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QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 26, 2007 -> 08:08 AM) Drilling the #9 hitter in the line-up to bring up Dukes as the tying run would be pretty stupid if it was intentional. Especially a guy who was 1 for his last 22.

QUOTE(forrestg @ May 24, 2007 -> 02:44 PM) If the surgery would have been done Joe would have been able to play in spring training or soon thereafter. Hindsight is always 20/20 That is assuming that everything went correctly with the surgery.

If the location of pitches on GameDay was correct, Gaudin was pitching an incredible game. Every single pitch was on the edge of the strike zone. I did not see any pitches catch much of the plate. I'll give the guy some props instead of taking it out on our hitters or hitting coach.

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 23, 2007 -> 10:32 AM) The Indians don't have the pitching talent that the Tigers had last year. No offense to them, but I'm not worried. Even with the Sox offense scuffling (but much improved over the past week), I like their chances a lot more than I did last year. With solid starting pitching, you always have a chance. I agree about our chances looking better this year with solid starting pitching. However, this is the same thing we heard about the Twins before '05, the same thing we heard about the Sox in 05, the same thing we heard about the Tigers last year. Last year it was "the Tigers pitching is too young, they won't hold up over the long run" and "Kenny Rogers will falter since he is not this type of pitcher", etc. Same thing this year, different line about the pitching.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ May 23, 2007 -> 09:24 AM) The Indians will not continue their hot streak at home and they are one injury away from being middle of the pack. I wouldn't worry about them...at least until after the all-star break. I think this same thing was said about the Tigers last year. Sure, they faded towards the end, but 90 wins was still not enough to catch up to them. I wouldn't count them out.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2007 -> 01:18 PM) Nah, its the usual. People are going to go out of their way to not admit they were wrong, because the all important message board props go out of the window then. You have to pull whatever you can to make sure that you are right. BTW, what is the conversion rate for being right on a message board now adays? Its about one right prediction to a Schrutebuck, correct? The problem is that if you admit you are wrong, its minus one thousand Schrutebucks, and then your Soxtalk-cred is over. I actually get Stanley nickels for being right. I wouldn't mind a couple of Schrutebucks though. Can I trade ya?

QUOTE(Balance @ May 20, 2007 -> 07:11 PM) As soon as one of those Teslas gets in my price range, I'm jumping on it. The luxury sedan they're planning, called "White Star" at least for now, may be the one. Or maybe I'll have to wait until they produce the next cheaper one. But I'm going to get an electric car, I'm sure of it. Just curious. Does Tesla have any competition with this? I would love to see a couple of different car companies get involved and see the competition lead to better/cheaper products. If one hits my price range, I would definitely get one.

Instead of just calling it a bad bill, can either one of you explain what is bad in it, and why it is bad? I just want to hear some thoughts on it since I haven't heard anything actually discussing different points in the bill. What could have been done to make it better?

QUOTE(rangercal @ May 20, 2007 -> 03:47 PM) But it is necessary. I will make this antagonistic declaration right now, because it is needed and accurate. I have 2 thoughts for those of you who ,cried this weekend that we a)should blow things up B ) were going to get swept before 1st pitch of Sundays game. 1. You're a P*ssy. 2. Go become a Cub fan, because only one of them could whine and b**** any more. If we make the playoffs and you guys are still around after this season, I also want to b**** out this board as a whole simply for their loyalty to you p*ssys . Friday and Saturday proved that I have never seen so many Chicken Littles in my life, today proved that barring the offense will not show up again, you all need to take a deep breath and not worry so much. If we make it to October, I will not associate with a circle of wimps with a big vagina who have screamed "The Sky is Falling" 3 of 4 seasons. Period. carry on now

Very fun to read. A lot of people should be eating their words, but it won't happen. We will see the same complaints the next time anything bad happens. What have you done for me lately Ozzie and KW? I have no patience or memory of 2 days ago!

Just in case people have not seen them and are curious, the web site actually has all of the commercials (both radio and television). linky

I love it, and my wife who is not so much of a baseball fan also gets a kick out of them.

5 DPs this game.

Is very nice!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 17, 2007 -> 02:15 PM) I still smile every time I see your sig. Throughout the entire playoff run in 2005, that was the only time I outwardly showed any emotion at all (until the final out of game four, of course). I just grabbed that from one of the DVDs and messed around with it a bit. There's only one reason to change it...

He is just trying to develop that home run power

JD, heating up?

Didn't we go through this last year? Isn't this illegal for us U.S. citizens?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:24 PM) So he's even on defense and hit a pathetic double play to get his OBP to .295. Congrats. Which is still better than Konerko, Dye, and Crede. They also never hit into DPs, especially Konerko. I'm not saying that he's doing really well. Just saying how about we beat on another dead horse.

Every mistake Erstad makes right now is magnified for some reason. Didn't he also save at least 2 runs earlier in the game with a nice catch at the wall?

QUOTE(fathom @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:11 PM) Well, that should end every Erstad argument. That was a miserable play. Very likely just cost us the game. This is one of the worst defensive innings in Sox history. Wow, there's a cliff. Why don't we just go jump right off of it?!

We keep on mentioning cars as the main problem, but shouldn't we also look at where everyone lives and how far away from work that is? Commute times are going up every year. I think that we also need to find creative ways to get people to move in closer to where they work. If you are 30 minutes from work instead of 60 minutes, how much gas/oil would that save? You would also be closer to public transportation and be able to use that as well.

QUOTE(daa84 @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:59 PM) In looking at the cubs #s, and knowing the ease of the schedule they have played, I am baffled that they are not near the top of the NL central....three starters with a sub 2.55 ERA, Dlee hitting .390, soriano over .300, Aram with 8 HR....the rest of the offense hasnt been spectacular, but with the kind of starting pitching effort they have had, the O has been more than adequate Their bullpen has a stellar 2-10 record. I counted up 10 blown saves. The only other bullpen with that many losses is KC.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 15, 2007 -> 09:41 AM) Did you forget that the Cubs will be facing the worst hitting team in baseball? I really don't care. Defense + pitching = W. As long as the Defense and Pitching show up for the Sox, they will win most of these games. If either one of those are off for the series, then the games belong to the Cubs. They have the Cubs beat by far in defense and they are better in pitching, IMO.

QUOTE(briguy27 @ May 15, 2007 -> 07:51 AM) 2/3? easy there. the cubs have lilly, marquis, and zambrano going, while we will have buehrle, vazquez, and danks (possibly not sure). but even if so, right now for a 3 game series, except maybe contreras, garland, and buehrle, i wouldnt take the sox top 3 pitchers to win or sweep a series over the cubs top 3 (zambrano, marquis, and hill) Danks - Wins 1, Losses 4, IP 35.1, H 35, ER 17, HR 6, BB 11, K 28, ERA 4.33, WHIP 1.30, BAA .254 Zambrano - Wins 3, Losses 3, IP 46.1, H 50, ER 30, HR 10, BB 24, K 35, ERA 5.83, WHIP 1.60, BAA .278 Buehrle - Wins 2, Losses 1, IP 42.1, H 35, ER 17, HR 6, BB 11, K 32, ERA 3.61, WHIP 1.09, BAA .226 Marquis - Wins 5, Losses 1, IP 52.2, H 35, ER 13, HR 3, BB 16, K 25, ERA 2.22, WHIP 0.97, BAA .183 Vazquez - Wins 2, Losses 2, IP 44.1, H 37, ER 19, HR 4, BB 14, K 36, ERA 3.86, WHIP 1.15, BAA .228 Lilly - Wins 3, Losses 2, IP 53.1, H 40, ER 15, HR 2, BB 8, K 48, ERA 2.53, WHIP 0.90, BAA .207 The numbers are not too far away between the pitchers that are going. I did not match up who was going against who in the series, but if you factor in AL vs NL hitting as well as the bullpens (Sox winner!), I would think that the pitching is better for the Sox.