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QUOTE(letsgoarow @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:56 AM) "Coming into the season you know you're going to win 60 and lose 60," Dye said. "It's those one-run games that make the difference." does anyone remember hawk's little thing about this... i wonder if dye ripped him off ahah i thought it was 50 and 50

QUOTE(fathom @ May 29, 2005 -> 06:56 PM) Great, we're comparing our offense with that of a dead ball era offense. don't compare it with steroid era teams either!

I wonder why so few sports...think they only chose ones with a lot of red winners?

Dye will break out! 1 homer every game!

I'll acknowledge Dye's errors, but don't overlook how many runners he's kept from taking the extra base with his arm.

Yeah, my understanding is that he's talking about streaks in any stretch of the season.

Yeah. Never saw the point of fungos, regular bats should get the job done.

You're a diehard fan when the heart of your lineup is injured and Minnesota has already clinched the division but you still feel the need to see every inning of every remaining game...no matter who is on the mound.

I'm going to be different. I say Garcia goes, I know I'll get b****ed at but for some reason I see him giving up the big hit with a lot on the line.

reminds me of a book i read.....

We're White Sox fans, of course we're gonna say underrated!

QUOTE(Goldmember @ May 6, 2005 -> 09:32 PM) 1. I am in shape. Round is a shape. My favorite ^^^^

Time to drill in ANWR.

Saluki. GO SIU!

Here are some interesting numbers from 2004(give or take a couple on each): Games with: 0 runs : 8 1-2 runs : 41 3-4 runs : 35 5-6 runs : 26 7-8 runs : 19 9-10 runs : 17 More than 10 runs : 16 See what was wrong? We were at extremes way too much. Games with 7+ runs = 52. Games with 5+ runs = 78. Games with 2 or less runs = 49. We were only at our average (5.34 runs per game) 26 times. We were within 2-3 runs of it 80 times. Less than half. That's how the numbers lie. This year: 0 runs : 0 1-2 : 6 3-4 : 7 5-6 : 7 7-8 : 4 9-10 : 1 More than 10 : 0 Our average runs per game this year is 4.56. We are within 2 runs of this 14 games, over half the time (56% to be exact). We are within 3 runs 20 games. (80%) This is our consistency and staying away from extremes. These numbers don't lie.

He fails to mention the inconsistency of last year's offense. We scored a lot of runs yes, but we might pack in 10-15 in one game. And if we win 15-3, 9 of those runs aren't needed. They're needed when we lose the next game, 3-1 or 2-0 or something like that. Here's an example: 5/11/04 - White Sox win 15-0. Buehrle pitches brilliantly. 5/13/04 (the next game) - White Sox lose 0-1. Garland pitches brilliantly, but is offered NO run support. None. Not a single run. 14 of the runs the day prior were not needed that day but were most definitely needed this day. Or another example, just days later. 5/14/04 - White Sox lose, 2-3. No run support for a good pitching performance. 5/15/04 - White Sox lose, 1-4. No run support for a decent pitching performance. 5/16/04 - White Sox win, 11-0. Mark Buehrle is awarded 11 runs of support when he only technically needs 1. Those extra 10 could have been used to win those other games. That's exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm a lover! And I love to be noticed! Yesssssssss

That was my prediction in December. Here are the projections for our starters. Buehrle - 29 wins Garcia - 19 wins Garland - 29 wins Contreras - 0 :| El Duque - 19 wins And we can assume Contreras will win eventually.

Jurassic, he's been tearing it up lately.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 17, 2005 -> 11:32 PM) I still will never understand why a 4.50 era is considered ''quality''. Because your bullpen should be able to take care of business and your offense should be able to put up 4 runs.

From the Tigers board about teams that they hate:

why doesnt ozuna have the best average?

I like the one where the kid makes the shot on his back....

Happy Birthday! Here's to showing Johan who the best lefty is in the AL Central!