Mr Crunchy

i dont think so redseat the fact that most teams are taking a cue from oakland and the twins and locking in their young arms for long term deals is making good pitchers few and far bettween in the market during the offseason think about who will be available this season maybe oswalt in houston zito in oakland but no other studs come to mind so you have every single team looking for a stud pitcher and less than 5 will be available to bid on papleboner?? i love the name is this a fantasy of yours or have you seen the real deal as his balls slapped your chin?

i dunno with the sport dominated by latins you'd think that miami & tampa would thrive they have the population base and the weather but they still dont draw unless boston or ny is in town and then barely at all 1 thing they should do immediately is end 1pm starts in miami most of you have been to florida and understand that at 1pm in august that place is 120degrees and 100% humid and you can almost always count on a shower that makes smoke come off the field with the oppressive steam unbearable place to watch a day game in the summer and its simply f***ing stupid to play at that hour while you have other options great point about pohlad and the twins he is the richest owner in sports and wont spend his own money to make his team better. im not sure about the specifics or even if he makes money but theyre competetive and usually 1-2 guys away from being there in the end. do the fans in minny deserve more of an effort ?? probably but again im not hip to their revenue stream or their attendance figures either. as far as steinbrenner goes his cable money is more than the nl central produces in gate money hes not a good example simply because his economic flow is in another stratosphere than the other clubs...when he pays more in luxury tax than every other payroll in baseball spends on its regular roster?? its time to evaluate the fairness of it all and i understand where the sox line up in all this from a competetive standpoint the sox will definetly be hurt by a cap the mets sox la teams perhaps st louis and maybe philly are better examples as big markets than the yanks who are in another galaxy chicago cleveland maybe seattle and the texan clubs are the mid levels the rest are poor mouths poor teams can compete once in a while and even for 3-+4 year stretches if they get lucky with their drafts trades and health but in the long run pitching costs money and if you dont pitch you dont win in the end

is lachelle tarver available?? im thinking michael""prime time"" coleman will be a 5 tool allstar in 07

good points hate so if theyre not profitbale why keep the businesses open?? i go back to when the orioles had 4/20 game winners and couldnt sell out a world series game?? f*** the fans for not showing up thats simply disgraceful and its something sox and yank fans never had to deal with all things considered equel green bay and the giants make the same money from tv revenues despite nys tv market being 20xs bigger and revenue from concessions and merchandizing dwarfing that of the packers. we can thank wellington mara for this he saw the writing on the wall for small markets and being in ny he had the muscle to f*** the poor but his worry was the leagues health and he did the right thing by everyone george steinbrenner will not be confused with wellington mara i fear neither will the sox 19 member ownership group the nfl is considered the best run league in sports for this reason but what it amounts to is pure socialism,dispersing from the rich and giving to the poor for the greater good

how many k's does this parlay into?? when your k total is 10xs that of your homerun total?? i for 1 am extremely excited he could be another sam horn or even a phil plantier if he plays his cards right

no its never about the money and these ball players are always on the up and up

they may as well promote him up the ladder when they go to the 40 man roster it doesnt matter from a competetive standpoint

meanwhile kc pitt florida tampa dc and miami all should fold as they draw less than 10k a nite during the week baltimore and atlanta as well sure everyone goes to camden once but that novelty is dying as it is in jacobs field too cinci has a new park,is competeting like crazy for a playoff birth and they cant fill up their building either from a competetive standpoint baseball needs a cap and a floor or it will fall even further behind the other sports in popularity and eventually will end up on the outdoor network next to the nhl in many cities.. a cap and a floor or eventually the sport will end up like the nhl did

thanks jim gingerbread people everywhere need our support and hopefully this horrid disease is cured soon keep up the good work and get the word out

im hurting on the inside if and i mean if there is a solid plan and system in place i need to see it for myself as it stands it appears to me that we're rudderless for all sox fans out there that live and die with every at bat this season has blown up and ended very very poorly for all concerned

noah was a cattle rancher from mesopotamia had a thing for breeding back in the day and was a helluva boat builder

pindicked for life?? living in his mothers basement somewhere in chicopee eating cabbage soup with his derek jeter underoos on and the giant skid mark down the back and his girlfriend deflated and stuffed underneath his bed under the sticky mattress another of the long line of internet heros who grace us with their sharp insight and valued contributions

the game needs a cap as well as a floor despite our sox having a big advantage over 99% of the league it still doesnt make it right how many teams in baseball have no chance when the season starts?? it doesnt bode well for the rest of the league of course baseball doesnt have the courage to take on mlb union and the steinbrenner apologists so we can assume that next year 80% of the teams that go to spring training will apologize to their fans in march and tell them that this is a rebuilding year and they need to be patient

florida won 2xs in 6 years chicago won last year arizona had the 2 hosses and little else and won oakland has been favored to win it all 2-3 times since 00 minny could be dangerous if they get there the halos won it all in 02 houston made it last season as a matter of fact im pretty sure the sox were the only team in baseball history to win a world series with a payroll exceeding 100,000,000.00 what was the question again??

and for the record the yankees have yet to win a world series with a payroll of 100M or higher

as an oriole fan you should hunt down and kill peter angelos there arent 12 people in maryland who could convict you

jp may be gone too he spent a s*** load of torontos money and came away worse off than the year before

juan bustabar frankie rodriguez jon curtis jon curtice please im on my 2nd percocette of the morning prospects are not religous statues that are to be worshipped theyre usually never more valuable than they are when theyre being dangled as trade bait meanwhile in pittsburg freddy sanchez is hitting .350 and mike gonzales is closing for the bucs in florida hanley is having an outstanding year and anibal sanchez has pitched better than any of our ""untouchables"" and better than the 10,000,000.00 josh beckett LAST 6 GAMES OPP W L SV IP H ER BB SO 07/25 @ATL 1 0 0 7.0 7 1 0 3 07/30 @PHI 0 1 0 4.1 4 8 6 2 08/04 LA 0 1 0 6.0 6 2 0 5 08/10 @WAS 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 4 2 08/15 @LA 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 4 3 08/21 WAS 1 0 0 7.0 4 1 4 4 look im not pretending that miami or pittsburg is boston however it seems that when dumping prospects theos dumped the wrong guys on every occasion with the exception of the fossum for schilling deal its mind boggling either we have a plan for the future or we play for today we've actually did neither this year again im more disappointed than angry they have no plan outside of generating revenue and pimping off every single inch of the fenway neighborhood while bending the fans over and ass raping them by putting jon lester and jj johnson on the mound in must win games against ny

jp ricciardi is amongst the bigger douchebags ive met in the sports world by the press's accounts, gibbons was waiting for lilly in the hallway just as he challenged hillebrand to a fight 6 weeks ago is he another ******* who wants to take up a fight career in his 50s?? or is it just another angry manager who's team has horribly underachieved in anycase hes gone

what could dave wallace tell curt schilling in the 8th inning of a 3-2 game with guys on 1st and 3rd and 1 out?? EH CURT WE NEED A K HERE?? wtf no s*** jack i simply hate the fact that we wasted what may be schills last season as an ace and perhaps the greatest season of 3/4 hitters in history meanwhile al nipper is guiding jon lester and the other young arms?? great,whats he got for advice?? how to get booze burn all over your face in a short 45 years??

i strongly suggest you watch these 2 kids pitch with your eyes open they nibble they dont challenge hitters till theyre behind in the count because theyre confidence is in the shitter neither of these guys have pitched this much baseball in their careers and neither pitched in a bigger stage under brite lites either these are lesters #s in august DATE Opponent Result IP H R ER BB K GB FB PIT BF S OBA WHIP ERA* Aug 2 Guardians W 6-5 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 3 9 110 24 0 .270 1.50 3.59 Aug 8 @Royals L 4-6 5.0 6 4 4 3 5 4 8 105 25 0 .272 1.80 3.86 Aug 13 Orioles W 11-9 5.0 9 4 4 2 3 5 13 102 25 0 .283 2.20 4.09 Aug 18 Yankees L 11-14 3.2 8 7 7 3 4 5 4 95 21 0 .293 3.44 4.72 August Average/Total 19.2 31 18 18 9 15 17 34 412 95 0 .279 2.08 8.24 19.2 ip 412 pitches thrown?? this will either shatter his confidence or his arm at this rate craig hansens august is similar if not worse DATE Opponent Result IP H R ER BB K GB FB PIT BF S OBA WHIP ERA* Aug 1 Guardians L 3-6 1.1 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 25 6 0 .300 2.73 4.91 Aug 3 Guardians L 6-7 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16 4 0 .287 0.00 4.56 Aug 5 @Devil Rays L 5-8 1.0 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 26 6 0 .296 3.00 5.47 Aug 8 @Royals L 4-6 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 21 6 0 .297 2.00 5.26 Aug 12 Orioles W 8-7 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16 4 0 .288 1.00 5.06 Aug 13 Orioles W 11-9 0.2 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 22 5 0 .303 15.00 5.27 Aug 16 Tigers W 6-4 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 4 0 .301 0.91 5.02 Aug 18 Yankees L 11-14 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 2 0 21 4 0 .310 30.00 5.90 Aug 20 Yankees L 5-8 1.0 3 3 3 0 2 0 4 22 6 0 .320 3.00 6.60 August Average/Total 9.1 15 14 11 4 7 13 15 182 45 0 .300 2.47 10.61 9.1 innings 182 pitches and an era thats on pace to be calculated by nasa what is our plan now? these are the guys who along with beckett are responsible for this teams misery all this happened in a month as well so do we want lester throwing 110 pitches every 5 days or do we want him to develop some confidence which he is sorely lacking?? hansen should stay in pawtucket for the rest of the season as well as a closer pena should be immediately inserted into the 5 hole in the lineup nixon has played his last meaningful game in boston so why not give wily the shot?? they already f***ed the season up i dont want them to f*** these kids up any more than they already have

on the money again james lester,with his august swoon,will probably never be more valuable than he was on 7/31 at 355pm and theo on a 3 way call between houston and atlanta. by the way mike gonzales was already here he went with freddy sanchez to pittsburg for sauerbrautten and suppan

the o is tired from carrying the pitching around all summer,well ortiz and manny should be tired anyways who gives a f*** the season went into the shitter officially at 1am saturday when mike""we need runs"" timlin allowed 4 to score with a 3 run lead in the 7th no s*** we need runs mike youre on our staff as the middle guy and havent gotten a meaningful out in 16 months

didnt rudy have a similar era in the same park last season? i can swallow a lot s*** and have following this team thruout the years but this has to be the biggest disappointment i can remember we who didnt want to see the pawsox playing in boston in august,knew this was coming and even when we were 3-4 games up after killing the national league would admit we were short on the pitching stevie wonder saw this coming

based on what?? his 11.50 era since it mattered or what the big east news letter says?? ******** he has 0 confidence and has pitched accordingly lester looks like bambi out there how much longer do we let him get his ass handed to him before we move him back to portland or pawtucket or as i suggested,back to the middle of the pen?? ya hes untouchable unless hes on the mound then he gets touched more than jenna jamieson and its the sox fans getting f***ed. the ""team"" needs to be careful now that it dont matter all you guys who wanted the seadogs contributing got your wish and now we're heading into the shitter problem i have is some of these guys may indeed have mental issues with their complete and utter meltdowns... who gives a s*** if hansen throws 98 when he cant find the plate and has to come in on 3-1 counts religously ask beckett what happens when you cant change speeds or toss breaking balls for strikes same goes for lester the kid tap danced during the last 3 weeks of his season sure he went 5-0 thru the softness of the nl and the kc royals of the league but when teams waited him out he was useless, my point is this if we're going to use the kids then use them right or let them develop right guessing and hoping with pitchers is dumb and dumber the front office has no f***ing clue what to do next,none jon lester came up as a spot starter and ended up the 3 bad move and it may effect him forever here but at least we got wily mo eh??..... thank god for wily mo as the yankees have no answer for him (outside of scoring 47 runs in 4 games)