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Low risk? According to who? I remember reading about him and he wasn't impressing anyone at USC before he got drafted. Most who saw him said he had fringe stuff. He can go down and up and down and up for next 4 years, but until he starts getting the Mussina strikezone, he'll struggle.

When is Jacks going to stop trotting Ian Kennedy out as an example of drafting well? He was suspect going into that draft with a less than stellar junior year. Cashman should consider himself lucky the guy flashed in the pan and created some trade value that, unfortunately for the Yankees, he didn't use before the warts got exposed.

If ever there was a sign of the Apocalypse for the Sox, this is it. We were going to finish 3rd in the East last year, lead wire to wire and won the WS. We were going to get caught by the Yankees last year (LOL, he loves it!), didn't happen. Now we are shoo-in. Translation: October tee times for the Sox players.

You are questioning my statement that Lowrie is the better player. Assuming both are about an .800 OPS short-stop, Lowrie's offensive production is better because it is predicated on making fewer outs. Just to see what I'm talking about, let's use the 1.7 conversion that has been determined to get OBP and SLG on approximately the same scale. Also, I'll extend the assumption to include that Hardy is a .330/.470 and Lowrie a .360/.440 (this is in line with what they've done in MLB and MiLB to date). Lowrie = (1.7 x .360) + .440 = 1.052 Hardy = (1.7 x .330) + .470 = 1.031 Now, keep in mind this is on an adjusted scale. MVP caliber season's typically end up .400/.600 or better, and .400/.600 is 1.280. The difference is not large, but it's big enough to not ignore. Lowrie is the better player. Furthermore, this ignores the fact that a) Hardy has not had one MiLB season that came close to Lowrie's from last year, and Lowrie leads Hardy by .070 OPS points this year. Yes, I realize you are talking about having them on the same roster, and my original point still stands. Why do I care if we have both, if a condition of having both is that Lowrie, the better player, is the backup? You posit that 90-100 games out of Lowrie is an easy number to hit with him as the backup. Big deal, 150+ with him as the starter is better.

Do you agree that both are likely to produce at an ~.800 OPS level?

If there's anything that will keep this team out of the postseason, it is their abject failure against the Toronto Blue Jays. 10 more against them after today.

Sounds like a repeat of last night. Nice outing from our "ace". Maybe he, like Buchholz, needs another necklace. WTF is up with those two Texas fairies and the neckgear?

He came up to AA at about the same time as Lars (might have been on the same day, don't recall), and he's only 7 months older. He struggled at first, but last 10.... .314/.414/.714, with 4 HR and 2/0 SB. With Bowden pitching so well and Lars getting all the media (BA) love, he's been really flying under the radar.

Bates his his 10th of the year, 3rd of the month. He's been coming on in the last week or so, too.

Usually, when people use all caps, it signifies an acronym.

What kills me BSGL is the fact that you are using all your nouns and verbs now. So, when you acted like the window licker from Worcester, who thinks Paul Byrd is a gamer and spells Halladay "Halliday", last night when you got banned under the screenname "Bostonownsyou", it was really just an act. You actually can form semi coherent sentences, but you choose to dumb it down for shits and giggles. Like you said, whatever floats your boat. I know I can think of more interesting ways to spend my time.

And a midget shall lead them.

It has nothing to do with him being an elite pitcher. Him being Roy Halladay doesn't make hard hit balls go right at his fielders. That is luck. When he pitches like an elite pitcher and strikes out more than 2 hitters in 7 innings, I'll tip my cap. Until then, I'll curse our fortune.

What about his big game performances, how would you rate them?

You've got to be s***ing me. That grounder was scorched. Everything is right at someone.

Tell me about Tim Wakefield.

One of those tough luck nights. Unfortunately, he'll pitch all 9 with the shamrock he has shoved up his ass.

Why did you come back?

f***in' lucky ass Amish mofo.

Before today's play there were 40 games left for each team. If the Sox go 23-17, which is at their current W%, the Yankees need to go 30-10 just to tie. I don't see that record out of this Yankee team with the rotation they have and the schedule they face.

I don't see this as them favoring Jed Lowrie solely due to the economics of it. We are looking at two ~.800 OPS offensive players who get there by a different route. Hardy's is by hitting the ball out of the park more. Lowrie's is by making less outs. The biggest fault of OPS is that it combines SLG and OBP putting them on the same scale. While their true scales vary by 4x (4.000 for SLG, and 1.000 for OBP), one point of OBP is worth approximately 1.7 points of SLG. With that in mind, Lowrie becomes the better offensive producer. As for clearing a path to play both, this involves either moving Pedroia or putting of these guy at 3B. I'm not in favor of option 1. Option 2 moves them to a spot where the benefit of their offense is mitigated. I'm content standing pat, based on both an analysis of the numbers and what I've seen of Lowrie's play.

Does it come with a phallus in the middle of the driver's seat for your twat?