Mr Crunchy

familiarity breeds contempt rivera has seen the sox far too often the notion that the sox own his ass isnt proper manny and papi and that offense owned a lot of guys over the years hes still the last guy you want to see out there from a boston point of view

he had a bad whiff last nite it happens

agreed and they dont play in the al east either which will help them. this was their box against cincinatti on sunday afternoon where they beat the reds 1-0 Detroit AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR W K AVG Curtis Granderson CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .256 Ramon Santiago 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Placido Polanco PH-2B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Carlos Guillen SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .315 Magglio Ordonez RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Dmitri Young DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .169 Chris Shelton 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .322 Craig Monroe LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Brandon Inge 3B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Vance Wilson C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Totals 27 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 9 i know that this isnt there every day lineup but it doesnt look like a team thats ready for the big boy show just yet i like their staff...bonderman maroth,the coward of the bronx in kenny rogers...solid lefties are few and far between....theyre up and coming if you put a couple power guys on their corners and get them a little deeper in the pen jim leyland can do the rest....of course the chisox appear ready to defend their title and cleveland will be heard from before its all said and done so who knows what the next 3/4 of the season will bring...

based on the above sentiment he wouldve been gone forever in 99 when he 1st hurt his shoulder they didnt treat these guys as a commodity as they do now the sox invested 90M in martinez in 97 they werent about to let him cook his arm after 2 years and 60 million left on his deal incomparable...you just cant compare the 2 eras those guys went both ends of double headers for gods sake

that ballpark is enormous and their core starters have been there a while they have the best catcher of all time in Irod,albeit an older and less potent Irod i like them but theyre a couple of pitchers too light to contend with the big boys just yet they may indeed have a pop at the wild card with their quick start and the east beating each other into submission. its a long long season anyone remember baltimores record at this time last year??

this guys problems are self inflicted look how many nations he jerked off before the WBC started?? im dominican im from miami im playing for them no im playing for the usa.... memo to arod do something memorable to earn the 25M before you decide what country actually wants you to be part of their team,as it stands now i dont think anyone wants you in this hemisphere

""He's the type of guy that would take a home town discount IMO. "" isnt he a japanese guy playing 10,000 miles from home? i do respect him,he deserves it breaks his wrist going for a ball and then apologizes to his teamates?? could you see arod apologizing for getting hurt? anyways bernie jetsey posada and torre get my respect sheffield is their best player and the 1 i fear most and ya giambi for bouncing back and taking on the press the nation and the american league with his mouth shut and head held high you dont have to like the guy and you shouldnt for what he did with the roids but he paid his dues with his health and the beating he took in the press and came back to have a great 05 and is their best clutch hitter in 06 and for that and that alone i applaud him.

abes got 1 eye? wow the mans a gamer lefties get special treatment,heres hoping he develops an out pitch and can make a living in the big boy show

manny had some decent innings with us last summer as well wells is the question at hand can he give us 150 innings for the rest of the year if so this conversation doesnt matter if not? in my opinion we need to determine who's ready alvarez doesnt get a lot of league wide respect,why not make him worth something by showcasing him for the rest of the league?? either he can or he cant....he isnt worth s*** beating up columbus and ottowa while in pawtucket

funny you said that my daughter loved that horse and was broken up for a few hours till i lied and said the horse would be fine i had to get the address of the stable and the vets office at penn u so she could send the animal a card and a bag of carrots compassion or lack there of when dealing with animals is not a solid character trait but neither is rooting for the yankees for that matter

we've been telling you the guy is a fraud for a few years now he always waits for the biggest stage to perform his worst he'll hit the quitest 45-120 that any man ever hit and why does torre insist on pitching to ortiz he hasnt been cornholed enough by him over the years? are they trying to prevent manny from getting gehrigs grand slam record or are they just that stupid??

another ass whoopin 4outta5 and we shouldve had all of them that was their 2nd best pitcher he finished with what?? 7earned.... their lineup now is weak,even with 7 of their 9 studs intact theyll tell you its the injuries when you insist on signing 35-45 year olds to long term deals this happens and they just dont have the depth anymore to handle such crises schill went thru them like they werent there except for the 3rd and all that came essentially with 2 out. its may 21st the only year since 98 we havent led the east on 6-1 was in 2004. we'll have the lead again on june 1st but i think we can all agree this yankee team is realing and with such inconsistant pitching may find it impossible to run off 8-10 game streaks like they have in years past. celebrate it for what it is a good ass whoopin against the 2nd place team

good to see ya comin around on arod mj you werent impressed with that rocket he hit in the 9th?? it almost cleared the building on a line going up

the ole fist pump mustve got sheff but never underestimate the respect card especially with terrence long playing left field,hes a disaster and sheff has sunk more than 1 team over the last 15 years with his attitude big hit for arod tonite eh?? down 8 or up 8 the boy really can rack up some #s when it doesnt matter

raul mondesi wasnt available??

Miami has always been a haven for the cast a ways who had issues mercury morris chuck muncie cecil collins lawrence phillips ricky williams and now young marcus vick who got tossed off a va tech team only after 100 chances character is now playing a big roll in how teams draft and spend the nfl dont put up with any ******** from its rookies and once youre labeled a s*** head it takes forever to live it down

these days when ny plays boston on the weekends its as if it were a boston home game lets face it the avg yankee fan doesnt have the cooridination to stand and clap at the same time

anyone read joel sherman rip arod a new ******* today? http://www.nypost.com/ i like this line the best ""More important, where is A-Rod? The overdogs need the ultimate overdog player. Because Rudy and Rocky just don't fit the Yankees ""

mhs's coach retired last year and now coaches the girls softball team unreal records of achievement his replacement? 26 yr assistant coach who went on the state semis last year without a .350 hitter he's also the basketball coach who has the all italian team competing with the worcester schools and has now won 20 games,22 years in a row.... walks,patience,walk some more,get to 3rd from 1st at all costs with less than 2 out no excuses outside the obvious miss a sign? sit down i think the days of multi sport athletes are getting rarer and rarer due to the time now being spent by each coach on each sport football coaches want their kids on the field for capts practice in july god forbid youre playing legion ball?? mhs qb also developed into a great pitcher in the last 2 months he beat leominster high twice in the last 2 weeks,he'll be expected to play legion ball once the season ends however.....the football coach is expecting him to run the captains practices come 7-15.... dilema?? it shouldnt be but it will.... the intown ******** is extreme with each coach pushing his own agenda GENTLEMEN sorry for going off topic arod eats ass and mariano rivera deserves some recognition for no other reason than hes simply the best ever at that position

if thats the case with alvarez its time to fish or cut bait is he a serviceable pitcher or not? his name is never mentioned in trade discussions and hes been in or around pawtucket for 3 years we know what lenny brings to the table we shouldve given abe the same chance anyways its moot with the fatman back,heres hoping hes got 170 innings left

i wouldnt mind seeing abe out there every 5th day,at least give him the ball from the git go it makes me sick seeing lenny warm up i know we'll need 8 runs to compete im not saying abe will do better but i dont see how its possible he could do worse

palmer was a crafty prick in his own right,certainly a valid argument to make that top 10. unreal over hand curve at 3 different speeds and played with one of the all time great dp combos in grich and belanger,all world brooks robinson at 3rd and the boog at 1st elrod hendrix al bumbry paul fukin blair...... got i hated that team mike cuellar was the 2 forever on that staff and in 1970 they had 4 20game winners. steve mcnally and pat dobson rounded out that staff that went to 3 straight w/series jimma the milford legion coach also coaches my daughters softball team we played all 4 sports together and now its our daughters not sons,who will be doing the same. he played at ga southern and with the Guardians farm thru like 90.... he went broke trying to be a pro and now hes a school teacher and he owns a baseball school and is doing great.... its good to see someone actually make money teaching the game to kids the way it should be played he had the italian disease 5'6 250? and he was a catcher..... benched 300 squatted 6 and cried screamed and went off like a raging lunatic if he whiffed or we lost a game... and now we coach our 8 year old daughters... it sucks getting old

220,000,000.00 in payroll doesnt buy a lot of depth these days does it

im not a wells guy either but he did win 15 games last year and somehow manages to do that every year dinardos fast ball tops out at 85...... thats a good fastball for highschool but it will get you nowhere in the major leagues saying he sucks isnt nice but its the reality

great point on smoltz too that man was,is,can still be one...... of the best big game pitchers ever better than maddox,thats for sure the 4 hossman from atlanta avery smoltz tommy glavine and maddox....and only 1 world series?