test Part 6

[edcrbnsoul]

Okay, first of all, Doesn't the wife always have say with the decision?!?!

Ya but I mean this girl probably figures I'm going to get half when we divorce so the more half the better.

 

[mickey4ver]

Oh a golf trip to Florida sounds fun, although I don't golf.....nor do I like it but for those that do, it is a nice winter break....ahhh...the little guy golfing in the pics is so cute, look at that swing already....a little Tiger starting out............

Pam, you is the busy one......I is too, I baked some stuff when I got home, but I can't get in the mood with baking........so I quit for the day......

Sad day here....they started the major lay-off at dh's plant....will be less than 100 people left when they are done....Merry Christmas huh????

Ed, yeah, he sniffed the hard cold green.........he has become the scum floating on the pond now.........can't wait to see the haircut....and don't ya love the "I love it in this city (all players say this) and I don't want to leave"....yada, yada, yada...........but show them the bankbook and their tune sure changes..........I'm sure he made the decision along with the new Mrs.......and his agent is known for being ruthless.........I'm just disgusted with the whole thing..........but I'm figuring we'll find someone with just as much heart to play the field...............I've not read anything, has Kevin Millar gone yet? I figure he is a goner too.......

I'll be back later.........I need to utilize Kild's method of training kids for myself, I'm off to watch as much bad stuff with bad words as I can...

 

[edcrbnsoul]

As of now the Sox 40 man Roster looks like this

Pitchers

1 Tim Wakefield
2 Mike Timlin
3 Bronson Arroyo
4 Curt Schilling
5 Keith Foulke
6 Lenny DiNardo
7 Abe Alvarez
8 Manny Delcarmen
10 Tim Bausher
11 David Wells
12 Matt Clement
13 Wade Miller
14 Cla Meredith
15 Chad Bradford
16 Craig Hansen
17 Jonathan Papelbon
18 Edgar Martinez
19 Jon Lester
20 David Pauley
21 Guillermo Mota
22 Josh Beckett
22 Jermaine Van Buren
23 James Vermilyea
24 Rudy Seanez

Catchers

25 Jason Varitek
26 Kelly Shoppach

Infielders

27 David Ortiz
28 Kevin Youkilis
29 Alex Machado
30 Alex Cora
31 Tony Graffanino
32 Roberto Petagine
33 Mike Lowell
34 Mark Loretta
35 Andy Marte

Outfielders

36 Trot Nixon
37 Manny Ramirez
38 Adam Stern
39 David Murphy
40 Brandon Moss

 

[GailT]

testing 1-2-3-

 

[kild]

Sold!!!

 

[macraven]

testing 1-2-3-

gailT, this is not your first time here.......i remember you

 

[macraven]

one of my kids watched the terminator at the age of 3.


he started listening to me more after he saw it.

 

[pkasbohm]

well mic, if it is any consolation i don't want jonny to become a yankee!!! That means that bernie is probably bye bye! He is one of my favorites!

I am off to play volleyball in a bit....see moving ball I can hit....still ball I can not!

 

[pkasbohm]

Oh a golf trip to Florida sounds fun, although I don't golf.....nor do I like it but for those that do, it is a nice winter break....ahhh...the little guy golfing in the pics is so cute, look at that swing already....a little Tiger starting out............

Pam, you is the busy one......I is too, I baked some stuff when I got home, but I can't get in the mood with baking........so I quit for the day......

Sad day here....they started the major lay-off at dh's plant....will be less than 100 people left when they are done....Merry Christmas huh????

Ed, yeah, he sniffed the hard cold green.........he has become the scum floating on the pond now.........can't wait to see the haircut....and don't ya love the "I love it in this city (all players say this) and I don't want to leave"....yada, yada, yada...........but show them the bankbook and their tune sure changes..........I'm sure he made the decision along with the new Mrs.......and his agent is known for being ruthless.........I'm just disgusted with the whole thing..........but I'm figuring we'll find someone with just as much heart to play the field...............I've not read anything, has Kevin Millar gone yet? I figure he is a goner too.......

I'll be back later.........I need to utilize Kild's method of training kids for myself, I'm off to watch as much bad stuff with bad words as I can...

mic, i am sorry for the lay offs! I am sure it is sad there especially right before a major holiday!!

 

[pkasbohm]

hey i just noticed that we hit 1780--think you can all do 20 pages and hit 1800 before I get home from volleyball?!?!


Bet ya can't!

 

[macraven]

will try my best pam.
but i have to go out tonight and buy underwear for one of the sons.......





i'm leaning to buying him white this time

 

[edcrbnsoul]

Pam they signed` Bernie to a one year today.

Oh and here is the National Medias take:

Despite all the attention paid to him, however, Damon is not a superstar, or arguably even a star. He was a consistent five-to-six win player in his four years with the Red Sox, a period that covered his age-28 through age-31 seasons. Durability and consistency were his strong suits, rather than any particular element of his game, and he does have fairly good speed. His peak season, 2004, featured a .304/.380/.477 line and 6.7 WARP, notable as much for how it ended--in a Red Sox championship--as for its value.

As much as anything else, Damon looks like a lesser version of the center fielder the Yankees recently became so disenchanted with. At 31, Bernie Williams hit .307/.391/.566 and posted a 6.7 WARP in the second year of his seven-year contract. He would decline in a straight line from that point, especially on defense, to become a shell of his former self at 34 and 35.

Damon has an significant speed edge on Williams, and is unlikely to decline as sharply on defense as Williams did (few players have). Neither player has a good arm; Damon is one of the few replacements for Williams the Yankees could have acquired who doesn’t provide much of an upgrade in their center field throwing. Damon, like Nomar Garciaparra, got a big boost from Fenway Park, on the order of 50 points of batting average and OBP the last three seasons. The Yankees aren’t really getting a .310/.370/.450 guy so much as they’re getting a .285/.345/.425 guy. It’s the difference between a star and a solution, or millions of dollars and a couple of wins a year.

Like many free-agent contracts, the problem with this one isn’t the immediate future. Damon is enough of an upgrade on the available options to help the Yankees in 2006. As he declines, however, he will present the dual problem of hurting the team in center while not hitting enough to be a viable option on an outfield corner. I don’t see where a 34-year-old Johnny Damon is going to return enough value to be worth $13 million, meaning he’ll be just another aging Yankee in decline at the back end of this deal.

The Red Sox could actually end up huge winners here. There’s a rumor making the rounds that they’re trying to deal Matt Clement to the Mariners for Jeremy Reed. If they can do that, they will have replaced Damon with, essentially, a Damon Starter Kit, complete with functional arm and 25-year-old legs, and saved $20 million a year in the process. The Sox may feel they don’t have the rotation depth to make a deal like this, but the available pool of pitchers is deeper than the available pool of center fielders, and the cost savings could go a long way come midseason. If they get Reed, they’ll never miss Damon.

 

[macraven]

i'm still rooting for the cardinals.........

 

[mickey4ver]

Oh mac, poo poo on the Cardinals........... we are talking serious troubles for our beantown boys....Ed and I have to work this thing out...heck, the son in AZ called to #$%^&*! Mr. Damon..... so see, we take this Red Sox stuff serious in this family...........I think we have a lonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg 2006 season ahead of us if they don't get on the ball and get some decent players.......of course, Roger could show up on the roster too........ Thanks for that article Ed. I've always said he was a good enough player, but Boston made him the figure he is today. And he has started to believe everything written/said about him and his head has blown out of proportion to his talent..........it will be interesting to see how he does in NY.

Now this person testing has tested before, how many times are you allowed to test? make a ruling here teach........

Pam wants 20 pages..........

 

[mickey4ver]

I will help towards our goal............mac obviously is shopping for undies....in white.........

 

[mickey4ver]

Talked to my gs tonight on the phone........they opened their presents from us as they are going to Salt Lake for a couple days....he was SO excited about the handheld Gameboy we got him.......he talked almost non-stop to me and then asked for grandpa too and bent his ear...... non-stop....his new phrase when you talk to him is "you betcha".....that is his answer when you ask him something.........I realize in my head why they can't be home, but my heart is feeling pretty sad as the weekend approaches....I hate not being with them

 

[kild]

I have nothing useful to add.

Disregard this post and move to the next.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

[mickey4ver]

mac, if you find any underwear like this, send it to me........

 

[mickey4ver]

I have nothing useful to add.

Disregard this post and move to the next.

Thank you for your understanding.

You always add usefullness...........no dis'ing you.....

 

[macraven]

i say you can only visit and post two times before we give them the test.


and it is a hard test............

and if you pass, well, i will think of something then.