Jacoby_Ellsbury

loooool yesss

So they're an 'enemy' now? If the season ended today, we'd be in the playoffs. But no, the front office is colluding with Hank Steinbrenner in attempt to ruin the organization. Yup.

I agree, a front office bringing two world series wins to your favorite team makes them a hell of an enemy.

Good point, better picture.

I think they cut off the feedback line in December 07 when all the Nixon fondlers threatened their lives and tried to send them.

Ohhhhhhh guess so! Thankfully, it'll be a long, long time before I sink toward your level.

My I.Q. just plummeted 60 points.

Kotchman is in the exact role he belongs in.

A Yankee fan that knows how to copy and paste. You don't see that everyday.

I love it. The serial troll actually thinks this series affected the division race, and actually bumps a metric prediction by a fan to gloat about it.

Haven't yet located a 'Red Sox were unwise to quit on Smoltz so quickly' article. I'm surprised. Or maybe I'm just not looking hard enough.

There's a difference between signing a guaranteed contract and then 20 seconds later announcing that you have a season ending injury (name in bold), and your performance not living up to the price tag the front office slapped on your forehead (everyone else).

Papelbon's a f***ing dumbass. I can see him being Manny II before very long.

http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sinking-ship.jpg 1 GAME UP IN THE WILDCARD!! O NOEZ

Game thread.

I'm pretty sure no one posting on this board is 86 years old or close to it.

I give it to Verlander.

No Hernandez. Sign a free agent like Bedard, or Escobar. Bedard I think would be the best bet.

It's not the offseason yet and there's much to be decided about next year's rotation in the remainder of this year. Why do we need 2010 threads right now anyway?

Epic copout. Except that Nixon theory that you now acknowledge as wrong, falls in line with many other asinine propositions you blurt out to this day and seem to have plenty of confidence in. And most of us knew he could and would do better. On-base players like Drew aren't streaky players. It stays consistent. It was his first year in Boston, the most intense market he's ever played in. His performance wasn't premium, but all the signs were there that he would improve, and he has. So no one was really 'unhappy' as much as 'patient', and knowing that he'll rebound. *waits for defiant 'but that's all I was saying and what I meant all along' retort, when it obviously wasn't* I never said you mentioned RBI in your post, so your reading comprehension continues to be laughably terrible. Possibly you're getting antsy and defensive over being called out on your massacre of analysis, and are that much more prone to pointing fingers. No, only his performance would dictate that, SINCE 2008 IS THE ONLY f***ING SEASON SINCE 2003 WHERE HE'S MISSED EXTENDED TIME FOR ANYTHING. Yes, that includes this season. Players get injured, and they recover. I know, what a f***ed up concept that is. Lol, classic a700. SEE, UR ANGREE RITE NAO, U SAID FUK, AND THIS IS WY U HAVE NO KREDIBILLITEE ON THIS ISSUE. Aren't you the guy that normally slams people for playing internet psychologist, too? Oh no, he missed time in 2008 (which, by the time it's for anyone to talk contract with him, will be two years in the past). This whole health thing applies to V-Mart too, right? He'll be lucky to get any sort of good contract with all that missed time in 2008. And don't want to.

Halo > Call Of Doodie

I hate these 4:00 start times.

Loyalty and business no longer coexist comfortably. When Rice played, it was much more game than business. Now, other way around.

lol Oh? The same Trot Nixon that spent 2007 platooning with the immortal Franklin Gutierrez and found him out of the majors the following season for all but eleven games? That Trot Nixon? You wanted to sign him to play right field on the cheap, in anticipation of other 'options' that may or may not become available? As opposed to a reliable on-base machine (something you clearly don't understand) in right field that doesn't require platooning, since he can lefties as well as righties? Brilliant. No one was happy with that? No, people that were expecting him to a power hitter/average hitter/RBI machine weren't happy with that. His OBP was fine that year. His power was a little bit lacking, but didn't end up with much less HRs than he normally does. Being disappointed with his performance just shows misguided expectations and a misunderstanding of the player. Except he was getting on base pretty normally. So the most important part of his game was still going strong. Just the oh-so reliable stats known as batting average and runs batted in were seeing dips. Oh what to do. You can't blame the player for the price tag the front office slapped on his forehead. Should he have been a good soldier, thought to himself 'ya know, I might not be worth this money', and told the Red Sox to lower the offer to whatever level, just so he can earn the label of 'living up to his pay'? Your continued, misinformed yapping to yourself about how much of a pwnag3 machine you are makes me giggle as well. As does your off-target analysis. Next year is the last year of Ortiz's contract, he's shown flashes this year and could end up with 25 HR, several teams out there could use lefty bats, when on the ball he's better than a lot of other DH's... no, I don't think it will affect his value too much. Only his play can do that, since he's played in about 95% of the games this year after that catastrophe of an injury. This theory probably makes Victor Martinez damaged goods as well, since he got hurt and played in 73 games in 2008. Amirite? Back at you. Forgoing proven commodities with skills that are valuable to a baseball team in favor signing over-the-hill dirtdogs on the short and cheap to temporarily fill the created voids, essentially creating an annual revolving door at the given position, and stashing every single inexperienced prospect in AAA doesn't sound like a great gameplan. But what do I know? I don't play beer league. Mocking your ideas is against the rules? Apparently not, since the mods haven't attempted to put the kabosh on it. Aside from common sense, maybe. But I'm just FUNNING with you!

Damn, hopefully they end up landing him. Would be a solid addition to an already rock-solid bullpen.