Era Might Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 [color="red"]This thread was started before the 2006 season. The thread turns to the 2007 season [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?s=&showtopic=47259&view=findpost&p=1234865"]HERE[/url].[/color] Oh yah check the avatar son. It's ON this year. Schilling Beckett Arroyo Wakefield Wells Papelbon Big Papi (MVP-was ROBBED) Alex Gonzalez Kevin Youkilis OH YAH BROTHER. It's savage like my man Randy. Haters bow down. Yankee fans beware. You know you're fiending for some baseball too.
Nathan Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) Blue Jays, son! Yeah, I can't wait for baseball to start up again. It's been a loooong off-season. Edited February 7, 2006 by Nathan
crazymaine catholic Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 redsox redsox redsox redsox redsox redsox redsox redsox redsox redsox...what? obsessed? me? never... i guess i'm just a baseball junkie in general. anyone else excited for the world baseball classic? espn is showing 16 of the 39 games, and espn deportes is showing ALL 39 games. i wish we had espn deportes at school. basebaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall
crazymaine catholic Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 oh yeah. the avatar rocks era might :
Tindomiel Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 I like the Red Sox, but I liked them more when they were the underdogs.
Guest Scott Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 awesome....I've been a member here for about three minutes and the first post I read is from a fellow Sox fan....I cannot wait for this season to start.
crazymaine catholic Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 [quote name='Tindomiel' date='Feb 7 2006, 01:00 PM']I like the Red Sox, but I liked them more when they were the underdogs. [right][snapback]878762[/snapback][/right] [/quote] i've just always liked them. i was kind of born into it. but now i'm just obsessed with the team. my room mate and i will skip supper in order to watch afternoon games. : :
Jazz4jesus Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) get it right kids, Astros are gonna tear down the house this year. Edited February 7, 2006 by Jazz4jesus
crazymaine catholic Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 eh, different league. don't care too much about that. only if it's sox/astros in the world series. it's still sox yankees for me, especially because of damon the traitor. i bet coco crisp is better than damon though.
Jazz4jesus Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 as long as we accept that Astros will be going to world series again
crazymaine catholic Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 astros deserve it, i'll give you that much.
Era Might Posted February 7, 2006 Author Posted February 7, 2006 Front page of the Boston Herald this morning says the Sox are making a pitch to bring Roger Clemens home. That would be AMAZING.
khouse Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 I can not wait for the baseball season to start and for the White Sox to defend their [b]WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.[/b] The National League looks wide open to me at this point. The NL West is going to be crappy again while I could see four different teams winning the NL Central (Brewers, Cards, Astros, and Cubs). Do I even need to say who is going to win the NL East? The American League is a no brainer. The Chicago White Sox will win it again. The Yankees and Red Sox still don't have the pitching to match up with the Champs and with the addition of Jim Thome the White Sox will be scoring a lot more runs this year. I look to see a repeat of this come October: [img]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/house215/trophey.jpg[/img]
crazymaine catholic Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 [quote name='Era Might' date='Feb 7 2006, 05:21 PM']Front page of the Boston Herald this morning says the Sox are making a pitch to bring Roger Clemens home. That would be AMAZING. [right][snapback]879196[/snapback][/right] [/quote] are they still going for clemens? honestly, i don't think that would be the greatest idea. he's getting up there in age, which hasn't seemed to be much of a deterent, i mean, it is clemens, but the sox have 7 starting pitchers already. where on earth would the sox put him?
Era Might Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) [quote name='crazymaine catholic' date='Feb 7 2006, 07:38 PM']are they still going for clemens? honestly, i don't think that would be the greatest idea. he's getting up there in age, which hasn't seemed to be much of a deterent, i mean, it is clemens, but the sox have 7 starting pitchers already. where on earth would the sox put him? [right][snapback]879486[/snapback][/right] [/quote] You can never have too much starting pitching. It always evens itself out in the season, whether through injury, underperformance, or whatever. Imagine facing Beckett, Schilling, and Clemens back-to-back-to-back in a playoff series. Add Wakefield to the mix, who's usually a solid performer, particularly in the postseason, and your number 5 starter could be either Arroyo or Clement (assuming he's not traded). Arroyo can always go help out in the bullpen, too. And if Papelbon progresses this year like we expect him to, you never know. If Foulke can get back to his old self, a Timlin-Papelbon-Foulke bullpen can be dangerous. I think the Red Sox can potentally have as good a pitching corps as Chicago this year, if things work out. And we've definitely improved our defense. Lowell and Gonzalez on the left side of the infield are excellent, and JT Snow over at first backing up Youkilis. Pitching and defense wins championships. We won't score as much this year, but pitching and defense will fill the gap. Edited February 8, 2006 by Era Might
khouse Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 [quote name='Era Might' date='Feb 7 2006, 01:15 AM']Oh yah check the avatar son. It's ON this year. Schilling Beckett Arroyo Wakefield Wells Papelbon Big Papi (MVP-was ROBBED) Alex Gonzalez Kevin Youkilis OH YAH BROTHER. It's savage like my man Randy. Haters bow down. Yankee fans beware. You know you're fiending for some baseball too. [right][snapback]878475[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Just remember what happened in October... [img]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/house215/1128460721_7387.jpg[/img]
Era Might Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 Last year is last year. You forget that the Sox won the World Series just two years ago. [quote name='khouse' date='Feb 7 2006, 07:58 PM']Just remember what happened in October... [img]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/house215/1128460721_7387.jpg[/img] [right][snapback]879512[/snapback][/right] [/quote]
khouse Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 [quote name='Era Might' date='Feb 7 2006, 06:01 PM']Last year is last year. You forget that the Sox won the World Series just two years ago. [right][snapback]879514[/snapback][/right] [/quote] And then the Red Sox had a horrible offseason. I think the Red Sox only have like 3 or 4 players that were even on the World Series team at this point. The White Sox have only become a better team in the offseason. They have added Jim Thome who will provide tons offense and completes the bats of Konerko and Dye. They only made their pitching staff stronger with Javier Vazquez. The White Sox have by far the best pitching staff from their starters to their bullpen They proved it in the regular and postseason. They were the first team to have four pitchers throw back to back to back to back complete games in the playoffs. David Wells is only getting older and you don't know what to expect from Schilling after last year. Clement tends to fall apart the 2nd half of the season and Beckett is injury prone. The AL East will be a close race, I expect the Blue Jays to be a lot better than most people expect.
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