http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/m...ory?id=5312872

Think this will help the Yankees? There may be a Chan Ho Park sighting in place of Hughes. If the yankees are serious about 175 inning limit what exactly are they going to do if they make the playoffs? Bench thier best starter this year?

It's almost like they are looking for a reason to go after Cliff Lee.

chuck i'm a realist , i look at the scehdule , the hard part of their season is the next 48 games , going .500 over those 48 games will be tough and just going .500 will probably lose ground to the yanks and rays over the same time peroid because the schedule is easier for those 2 teams , the yankees have the easiest by far over this stretch

so after these 48 games boston will have done well if they are within 6 - 7 games of yankees and rays as well

good luck chuck it starts tonight in colorado , my guess this week is a 3 - 3 road trip vs NL west teams

How do you know how tough it is going to be a month and a half in advance? Hell teams can go on bad streaks at the drop of a hat. How does your crystal ball tell who is going to be playing well three weeks from now? In your mind the Yankees and Rays are going to go 31-17 over that same period. That is even more unlikely than boston going 24-24. You are saying that those two teams will play win at a .646 rate when they have played at a .614 (Tampa .609)rate so far this season.

A quick glance at the schedule reveals 13 games against Seattle, Cleveland and baltimore. They will be favs in everyone of those games unless they catch King Felix against someone other than Lester.


Using the marty theory of just guessing what the wins and losses are I have Boston going 28-20 over the next 48.

I don't know if they are willing to part with what Seattle will want. Montero.

ok chuck will see i got 24-24 you got 28-20 , i'll buy you a barbecue sandwich and soda if they get 26 wins over the next 48 , 25 is a push , 24 or less i get the barbecue and a soda and a carvel sundae with a cherry of course from the clubhouse - deal?

Gales, whats the deal with the Kenneally barn this summer?

Done

throw them all out

I underestimated Gales ability to know in advance that Youkilis was going to get hurt and then Pedroia was going to break his ankle. I am not worthy...

I don't think it was Gales. But maybe a certain somebody who shall remain nameless made a little wager on the Red Sox for the next 48 days. That would certainly explain the rash of bad luck. I'm expecting a special report any minute now with footage of Godzilla destroying fenway Park forcing the Sox to play the remainder of the season on the road.

:)

you starting to sound like tiger woods with the excuses chuck, still long way to go big guy , i am saving $1 every week in cas i lose and have to buy the barbecue in late august

Yo Cannon … don't forget to pick up the new SI

Big article about Pete :tro: :D

There is a better article about the '71 Macon HS baseball team.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/ar...=.jsp&c_id=bos

Sorry Sox fans, I seemed to have jinxed them

I hope Pete is renting...

Add V-Mart's fracture thumb now. Hiss.....

OK - this is bordering on ridiculous

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb...ory?id=5347640

Thanks Chuck. ;)

chuck you are 6-7 after 13

you gotta 20 - 15 over the next 35 chuck

Considering their all star 2nd baseman, all star catcher, all star first baseman and all star pitcher were all injured after making the bet it seems that they are in pretty good shape. 20-15 is hardly a stretch.

chuck you gotta do the homework

Oh Christ Marty, what kind of homework would have prepared you for the rash of injuries they have sustained?

His pinstriped crystal ball

excuses , excuses

yanks had injuries earlier in the year , didn't derail them

i can already see where this is going chuck , matt is playing bad cop for you and the asterik will go up if i win this bet and it won't really count , i know i've seen this show before

remember chuck and matt , you expecially chuck , these baseball players are human beings , just like horses they can get hurt , they aren't machines after all that you can just turn the key on and let them go

Is the heat making all people in the east coast batty?

If you win the bet then you win the bet. No one is disputing that. But you strutting around like somehow the spat of injuries hasnt played a factor but you doing your 'homework' has is beyond stupid and dare I say typical Yankee fan rationale.

Its okay Chuck. Gales is mean. Tell him to just Buzz off.

Gales is just under the influence of evil, not just the empire either.

*yawn*

INJURIES RIGHT NOW
Red Sox Date Status Due Back Injury Notes
Beckett, Josh (P) 07/06 15-day DL Possibly July 21 or 22 Spasm in lower back Threw 64-pitch simulated game July 6.
Buchholz, Clay (P) 07/07 15-day DL Possibly July 16 Injured left hamstring Threw aggressive side session July 7.
Delcarmen, Manny (P) 07/04 15-day DL Possibly late July Right forearm strain July 3 MRI reveals strain in forearm.
Ellsbury, Jacoby (CF) 07/06 15-day DL July Rib fracture On verge of resuming baseball activities.
Hermida, Jeremy (RF) 07/06 15-day DL Late July Broken ribs Took BP July 6.
Lowell, Mike (3B) 07/05 15-day DL TBD Right hip injury Will not return on July 9 as scheduled.
Lowrie, Jed (SS) 07/04 60-day DL TBD Mononucleosis To begin rehab assignment July 5.
Martinez, Victor (C) 06/29 15-day DL Possibly after All-Star break Fracture in thumb Injury will not require surgery.
Pedroia, Dustin (2B) 06/29 15-day DL Possibly early August Broken left foot Expected to miss six weeks.
Tazawa, Junichi (P) 04/16 Out for Season Spring '11 Sprain of ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow Underwent Tommy John surgery April 6.
Varitek, Jason (C) 07/03 15-day DL Possibly early August Broken right foot Should heal within six weeks.
Youkilis, Kevin (1B) 07/06 Day-to-day TBD Right ankle pain Exited July 6 game early.

Aceves, Alfredo (P) 07/05 15-day DL TBD Bulging disc in back Unable to finish bullpen session on July 5.
Johnson, Nick (1B) 07/04 15-day DL August Inflamed tendon in wrist Participated in hitting drills July 3.
Mitre, Sergio (P) 07/04 15-day DL TBD Tweaked left side Scheduled to work two rehab innings July 5.
Posada, Jorge (C) 07/05 Day-to-day Before All-Star break Sprained left finger Held out of lineup on July 5.

Besides Granderson, what major injuries have the Yanks sustained? Posada has been banged up and Mo is a little dinged up now, but nothing compared to what the Bosox have had.

Pssh....facts...who needs those!

Hey,Ryan.....recalling your horsey picks;could it be ----you?

facts are the red sox are 6-8 and heading to the tough part of the schedule

as the fat man said stick a fork in em

9-12 chuck

that grill is starting to get warm for my sandwich

you need to go 17 - 10 over the next 27 to win

this 10 game west coast road trip could send the red sox into the abyss

Thank you for continuing to support the theory that at least 80% of yankee fans are front running, buffoons who wear pinstriped shaded glasses. Sorry in advance to the few sane Yankee fans.

this has nothing to do with the yankees , the yankees could be in last place and i still would have made the bet on the 48 game brutal stretch for the red sox

have fun watching the west coast games this week chuck

LOL
Sure you would have because your crystal ball informed you that they would be playing 5 or 6 starters short...

chuck now you are crying , not good man


you know these guys can break down , they are not machines

I am not crying. I am simply stating that the Red Sox incurred an unusual rash of injuries to key players right after you offered the bet.

I have never had a problem buying people food