Reliving the Curse

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League Summary
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Division Leaders:

AL East: Boston Red Sox, 71-36 (New York Yankees, 54-54, 17.5 GB)
AL Central: Minnesota Twins, 56-53 (Chicago White Sox + Detroit Tigers, 53-54, 2 GB)
AL West: Texas Rangers, 64-43 (Oakland A's, 59-48, 5 GB)
AL Wild Card: Oakland A's, 59-48 (Anaheim Angels, 55-55, 5.5 GB)

NL East: Atlanta Braves, 66-41 (Philadelphia Phillies, 60-46, 5.5 GB)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals, 62-43 (Houston Astros, 61-44, 1.0 GB)
NL West: San Francisco Giants, 68-38 (Colorado Rockies, 48-58, 20.0 GB)
NL Wild Card: Houston Astros, 61-44 (Philadelphia Phillies, 60-46, 1.5 GB)

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AL NL BA: Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) - .360 Jack Wilson (PIT) - .349 HR: Juan Gonzalez (TEX) - 32 Andruw Jones (ATL) - 33 RBI: David Ortiz (BOS) - 98 Tino Martinez (STL) - 99 SB: Carl Crawford (TBD) - 42 Juan Pierre (FLA) - 55 W: Derek Lowe (BOS) + Kevin Appier (ANA) - 16 Roy Oswalt (HOU) - 15 ERA: Tim Hudson (OAK) - 2.73 Kevin Millwood (PHI) - 2.66 K: Johan Santana (MIN) - 161 A.J. Burnett (FLA) - 155 SV: B.J. Ryan (BAL) - 35 Felix Rodriguez (SFG) + Dave Veres (CHC) - 26

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Irl, Hanley is not that great of a fielder, so maybe you could move him to 2nd or 3rd?

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Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies

Irl, Hanley is not that great of a fielder, so maybe you could move him to 2nd or 3rd?

His glove ain't much at the stage he's at now either. I'd rather not put him at second, or any up-the-middle position, because Sanchez is a good defensive second baseman and Nomar is bad enough at short. I've thought about third but Shea is crushing the baseball this season. I think I'm gonna give him the rest of this season in AAA, maybe have him on the playoff roster, and then figure out where to play him for next season.

EDIT: Actually, Nixon's contract is up after this season ('03) so maybe I'll let Nixon go and turn him into a right fielder.

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Originally Posted by YEAH DAAAAWG

EDIT: Actually, Nixon's contract is up after this season ('03) so maybe I'll let Nixon go and turn him into a right fielder.

I always thought Hanley'd make a better left fielder than shortstop...

P.S. I really like your monthly format.

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seriously how does Papelbon have 55 saves in July?

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Originally Posted by DarthJaker

seriously how does Papelbon have 55 saves in July?

:rolleyes: He has 30 SV.

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Originally Posted by DarthJaker

seriously how does Papelbon have 55 saves in July?

I don't think it's correct because if you look at league leaders the AL league leader in Saves is B.J. Ryan at 35

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Originally Posted by filihok

I always thought Hanley'd make a better left fielder than shortstop...

P.S. I really like your monthly format.

I'm thinking between second base, right field, and center field for where I'm gonna play him next season. I'd like to put him in left, but Manny's got the fort held down there until '05 or so.

Thanks :).

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Originally Posted by DarthJaker

seriously how does Papelbon have 55 saves in July?

He doesn't. The columns aren't lined up right because of how long his name is, he actually has 30.

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Originally Posted by filihok

I always thought Hanley'd make a better left fielder than shortstop...

P.S. I really like your monthly format.

Oh, I've also been thinking about the possibility of trading Nomar for a first baseman, second baseman, third baseman or right fielder. But then I also think "Nomar's hitting the hell out of the ball this season, and why trade him for one when I could potentially have one sitting in AAA in Ramirez?"

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Originally Posted by YEAH DAAAAWG

Just so you guys know, starting Tuesday, updates will probably be somewhat infrequent, if not nonexistent, for about 2 weeks while my parents are on vacation in California visiting my sister and the kids.

I'm not going because I don't want to make up the tests and homework, plus its my senior year and there's not a chance in hell I'm going away for two weeks in my senior year :).

Anyways, while they're gone I'm staying at my brother's because we're getting work done to our bathroom, and my brother doesn't have internet. Someone on his street might have internet that I can, ahem, borrow (;)), but I'm not counting on it.

I should still have internet a couple times a week when I bring my laptop in for Computer Science, so I should be able to get a couple posts in during that time.

This is going to be starting, more or less, tomorrow. I'll be posting roughly once or twice every other day, most likely, when I have to bring my laptop in for my Computer Science/Java Programming. I'm almost going to try to have AT LEAST one post ready to copy and paste every time I go that class, and I should be able to since I won't have much else to do.

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Sheets keeps it Clean
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--August 19th, 2003

Ben Sheets pitched a phenomenal game last night, keeping the board clean of White Sox runs. He pitched the full nine innings without allowing a run. He only allowed three hits and a walk, and he struck out eight batters on top of that. The complete game was Sheets' second in six starts with the Red Sox, but the first of the shutout variety.

The Sheets investment has proven to be a wise one, at this early stage of the deal. Since coming to the Sox he is 3-2 with a 4.25 ERA, 34 K's compared to nine walks, and .239 batting average against in 42 1/3 innings. He has been very up and down, however. In his first start with the Sox he allowed only two runs and struck out ten in a complete game effort, but the very next start he failed to make it out of the fifth inning before allowing eight runs. Then the next start he allowe two runs in eight innings, and then allowed six runs (five earned) in five innings his next time out. For the first time since being traded to the Red Sox he has put together back-to-back quality outings, prior to this complete game, shut out effort he allowed only three runs in seven innings against the New York Yankees.

Offensively the big guys were Manny Ramirez and Shea Hillenbrand on this night, as they both went 1-4 with 2 RBI's.

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Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox August 18, 2003 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E White Sox (CHW) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Red Sox (BOS) 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 x 6 10 0 CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg A. Rowand (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .299 C. Lee (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 M. Ordonez (RF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 P. Konerko (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 F. Thomas (DH) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 M. Anderson (2B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295 J. Fields (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 R. Casanova (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .255 K. Dransfeldt (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 TOTALS 28 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 2B: M. Ordonez (24) GIDP: M. Anderson, J. Fields CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Colon 3.0 6 1 0 5 4 1 56 5.22 M. Jackson 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 35 3.72 B. Jenks 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 41 4.05 TOTALS 8.0 10 1 0 6 5 4 132 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Damon (CF) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .283 T. Nixon (RF) 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275 D. Ortiz (DH) 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .302 M. Ramirez (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .267 N. Garciaparra (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .329 S. Hillenbrand (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .288 J. Varitek (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .263 K. Millar (1B) 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .261 F. Sanchez (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265 TOTALS 33 10 1 6 0 6 4 0 2B: S. Hillenbrand (26) GIDP: D. Ortiz, K. Millar BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Sheets 9.0 3 1 0 0 0 8 102 4.28 TOTALS 9.0 3 1 0 0 0 8 102 WP: B. Sheets (10-8) LP: B. Colon (7-9) Temperature: 80F Wind: 6 MPH (in from center) Attendance: 35,800 Time: 2:17

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This should be returning this weekend. My parents get back on Saturday or Sunday and I should have an update ready for then.

Sorry I didn't update when I've been in Computer Science like I intended to, we started a class project recently and that took up all my class time.

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Originally Posted by YEAH DAAAAWG

Sorry I didn't update when I've been in Computer Science like I intended to, we started a class project recently and that took up all my class time.

Not acceptable. You need to get your priorities straight young man.

I can't believe your so selfish. All you think about is ME ME ME. MY computer class. MY project. Sometimes you need to think about your fans. Those who sit staring blurry eyed 22 hours a day at their lap top screen waiting for an update...

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Red Sox limp into September
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August was the team's worth month of the season, but it still wasn't too shabby. The team went 16-14 and now holds a commanding 15.5 game lead over the rival New York Yankees. With only a month left to play, the division is all but sewn up. (I actually finished this month up a while ago, so I don't really remember what happened, so I'm just gonna leave at that for this month.

Month Record (Overall Record and Standing): 16-14 (87-50, 1st place 15.5 GA)
Team Batting: .283
Team ERA: 3.87
RS: 759
RA: 574
Pythagorean W-L: 87-50

The Good:
Johnny Damon is looking like one of the best leadoff men in the game this season. He's hitting .287/.347/.462 with 20 homers, 59 RBI's, and 28 steals this season.
David Ortiz - .305, 34 homers, 112 RBI's. 'Nuff said.
Pedro is still his dominant self. He's sporting a record of 17-5 with 184 strikeouts, 42 walks, a batting average against of .239, and an ERA of just 3.14.
Rookie closer Jonathan Papelbon has now saved 36 games in 42 chances, with 74 K's and 13 walks in 60 1/3 innings, while also holding opposing batters to a .181 clip and keeping his ERA at a miniscule 1.94.
The bullpen has the second best collective ERA in the American League, at 3.34.

The Bad:
In spite of hitting 32 balls into the stands, Manny Ramirez is hitting just .269.
Jason Varitek's batting average has slipped from the .300's all the way down to .260.
I still can't get any production out of second base, as Freddy Sanchez has an OPS of only .667.

Red Sox MVP so far: DH David Ortiz - He just won't let go. He's now sporting a line of .305/.392/.575 with 34 homers and 112 RBI's.
Red Sox Cy Young so far: SP Pedro Martinez - He's currently 17-5 with an ERA of 3.14 and 184 K's in 172 innings.
Minor League to keep an eye on: SS Hanley Ramirez - If Nomar wasn't on the team this kid would already be starting. He's hitting .307/.362/.536 with 24 homers, 97 RBI's, 43 steals, and 180 hits in 136 games at Pawtucket.

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League Summary
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Division Leaders:

AL East: Boston Red Sox, 87-50 (New York Yankees, 71-65, 15.5 GB)
AL Central: Minnesota Twins, 70-67 (Chicago White Sox, 68-68, 1.5 GB)
AL West: Texas Rangers, 81-55 (Anaheim Angels, 74-63, 7.5 GB)
AL Wild Card: Anaheim Angels, 74-63 (Oakland A's, 73-64, 1.0 GB)

NL East: Atlanta Braves, 85-49 (Philadelphia Phillies, 79-56, 6.5 GB)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals, 76-57 (Houston Astros, 74-60, 2.5 GB)
NL West: San Francisco Giants, 78-56 (Colorado Rockies, 65-69, 13.0 GB)
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies, 79-56 (Houston Astros, 74-60, 4.5 GB)

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AL NL BA: Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) - .361 Lance Berkman (HOU) - .338 HR: Juan Gonzalez (TEX) - 41 Sammy Sosa (CHC) + Adam Dunn (CIN) + Albert Pujols (STL) - 38 RBI: Carlos Beltran (KCR) - 116 Albert Pujols (STL) - 118 SB: Carl Crawford (TBD) - 58 Juan Pierre (FLA) - 66 W: Kevin Appier (ANA) - 20 Roy Oswalt (HOU) - 17 ERA: Pedro Martinez (BOS) - 3.14 Kevin Millwood (PHI) - 2.50 K: Johan Santana (MIN) - 202 A.J. Burnett (FLA) - 198 SV: B.J. Ryan (BAL) - 40 Roberto Hernandez (ATL) + Dave Veres (CHC) - 33

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BATTING STATS:

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Player Name P H AB Avg OBP SLG 2B 3B HR R RBI SB SB% Damon, Johnny CF 170 593 .287 .347 .462 32 6 20 113 59 28 82.4 Garciaparra, Nomar SS 175 548 .319 .363 .547 35 12 22 92 91 5 62.5 Ortiz, David 1B 165 541 .305 .392 .575 38 3 34 91 112 0 0.0 Hillenbrand, Shea 3B 156 524 .298 .339 .527 33 6 25 82 88 1 33.3 Ramirez, Manny LF 135 502 .269 .377 .510 25 0 32 87 103 1 50.0 Varitek, Jason C 126 484 .260 .347 .455 28 3 20 78 80 3 75.0 Sanchez, Freddy 2B 121 461 .262 .305 .362 31 6 1 55 43 0 0.0 Nixon, Trot RF 127 449 .283 .373 .443 28 4 12 70 59 7 77.8 Millar, Kevin LF 110 403 .273 .362 .424 29 4 8 48 53 2 50.0 Walker, Todd 2B 27 111 .243 .315 .360 6 2 1 15 13 1 100.0 Giambi, Jeremy LF 27 105 .257 .313 .371 6 0 2 14 13 0 0.0 Sheets, Ben SP 3 36 .083 .132 .083 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 Mueller, Bill 3B 9 27 .333 .406 .704 1 0 3 5 7 0 0.0 Youkilis, Kevin 1B 6 16 .375 .444 .500 2 0 0 1 2 0 0.0

PITCHING STATS:

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Player Name Team Starts W L ERA IP K SV CG OBA Sheets, Ben BOS 28 11 8 4.41 187.2 170 1 2 .255 Lowe, Derek BOS 25 17 5 3.90 173.0 134 0 0 .264 Martinez, Pedro BOS 25 17 5 3.14 172.0 184 0 1 .239 Castillo, Frank BOS 23 8 11 4.21 160.1 92 0 0 .252 Arroyo, Bronson BOS 20 9 9 4.96 134.1 98 0 0 .300 Howry, Bobby BOS 1 4 0 2.57 63.0 47 1 0 .227 Papelbon, Jonathan BOS 0 3 2 1.94 60.1 74 36 0 .181 Timlin, Mike BOS 1 2 2 3.16 51.1 35 1 0 .297 Meredith, Cla BOS 1 5 0 3.25 44.1 31 1 0 .222 Okajima, Hideki BOS 1 3 2 4.30 37.2 19 1 0 .262 Lyon, Brandon BOS 3 3 2 5.51 32.2 20 0 0 .275