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The category is "Late Inning Pressure" not just "Late Inning."

It was a perfectly timed comment. That's why you got pissed.

Ortiz Category AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB OBP SLG AVG TB LATE INNING PRESS 70 16 24 4 0 9 22 15 .459 .786 .343 55 Jeter Category AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB OBP SLG AVG TB LATE INNING PRESS 67 7 23 1 0 2 15 12 .463 .448 .343 30 Ortiz is right there with Jeter in Avg. and OBP, but he kills Jeter in the other categories. No pitcher fears anyone more than Ortiz with the game on the line.

He looked lost tonight. I think his confidence is far more damaged than his arm.

You don't let established winning talent walk for draft picks. That's like selling your house for lottery tickets. Also, by letting established talent walk has had the effect of depleting the organization's prospects, because they were forced to trade prospects that are not ML ready for established players. It just makes no sense the way this FO has approached things. They've let established talent leave, traded top prospects to get lesser replacements, and in return they got extra draft picks. Yuk!! It seems like they screwed themselves. If the FO is so good at picking talented prospects they shouldn't need so many extra picks. There aren't that many Hall of Famers and All Stars in each draft If your scouts and FO are not good enough to pick off these rare players with it's own picks, what makes you think they'll do better with a few extra picks. I have disagreed with the moves that this FO has made since they won the championship. This year the chickens have come home to roost. This team was awful. In many ways it was one of the worst Red Sox teams in decades. I believe the FO has received the cold slap of reality that their approach was doomed to failure. They went into this season in a position where the team could be competitive if every one stayed healthy and everyone had good years. In a situation like that, it only takes a few key injuries or players having off-seasons for things to spiral downward very quickly. If the FO was not embarrassed by a team that was out of it by the second week of August for $120 million, well... they should have been embarrassed.

No, this was my argument. Read a few posts earlier.

How is that? My argument was based on who pitchers fear more. Poll the pitchers and then get back to me. If Jeter was so feared, he wouldn't be your # 2 hitter.

The Astros would not risk the offer of arbitration. They didn't offer him arbitration last year, because they were afraid that they would get nailed for $18-20 million in arbitration. If they offer him arbitration, Clemens will be back with the Astros.

Why would the Sox have to give up any prospects to Houston? I thought he was signed only to the end of the year.

Not at his salary. Also, he has a terrible arm, so he would not be the ideal defensive replacement.

And I'm not going to stop my signature post when the Yankees lose. BTW: I did say he should stop his call, but believe it or not some people think it is just plain obnoxious.

Now, you know how non-Yankees fans feel when John Sterling howls his trademark call after every Yankee victory, even the meaningless 16-1 victories over Tampa Bay.

Yankees announced today that Randy Johnson will skip his last start of the year, so he will officially finish with a 5.00 ERA. Quite a year for the Big Unit. I guess he is still getting adjusted to the AL as his ERA went up by more than a run since last year. It couldn't have anything to do with him being old.

She's a Yankee fan so she's fair game. I'd give the same treatment to Mother Theresa is she was a Yankee fan on this site. Don't worry Optimist can take it, unlike some of the more hysterical Skankee fans. Also, she quoted me in her signature for a few weeks, which I took as a compliment.

The difference is that I expect people to react harshly or in a nasty manner when I bait them or break their chops. I don't whine about how terrible you bad people are. Most of my arguments and skirmishes are with other Red Sox fans on these boards. You need to stop your whining. The Yankee fans on these boards are not smart enough, nor do they argue well enough to generate a really hot argument, so get over yourselves.

It seems that Boston coaches and management are not at all happy about Wily Mo's fielding or his work habits regarding his fielding. Chances are that he will be barely adequate in RF. Nixon has always been a good OF, and he is still one of the best fielding RF's. I hope he is around next year in a platoon capacity.

Oh, so you were referring to Red Sox fans. You are glad that the awful Red Sox fans had to endure watching their team lose. Those awful Red Sox fans like that little kid with cancer that sings the national anthem on Opening Day. Maybe you are generalizing a bit. Also, maybe you should consider that people, even nice people, do not react well to gloating, baiting and ball-breaking. Go crawl back under your rock with the rest of the Yankee fan vermin.

Yes, the Red Sox are awful people. How well do you know them?

Has anyone who hit more than 50 HRs to lead the leagues and also won the RBI title not won the tne MVP?

Has anyone with 54 HRs that led the league in HRs not been that year's MVP?