Paradisecity

Don't forget, bats switch, the ultimate Tito boner scenario.

What does this mean?

Im not sure why Smoltz can't attempt to help us in the bullpen with Bucholz starting. This would seem logical to me. I was watching that game with friends last night and said after the 5th "thank God, take him out now", and when he trotted out for the 6th said "mark my words, they are going to make us pay this inning". Anybody watching that game should have known that Smoltz was both flirting with disaster and done for the night regardless of ptich counts, especially the manager.

I feel like someone would take Lugo for 1M a year, wouldn't they? No?

VA- Superstition may not be for me, but I'm all about chemistry.

Yeah- you're the minority though Kilo. The voice of reason as usual...

Wait so if a new poster accidentally broke the "game thread code" and then the sox won, wouldn't you superstitious people out there think that another person breaking said code would be a good thing?

This is close to where I stand on this too. People don't want to read "Your favorite sox player is an *******" while they play for the sox, and they do want to read "we don't need that ******* who left the sox." It sells, both ways. Why aren't we looking at basic demand instead of thinking its some sort of team hatchet job every single time?

It's crazy that there would be lots of Red Sox fans adding their thoughts about a former Red Sox player moving to a Red Sox rival on a Red Sox board, isn't it?

They probably figure that he can hit that conveyor belt in right center that turns pop ups into homers

Altidore's second half killed this team. He did zero and gave minimal effort. The U.S. needs more depth at striker, plain and simple. Dempsey shouldn't be so gassed from playing all over the field that he can not move by the game's end.

I feel like this is a case of person saying something, person being questioned about something, person becoming more defensive and thus more adamant about their opinion of something, person realizing they made a mistake but refusing to admit to it because they were more adamant previouly, and therefore becoming even more opinionated about something. For clarification purposes, "person" does not refer to Mark Teixeira, Scott Boras, Theo Epstein, John Henry, Mike Lowell or Jacksonianmarch.

Dojji- don't you say that Drew is worth his contract? How can you argue that Drew is worth 14M and Tex not worth 20M? is it the better defense, the higher OBP, OPS, the tripling of homerun production? Which part isn't worth the extra 6M?

How is Lars Anderson doing these days?

I think that we DO forget that these mid 6 figure salaries aren't what they seem to those of us in the workforce. If I make 50K this year, odds are pretty good that I will make a little more than that next year, and a little more than that again the year after, and so on, until I retire, many many years from now ( I'm 27) If Bucholz makes 300K this year (Im just throwing that # out there), first he has to pay his agent, then probably 2 or three other people, then he has to travel with a bunch of guys making millions and try to keep up an appearance with them. (Yeah, not that big a deal, and can be managed correctly. I'm just saying it's easy to mow through that). Most importantly though, his career has a limit. I can work at my craft and become more valuable as I age for 40 years if I want. Can he? What is the average lifespan for a minor league pitcher, even a top ranked one? How many years can he expect to get out of his "career"? 1? 5? 20? If its twenty, he has nothing to worry about. But the odds would say that lifespan is much much closer to 1. What does he have when that career lifespan is over? What marketable skill does he possess? A high school education? Teaching kids how to pitch? This is one of very few job markets where your skill set is actually diminished over time The truth is, me with my MBA, or even better me two years ago with my undergrad, may be set up better off for the duration of my life than a pitcher with a high school education who makes 400K for 3 or 4 years. Now, I'm not saying I feel bad for the kid, or agree or disagree, I just think when we talk about the salaries of a minor leaguer who may never get another contract again, we shouldn't act like they are set for life.

Hitters are averaging over 7 hits per start against Dice-K. What games are you watching?

See, I don't think they would have traded Lowell right out of the gate. I remember when they were interested in Tek, talking about the possibility that EITHER Ortiz OR Lowell would not come back to form, and how it was significant enough to pretty much expect that you would need someone else. I think if they had signed Teixeira, they would have started the season with the pieces they have, rotated people around, and got everyone both at-bats and playing time, knowing that the situation would be temporary.

Reminds me of the zen master quote from Charlie Wilson's war.

OK, so we are now into June. Looking back, does anybody think that not getting Mark Teixeira was a good idea? I know that this can't truly be judged in hindsight until we see what the trade deadline, and ultimately, this offseason bring, but I also know that our lineup would be a lot different with Papi sitting and Teixeira playing, not to mention the rest it would give Youk and Lowell. How do people feel about this non-move so far, looking back?

Anybody watch the FA Cup final this weekend? Im a city guy and my friends are hardcore chelsea fans who always talk about how great they are, so I was behind Everton. They fell apart after the first 30.

Lets just remember that everyone including myself said (and some still do) Varitek was beyond done all last year, and even at the beginning of this year. Now he has 10 home runs.

I agree 1000%. been saying this for a while. And I don't always drink beer either.

I cant get over the lazy boy seats behind home plate. It just doesn't look like a ballpark.