Paradisecity

I never knew Landslide Lyndon could ball

Yeah and I'm pretty sure Petey is a GOD in the New England area.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3704917 This story could have come out at any time. Interesting how they pick now to bring it up/resurrect it. Good for them- I hope it hurts his wallet.

The Manny who mashes wouldn't have made it to the playoffs BECAUSE of Laying Down Manny.

When you wear a "Got Manny?" shirt one game from elimination you are kinda setting yourself up for this criticism of which you speak.

Seriously. Or a reliever... or a catcher...

ummmm....ok.

I wish Scott Boras would write my resume.

Why do you need to trade Lowell first? Who says Lowell will even be the odd man out? If you havent noticed, our designated hitter couldn't hit a ball to save his life the last 2 months of the season. What Tex provides is flexibility- not just flexibility with the lineup and order and positions, but flexibility in the necessity of production. What if Ortiz's fall from grace is real? No problem. What if Lowell doesn't heal the way they need him to. No problem. What if both occur? Much less of a problem than it would be. I don't think they necessarily NEED to trade Lowell at ALL, much less trade him first.

Hate to see you go love to watch you leave Mike Timlin, you big stallion you. This is looooooong overdue.

Angel in the Infield???....

Jason Bay's first game. Filling some really big shoes.

I was kidding. Its a Joe Biden quote.

Coco Crisp? Thats not change. Thats more of the same.

That is what I mean. Are you going to trade our fourth for a different fourth? If so, why? Ours provide flexibility defensively and on the basepaths.

I guess the question is, what would we be dealing either one of them FOR? Apologies for the sentence ending preposition.

It would be Hank Steinbrenner talk if we were worried about one lineup spot. We are worried about 3 A major upgrade at catcher is going to be very difficult. So there's one all but guaranteed weak lineup spot. Now, lets give Lowell and Ortiz decent odds at coming back to old form- say 75% chance for each one of them. That leaves us with almost 50/50 odds that one of them doesn't come back to form, and a 6% chance NEITHER comes back to form. So if Ortiz doesnt come back to himself: Crisp Pedroia Lefty "Platoon" Bat Youkilis Bay Drew Lowell Lowrie Tek = Weak lineup If Lowell doesn't come back to form: Crisp Pedroia Ortiz Youk Bay Drew Weak 3rd base/1st base "Platoon" player Lowrie Tek = weak lineup And on the off chance both are not back to form? Crisp Perdoia Youk Bay Weak "platoon" DH Drew Weak "Platoon" 1st base/3rd base Lowrie Tek = pathetic lineup Ortiz is a power bat- you can't platoon for someone like that. Lowell is a corner fielder and supposed to be a power bat as well. These are supposed to be the elite spots in our lineup- not some place that you plug in players to fill roles. The lack of depth in our lineup (read: lineup, not bench) was shown as our weakness in the playoffs, and you are suggesting that they should essentially take the same approach and hope an aging 3B coming off HIP surgery and an aging big power man who has been hurt and hit poorly since being injured BOTH come back healthy and contribute what we need. I think you are being a bit optimistic about their situations. Separately, each one is not the end of the world. Combined (and factoring in the distinct possibility that our spot in the lineup for C won't be hitting much), a major change is needed to keep this lineup from being a 4th place AL East hitting team. Meanwhile there is a switch-hitter on the market who plays excellent defense, can solve our corner power situation, follows the Sox mold of seeing lots of pitches, would give the older players much more time to rest, and would vastly increase our options defensively, offensively, and in pinch hitting situations. Its not our money. If they are going to spend I would prefer it be in this manner. Crisp Pedroia Teixeira Youk Bay Ortiz/Lowell Drew Lowrie Tek is a much more imposing lineup with tremendous power, 4 switch hitters, great defense, more youth, and tremendous situational and injury flexibility.

Including playoffs, Mike Lowell missed almost 60 games this year due to injury. He is 35 years old. I'm not holding out tons of hope here.

One of my closest friends in college drank 12 40's of malt and later in the morning when trying to convince officers not to arrest our other friend blew a .40. As an RA I only bumped up the ladder on one occasion and the girl blew a .45

No, I am going to sign a GG 1b to play 1st base and DH a bit, have Youk play 3rd, and know that out of Lowell and Ortiz, odds are that only one will give us worthwhile production, and DH them. Tex isn't to fill the position of Ortiz, he is to fill the power and lineup presence.

Teixeira...

Yeah...go with that.

We are home, retard.

My guess is he comes back and we get trade for some young hot stud catcher for Tek to split time with and groom. I hope that young hot stud isn't Kevin Cash.

I'm not usually one for bold predictions, but I am going down on internet paper as saying Tek signs a 2 year 10M dollar deal with the sox.