TedWilliams101

SOOOOO Close. SOOOOO close.

6 pitch inning from the most patient offense in baseball. Come on guys, wear 'em down.

5K for Schil through 2 innings. Impressive. His stuff is nasty tonight. His fastball seems to have the zip on it that it was missing in NY.

Trot got a hit! Nice. DP now. lol

And Schilling strikes out the sides. Thats a good way to start.

Back to back strike outs. Nice nice.

That was strike 3.

And when exactly IS Drew healthy? He has yet to play more than 146 games in a season. I mean, the guy is always injured. Thats the problem here. We aren't arguing that Drew is terrible when he is healthy. The issue is that he can't stay healthy.

Ksushi, thats simply not correct. Jones doesn't strike out an aweful lot. He is a power hitter, power hitters strike out. Manny strikes out just about the same amount as Jones.

The whole point is that Jones has been consistant. Jones has played at least 153 games each season while putting up big numbers. JD Drew hasn't even played 153 games in a single season once.

You guys obviously don't do your research. You are 100% wrong. Jones has actually struck almost exactly the same amount as JD Drew per at-bat. Believe it or not, if you did your research you would have realized this. Here are the stats. JD Drew has had 3306 at bats and 716 strike outs. Crunch the numbers and that equals a strike out every 4.6 at-bats. Now Andrew Jones has had 6010 at-bats and 1310 strike outs. That means a strike out every 4.6 at-bats. What you guys failed to realize is that in the 3 season JD Drew managed to play more than 130 games, he struck out 100+ times. There goes that argument. And just to give you some insite, Manny Ramirez has averaged a strike out every 4.5. Strike out rates are overated. I can see your next argument coming. You lost the strike out, so now your going to try to connect it to DP. Yes Andrew Jones has grounded into more DP per atbat than JD Drew, but its a bit misleading. If you really want to base your argument on that, then I guess Manny Ramirez really sucks, because Manny has grounded into a DP every 33.8 atbats, Andrew Jones once every 40.8 atbats. If you just look at the stats, Jones has been better. Period. Right now Jones and JD Drew have the exact same career SLG at .503. I have already stated that they strike out about the same frequency. Drew holds the higher OBP and BA, granted Jones .345 OBP ain't to shabby. JD holds a slightly higher OPS, .894:848. Jones has 9 gold gloves, JD none. Jones hasn't ever been on the DL and has played at least 153 games each season. He has actually put together great season after season and has been consistant. Thats what is really important. Consistancy, and Jones has been consistant, JD hasn't. Potential is an overrated and overused term. The reality is, Drew has had 9 season to reach his potential, but hasn't. He is 31 and still hasn't reached his potential. On top of that, Drew has a high Potential for injuries. Yes, you can use potential for the negatives too, most of you guys just ignore that. The fact is, Jones has year in year out played to his potential and is consistantly one of the top OF offensively and defensively. And I have already states how poorly Drew has done in the playoffs. In 7 series, 27 games, Drew has posted a .233BA, .320OBP, .349SLG, 3HR, 6 RBI, 11BB. Thats aweful. Jones, however, in 17 series, 75 games, has posted a .273BA, .364OBP, .433SLG, 10HR, 33RBI, 34BB. Much better numbers. Also, in case you didn't notice, that means Jones posted a higher BA and OBP in the playoffs than his career numbers. That kinda seems "clutch" to those who love that word, ya? Just look at their stats. I've put up charts on Jones and Drews career numbers and career playoff stats. Just take a look. Its hard to ignore the fact that Jones has put up 11 years of great numbers while Drew hasn't. Thats fact. Just check the stats I attached.

You know what I'm not looking forward to; Wake, Tavarez, and Schil facing the Yankees 1-2-3 for the second time. I really wish we had our pitching laid out better for the series. O well. Lets sweep the Guardians and put the Yankees farther behind.

Look at Andrew Jones numbers, far better than JD. Peroid. 7 30+ HR season, 5 100+ RBI season, 9 gold gloves. JD has potential, but hasn't done anything and hasn't been able to stay healthy. Jones has. How can you possibly say Jones isn't worth more than JD because he strikes out! Hes 100X better than JD. And about JD's value, yea he has more potential, but he has always been an injury risk and has never put together a great season. And guess what, he isn't doing much better than Nixon right now, is he. My point is, I'd much rather have Trot for this year and then go after Andrew Jones. Jones is far better than Drew. I don't like being stuck with him for 5 years and $14 million when he is just going to decline with age.

I think Cabrera's argument is that Yankee's fans don't respect baseball itself. They only want to see the Yankees beat up on other teams. One of his points was that Red Sox and Angels fans tip their cap to an opposing team making a great play, even when we are losing. The typical Yankee fan's don't. It's not just about ripping into players from opposing teams or their own, but just not respecting the game of baseball.

And why exactly didn't Theo resign Cabrera for '05? I love the guy. Great player, great attitude, great guy, and obviously helped us win a WS! That is soo true, he hit the nail on the head.

Right now I'd rather have Trot than Drew. Trot is 1. Cheap. 2. Had only ever played for the Red Sox prior to this year; he was a true Red Sox. 3. We would only have to give him a 1 year deal which would mean 4. We could sign a big FA CF next year (Andrew Jones, Torii Hunter, Ichiro, etc). 5. Club House chemistry and the guy everyone loves.

I can't wait to see Trot again. It's going to be weird seeing him in an Indian uniform. Can we just trade him for JD and forget that he ever left? Please? I'll be at the games Tues and Wed. Can't wait to see Beckett pitch again and my first Dice-K game.

What matters is that we have a 12.5 game lead over the Yankees. That is the AL East. The Jays, Rays, and Orioles don't have a chance of finishing ahead of the Red Sox. They don't matter.

Sweep. Nice win. 12.5 game lead in the AL east. Love it.

And the Pedroia HR is huge now. Come on Jima, lets get finish this win.

Pedroia. Destroyed. What an at-bat. Works him to 12 pitches, and then kills it out of the park. Dustin is swinging the bat soo well lately.

Youk just missed a HR. Nice drive, just not enough behind it.

And the Yankees lose and are swept by LAA. If we can hold on to this game, we can make it 12.5 games. Just amazing.

Why does Tavarez like to roll the ball to first? Tavarez is definitely Manny's best friend...

That swing gave me a scare.