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Cute little kid.

QUOTE(SuperSteve @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 03:31 PM) I think everyone of us could do that on Rookie. I would actually do a hell of alot better. I wouldn't lose a Pro game either...I find playing like that boring. Who said I was playing on rookie??? I have it set up on MVP for Owner mode and when I actually play a game, I have it on All-Star with no sliders since Pro was getting ridiculous. I'm thinking about going to MVP for that too though since I still score 8 runs a game usually when I play on All-Star. Sorry, didn't know winning was so frowned upon around these parts.

QUOTE(T R U @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 10:59 AM) That sounds real boring... Right now im 12 - 5 (playing every game) and I came off a 9 game win streak to drop my last two.. I want to find more ways to lose, I hate winning every game.. The Phillies did kick Smoltz ass last night though, gave up 5 HR's #1 Tim Hudson is 2 - 1 with a 3.00 ERA #2 John Smoltz is 2 - 2 with a 4.17 ERA #3 Mike Hampton is 2 - 1 with a 5.44 ERA #4 John Thomson is 3 - 0 with a 0.47 ERA #5 Horacio Ramirez is 3 - 0 with a 0.42 ERA I do not get why the computer cant touch me when I throw with the 4th and 5th starters but when I got Hudson or Smoltz on the mound they usually hit me.. Also, my RP usually never get touched up, I think my highest RP era is like 3.38 and thats because he gave up one run against the Nationals the other night when I lost in 14th inning Hitting wise I am actually walking now, my 8th hitter had 3 BB's the other day but I think its because I have the pitcher following and the computer just throws around him.. Andruw Jones is a badass, hes batting .311 with 7 HR's and 17 RBI's so far, and Mondesi has 7 HR's as well but thats like half of his total hits on the year.. So I have lost 2 games in a row now, hopefully with my adjusted sliders the game will be more life like.. I dont want it to be like when I was the Sox and was 21 - 2 to start the year, Buehrle was throwing 1 hitters and striking out 20 guys a start.. You find winning boring??? You have to consistantly put out a winner(cheap one) to get fans in the seats and to make profit to upgrade your stadium. I also started out with a low budget(even though I failed 3 times with a medium budget) and it's been hard as hell to get where I'm at, but it makes it that much better. Seriously, how could you hate winning?? Anyway, I finished with a record of 130-32. My 24year old 3B won the MVP with a .372BA, 39HR's, 102RBI's, 52SB, & 178Runs. That's great considering he was my leadoff hitter. Jesus Brown won his 3rd consecutive Cy Young with a 26-3 Record in 253.2IP. He has a 1.81ERA 220K's and 55 Walks. I swept the Silver Slugger Awards, but only had 2 GGers despite having the best fielding team. Pitching Rotation: Jesus Brown: 26-3, 1.81ERA, 220K's Octavio Urban: 23-4 2.41ERA, 188K's Juan Bradford: 22-5 3.30ERA 158K's Dennis Randa: 16-6 3.83ERA 152k's Olmeda Cesar: 7-1 3.19ERA 38K's(67.2IP because McCarthy got injured)

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 10:51 AM) I wouldn't assume the home run porch is dead. The story contradicts itself when it says the renovation is done while they are still changing the seats. The out of town scoreboard is going to be changed. I always assumed they were waiting until they erected the porch, because it would have to be moved. I haven't heard anything about the out of town scoreboard. Also the seats was just a matter of time. I guess you could call it a renovation, but it really had to be done(even if the renovation didn't take place) because the life span of those seats were 15 years and it's coming really close to that time. I'm 100% sure that HR Porch thing is dead.

I think DeRon is a lock, but still wants to keep his options open so it doesn't look like he's disrespecting the Illini and so it doesn't look like he just wants money.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 10:37 AM) Trib is reporting that Scheyer has not dropped Arizona from his list of potential schools, and that some one was reporting what he said in a joke. The finalists are Illinois, Duke, and Arizona... Wisconson is out. Yeah, it was Mike North who was doing the reporting and Jon Scheyer told him to correct it and say that Arizona is still in the running, but they really aren't. I see him going to Duke. He'll be their Reddick of the next 4 years.

BTW, we went 26-0 in June.

Currenty I'm 75-11. We won our 5th consecutive World Series(or is it 6th??) anyway, we blew up the team after the championship(only 5 fielders and 3 starting pitchers and the rest of the relievers remain). We went with a youth movement and it's paying off. Jesse Allen got moved back out to the OF to make room for a stud 2B(Brad Eros) and Royce Merced was traded for a stud 21 year old phenom who already has 143 HR's in his career.

I bet the people over at WSI are dissapointed because they're not getting their HR Porch. Thank God. That would've closed the open concourse up way too much.

That's a nice one. I'll use that until someone could fulfill my request. Thanks KipWellsFan

I want a White Sox logo on a black background, but glossy like. Like when ESPN shows White Sox logo and it's shiny and has a certain glossy feel to it. I want it exactly like that.

What happened??

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 08:23 PM) You can believe with the success that most are seeing in the Japanese players that are coming over of late, I believe it will be very tough for the Sox to get a hold of Daisuke Matsuzaka. Even though they may have an inside track with Iguchi and Shingo but a lot of teams will want him....price will probably be very high for him. Wouldn't the Sox have to bid on his negotiating rights since he's leaving early??? I don't know if the Sox would be down for that unless he really wants to play with the White ox and he really was worth it.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 08:13 PM) if the main piece of the trade is Tyler Lumsden to get Piniero than you have to do it if he proves he is healthy. it would probably be more....maybe a Lumsden and Crede and a lower level player(Jerry Owens) for Piniero

Dang, I missed it.

I think the White Sox have an easier job getting Meche than Piniero. Mariners are rebuilding and Pineiro is part of that. And it would probably have to be for Brian Anderson or Ryan Sweeney or Tyler Lumsden for Piniero.

I don't know. I don't see it anywhere on ESPN and everywhere just has the Astros vs Mets game as the alternate game.

I haven't found one.

Nope, the other game is the Astros vs Mets according to my Yahoo TV Guide.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 07:36 AM) They talked during the spring about wanting to get Damaso to bust the lefties in on the hands a little more. Also you could tell either his release point was bad, or he wasn't following through properly as he was leaving a lot of pitches up. It didn't sound like that yesterday, but I only listened on the radio too FWIW. Yeah, that's been his problem. Releasing too early and no follow throughs. Hopefully he could get it down.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 07:18 AM) Offensive is the key word too... As a team the Sox are hitting through 7 games. .239 ba .268 obp .387 slg .654 ops 3.86 runs/g With RISP .175 ba .208 obp .408 ops 1 extra base hit 12k's vs 7 hits And yet this team is 5-2. Does anyone venture to guess where this team would have been last year recordwise? 1-6 or MAYBE 2-5??? I don't know. Considering the quality of our pitching is better than that of last year's, I'd say around the same if not one game better. We'd have Carlos and Maggs producing right now. I'm still happy with this team though.

Just in case no one heard, Jon Scheyer of Glenbrook North has cut down his choices to two teams, the Illini and Duke. Hopefully he'll decide the Illini so we could have a great scorer and shooter.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Apr 11, 2005 -> 11:40 PM) Yeah but the thing about this team is their good... and they are extremely young... last time i checked young kids get better so we should improve by just keeping this team together. Exactly. Which is why I agree with Pax on this one and try to keep the team together. They lost in overtime by 1 point against the defending world champs without our best 2 players(IMO). That's a pretty damn good showing for a young team.

QUOTE(Butter Parque @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 06:53 AM) But if the Yankees game is blacked out, then their gonna show the White Sox game? I don't think so. I think it's supposed to be either a Reds or Mets game.

ESPN is showing all 3 games of the Boston/New York game and other regional games that I don't think apply to us.