Paradisecity

Man, its a good thing I was sleeping off my latest riverboat gambling exploits, otherwise I would have added my firmly held opinions here.

I will only believe you if you make a posterboard sign that says GOM and an arrow that points down to yourself and hold it while you wear the brown jacket. Do it- the legitimacy of your talksox credentials depends on it.

Someone should loop this video and make a GOM FAIL avatar

Well said. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go get some rest. As a professional riverboat gambler, I often don't sleep for weeks at a time. And I need my rest, since I am meeting up with Suzy Kolber later to get lessons on how to squint and still look happy.

That might actually have value if the market wasn't already flooded with scary disgusting A-Rod photos.

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/news/story?id=4604628 Free-agent Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman met with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Wednesday and reportedly came away impressed with what he saw. "Boston was one of the teams he was interested in from the start, and that certainly hasn't changed," Chapman's agent, Edwin Mejia, told The Boston Globe. "It was a very good visit." Mejia told the Globe that he and Chapman met with baseball operations personnel and one player, whom Mejia would not identify. Chapman, 21, reportedly had been scheduled to throw for the Red Sox as well, though it is unclear whether the wet weather in the area Wednesday pushed back those plans. The New York Yankees also are among the teams interested in pursuing Chapman, who some experts compare to hard-throwing right-hander Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 overall pick in June's entry draft taken by the Washington Nationals. Mejia told the Globe that 10 teams were interested in meeting with Chapman. Among them are the Seattle Mariners, who have asked for a visit, a source told the Seattle Times. "This is a player who I believe is a special talent, and we're trying to find the right place for him," Mejia told the Globe. "That means the team, the city, even the fans. Aroldis is interested in every aspect." Chapman, whose fastball was clocked at 102 mph at the World Baseball Classic this year, defected from the Cuban national team in August during a tournament in the Netherlands. The bidding for Chapman likely will be competitive, but ESPN's Peter Gammons believes the Red Sox might have an X-factor: shortstop Jose Iglesias. The 19-year-old Iglesias, who was the best shortstop in Cuba and a longtime teammate of Chapman's, signed with the Red Sox this summer and now is playing in the Arizona Fall League.

My favorite pitcher ever, but Rick Pitino will tell you, 1999 Pedro Martinez is not walking through that door

Petey is getting rocked tonight.

small sample size Check out interleague play statistics over the last decade. One is significantly better. (Hint: its not the NL)

Couldn't Hoyer be one of the guys that was pushing the sox to pick up AG? In which case he might be more inclined to keep him?....

The Angels are really going to regret having blown game 2.

Yeah he didn't cheer for that f***er.

Good- I hope he gets it because he deserves it- about time they focused on ERA more than wins.

Yes, just like how he wanted to pitch in Toronto the last time he was a free agent.

If the price for Holliday is 7 years, 110-120, I hope that the sox don't sign him.

i figured that in Chuck Norris-esque fashion, Anderson would make both All Star Teams for 10 years because the league decided it wouldn't be fair to only have him on only one team.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/10/15/sox_farm_system_not_at_level_best/?page=2 Can we assume Amalie Benjamin won't be lobbying for her peers to put Lars Anderson in Cooperstown in 2025? Dojji?

This story lost its legs once I saw the words "ESPN's Steve Phillips said"

I just think if you two keep it up, you could be the Talksox forum's answer to the unstoppable power couple of Jacksonianmarch and Gom.

I wasn't going for original, I was going for on-point. The two of you seek each other out for arguments. It is just like the guy and girl in 3rd grade who keep saying nasty things about the other one because deep down they like them. If you are telling me this is inaccurate then the only conclusion I'm left with is that you are both constantly being douchebags to each other just for the sake of being douchebags. So I am going to stick with the f***ing each other theory out of the kindness of my heart. All I do is give.

You two just need to f*** and get it over with.

I picked the Angels to beat the sox and then yanks in that predictor thread,and I'm picking them here too. Of course, the umpires might try to blow it for the Angels just like they did with the Twins.

This is exactly why I said "wait for it...wait for it..."