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QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 06:25 PM) I don't mean to add any pressure (not that he reads this anyways) but this is the ONLY reason we brought in El Duque. His MO is that he is a money pitcher. You feel kind of funny calling the fourth game of the year a money game, but let's face it-it's worth slightly more than your typical game. Tomorrow isn;t the end of the world if we lose but it is a tremendous oportunity to let Minnesota know that we have a new top starter in town I agree wholeheartedly. This is precisely why El Duque was brought in here. After 3 days at work and missing the day games on TV I sure hope the Twins are broadcasting this one. WCIU games means my MLB DirecTV package will have to pick up the Twins feed.

Very happy with 2 outta 3 against a team most "experts" picked to finish ahead of us. Starting pitching was awesome. Glad to see Iguchi and A.J. play well. Wish Crede would start hitting. Rowand should be batting 3rd against lefties no doubt in my mind , the rest of the time he should be no lower than 5th. If you wanna play semi-small ball doesn't his batting avg. make him more valuable higher up in the order? Let's beat the crap outta the Twinkies

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) How many closer by committee bullpens have been successful though? Hermanson blew some big ones last year. I also remember a game where Politte dominated the 8th inning and came out for the 9th and quickly gave up two hits. Shingo's command was off today, he usually doesn't leave those fastballs up like that. Last year Hermanson had 17 saves in 20 save opportunities. He is also one of our few relievers who is capable of pitching 2-5 innings. Hermanson absolutely should have got the call in the 9th. No disrespect meant for Shingo but as previously mentioned Guillen had already used up quite a bit of the bullpen with his 1/3 inning binge. After saying all preseason that he wouldn't be afraid to use different pitchers to close out the game Guillen possibly let a personal decision to get Shingo another save interfer with the outcome of the game and contradicted himself in the process.

That is the best ! Does the dinosaur ever step on the salamander ?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 08:35 AM) The catcher position is totally different from any other position in regards to importance. What you have is solid veteran catcher, that is not washed up ala Alomar, who knows how to work with a pitching staff. Burke, for all his magic with the bat last year, was very rough defensively. He was not a very good "receiver". He allowed too many passed balls and wasn't great a preventing the wild pitch. And the dude could not hold on to a throw from the outfield on a play at the plate, if his life depended on it. And that was before the Hunter incident. I'm sure the decision to keep Widger involved KW, Ozzie, Coop and the pitching staff to an extent. You hit it right on the head. Couldn't have said it better myself.

I thought 3 games was rather exdessive considering what Hermanson did happened last year with San Fran and he's now with the Sox . No need to punish his new team for what he did with his old team. 1 game is basically a non-penalty for a bullpen guy.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 30, 2005 -> 09:28 PM) I know how you feel, sometimes you have to wonder if you are being ignored...God knows I have tried to put myself on ignore but it just never seems to work Frankly I didnt even know there was an ignore feature ,but I could never use it. I know we all share a common thread and that is a world championship for our beloved White Sox. There is only one person who's posts annoy me slightly but being a relative newbie and the person I refer to is considered a God/Goddess around here , I'll choose the high road and STFU.

It's funny how on a team thats supposed to be build around speed and defense that our most speedy guy (Harris) and some of our best defensive players (Crede and Harris) seem to be on a short leash. In today's game lack of offensive production at any position gets you benched. Someone like Mark Belanger ( a light hitting, great fielding shortstop of the Orioles great teams of the late 60's to mid 70's) would never make it in today's era of smash mouth baseball. Fan's dig the homerun , no doubt about it. If u you need proof read yesterday game thread. There was plenty of talk about all the home runs but when Az. was hitting nary a word was said about Adkins pitching or his final line for the day ( 5 innings only 1 hit allowed). We would all love having great defense combined with great ofense all rolled up in every player at every position but that just aint gonna happen.

Awesome ! I always wondered why there wasn't a chat room for this site. With all the arguments that come up a chat room will be insane. Hmmm I wonder if all the people whose number of posts is a great source of ego( seeing their 2 cents worth all over the place) will bother to use a chat room if it cuts into the number of their posts?

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Mar 30, 2005 -> 09:27 AM) Some of these may have already been discussed before. Other may have not. Looking forward to mullet night I went to the Sox- Dodger games in Dodger stadium with my kids and Dad . And was thinking about trying to round up my kids , go see my old man and take in that Sox 1959 cap game. The visit from me and his grandkids plus maybe a message on the scoreboard for him ($40) and a picture of it($15) would make for a great Fathers Day present .A Visit from his grandkids (priceless)

Wrestling and lackluster pitching :puke

Jabroni you must feel like your kid just graduated Magna cum laude.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 11:29 PM) As Bill Murray said in "Meatballs" ... "It just doesn't matter." I might be one of the few to have Meatballs om DVD. Love it.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 10:01 PM) Back to the original poll: The Bulls have 13 games left. Let's say best case scenario they go 10-3, that means the Pistons have to finish 5-7. Keep dreaming, we aren't winning the division. Thanks 4 doing the math . Dan u da man. 100% agree.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Mar 30, 2005 -> 08:17 AM) I think most of us did. UMMM not quite.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 12:50 PM) That's what I'm wondering too. Any help? According to my DirecTV schedule Baseball Tonight will be on about 9:15 Pm PST after womens college basketball and Outside the Lines on ESPN. That's 11:15 Central time.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 04:19 PM) Hey, the guy believes in the bible over scientific discoveries. What's wrong with that? Here's a few of my favorite Carl quotables... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/...rett_flashback/ Good article Jabroni. Thanks. Btw if Carl was driving a chariot instead of driving cars and flying in airplanes I might think he has no use for scientific discoveries.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 06:21 PM) This is from the Daily Herald article by Scot Gregor that Rotoworld quoted: This might be the next ‘Big Hurt’ controversy, with Marioti and his ilk calling him selfish again. I think HOF bound Frank Thomas should be respected enough to judge for himself whether he wants at bats in AAA or jumps right back into the soup. Every time someone has argued with him on a fitness issue -like Jerry Manual over his ankle, or KW about being a decoy (when he couldn't even walk)- Frank has been proven right all along. Pompous Tsar KW should thank God everyday that he inherited the big hurt and not presume to tell him what to do. Don't forget David Well's also questioned the severity of one of Frank's injuries and was also proven wrong. Even now I can't see Frank finishing his career in a Sox uni because of the way he is viewed by KW and Oz.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 28, 2005 -> 10:58 PM) Either way Detroit is going to be ready come playoff time, and I think almost everyone knows it's going to be a Pistons vs Heat Conference Final. But I wish Skiles would be getting more for coach of the year, instead of Mike Fratello and George Karl. Skiles will get plent of consideration fro Coach of the Year . Fratello and Karl have not coached a full season. Skiles main competition is Indiana coach Rick Carlisle for theway the Pacers have hung in the playoff pictures with a decimated roster.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 09:22 AM) True, but looking at video of Frank, I think he looks more in shape this year that the past, so I believe in his work ethic. I think part of the reason that he may be in a hurry to get back is the positive press that has come from the steroid hearings. Now everyone knows that he is a model of someone who hasnt juiced, and has been HOF-worthy without it. Now I think he knows if he is successful this season, he may not only generate a paycheck but be thought of in a more positive light. Absolutely agree. Frank is very highly motivated to come back strong this year. He's an integral part of this team. Especially if Pods isnt getting on base. Everett could end up in left while Frank does his DH thing. 500 HR's, the HOF and being a White Sox till the end of his playing days led to his strong rehab and workout regiment in the off season

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 05:59 PM) Are you getting the ST games on Comcast? I live outside of Chicago, and when I looked into getting DTV, I was told that the games would be blacked out outisde of Chicago and that I would have to buy the MLB package to get the games. Yes I am getting the "live " ST games but for some reason am not getting the rebroadcast. Like right now Comcast is blank because they blackout the rebroadcast of the game. That in itself is rather odd because when I first signed up to Comcast early in ST I saw a rebroadcast. Shortly after that all rebroadcasts have been blacked out.

QUOTE(JimH @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 05:43 PM) Hadn't heard this, thanks. Widger hasn't been sent down yet, nor Walker. Interesting. No problem ,I'm making the most of my 1 month subscription to Comcast . Once the season starts I have the DirecTV MLB package and will dump the sports package which includes Comcast.

Remember there is still ebay to find Sox clothes especialy if you don't mind slighty used stuff fora lot less cash then for the new stuff.

QUOTE(JimH @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 05:30 PM) No big surprise here, and alluded to in today's Tribune by KW ... Levine's take on the last two roster spots is that both Ozuna and Harris will make the team. This is not how I thought it would go but as spring training has unfolded it played out that way. He didn't talk about the pitching staff but didn't think there'd be any surprises. 14 position guys, 11 pitchers. I see it playing out like this: Catcher: Pierzynski and Davis 1B: Konerko and Gload 2B: Iguchi and Harris SS: Uribe 3B: Crede, Ozuna as utility OF: Podsednik, Rowand, Dye, Perez DH: Everett Pitchers: Buehrle, Garcia, Hernandez, Contreras, Garland, Takatsu, Hermanson, Marte, Vizcaino, Politte, Cotts *************** On the outside looking in: Burke, Widger, Adkins, Walker Then, the big decision comes when Thomas comes back. As the roster stands, the team is lacking a right handed hitter off the bench. It's very possible they looked at Ozuna and felt he could be a decent righthanded pinch hitter. We'll see within a week how it shakes out. Adkins ,Borchard, McCarthy & Burke already have been sent down. Wilson Valdez was put on waivers and claimed by the Mets.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Mar 27, 2005 -> 11:50 AM) Carl's a lot smarter than I thought. Weighing in on the Da Vinci Code like that. You're giving Carl credit for being a lot smarter then you thought when he denies the existence of dinosaurs and but mentions the Da Vinci Code ? I have no opinion on wether Carl is intelligent or not but to deny the existence of dinosaurs which is based in indisputable fact is asinine . As far as mentioning the Da Vinci code , I could bring up the theory of relativity but that doesnt mean I know a damn thing about it .