Balta1701

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 09:34 PM) PS - John Lackey is by far the ugliest player in baseball. Ezekial Astacio. Astros. Big Jon...do your thing.

So...did I miss anything interesting?

18 pitch inning there for mark...48 pitches thrown through 4.

Guess what...4 minutes, 20 seconds that inning for Buehrle. He's averaging less than 4 minutes per inning thus far.

That half inning took Mark exactly 4 minutes. He's been on the mound for 7 minutes thus far this game. He threw exactly 2 pitches that were not strikes that inning.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 05:42 PM) Sorry...I'm still not thrilled with the called bunt....got a run though and that's what counts. I love it. Get em on, get em over, get em in. How much pressure does the bunt put on the defense? Washburn almost threw it away the 2nd time...runner was on third with 1 out, and Dye did the job. We're on the board first. That's vital tonight.

17 pitches for Washburn in the 1st, 9 for MB.

Let's go boys...2 out runs are brutal on opposing pitching.

And...probably most importantly...we are on the board first.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) Play for one run, and that's what you'll get Do it all night, wind up with 3-4 and a win.

Please note...entirely because we put pressure on Washburn to make plays with speedy guys on the basepaths...we have a guy on third, and almost runners on the corners.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 05:32 PM) Fox don't like Buehrle They get the same number of commercials.

The first inning took 3 minutes. God I love Buehrle.

I was caught In the middle of a railroad track (Thunder) And I knew there was no turning back (Thunder) My mind raced And I thought what could I do (Thunder) And I knew There was no help, no help from you (Thunder) Sound of the drums Beatin' in my heart The thunder of guns Tore me apart You've been - thunderstruck Went down the highway Broke the limit, we hit the town Went through to Texas, yeah Texas And we had some fun We met some girls Some dancers who gave a good time Broke all the rules, played all the fools Yeah, yeah, they, they, they blew our minds I was shakin' at the knees Could I come again please? Yeah the ladies were too kind You've been - thunderstruck, thunderstruck Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck Oh, thunderstruck Yeah Now we're shaking at the knees Could I come again please? Thunderstruck, thunderstruck Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah Said yeah, it's alright We're doing fine Yeah, it's alright We're doing fine So fine Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah, Tunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstruck Whoa baby, baby, thunderstruck You've been thunderstruck, thunderstruck Thunderstruck, thunderstruck You've been thunderstruck

Well, I have a class at 7:00 (9 CST)...so if Mark's on his game, with any luck we'll be in about the 8th innign by the time I need to leave.

Obama-Tastic.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 05:07 PM) when you have a slap hitter up like pods and chone is 8 ft from the plate? hmmmmm....i let em rip his head off! WTF. no more outmanaging a shortstop by a catcher please! That one was Rowand bunting, not Pods. Pods couldn't even get it down. If either of those bunts had gotten down...we'd have won that game yesterday.

(Thunder x10) I was caught In the middle of a railroad track (Thunder) And I knew there was no turning back (Thunder) My mind raced And I thought what could I do (Thunder) And I knew There was no help, no help from you (Thunder) Sound of the drums Beatin' in my heart The thunder of guns Tore me apart You've been - thunderstruck Went down the highway Broke the limit, we hit the town Went through to Texas, yeah Texas And we had some fun We met some girls Some dancers who gave a good time Broke all the rules, played all the fools Yeah, yeah, they, they, they blew our minds I was shakin' at the knees Could I come again please? Yeah the ladies were too kind You've been - thunderstruck, thunderstruck Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck Oh, thunderstruck Yeah Now we're shaking at the knees Could I come again please? Thunderstruck, thunderstruck Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah Said yeah, it's alright We're doing fine Yeah, it's alright We're doing fine So fine Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah, Tunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstruck Whoa baby, baby, thunderstruck You've been thunderstruck, thunderstruck Thunderstruck, thunderstruck You've been thunderstruck

Mark...I got just one thing to say to you. Let's rock.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 02:42 PM) I didn't see this posted. Is it that people don't know who he is, or that people simply don't care for him? I'll grant that there are quite a few who don't know who he is...but if memory serves, he was booed enough at the Bulls championship rallies that a good portion of the city should recognize him.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 04:10 PM) Another built-in excuse for the Angels, poor wittle Jarrod isn't feeling well. Maybe MB can stub his toe to even things up so we don't have to hear all night about how gallant Washburn is for pitching through it. We had to live with 3 days of panic in Spring Training when Buehrle's foot suddenly started hurting and he could hardly walk for 1 day. For God's sake, don't put me through that again.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 03:59 PM) Balta, are we Fox or FX tonight, do you know? According to my DirecTV program guide that I checked last night...FX, but not the actual FX...some sort of "FX2" channel they've invented.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 03:00 PM) Off to the Red Line I go for my 1st, but hopefully not last, ALCS Sox game. Hope I see a winner. Actually...it's still possible for you to hope that it's the last (at least for this season). The Bulls did the same thing in 91...lose the first game, then snap out of it and take the next 4...thereby never getting back to Chicago.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) I can tell I have had a tough day when I read the title and thought it said, "Vikings involved in alleged Sox party." You think you've got it bad...I read the title and started wondering why crazed Norsemen in helmets with horns on their sides were throwing sex parties.

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 02:45 PM) We f***ing better. This contract status should have already been taken care of. Yes you don't want to have any distractions during the season but if Konerko is (and I hate to use this word) the captain of this he should have signed already. This season he became the second White Sox player to have 40 home runs in 2 consecutive seasons, and proved that 2004 was not a fluke year. He's probably added $10 million to what his contract will be...more if he has a dominant ALCS or WS. I can't blame him for not having signed yet. I just hope we can come to a consensus in the winter.