronson is pitching better than his ERA shows. Last game against the Yanks he should have been out of that inning with only 1 ER when Sheff walked on the strike. Plus they're going for 6 and their rolling right now.

Its good to lock up Wake early on - he's been on the Sox for so long and deserves to retire as one. He obviously wont make the hall but they should find some way to honor him when he retires.

I think it's going to be wake or arroyo too. I would personally keep arroyo and drop wells but I dont think they will do that. Wake would be tough to have in the pen because Tek can't catch him. So you would have to either sub out Tek late in games or have Tek look stupid trying to catch him. I would start Miller off with a couple relief appearences then whoever is struggling at the time gets the boot out of the rotation. Its not a bad problem to have 6 SPs though.

Toronto worked the counts well today and got his pitch count up. Manny's D in left and that foul ball Bill Mueller dropped helped up it too. Luckily we smashed the ball today and the game was never really in question. Curt will be fine though hes a beast. He had 10 Ks in 5 innings. Thats great and I cant wait for his next start. Hopefully we're working on a 10 game streak by then. :thumbsup:

or the fact that they're playing TB at home helps too. considering TB was 0-10 at Yankee stadium last year. We swept TB pretty easy and NY will probably do the same.

thats why i said even though its early i just like being ahead of them. i didnt claim the division was locked up. i just said i like them losing. i didnt start with the magic number to clinch yet

its always nice to have a 5 game win streak and be 4 games over the yankees - even if its early

that was a long game but the scoring kept it somewhat interesting. Manny's blasts are always great though plus I have trot and manny in my fantasy league so I killed today