the FRANCH15E

Welcome aboard!

Thanks! It took me a while to choose just the right one.

I'd say Liriano was walking away with it but if he spends a lot of time on the DL it will hurt him...it's been amazing watching him up close this season.

Very smart on their parts. With those two and Carlos Beltran being his old self and the eventual unleashing of Lastings Milledge, they've got a strong offense to build on. Now they can focus on younger pitching next season.

BRACKET ONE Eddie Collins (Philadelphia Athletics) vs Billy Herman (Chicago Cubs) Charlie Gehringer (Detroit Tigers) vs Ryne Sandberg (Chicago Cubs) BRACKET TWO Rogers Hornsby (St. Louis Cardinals) vs Nellie Fox (Chicago White Sox) vs Larry Doyle (New York Giants) Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers) vs Jeff Kent (San Francisco Giants) BRACKET THREE Nap Lajoie (Cleveland Guardians) vs Willie Randolph (New York Yankees) vs Johnny Evers (Chicago Cubs) Craig Biggio (Houston Astros) vs Red Schoendinest (St. Louis Cardinals) BRACKET FOUR Joe Morgan (Houston Astros) vs Bobby Doerr (Boston Red Sox) Roberto Alomar (Toronto Blue Jays) vs Tom Herr (St. Louis Cardinals)

So far I'm enjoying it! I've just been looking for a good place to talk Sox baseball with intelligent people! Thanks!

I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm born and raised a Minnesotan so naturally I was born into being a Twins fan. Despite having half my family from New York, the hatred for the Yankees was taught to me and became quite apparent at an early age. Once I started understanding how incredible this sport is (around the age of 7 - waaay back in 1986) I of course too became a Twins fan and "Yankee Hater". Around this time I discovered and fell in love with another team, a team called the Red Sox who introduced me to players like Marty Barrett, Ellis Burks, Roger Clemens, and Mike Greenwell. So for most of my conscious life I have been part of the Red Sox Nation and loved every minute of it. Oh, and I get to watch first hand the devistation it causes other fellow Twins fans everytime Big Papi goes deep. :thumbsup: Thanks for having me everybody!

Will do! Thanks everyone!

They tried though. I'm not bashing Theo at all as he's done a great job so far in his career. I just hope not doing something doesn't come back to bite the Sox in the rears. I also don't think making a move just to say you did is a good idea either. Basically whatever these guys do is a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" scenario...

I'm new and representin' the midwest RSN too out here in Minnesota!

Not wanting to trade your young players now (and jeopardize the future) to help the current team isn't a good excuse. The Sox are a team that doesn't need to necessarily have to worry about young players as they are a team with the financial means to sign good players at the end of each season. So not wanting to trade away prospects that may never turn out to be anything to help this sesaon when there's a chance to go all the way just doesn't make sense. There were some definite gaps that the Sox could have filled to really bear down for the stretch run. I mean if you take a look at the Reds, they went out and aggresively tried to fill their holes and they aren't even a team that anyone really fears yet the Red Sox have a brutal battle with the the Yanks, White Sox, and Twins on their hands for the next 2 months and did nothing. They really needed some pitching help especially with the trouble the Yankees and White Sox have had (and the Twins now face with Liriano's injury). The team with the stronger staff in the playoffs will be the only ones who will be able to compete with the Tigers right now.