So the Chi Sox lost again today. If the Tribe wins tonight, it puts them 3 games back. Very interesting because they have a 3 game series coming up.

3 months ago I was saying the Sox were definately a lock. Just brings back the old "anything can happen" saying.

Buying an expensive team is just a unintelligent way to manage. There's no creativity in it, there's no hard decisions (besides who to throw tons of money at) As far as I'm concerned, a team is poorly managed when there solution is to acquire player after player via free agency.

LC pretty much said everything I would have.

As far as the money issue and who people want to see...

If Oakland winning meant ratings, then they'd have a better following and be making more money and hence able to keep their talent.

Attendance isn't the fuel that drives the Yankees or the Red Sox. We all know that. They have awesome attendance, but that's a by product of winning in a large market and the fact they are who they are.

Hey HOW BOUT THEM BABY BRAVES BITCHES

:cool:

Only to be knocked out in the first round again :(

Unless they face the Phillies or Marlins. Then they'll lose to Saint Louis.

Attendance does help, that's for sure, although the sox have one of the smaller parks in the league the owners have found many other ways to make money.

The marketing of these teams and their "TV Markets" is what makes money, everything from the Red Sox selling "Championship Dirt" yeah, they're selling bags of Dirt from the field, to the YES and NESN cable stations.

They both have built not just a local but national following. Hence they can spend all the money and still make a profit.

The White Sox play the Twins like six more times and same with Cleveland I believe. The Sox seem to be the only team the Twins can get up to play now, so I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see Cleveland take it. How crazy would that be.

LOL, they made a wrestling reference this morning on ESPN News. They were highlighting the Padres game from last night and they showed the Ramon Hernandez homer and before he hit it the sports ancor was like

"Game tied at five in the 12th for the Bad Guy, Razor Ramon Hernandez" and he hit it.

pretty funny seeing as how outdated Razor Ramon is.

He's not such a Bad Guy to reference.

:rofl:

Ramon Hernandez is the man. Walk-off bunt, suck it Lowe

Hopefully Yanks can sweep and win today

I think Red Sox pretty much lost today

fucking shit. 1.5 games back now.

Cleveland

Suck my dick.

Magic # 13? :)

Okay, okay, lets sweep the Orioles Yanks. I know they can do it...hopefully

A's - A lot
Red Sox - Not enough

Bobby Crosby is coming back tomorrow. Ken Macha can nullify every idiotic lineup he's put on the field through the first 149 games if he goes with something along the lines of:

1. Ellis 2B
2. Crosby SS
3. Kotsay CF
4. Chavez 3B
5. Payton LF
6. Swisher RF
7. Johnson 1B
8. Kendall C
9. Hatteberg DH

Obviously Hatteberg has no place in a major league batting order but Macha has man-love for him so there's nothing that can be done. This team can NOT score runs with Jason Kendall hitting any higher than 7th. He sucks and erases Ellis' 1.000 OPS this month with his 793485923 GIDP's this month. With Crosby coming back it's going to be really hard for Macha to hit Kendall 1-2 like he wants to. And if he does it, the season is over.

If the Angels win the division it is 100% on Macha. Seriously. The A's are better than the Angels at EVERYTHING except the win column. The Angels have a bad manager and the A's have a retarded one.

Good luck in Pittsburgh Ken.

You lineup makes sense. I don't see how he could do anything else.


But hey, he IS a moron.

Hansen & Ramirez are late call-ups for the Red Sox.

uh oh .5 back

I think Richie Sexon is the next big thing.

well he better hurry up cause he's like 30 years old

Barry Bonds is 41 :shifty:

and Bonds won his firts NL MVP at age 26.

Of course Brock Lesnar is only 28... you did say the "Next Big Thing"... :D

Not looking good, pitching is falling apart, it's bad enough to give up runs, but Clemment and Wells just killed are bullpen for the next 3 days. Gotta get 8 out of Schilling tonight.

Well, I think I may keep the tickets for the last game of the year, the bleachers for the 2nd to last game someone offered me 6x what I paid. Normally, I wouldn't sell where it could decide the div/wc and be a once in a lifetime type game, but I have to go to Florida for a family thing, and this could pay my whole trip minus spending money.

The last game I'm still torn, depends on how stupid/crazy an offer I get. Last was 4.5x what I paid...

I just hope both teams hang in, cause either way it'll be fun to have it come down to the last 3...

It really is going to come down to those last three games it looks like. If it does then it looks like one team won't be making it, seeing as though they are right around the wildcard mark right now. Unless ChiSox or Oakland crumbles that is.

Indians tie it in the 9th

LOL anybody watching Rockies-Padres? 20-1 in the 8th, Sean burroughs now pitching for SD sporting a 40.50 ERA. Matt Holliday 4-5, 2 HR, 8 rbi. Gotta love Coors

lol

Who's the Rockie fan here who was thanking the Rockies for getting rid of Chacon and didn't listen to me that he sucked because of that shitty ballpark.

WALKOFF
 

Biggest win of the year. Magic number is now 9.

GO SOX GO

CNM is the only Colorado guy I know here

I never said anything about thanking the Rockies for getting rid of Chaq. He pissed me off to no end last year, but he's from Colorado and I was one of the few Rockies fans who wanted to keep him. BTW, Coors had nothing to do with his record this year. He pitched pretty well, he just got shitty run support.

Oh, and the pAAAdres suck. The Rocks will win the West next year.

wasn't talking about you.

I like the Dodgers in the West next year

Sox take out the Indians tonight.




Print it.

Notre Dame will finish either 20 or below in the polls, but still make a bowl