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We all know these players, the really hard working guys. The guys that go out there and play for the love of the game, and they go face-to-face when they have to. You might think of guys like Nixon, Mueller, Varitek, Matsui, etc. Who are you're top Dirt Dog style players? I'd have to go with the following: Jason Varitek, C Albert Pujols, 1B Mark Loretta, 2B Derek Jeter, SS Bill Mueller, 3B Hideki Matsui, LF Jim Edmonds, CF Trot Nixon, RF Seems like a Yankee, Red Sox, Cardinal affair mostly except for Mueller.

I don't get it.. Why are they pinch-hitting a guy like Costa (.275, 3 HR) and German (.392, .942 OPS). Shouldn't they be starting? Especially Costa over Sanders (.239.. Seven HR's or not..)

Two down.

I am not saying this to be mean, but from outside the room I thought they had a mentally challanged child doing it..

God Bless America Land that I love, Stand beside Her, And guide Her..

Stepping to the plate in the ninth for the Royals.. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/images/Brett_George_3.jpg GEORGE BRETT!

Who?

He's trying to be a pitcher instead of a hurler, I think he should stick to what works.

The Celtics could trade down one to the Rocket's spot and take a second round pick. That would most likely mean the C's take O'Bryant.

Loretta is incredible right now, 5-0 Red Sox.

Wow, if the Yankees lose this game I would not want to be living in New York when the Boss explodes.

I believe the Pirates would be interested in Clement still.

Harris has two hits today.

Why not start the games with Papelbon in the first, then Foulke in the second, and then our starter for the day for the rest.

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/images/2004/02/06/hj5QiWNe.jpg GO ROYAL BLUE!

Maybe we can use Matt Damon, is he in the front row nowadays?

Lead-off homerun for Johnny Damon.

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This lineup should render some small ball play, or at least I hope so. I wouldn't mind seeing the first inning going single, steal, hit and run for a RBI, bunt hit for to make first and third, walk by Youk, base clearing double by Lowell. Just a start. >_>

So what's the lineup? 1 - Crisp, CF 2 - Loretta, 2B 3 - Ortiz, DH 4 - Nixon, RF 5 - Lowell, 3B 6 - Mirabelli, C 7 - Youkilis, LF 8 - Snow, 1B 9 - Gonzalez, SS

I love a nice day with an afternoon Sox game, it's the reason why I get up in the morning.

TalkSox Baseball Hall of Fame Q&A Q: What is it? A: It is a way for us to pretend we are members of the Ballball Hall of Fame's panel. We start at the opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1936, and go through just as they would in the real Hall of Fame and induct players. Q: How many people can be on the panel? A: It went from twelve to eight, now it is back to ten. Q: How does it work? A: Each person on the panel nominates ten players each round. The players they pick must have been retired five years prior to the year we're in. For instance, only players retired before 1931 can be on the 1936 ballot, 1994 on the 1999, etc. Then, from those nominations, a ballot will be posted and each member will vote. Any player on the ballot recieving 70% of the vote will be inducted. Q: How many times can a player be on the ballot? A: Only three to avoid massive inflation of the Hall of Fame. Q: So, how often does a person on the ballot need to nominate, etc.? A: There are no time limits really, but a reasonable time will be set for nominations and votes to come in. Everytime we go through a year, we'll move to the next. So, as you can see, I'm not exactly sure how long this may take. Q: Once you have all the nominations, how are you going to discuss and vote? A: The nominees will be placed in this topic, where members will be allowed to freely discuss, and then votes can be PMed to me the same as nominations were. Q: I want in, but it's full! A: Please sign-up anyway, you'll be added to a reserve list. Everytime the panel decides one member is taking far too long to do their duty, they will vote that member off. A reserve will come into his place. The member who was kicked off may re-sign as a reserve, and the cycle continues. If you have any other questions, please PM me!

A Yankee is defined on the field, not off. Look at Reggie Jackson, he was constantly in controversy due to his arguements with teammates, etc. He was still a great Yankee because of how he played, consistantly, the time he was there. Jeter is the same way, a career .300 regular season hitter, a career (almost 162 games, basically numbers just rounded out) .300 hitter. A-Rod hasn't done enough to outweigh the amount of drama he had coming to New York. A lot of these guys never had that drama, Jeter was drafted and brought up slowly, Williams didn't have much pressure.. A-Rod had and has all that hype to fulfill, and he hasn't. Especially when the Yankees are still seeing Big Papi hit clutch homeruns for a third the price.

Riske - 9.00 ERA in 2.0 IP Holtz - 16.20 ERA in 1.2 IP, on the DL DiNardo - 7.11 ERA in 25.1 IP Delcarmen - 9.82 ERA in 3.2 IP Alvarez - 12.00 ERA in 3.0 IP Maybe that's why?

Right now the Red Sox official site has Wells as the starter for that game going up against Ted Lilly. As far as Lester goes, he's 3-4 with a 3.13 ERA for the Paw Sox through 37.1 IP.