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I hate this. I don't want ownership's attention or resources diverted by this.

Lee would probably not pitch until game 3. They would probably be down 0-2 before Lee gets the ball. CJ has a chance to beat them, but I'm wouldn't be real confident about it. The other guy pitching game two would just be a pinata.

With the Red Sox home on their couches, we really have very little to discuss around here these days.

LOL!!! I would never suggest Salty. He's a bust.

Whether or not to resign VMart is certainly going to be one of the most critical off season FO decisions. I just don't have a good handle on his value to the team. I'm not talking $ value. Does he make the Sox a better team? I'm just not sure. It's great to have a bat like his at the catcher position, but how much of a negative is he defensively. How many more runs does the pitching staff give up when he is behind the plate? I don't put a lot of stock in WAR. I don't discount it when comparing players to each other, but I do firmly believe that when you have the right combination of players the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts.

kudos to you. :thumbsup: Too many people just assume that opinions different from theirs are ignorant.

The Twins need a manager that doesn't soil himself when he sees pinstripes.

Brady does look like a twit with that haircut. The team should have an intervention with him about that. It's embarrassing.

I predict what will happen. I can't make it happen. If I could, I would say "Thuh Yankees Lose!!!" every single day.

I am sorry that I was right about this. The Twins series was so predictable. If the Rays can't come back against the Rangers and take the Series, the Yankees will cake walk past Texas to the World Series.

Injuries played a significant role in his failures. It happens. Dice K is like an octagon. He is constantly turning corners, but he continues to travel in a circle.

Pettitte after last night's game:

Favre is going to chuck deep anyway. He will help him that he has a receiver who can get down field fast and jump.

Goodness, I've been posting in the wrong thread. That's what happens when I drink before I go to dinner.

Announcers just said that Pettitte can't find his release point and that he was looking at video between innings. The solution is easy for the release point. Take out the syringe when it is empty.

I would love to see Pavano stick it to the Yankees.

Maddon messed up by throwing James Big Homer Shields in game 2 instead of Garza. He's helping eliminate his team and clear the way for the Yanks to win the the ALCS. Thanks, Maddon!! You f***ing stupid Drew Carey-looking dope. It's amazing how often major league managers out-smart themselves in the post season.

This is a great move by the Vikes. There's no disputing that. This gives Favre a bunch of weapons. As for the Pats, if they don't flip this third round pick in a package for Vincent Jackson, I don't know how you can reach any conclusion other than that they are in rebuilding mode.

The greatest game for me was Carl Yastrzemski Day on the next to last day of the 1983 season. I had been a huge Yaz fan from !967 when I was in the second grade through high school, college and law school. I can't imagine today that someone would be "the man" on your team for such a long period of time. Yaz's 1967 was the major force in reviving baseball in Boston and that team gave birth to Red Sox Nation. I am puzzled when youngsters tell me that i witnessed years of Red Sox futility. Futility was what had been experienced during the 50's until 1966. After 1966, the Sox rarely had a losing season, and they were almost always competitive throughout Yaz's career. I bought my tickets from a scalper behind the Green Monster. As I was about to exchange the money for the tickets, I got grabbed around the neck from behind by someone who was shouting my last name. When I turned around, I saw three high school friends from Brooklyn, NY who were huge Yankee fans. I said to them, "Can't you guys leave him alone for even one day?" They told me that they thought Yaz was great and that they came to see him get honored. I was astounded. I thought that was a tremendous honor that the hated enemy had come to witness the day. The ceremony was great, but what I remember most about the ceremony was what Yaz did at the end of the ceremony. Yaz had always been an intensely private guy who did not seek out nor enjoy the public outside of Fenway. Totally out of character, he spontaneously chose to take a lap around the ball park shaking and slapping hands with the crowd. Even his most ardent fans never expected such a gesture acknowledging the fans. As far as I know, he was the first athlete to take such a lap around a ballpark. I watched Mantle's day and others who toured the field in an automobile or golf cart. Yaz's gesture made quite an impact, and others since them, including Cal Ripken, have taken similar laps. I was not at the following day's game, but I have heard and read that Yaz signed autographs for hours after the game until no one was left. He went out in a great way after a long great career. He had meant so much to the city, the franchise and the fans, and it was an unexpected surprise that the guy who had spent his career being intense and unemotional revealed to everyone how much the fans had touched him