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The Blue Jays have won and clinched 2nd place. This is the first time that the Sox have no finished 2nd since 1997. Thank you FO.

He's clutch in September but not in January like ARod is clutch in meaningless early season games but not in October. I think that's what he meant.

Yes, the intangibles that no one can put into words, because it's nothing more than a media.fan created myth. BTW: The kid catcher from Minnesota got 2 hits with the title on the line. Clutch.

At least Leinart has the excuse that he is a rookie.

Jeter k's again. Cough cough. Maybe a little choking going on with the batting crown on the line. 1 for 5. Well, he's a pretty boy, so he'll probably win the big popularity title despite the fact that he has led the league in none of the major categories.

But he hasn't pitched as a starter in the majors for a whole season. I don't think they will push him to 200 innings. Mark my words. He will not break 200 innings.

Mauer doubled. The batting race is over. Jeter continues to win nothing but popularity contests.

I expressed those concerns about him in ST. I though he should max out at 140 innings. Sox management was not looking for 200 innings from him, because they had planned to start the season with him in the pen and to ease into a starting role. I don't think they will pitch him 200 innings in 2007, unless they want to blow out his arm. I think they should get a starter that can pitch 200 innings.

Another weak ground out to SS by Jeter to go 1 for 4.

It seems foolish and dangerous to be jerking this guy around.

The Jets are ahead of the Colts 14-7.

And he strikes out looking.

Well, apparently Theo agrees with us. Let's hope the medical staff agrees, but the kid seems psyched to go back to starting.:dunno:

From today's Globe, Theo tells Edes that if it were not for health concerns he would be inclined to leave him in the closer's role. This makes perfect sense, because the kid established himself as a big time major league closer. He could set the standard for closers for the next 10 years like Mo did for the last 10. There is no guarantee that he will be a dominant starter.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/10/01/clemens_named_in_affidavit/ It's something that I have expected for a long time. I always thought it was strange that he went from looking like the Pillsbury dough boy body complete with man-breasts to the Mr. Universe Physique that he was sporting by the time he got to Toronto. He also had more giddy-up on the fastball.

If Pedro's medical condition was known to the Red Sox, then they should have let him walk regardless of draft picks, but what about Lowe and Johnny Damon. By the time Bucholz cracks anyones rotation as a top of the rotation or #3 starter, Lowe will have about 75 major league wins under his belt from the time he left the Red Sox. That's a lot of major league wins that the Sox are having great difficulty in replacing as they are waiting for Bucholz.

I'm not arguing for Trot to be the starting RF. I'd prefer that they pick up a starting RF whether through a trade or FA, because I think Wily Mo will continue to be dominated by above average pitchers. The team doesn't need more help hitting bums. It needs guys that can hit quality pitcher. Against those guys, he just waves at 3 pitches and takes a seat. It's very frustrating.

Replacing Pedro/Lowe withe Clement/Wells. I am gagging. I don't think anyone felt good about that even before the injuries. The FO totally mispent the savings for letting Lowe and Pedro walk and they got a couple of Lottert tickets for it. Letting Pedro go looks like the right move because the medical staff probably knew about the condition of his shoulder, but letting rubber-armed Lowe walk for draft choices and clement or wells is just plain silly. And we are seeing how well it has turned out. No $ savings, injured Clement, injured Wells, injured Pedro, Lowe playoff bound. I realize that we got Hansen with this extra pick, which was lucky if you loook at the guys picked before and after him, but he is a long, long, long way from being the quality major leaguer that would justify letting Lowe walk. Successful teams don't let their stars walk for nothing. If you are going to let your stars walk, do it the way Florida does it. Lert them go a year earlier by trading them for top prospects in the minors. Minor league success is a much higher barometer for Major league success than high school or college.

He strikes out 1 of every 3 ABs. He has n't improved in that area or with regard to his patience at the plate where he has consistently walked about 6.5% of the time throughout his short career. I don't think we will be seeing any marked improvement in those areas next year either. If he is given the full time RF job and he stays healthy, we can expect him to be chasing 200 K's.