TheMeanWalrus

It's only a matter of time til Mrs Sheff and Michelle Damon are featured on billboards from Dresden to Dusseldorf. or a vicious strain of genital herpes like the one Mr Crunchy picked up from that llama in the jungles outside Mao Set, Thailand.

In all the time I've known you thats the first remotely nice thing you've ever said about Coach K except for the time you said "That Polack can f***ing coach" Not much to say about the game last night except that Skinner's lack of vision that allowed to get down 17 put them in too deep a hole to climb out of despite that monster run to blow the number at the end Whens the 512 man showing up?

55-43 Duke

Al Skinner is being embarrased Run run run run run run run right into Duke's hands Three on twos Three on ones Four on ones Five on ones Four on oh's The transition defense is a f***ing joke No wonder the line moved to 5 As long as we don't have any backdoor cover ******** then no harm no foul tonight

I wonder if his whore wife told him to say that? :dunno:

Not if they keep running. . .

I don't like hoop teases but +8 1/2 under 155 1/2 seems pretty reasonable to me.

You're saying lay the 4 1/2?

4 1/2 is a big number on the road, I'm not sure I can play Duke here, maybe we'll get a hometown discount that drives it down to a hoop or so. I hear ya about Reddick The only guy I ever saw that could consistently shoot the way Reddick has over the course of his entire career is Chris Mullin. And he used to drink a case of Schlitz before each game.

As Duke comes calling to Chstnut Hill, 9:00 PM prime time tilt Defend the home court, play +.500 ball on the road, thats the formula for success right? Early numbers out of Vegas have the Dukies as a 4 1/2 favorite with a 150 1/2 (which seems a bit high by BC standards) Robespierre, any opinions? Its a late game so can I assume you won't be out boozing for this one?

I'm not calling him cooked by any stretch, I just don't see what evidence there is to expect a .300 30 100 year out of him. Or even a .275 20 90, which I for one would consider a huge accomplishment in terms of expectations. I can't comment on how steroids affect the ability to hit because my bulk and muscle mass is all natural, as is my accomplished swing and power to all fields. But there has been a noticeable drop off around MLB in terms of power numbers since the spotlight really started shining on baseball and its steroid problem.

Ahhhh some baseball talk, let's break this down. . . Schill, lets get one thing established right up front, you're not comparing playing baseball in South Florida with playing in Boston are you? That clarification aside, its all well and good what Jack McKeon said about them but Jack McKeon ain't playing third or short for us and Kevin Millar was a "proven leader" as well. The fact of the matter is this re: Lowell and Gonzalez 1. Alex Gonzalez has never hit over .265 in any of his 8 Major League seasons. 2. Alex Gonzalez is a career .240 hitter 3. His OBP is dreadful (.291) 4. His SP is dreadful (.391) 5. By default, I guess that makes his OPS dreadful as well. What reason, outside of blind faith, makes you think he'll turn that around this year? More on Alex. . . He has no speed (23 SB's in 8 years) and he's been caught 17 times for a % of 58% This guy is Pokey Reese with less defensive ability. Mike Lowell: Hit 27 HR's in 500 AB's in 2004 Hit 8 HR's in 500 AB's in 2005 Why the drop off? One thing to consider here is what changed in the landscape of MLB between the two years? Anyone? Anyone? The answer is the steroid thing broke. I'm not saying Lowell was on the juice, but the dramatic drop off in: a. average b. homers c. slugging has to be explained somehow, no? He only missed 12 games so something is going on. Same question about Lowell that I had about Gonzalez: What reason, outside of blind faith, makes you think he'll turn that around this year? Note also that both these guys have played their entire careers in South Florida (except Lowell, I think, came up w/ the Yanks) And South Florida is not Boston. I'm sorry where did I do that? I'm not being hard on Youkilis He is what he is And what he is, is a guy with 250 ML AB's, who's never gone thru the rigors of a ML season before and with the exception of a run of games in 2004 has never shown the ability to hit for power which is something "most teams" look for from their starting first basemen. I don't hate Kevin Youkilis. No one wants the kid to thrive more than I do but the fact of the matter is he has done nothing to this point in his career to prove to me he's a servicable everyday first basemen and the consensus that this kid is gonna ride into town like The Man With No Name in High Plains Drifter and save the day is nothing more than wishful thinking. I'll defer to your expertise on Mark Loretta

RS, You're putting an awful lot of blind faith into Mike Lowell rebounding and Kevin Youkilis being anything more than an also ran. I hope you're right, dude, but this infield has a lot to prove at best, downright blows at worst.

Sweet mother of God Wells, seeing it on paper is even worse than I imagined. Manny and Ortiz are gonna have to go .330 50 & 165 each to carry the offense. Trot Nixon. . .Still waiting for that "break out" year. Can't stay off the DL. He blows. Mike Lowell? Mark Loretta? Alex Gonzalez? Coco B Ware? Kevin f***ing Youkilis? All question marks for one reason or another. Coco hasn;t had thin much pressure on him since facing Rick Martel at Wrestlemania 3. How he responds under the pressure of the Boston lights is anyones guess. This ain't Cleveland anymore where the publics only concern is whether or not the Cuyahoga River is on fire. How do you think Mike Lowell is gonna react to the change of scenery from South Beach where no one gives a flying f*** about baseball to scrutiny of hitting .185 in April in Boston? Mark Loretta I don;t know too much about but he's been around and not much is excpected from him so in terms of living up to your hype he has the least to lose and the best shot at reaching expectations. Alex Gonzalez? And then we have Kevin Youkilis. . .the answer. . . the savior. . .he of 250 MLB AB's Mark my words right now (and I pray to God I am wrong) but this is going to go down in history as the single worst infield in Red Sox (possibly MLB?) history. TMW Who will be outside for the rest of the day doing an Ancient Aztec Ptiching Dance because we're gonna need a LOT of it to even get a whiff of the playoffs.

I've met VA Haven't met Rose but I suspect her of stalking me

I wouldn't give Roger Clemens five lbs of monkey s*** to play for Boston. He sucks He blows He takes it in the face

Sorry Rose, you are too

Manny don't be sorry, clearly Rose & VA are bi-curious.

VA is a freind of mine. Not a dyke for the record but with her body she sure could be. A few months ago I made a joke like the one above. This miserable old hag made a big stink about it and called me a mysoginistic pig and there were some words exchanged and all that good stuff. It was a classic example of a 3rd party poster jumping to conclusions without having all the facts.

Misogynistic - mi·sog·y·nis·tic Adj. Of or characterized by a hatred of women

Oooooops sorry. SHHHHHH!

VA, are you and Rosey still dating? :harhar:

yaz billy is here under his real name. . . billy ruane start a petition to reinstate him he's the best

True PC I like him, and (not to sound like MJ here) you can "pencil him in" for his 12-16 wins. He needs to stay healthy though. And that injury last year wasn't the kind of thing that would happen to someone closer to your age (or even mine) Plus, I admire how he is proceeding with his civil suit against that Rocco guy from Brooklyn who dusted him late night in a diner as well. 6'4" 260 lb David Wells knocked out by 5'4" Rocco Grazabini at 4:30 AM in Sal's Late Night Breakfast. . .Bwahahahaha Plus he looks like Col. Kurtz

Col, I think we both know Wells isn't going anywhere. Certainly not this spring. His value in terms of a trade is neglible at this point in his career and no team is going to give up any kind of legit proppect for a 42 year old on his final leg. He'll contribute in Boston this year in much the same way he did last year. You know what you get with him. Strikes, consistency and a handful of ass whoopin's thrown in. And thats assuming he stays healthy which at his age is faaaaaaar from a sure thing.