My condolences go out to his future borns

Chad Ocho Cinco (born Chad Johnson January 9, 1978 in Miami, Florida)[1][2], is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bengals in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State.

Ocho Cinco has been selected to the Pro Bowl five times and named an All-Pro three times. He legally had his name changed from his surname Johnson to Ocho Cinco on August 28, 2008.

Bulldog. Intimidator.

August 18, 2008: MDC still sucks

Lavinius: Stuff-wise he's about an 8. Head-wise he's about a 3.
Fucker drives me crazy.

Cooch: About as reliable a a 1994 Yugo.

Lavinius: and a 2007 Lugo.

grizzly bear shit

RED SOX DON'T WANT THIS SERIES TO EVER END

he Red Sox concluded their three-game series against the Rangers with a 10-0 win. Boston had a 10-0 lead in the first game and an 8-0 margin on Wednesday. It's the first time in Red Sox history that they've had a lead of 8-0 or more in each of three consecutive games, and over the last 46 seasons the only other team to do that was the Indians in September 1986. (Maybe it was those three games that convinced Sports Illustrated to call the Indians the "best team in the American League" in its 1987 baseball preview issue.)

The Red Sox scored 37 runs in the series against Texas, tying the most by any major league team in a three-game series this season. The White Sox had 37 against the Pirates in June and the Tigers had 37 vs. the Rangers in April.

The Red Sox have scored that many runs in a three-game series only one other time over the last 55 seasons, when they had 45 in a series against the Marlins in June 2003.

From Elias Sports Bureau

The Boston Js

The Boston Red Sox must have set some sort of record for number of players on a team whose first name begins with J.

Jacoby Ellsbury
J.D. Drew
Jason Varitek
Jason Bay
Josh Beckett
Jon Lester
Javier Lopez
Justin Masterson
Jonathan Papelbon
Jed Lowrie

(The last time the Sox had this many Js in the clubhouse was when Jose Canseco was dealing...)

Jason Bay Shines in Sox Debut

BOSTON (AP) -- Jason Bay got a standing ovation before his first at-bat with the Red Sox, and the fans really went wild after his last one Friday night.

One day after being traded for Manny Ramirez, Bay filled the disgruntled slugger's role in left field and with clutch hitting by tripling in the 12th inning then scoring on Jed Lowrie's single that gave Boston a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics.

"It definitely ranks up there with one of the better moments I've had," Bay said.

Bay was obtained from Pittsburgh in the deal that sent Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers after he had criticized the club in recent weeks and missed two games with what he said was a sore knee although MRIs showed no problem.

"He's an unbelievable player," Boston starter Tim Wakefield said, "and for him to score the winning run, it's great stuff."

Bay scored both of Boston's runs, reached base four times and made two run-saving catches near the left-field line.

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Four years ago, the Sox were in the same boat...

...then Kevin Millar decided "we're not gonna take it anymore!"

Commentary: Moving Manny was the right thing to do

The following comes from an e-mail exchange I had with Cooch:

What needs to be stated right off the bat is this trade wasn't made in a vacuum. The Sox were painted into a corner. Between pushing Jack McCormick down, his altercation with Youk, and his statements to ESPNDeportes essentially throwing the organization under the bus, the Sox were in an unenviable position to sever the relationship. With that as a backdrop, we had no leverage, so it was impossible to get "equal value" for Manny. Instead, we had to get the best compensation possible which allowed us to have as little dropoff as possible. After all, we're in a pennant race. The last thing we needed was to downgrade an already offensive-challenged club.

Given the circumstances, to get someone of Jason Bay's caliber, a guy with legit .290/30/100 capabilities who's an above avg on-base guy, for a disgruntled malcontented superstar, a crappy reliever who just wasn't coming around, and a spare outfielder, I'm not sure you can ask for much more as a Sox fan.

He's signed through '09, as you said, so this is not a rental situation like the Dodgers are doing with Manny. We'll have all of 2009 to evaluate him, and our cost is $7.5 million + $7 million of Manny's '08 salary for the last two months of the season; a savings of $5.5 million from Manny's '09 option.

Bay is probably 80-85% the hitter Manny is. But he's able to help us in different areas where Manny couldn't-- namely defense and baserunning, and do it at a reduced salary without the headaches.

The biggest question mark is how Bay adjusts to the American League, most notably in a pennant race with the pressure intensified. How he adapts will go a long way in evaluating this trade.

In the meantime, the Sox rid themselves of a headache, cancer, disruption, distraction, and malcontent. By doing that, I feel a huge weight was lifted from the team.

Fast Forward: 2008

My wish to trade Manny finally came through - 3 years later, in a 3-team deal.

Los Angeles gets:
Manny

Boston gets:
Jason Bay (from Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh gets:
Craig Hansen and Brandon Moss (from Boston)
Andy LaRouche and Bryan Morris (from LA)

Flashback: 2005

I wrote this in 2005. Rather than re-writing it, I'll just re-post since the sentiment remains.

"Sunday, July 31, 2005

Manny, don't let the door hit you on the way out...

Honestly, can we just dump this chump? Of course I'm referring to Manny Ramirez. Cleveland was happy to get rid of the clubhouse cancer and I'm counting the days until Manny's off the squad. Despite his undeniable hitting prowress, his lackadaisical play and horrendous defense is just intolerable. On top of that, his clubhouse antics have pissed off everyone. At this point, his talent is not worth his unpredictable behavior. I put him in the same boat as Pedro Martinez - a world-class headache.

Can anyone feel sorry for a guy making $20mn per year who jogs down the first base line in the 10th inning of a tight game? Or, how about his yearly MIA stunts when the team needs him? He's consistently let the team down and it's time to eat some of his salary to dump his unreliable ass. Any outfield acquisition will be an immediate defensive upgrade.

Time to cut our losses and dump this piece of shit. Please, someone take him..."

Major Pwnage!

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Chien-Ming Wang's younger brother

Here

Lester solid... again.

That musta hurt...

(seriously, was the editor drunk?)

Manny Delcaacaa (aka Manny Delcarmen aka Manny Delchokeman)

Lavinius: (from SOSH)

editor's note 1: "One Less Than Lowell" means one less nut
editor's note 2: SOSH= Sons of Sam Horn website

From Baseballreference.com, through yesterday (these numbers will be worse now. Yay)
The OPS against Manny "One Less Than Lowell" Delcarmen when the game is various margins of runs one or the other:

1 run margin--.842
2 run margin--.833
3 run margin--.762
4 run margin--.702

and if the game is totally out of hand, that's when OLTL is at his best >4 run margin--.605 OPS against

Cooch: i've been calling for his resignation for months!

sox desperately need masterson to step up and to get a quality pitcher.

Lavinius: No, but wait, he's a local guy!

Cooch: i'd trade him for a sack of beernuts. how 'bout him and youk for teixeira?!

Lavinius: I'd do it but Atlanta would never go for it.

Cooch: atlanta asked for hansen and youk for teix. wouldn't be that much of a stretch to try and dump delcaacaa instead.

Lavinius: Hansen has the greater upside, though. MDC is just local trash...

Cooch: i concur. but atlanta's in a selling position. i think l&c could craft the deal.

Lavinius: MDC's trade value is so low, waivers wouldn't take him.

Cooch: waivers would ask for two PTBNL.

Dan Uggla needs a huggla

Wanna get away? 0-4, 3 K's, 3 errors, GIDP

Gives new meaning to the term str-Uggla-ing.

bush2bush

Lavinius' 2008 NL all-stars

C-- Soto/Martin, McCann
1B-- Berkman/Lee
2B-- Utley/Uggla, Phillips
SS-- Hanley/Guzman
3B-- Chipper/Wright
LF-- Braun/Holliday
CF-- McCloth/Rowand
RF-- Nady/Hart, Ludwick
DH-- Pujols

SP-- Lincecum, Volquez, Webb, Sheets, Haren, Hamels, Santana, Dempster
RP-- Wood, Lidge, Wagner, Raunchy

ACTUAL ALL-STAR TEAM

STARTERS
POS PLAYER TEAM ALL-STAR APPEARANCES
C Geovany Soto Chicago 1
1B Lance Berkman Houston 5
2B Chase Utley Philadelphia 3
3B Chipper Jones Atlanta 6
SS Hanley Ramirez Florida 1
OF Ryan Braun Milwaukee 1
OF Alfonso Soriano Chicago 7
OF Kosuke Fukudome Chicago 1

PITCHERS
POS PLAYER TEAM ALL-STAR APPEARANCES
RHP @Aaron Cook Colorado 1
RHP Ryan Dempster Chicago 2
RHP @Dan Haren Arizona 2
RHP Brad Lidge Philadelphia 2
RHP Tim Lincecum San Francisco 1
RHP Ben Sheets Milwaukee 4
RHP Edinson Volquez Cincinnati 1
LHP @Billy Wagner New York 6
RHP Brandon Webb Arizona 3
RHP Brian Wilson San Francisco 1
RHP Kerry Wood Chicago 2
RHP @Carlos Zambrano CHC 3

RESERVES
POS PLAYER TEAM ALL-STAR APPEARANCES
C Russell Martin Los Angeles 2
C @Brian McCann Atlanta 3
1B Adrian Gonzalez San Diego 1
1B @Albert Pujols St. Louis 7
2B Dan Uggla Florida 1
3B Aramis Ramirez Chicago 2
SS @Cristian Guzman Washington 2
SS Miguel Tejada Houston 5
OF Matt Holliday Colorado 3
OF Ryan Ludwick St. Louis 1
OF Nate McLouth Pittsburgh 1

Lavinius' 2008 AL all-stars

Since the league selection committee can't get it right...

STARTERS/RESERVES

C-- Joe Mauer/A.J. Pierzynski, Dioner Navarro
1B-- Justin Morneau/Kevin Youkilis
2B-- Ian Kinsler/Dustin Pedroia
SS-- Michael Young/Derek Jeter
3B-- A-Rod/Lowell, Longoria
OF-- Hamilton, Dye, Drew/Ichiro, Ordonez, Sizemore
DH-- Bradley/Matsui

PITCHERS

SP-- C. Lee, Duchscherer, Halladay, Lester, Saunders, E. Santana, Marcum, Floyd
RP-- K-Rod, Nathan, Papelbon, Rivera


THE REAL ALL-STARS...
(WARNING: Please refrain from sipping a beverage)

STARTERS
POS PLAYER TEAM ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCES
C Joe Mauer MIN 2
1B Kevin Youkilis BOS 1
2B Dustin Pedroia BOS 1
3B Alex Rodriguez NYY 12
SS Derek Jeter NYY 9
OF Josh Hamilton TEX 1
OF Manny Ramirez BOS 12
OF Ichiro Suzuki SEA 8
DH # David Ortiz BOS 5

PITCHERS
POS PLAYER TEAM ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCES
RHP Justin Duchscherer OAK 2
RHP Roy Halladay TOR 5
LHP Scott Kazmir TB 2
LHP Cliff Lee CLE 1
RHP Joe Nathan MIN 3
RHP Jonathan Papelbon BOS 3
RHP Mariano Rivera NYY 9
RHP Francisco Rodriguez LAA 3
RHP Ervin Santana LAA 1
LHP Joe Saunders LAA 1
RHP George Sherrill BAL 1
RHP Joakim Soria KC 1


RESERVES
POS PLAYER TEAM ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCES
C Dioner Navarro TB 1
C Jason Varitek BOS 3
1B Justin Morneau MIN 2
2B Ian Kinsler TEX 1
SS Michael Young TEX 5
3B Joe Crede CWS 1
3B Carlos Guillen DET 3
OF J.D. Drew BOS 1
OF Carlos Quentin CWS 1
OF Grady Sizemore CLE 3
DH Milton Bradley TEX 1