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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAW! I feelz like DRake *Burpe* BRITTAIN!

Take this, pig! *projective vomit* *screeching tires*

i maka the next on. ur elcome

You feelin lucky... punk?

I remember an interview in the clubhouse where he had a vodka bottle and he got teary eyed over how much he loves the Sox and wants to spend the rest of his life with them, but they barely know his name.

I'll be in Fort Myers in four days!

WRONG! ellsbuhr just want o here that he's valued. he just want to know we care so he can spend the rest of his career with a team that cares on a modest salary

i prefer to catch

"LOOK IT UP!" awwwwh, s***. HE SCHOOLED YA!

i volunturred

BATTLE BY DA BAY! John "Horse-Face" Lackey throws balls against Chris "Scarecrow" Tilly Bum, bum! :eek:I PREDICT WE LOSE.:eek:

Awwwwwwwwwww s***, IZ GETTIN REAL UP IN HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

True life - I'm a member of Talk Sox.

Saltalam:)ccia ( RHP: .275/.341/.485/.826 LHP: .214/.313/.300/.613 Nava ( RHP: .282/.383/.428/.811 LHP: .205/.296/.318/.614 Drew (L) RHP: .251/.342/.425/.767 LHP: .169/.241/.325/.566 Ortiz (L) RHP: .356/.459/.686/1.144 LHP: .267/.304/.448/.752 Ellsbury (L) RHP: .319/.374/.472/.847 LHP: .268/.350/.331/.681 Pendroina ® RHP: .300/.364/.406/.797 LHP: .310/.420/.440/.860 Napoli ® RHP: .266/.346/.494/.839 LHP: .267/.357/.436/.792 Gomes ® RHP: .261/.327/.413/.740 LHP: .220/.328/.440/.768 Victorino ( RHP: .296/.333/.408/.742 Runs scored vs... RH'd starters: 370 in 70 games or 5.29 runs per start LH'd starters: 149 in 33 games or 4.52 runs per start while 0.77 is a significant differential, 4.5+ runs scored per game is a very decent number in MLB. It's official.the Sox can't hit lefties. Plus two lefthand batters who are not too bad ( Ellsbury-.268 and Ortiz-.267). And Victornio ( switch hitter) whoIs decent at .266. Surely it's not such a slow day that you can't do better than this.

starts with carl the craw.. remember him? fuly healthy again and has been his usual spark plug irritant self as a first-rate leadoff man. of course there's the most dangerous rook in years in one puig at second. talkin .600 slugging and well over 1.000 OPS. gonzo (remember him?) has become his old padre clutch self and a solid rock as the prototypical #3 hitter. nothin against pedy but a-gon is who u want in that position. the real though, the guy who makes this entire lineup truly elite and sangerous come playoff time is one HANLEY RAMIREZ... (y cant we get playas like that?).. perfect blend of left-right balance and skillset diversity. when u have Ethier batting 5th you have a powerful lineup. his bat is in resurgence (4 big hits yesterday). all this without their top 3 OF'rs all playin together at the same time. kemp was on fire before his latest ankle issue. no way u sit puig. i can see kemp in left going forward and hitting SIXTH. think about that, the rightful MVP of just 2 years ago batting sixth. would hate to b a pitcher facing those guys. not one jabro in the bunch, each can go deeeep on any pitch. talk about a perfect win-win trade. dodgers wouldnt take it back and nor would we. red sox west is kicking the angels all over their bloated grill on and off the field. these guys have won like 25 of 28 games and are poised to win their DIVISION! plus look at that pitching staff led by kuroda. built to make loud noise in the playoffs as well! worst trade than da Babe

Both UZR and the eye test suggest Soriano's gotten a lot better defensively than he was with the Yankees. And Kuroda's had a pretty strong record of durability, despite his age. But I agree with the rest of what you said.

As I've already said, anything can happen. The Yankees still have time to make a run, and equally bad teams have gotten hot and won championships. That being said, giving up a prospect, hurting their draft position and locking Vernon Wells and Alfonso Soriano in to starting spots until 2015 is counterproductive to their longterm success. Is that really worth gambling on a team that has something like a 13% chance of making the playoffs and a less than 1% chance of winning a championship? Probably not. But this is the only way the Yankees know how to operate. They don't know how to rebuild or create a team from within. And they may even believe that those lightning in a bottle deals that they did with Colon, Chavez, Freddy Garcia, etc. is a repeatable skill. When in fact they just lucked out.

Yes, that is pretty much what all of the reports say. His agents told him not to take the deal because it was "financial lunacy" how low it was. He stated he wanted years (that gives him security) at the expense of money per year so that the contract would not be an albatross. By the time Pedroia is in his late 30's, salaries will have inflated by so much that he may actually come close to his WAR value. And barring some kind of terrible injury, he'll surpass his WAR value for the next 4-5 years.

Yankees are actually on the verge of acquiring Soriano now.

I always thought of him as a 6th starter, long man. Being a potential mid-rotation starter is significant improvement from that. And look at the cost of a mid-rotation starter these days, Dempster is making $13 million per year.

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Yup. This is Talk Sox folks. I tried asking the admins to enforce the rules and they closed the thread.

Get off your high horse. You argue with someone every time you log on.