Mr Crunchy

barry zito cant hold chris carpenters jockstrap? did i read that right?? put ole barry in the nl central and lets see what happens chris carpenter is a good nl pitcher who couldnt make it in the american league lets not revise history because the guy had a couple good years his #s in st louis are 2006-STL 15 8 3.09 32 32 5 0 3 0 221.2 194 81 76 21 43 184 3 zito's YTD 16 10 3.83 34 34 0 0 0 0 221.0 211 99 94 27 99 151 4 of course zito sees the american league with a dh and much more offense carpenter sees the stro's and the cubs and the padres im not a zito guy because he cant beat ny but i'd take him all day long over karen""rainy days and mondays get me down"" carpenter

this is obvious 35 120 .310 the other ********?? purely conjecture speculation and nonsense ive heard manny speak once on the subject his words were he wants to play here sorry i believe him more than the 1/2 a faggot tony mazz,opie callahan and that other cock smoking dufas dan""i wear an orphan annie wig for my husband"" shaughnessy if you can see thru the above? good ive always wanted a running dialogue with christ whens the clam shack opening up again? i always liked that stretch of 133 although ipswich itself is a strange town.

baseball is a bonus for this kid now hopefully in 20 years we'll look back at this day as a new begining of a hall of fame career

manny wasnt nomar who just whined and cried and pouted and declined over the years manny wasnt mo vaughn who ate himself out of the league at a young age manny didnt leave boston for ny like damon manny didnt leave to hit closer to his family in texas and end up in fuking ontario either this new ownership group and gm's 1st act of business upon buying this team was waiving manny ramirez,arguably the best right handed hitter in history and the entire boston media nodded their heads in agreement claiming we just cant afford this guy... meanwhile reality has shown its face this year in real dollars the idea that we're not financially sound enough to handle such a contract has been blown out of the water and the entire boston press and ownership group has now been exposed as completley full of s***

the boston media has been working with the boston red sox ownership group for years the globe(ny times) has a financial stake in the sox,this is fact they need to make it seem like manny is the problem all this guy ever did was his job and still callahan likes to revisit the game a few years ago in philly when manny had the day off and wouldnt pinch hit?? it'll be a while before i buy another boston paper

gerry callahan takes it eagerly in the ass

after the jakes performance last winter against pitt for the afc title the writing was on the wall that O line is getting older,rod smith is my age their d has been carrying them for a couple years now but to give up 16 at home in the 4th quarter is inexcusable for a team that considers itself a contender theyre the only team that worries me marty schottenheimer will fail in sandiego despite having the best balanced team thats his legacy peyton suddenly has that altar boy locked in the rectory look in his eyes again the jets and chiefs arent ready for prime time yet and the pats also have their flaws should be a real s*** fight down the stretch

schmidt is hi risk? based on what?? i know hes 33 but he goes 200 innings a year with no trouble his velocity dipped in late 05 but he still looked pretty good to me of all the nl guys i feel he would make the adjustment to the american league with the least difficulty hes a 200 inning/32 start guy religously is he more of a risk than the japanese guy who we're about to dump 100,000,000.00 on without seeing him throw against a major league team? i dont think so

arod does bring all those things you know what else he brings?? a gagging sound every october that 50,000,000 people in ny nj and connecticut hopes is really a chicken bone and not his bat stuck down his throat. can he ever ever ever overcome his october miseries? im not sure

ray trot nixon sucks since the roid testing began in ernest that being said ever hear anyone speak of jd drew?? the man who is so loved this will be his 4th team in 5 years. hmmmmmmmmmn that alone should speak volumes about his clubhouse popularity mr 2-13 against the mets in the nlds isnt the man we need,not at 14M per season this isnt los angeles where the fans show in the 3rd inning and leave in the 7th this isnt atlanta(his hometown) where they have 2 sports,spring and fall football this isnt st louis where they politely clap when you bounce into a 6-4-3 dp this is boston we will know what he eats,who hes banging and what time he got home on saturday nite before the 2pm sunday matinee is he ready for this?? nothing in his character or his performance indicates to me that he is

this matsuzaka thing has me more puzzled by the hour as well...as i drift off topic here we go ass over bandbox by tossing 50M at the japanese owners but then offer the guy matt clement money?? WTF? ok if it was a move strictly to f*** the yankees i can appreciate it, i actually would love it but i think the sox were sincere in trying to get this guy to pitch here we're offering drew insane money yet we're playing needle dick the butt f***er with the guy who by most accounts is the best pitcher available this off season?? this front office makes me nuts we didnt want to part with any money or prospects last july when we were in 1st place but now that we finished 3rd?? we're spending money like we print it on s*** bag outfielders,mediocre shortstops and the right to talk to the kid on the nintendo box yet are maintaining the company line when it comes to actually offering money to quality arms which we need more than anything else... theyre more confused in the fens than ever and perhaps havent been this confused since haywood sullivan named his son mark the starting catcher or harry frazee decided to go broadway

arod? hmmmmmn we need a shortstop and some right handed power we're freein up 20M as well with the imminent move of senor ramirez of course this isnt about to happen but it was for a matter of 30 seconds rather intriguing

well jimma it doesnt seem to be a good fit to me couple that with the fact that whether he likes it or we like it he WILL be deemed mannys replacement outside ted williams and perhaps jim rice there hasnt been anyone on the f***ing planet that can fit into mannys shoes in 100 years of sox basbeall as far as being told how difficult it is to play here ?? you have to live it to appreciate it a memo from steve buckley doesnt spell it out nor does the advice from gerry callahan i havent opened a boston paper in the last 2 months that doesnt have someone ripping manny in the sports section i may need to commit jihad on yawkee way

drew is the replacement for kathy rigby on the playtex""i feel fresh"" commercials IF IF IF IF if your aunt had a mustache she'd be your uncle you dont drop 70Million dollars on IF while trading away certain guarantees such as .300 35 and 120...

this front office is completely rudderless

independant of each other?? sure they are we're dumping 17-20M per year at the same time we're paying this career chump 15M per independant you say? do you play cards

an outfield of wily mo pena coco crisp and jd drew really pumps my gnads i'll open with pena being dl'd 1st till may 10th with scrotum strain,then crisp who will have that finger reset by june 10th and then drew will be out for the season come 7-15 with faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak combined with banjo hitting corners,a catcher who didnt hit his weight and an infield that isnt familiar with the term power,we are indeed heading nowhere fast offensively no speed power from 1 guy and 1 guy only who got exposed when manny packed it in back in august questionable health of all outfielders and still no depth?? i dont understand this at all

jake peavy didnt exactly have a great year pitching in a great ballpark for pitchers 11-14 with a 4.09?? i dunno why anyone has him pencilled in for the cy young yet linebrink is a good pitcher and has set up hoffman very well the l.a guys are still debatable kemp and loney are 2 big guys who are still blossoming 256abs and 40rbi between them last year 1b and OF types who may or may not develop and may have been rushed due to nomar being nomar and dl'd for a while last year... you put them in the meat market here in boston as the replacement for the last world series mvp since babe ruth here and youre setting them up for failure sheff wouldve been a nice fit if manny is leaving i dont like the way this is progressing

Last thing - Manny has asked to be traded again and this time he knows it is not a contract issue unlike other years. What do you think he will be like in 2007 if we don't trade him again. I am not willing to find out why?? do you think he wont hit 35 120 .300?? i dont buy it as miserable as he is hes still the best right handed hitter on earth ive never once heard him ask to be traded and i'll pay 500.00 to anyone who has his voice on record demanding to be traded in fact the only time i heard him speak he said he wanted to play here if we sign drew we lose manny that,in essence is the bottom line here and it is unacceptable in my eyes unless we get a legit 4 hitter in return

agreed,i cant argue about manny laying down last summer but who quit 1st in 06 the front office or manny?? i'll take manny and his problems all day long francona may not like him but i dont give a s*** about francona and i wont till he wins 15 games or hits 40hrs... jd drew played 140 games twice in his career,hit 30hrs 1x and 100rbi 1x in fenway he may not eclipse 20hrs johnny damon never played less than 145 games we let damon go to ny as the best leadoff hitter in the game in turn we're going to offer drew 20M more than we offered damon a year later?? take the 75M and offer it to jason schmidt or spend it on the fans by opening up the bar before the game but please dont spend it on a guy who's played for more teams than carl everett in his last 4 years im not on board with this give pena the shot in right,crisp in center and manny in left picup a utility man on the cheap and invest in pitching if we sign drew mannys gone also next year has a s*** load of studs coming out jones,wells etc... if theyre into the future then keep jd in the national league where he belongs

if youre comparing drew to nixon be fair and use the 15M a year it will cost to land this guy as opposed to what nixon would cost dl drew nancy drew drew barrymore i was on the record as saying i wanted him last week i was wrong i didnt like it at 45M for 4 years and i sure as hell dont like it now f*** drew keep manny this has f*** up written all over it

wily is maddening i have witnessed him going the other way on 2 strike counts to move a guy to 3rd really i have then ive seen him flail away at a 2-1 pitch with the bases juiced down a run on a pitch my 60 inch tv set couldnt get into the picture?? maddening i love his power,we need his power and if they move manny hes got a job in left field full time... however after many years at the big league level the man hasnt lived up to his potential and i believe we need to break his current mold and rebuild him plate discipline in the american league is essential im not worried about his glove as much in left that being said if they move manny i'll be furious

arroyo is what he is a 3,probably a 4-5 realistically who can throw 220 innings of 4.5 era thats all randy johnson gets 17M for this beckett 10M for worse please note the success we had in the 4th and 5th starters role last year lenny dinardo,jj johnson,kason gabbard,dee snyder,all these f*** bags sucked to the point of the bullpen being used and abused and emptied of life before the 1st of august. arroyo was an inning eater that saved our bullpen a lot of pitches he wasnt replaced last year and it killed us he still hasnt been replaced as of yet arroyo was cheap,loved it here had a rubber arm and no ego we traded him for a 4th outfielder and now we pony up 50M just to discuss a contract with a japanese kid who will cost us more than pedro martinez did when its all said and done for 1/2 the years.. i have no illusions of what arroyo brings to the table i am however still waiting for his replacement

outside some of the prepubescents who post here i dont think theo is considered a God by anyone i do think people are still giddy over the w/series in 04 which theo was a component of he delivered a shortstop who could play and sent a whining nomar packing,in the same deal he got us a decent 1st basemen to close out the later innings.... he got us foulke and schill he did what he was supposed to do in 2004 and if hes ever in the same resteraunt as me he will never ever have to pick up his own tab based on the above however since then its been 1 disaster after another (i liked the becks deal,i think the arroyo deal was the worst we made in 15 years) starting with renteria@clement and ending with the surrender 06 campaign that began last spring when we were still leading the division. imo hes a figurehead who needs to get permission from ll to pull these strings ll is acting irrational and it seems to me hes reacting to ny now just as ny used to react to us.... theo?? he can be replaced by a dozen other guys this morning without me or the 10M other sox fans losing any hair over it

i guess this is the end of the anderson experiment eh?? i like buehrle i love crawford tampa wasnt about to pay carl 20M per he maybe the best of these centerfielders in all around play this is a 20 triple 25hr 100rbi 50sb type of player i think both teams fill holes here and i think the chisox may have done a bit better competetively but tampa wouldve lost him anyways down the road both teams are arguably better at this time