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Better late than never. http://love4clab.com/uploads/fail-1_full550.jpg

Jim Rice day would be awesome.

Can't say i'm surprised, but i can certainly say i'm very pleased the man with the laser show won tha award.

Everything is pretty random past the first 3 IMO. Ramon Vasquez........really?

Atlanta + Peavy+ Decent SP+ Power Bat+ 2 Decent relievers= Contender. The Nl East is not that stacked. The Phillies are solid, but every other team is filled with hols. Mets: Pitching of any sort. Marlins: Defense, Back of the rotation. Nationals: Everything. So if the above happened with Atlanta, if Philly doesn't run away with it early, and they're hanging around until they can get Smoltz and Hudson healthy, they have a pretty realistic shot. But then again, all of the above has to happen.

Oh My God........

IMHO, he leaves the "We might have won with Manny line", and it's a perfectly good statement that doesn't harm anyone. He simply peed outside the toilet with that last statement, but i think it's just being taken too seriously, people.

Good luck to him, then.

That's a pretty good read.

I know man. But i tried to explain in first instance that Youk's post was not directed at the player but rather towards Boras. Sorry for the rant,lol.

The problem it's with Boras near-terrorist tactics. I get all the blah-blah-blah about "If you were a player you'd want him as your agent" ******** I'm not a player, but i did go to law school, this is a 3rd rate country, but i still finished law school, and you know what every teacher in every law class taught me: Ethics. That is the f***ing problem with Scott Boras, he's unethical and he doesn't respect the game. I've said it before and i'll say it again, no other agent pulls the ******** Boras pulls. To be honest, i didn't have much of a problem with him until i saw the putrid stunt he pulled on the Pirates with Pedro Alvarez, since i already kinda disliked him for the A-Rod opt-out during the World Series. Come on, those 2 acts are enough to qualify him as a prick and a piece of trash. Really, all the f***ing media attention simply to get Alvarez to match the other best-paid player of the draft. Then convincing the PA to file a grievance on the Pirates and then VEHEMENTLY DENYING having to do anything with it? I mean, he might be the best, but that doesn't mean he's not the lowest of the low. Because ethics are something a human being can choose to respect, and if you don't, then you're a prick, so, Scott Boras is a f***ing prick.

But....THE SINKER!!!!!

Swisher batting 3rd is a no-no. Matsui's a much better candidate to hit third than Swisher, since he's a complimentary piece in that lineup.

I don't think they'd have to give up much...... And he'd be a short-term solution, which is exactly what they need.

If it's for 3yrs, i could see him in a Sox uniform, he's been solid for the LAD and with the improved Sox defense, i can see him being solid here as well, and he's be the 5th starter if/when Wakefield retires,or gets the boot so i don't see the idea as outrageous.

And you add Doug Brocail and Joel Beimel for the bullpen, and you've got a pretty decent team right there.

I think it was a great move,actually, and the stats tell me he had a horrendous FLUKE season, even though his stats weren't even all that bad. 1).251 BABIP, which is way below his career and the major league average. 2)20.9 Line Drive%, which means he was hitting the ball hard, but straight at somebody. Yet still finished with respectable numbers accross the board except for BA, which is essentially a useless stat anyways. And let's check out Bill James' projection for his 2009 stat line: .240/354/451, and that's taking into account his lousy year. If you ask me, the yankees probably pulled some highway robbery on this one. Don't get me wrong, i hate the Yanks, but i'll be the first to admit that this was a great move by Cashman.

Ususally when guys have a breakthough (even if BABIP suggests fluke) they are usually given a chance to prove themselves in the majors even as a backup. And besides, there's not a lot you need to prove when the organization is as thin as the Red Sox are in the position he plays in. Or would you rather have a more expensive, declining Greg Zaun or Ivan Rodriguez at the position if a trade doesn't happen?

Braves + Jake Peavy + Power bat + 2 decent relievers= contender, sir.

And perfectly done, sir.

Wow, nice move by Cashman. Swisher is an extremely useful ballplayer to say the least.