Comments on: The Stove Is Warming Up http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:31:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: ecl1958 http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59192 ecl1958 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:53:44 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59192 Thanks, Jane. And Jules, I love the game, and I hate the business part of it. It's so easy for the players we love to be ripped away from us Just.Like.That. :::sigh::: Thanks, Jane. And Jules, I love the game, and I hate the business part of it. It’s so easy for the players we love to be ripped away from us Just.Like.That. :::sigh:::

]]> By: Jane http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59191 Jane Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:53:57 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59191 *hands extra chain to ECL* *has a lot since she never intended Tek's leash to be longer than eleven inches* *he must stay in Boston* *she'll fight the Tigers to keep him.* *a la Sigfreid and Roy* That is all. *hands extra chain to ECL*

*has a lot since she never intended Tek’s leash to be longer than eleven inches*

*he must stay in Boston*

*she’ll fight the Tigers to keep him.*

*a la Sigfreid and Roy*

That is all.

]]> By: Meghan http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59190 Meghan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:59:37 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59190 Looks like Timlin is the first to go...Theo said that, if he still plays next year, it definitely won't be for the Sox. No big surprise there: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6r8hho" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6r8hho</a> If Tek and Schill both leave now, the only remaining guys from '04 will be Papi, Wake and Youk (who didn't actually play in the WS despite being on the roster). That seems weird...not necessarily sad, just strange. Looks like Timlin is the first to go…Theo said that, if he still plays next year, it definitely won’t be for the Sox. No big surprise there: http://tinyurl.com/6r8hho

If Tek and Schill both leave now, the only remaining guys from ‘04 will be Papi, Wake and Youk (who didn’t actually play in the WS despite being on the roster). That seems weird…not necessarily sad, just strange.

]]> By: jules http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59189 jules Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:22:55 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59189 Oh Faith! Didn't mean to make you cry. I like Coco, too. I think he's a great player--a true gamer. BUT, baseball is a business as well as a great game. I will be very surprised if he's on the team next year. Oh Faith! Didn’t mean to make you cry. I like Coco, too. I think he’s a great player–a true gamer. BUT, baseball is a business as well as a great game. I will be very surprised if he’s on the team next year.

]]> By: ecl1958 http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59188 ecl1958 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:56:03 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59188 Jules? You just made me cry. If your prediction holds true, I fear that I have become an automatic jinx for every guy on the roster that I take a shine to....if ECL likes them, they get gone. Bah. Jules? You just made me cry. If your prediction holds true, I fear that I have become an automatic jinx for every guy on the roster that I take a shine to….if ECL likes them, they get gone. Bah.

]]> By: Meghan http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59187 Meghan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:48:33 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59187 "Selling" Lugo would be ideal but they will probably end up having to pay for him to go away. Other teams that have a big salary to get rid of as well might bite, but the return would likely be shit...moving him for a once-good pitcher or two, who could be Farrell-ized to be good again may be interesting though (assuming Farrell is back too of course). My only plea to Theo is this: keep the cheap homegrown shortstop! I trust Theo to make the right decision about every other position except that. And as for Tek...offer him arbitration. If he walks, he walks. It is sentimental, but everything time I think of him GIDP or K'ing with men on in a close game, the less I know I will miss him. He ain't a bad guy, but he is becoming a bad baseball player. “Selling” Lugo would be ideal but they will probably end up having to pay for him to go away. Other teams that have a big salary to get rid of as well might bite, but the return would likely be shit…moving him for a once-good pitcher or two, who could be Farrell-ized to be good again may be interesting though (assuming Farrell is back too of course).

My only plea to Theo is this: keep the cheap homegrown shortstop! I trust Theo to make the right decision about every other position except that.

And as for Tek…offer him arbitration. If he walks, he walks. It is sentimental, but everything time I think of him GIDP or K’ing with men on in a close game, the less I know I will miss him. He ain’t a bad guy, but he is becoming a bad baseball player.

]]> By: Angie http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59186 Angie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:37:19 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59186 Forget about trade, I would SELL Lugo to anyone who wants him. I wouldn't mind trading Paul Byrd or Kotsay. And I love Sean Casey, but I would love to have Millar back even more...as long as we can keep Tek. And get back Kapler too. That would be cool. Seriously though Theo, resign Tek. Forget about trade, I would SELL Lugo to anyone who wants him. I wouldn’t mind trading Paul Byrd or Kotsay.

And I love Sean Casey, but I would love to have Millar back even more…as long as we can keep Tek. And get back Kapler too. That would be cool.

Seriously though Theo, resign Tek.

]]> By: Adam http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59185 Adam Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:26:29 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59185 Sox should bring back Millar for the Casey role. Sox should bring back Millar for the Casey role.

]]> By: Adam http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59184 Adam Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:12:12 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59184 definitely time to sell high on Coco. His value hasn't been this good since he's been with the team. Hopefully Ellsbury thinks about sitting on the bench in the ALCS and will be motivated to do better next season offensively (I'm not sure how much better his defense could be). definitely time to sell high on Coco. His value hasn’t been this good since he’s been with the team. Hopefully Ellsbury thinks about sitting on the bench in the ALCS and will be motivated to do better next season offensively (I’m not sure how much better his defense could be).

]]> By: jules http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59183 jules Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:22:53 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59183 <i><b>except a small handful of guys.</b></i> Lugo??? ecl, I have a feeling he'll be traded. His value is very high right now. Hot Stove should be interesting. except a small handful of guys.

Lugo???

ecl, I have a feeling he’ll be traded. His value is very high right now.

Hot Stove should be interesting.

]]> By: Twinkie http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59182 Twinkie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:05:37 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59182 I have several guys I plan to kidnap and hide in my basement. I have several guys I plan to kidnap and hide in my basement.

]]> By: ecl1958 http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59181 ecl1958 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:41:10 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59181 Jane, could you please hand me some chain? I need to secure Coco. Thanks... Jane, could you please hand me some chain? I need to secure Coco. Thanks…

]]> By: Jane http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59180 Jane Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:34:04 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59180 I want, now more than ever, to chain myself to Jason Varitek. I want, now more than ever, to chain myself to Jason Varitek.

]]> By: Angie http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59179 Angie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:27:48 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59179 Hot stove season is scary. I've gone through the whole roster in my head and I decided who I would get sad about if they were traded. Yeah it's just about everybody except a small handful of guys. Hot stove season is scary. I’ve gone through the whole roster in my head and I decided who I would get sad about if they were traded. Yeah it’s just about everybody except a small handful of guys.

]]> By: ecl1958 http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59178 ecl1958 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:28:34 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59178 :::clinging to our guys::: :::clinging to our guys:::

]]> By: Twinkie http://www.outincenterfield.com/2008/11/the-stove-is-warming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59177 Twinkie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:08:29 +0000 http://d1077806.u46.nozonenet.com/wp/?p=1737#comment-59177 This offseason scares me so much... This offseason scares me so much…

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