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Webster is s***ing himself looking like he has Steve Blass disease.

It's much more depressing when your team goes home for the off season.

Theo couldn't cope with Girardi's ego.

How many shoulder operations has Kalish had and he has had upper spinal surgery? I guess that he could make it back, but his ceiling wasn't real high anyway.

I understand that you like the guy, but he got caught in several lies. After the Mitchell Report he gave one story. Before going to congress he remembered more and changed his story. He turned on his best friend in a cowardly manner to save his own skin. He stabbed him in the back using affidavits because he didn't want to look him in the eye. And in the end the government had todrop the case against Clemens, because Pettitte admitted that maybe he had "misremembered". They tainted the moment sending a hypocrite, cheater, liar to the mound. Just my opinion. I understand that Yankee fans would romanticize the moment. They have such fond memories of 1996-2000 and are willing to overlook the fact that with a few exceptions they were teams full of cheaters and scumbags.

They could get a huge haul for him. I'd hate to see him go, but I don't know if he will ever consistently put up 200 inning seasons.

He's overpaid and he just set the market for Ellsbury.

All anyone needed to do withthatteam was loo the other way as they were sticking PED needles in each others butts.

Seattle up 3-1 in the 4th inning.

There is probably no room for him next season. Dempster, Lackey and Peavey are under contract and Lester's option kicked in. Doubs is cost controlled. I hope they don't make the mistake of trading away pitching that can give us close to 200 innings That would be a mistake. One of the 6 will probably get hurt next year, so the #6 guy will be experienced depth.

It was a shame that they sent a low-life liar and cheater like Pettitte to get one of the classiest and most respected players to set foot on the field. That should have been the job of the captain-- an equally upstanding respected life long Yankee. Frankly, Pettitte tainted the moment.

I don't think it isunreasonable either, buteven if his obp is 20 pts lowers let's say .310, he still will have value because he has premium power. Someone will want that kind of punch.

That was they key to success in 2004. None of the starters missed a turn. Other than Schilling, no one was spectacular that season, but they took the ball every 5th day and usually gave the team a chance to win. Tey had a tremendous streak of 6 inning plus starts after the trading deadline that propelled the team. You are exactly right. That is the way to win. In the offseason, I wanted Ben to build a strong middle of the rotation as opposed to getting the stud #1 for the exact reason that if you have a bunch of guys that can give you 200 innings good things will happen. It keeps the pen fresh and covers up the weak spots in the pen by limiting their innings. Cherries did a great job in building a durable group of innings eaters. Buch was the only one to miss the mark eating innings, but he was spectular when he pitched. I expected Lester to eat innings and take all of his turns, but I didn't think that both Lackey and Doubs would be able tohold up for the entire season. When Lackey grabbed his arm in his first start I was pretty sure that he would have a rocky road and miss time. Doubs came into camp out of shape and his arm strength and velocity were down, but he held up and did a very good job. I remeber that SFF was livid about him and his conditioning and velocity early in the season. Dempster, although he was a Dumpster in many games, took the ball on his turn and didn't miss starts and every once in awhile he turned in a nice start. I think Cherries realizes that it is important to stock your staff with durable innings eaters, but that is easier said than done because injuries with pitchers are so random. We may not see this consistency out of our starters for years after this, so I am really appreciating what they are doing. Like I said earlier, our starter have not been this healthy since 2004.

The consistency of the 2013 Red Sox is something that is not seen very often. They will have played the entire season without a 4 game losing streak. The last time that was done was by the 2005 Cardinals. The last time that the Red Sox did it was 1903.

Fred, don't bother with UN. The guy has a screw loose. Leave it alone. I have him on ignore and can't see his posts unless someone quote him. I have no interest in engaging his nonsense. His ass is burning bad over losing to me in Fantasy.

It is unbelievable that Colon at 41 would be 17-6 with a 2.66 ERA even if he was eating PED's out of a cereal bowl on the bench. He barely has 100 k's

What is the tie-breaker?

Not even SFF predicted that this would be one of the best teams in Red Sox history. Of course, witnessing one of the greatest seasons in Red Sox history is not enough to make a miserable prick like U.N. happy. He feels compelled to stick it to other fans. Stick the needle all you want UN, jackass. I am as happy as a clam. This season has been pure pleasure for me. The icing on the cake was beating your miserable ass head to head in the fantasy league to take back first place in the final week and then again to win the championship. Bitter just a bit, are you?

There really was no fun last year for anyone, and there really was little "I told you so" fun last year. The Sox losing is just not fun. Personally, I have been wrong two years in a row. I had predicted that they would be good in 2012, and this year I predicted that they would be a bad team. LOL!! It's much more fun being wrong this season than last season.

Wow, U.N. is a dick even when his team is having an unbelievable season. What a jerk! LOL!!

We are both wrong. The 2007 team won 96 games. Tonight they will surpass the 2007 team. Wow!

This will be win 97. That is truly astounding to me. That would equal the win total of the 2007 team. That team was stacked with talent and people expected them to win a lot, but i don't think anyone expected them to win as musch as the 2007 team. If they win 1 of the next 2, it will be the most wins for the Sox since the magical and talent-laden 2004 team. If they win the next 2, that will be the most wins since 1978. Unbelievable.

^ I don't know what UN posted, but he can stick it. If I had benched Trout for the entire week in the championship playoff, I still would have trounced him. That is how much better my team was than his. LOL!! Suck on it loser!

A secret nuke. I like that.

I think he already has that distinction.