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QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 04:27 PM) BTW, there's a good chance we'll face Jason Grilli when we play the Tigers next series. Forgive my ignorance on this one, but is that good or bad?

Garland and Buehrle have no shot any more. Not this year anyway. Not with Colon already having 20 wins, and most people thinking of our team for the last month than for the dominant pitching of the first half.

If memory serves, he did drop by last time they were in Texas, although I wasn't here to read about it at the time.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:47 PM) And I don't see many other teams resting 3 starters in the same game about 15 times during the season. Subbing a player into the lineup every game is fine...it's good to get guys rest. But why do it all at the same time? Actually, I wonder if anyone has really sat down and fully did the math on this strategy - even Billy Beane. Think of it this way...if I can make my highest probability of a win occur when I play all 9 starters, any substitution would create something of a decrease in that probability of a win. If I then substitute a 2nd player, I would again see a decrease in the probability of a win. But let's say for a moment that the effect of the first substitution is slightly greater than that of the 2nd substitution. In that case, it would actually be beneficial for your team to rest everyone on exactly the same day if players were going to be rested, on the grounds that once you take 1 person out of the lineup, each successive substitution might decrease the probability of a win less. In addition, it would probably depend on exactly which player you took out, and how big the difference was between the players. For example, taking out Konerko and replacing him with Timo would have a bigger effect than taking out Crede and replacing him with Ozuna. But if by resting Konerko, I've already conceded the increased chance that I'm going to lose, it would make more sense to rest multiple people that day and sacrifice the win that day in exchange for an increased probability of a win on other days. Billy Beane, hire me.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:45 PM) I'm petrified . . . Well, that's a wacke thing to have happen to onesself.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) If that Crede homer didn't lift them, I don't know what can. Jesus. Returning. And batting 3rd. That's about it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:41 PM) I heard somewhere that lefties are reaching base at a .500 clip vs Duque over his last 10 starts. So what you're saying is he'd be a good replacement for Marte.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) I'm bringing in some help No more Mr. Gneiss guy.

Bud Selig could always decide on another push for contraction...

QUOTE(bigred3535 @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 02:46 PM) If we sign Billy Koch is it too late to add him to the postseason roster? Urge to kill...rising...

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 03:02 PM) I wonder how Tex will respond, since the ball is in his quartz now. Gneiss try.

Boom Boom.

QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) My $.02: I never understand why any gay people want anything to do with christianity. If a group says your lifestyle is immoral, that you're going to hell, etc-- then why the hell would you want anything to do with them? I completely agree that the school has the right to expel the girl. Not happy about it, but it is a private christian school, and christians don't agree with homosexuality. Therefore, they can prevent her from attending IMHO. I honestly think the parents were naive and dumb for sending their kid there, and the kid is who will ultimately suffer the most for it. I never understand why anyone in the U.S. Army wants anything to do with Christianity. The Bible says "Thou shall not Kill", not "Thou shall not kill unless your leaders tell you do do so" or "Thou shall not kill unless your own life is in jeopardy." The Bible doesn't make exceptions, so everyone in the army is a sinner condemned to Hell, and should never ever go to church.

El Duque's numbers in inning #1: AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Inning 1 87 21 26 3 1 8 20 8 3 17 7 1 .299 .370 .632 1.002

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) I guess it doesn't take a crytal ball to see where this thread is heading. Well, Tuff Shist, it's going there anyway.

QUOTE(1549 @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 12:33 PM) We just heard from a few relatives in New Orleans who we still had not heard from (sigh of relief). Everyone in the family is ok, pretty much all of them lost their homes. One of my cousins just bought a temporary place to live in Shrevport so the kids could get back to school. I know Rutgers has taken in quite a few Tulane students...It would be so demoralizing if Rita just twists the knife even more this weekend. Actually I have an uncle in lafayette, LA, who's a helicopter pilot. He got through the first one all right, but I think this one might actually hit closer to them.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 01:33 PM) THEY LIVE BELOW SEE LEVEL!!! This has nothing to do with luck. It has everything to do with piss poor location. That and the ground water pumping/cut off in sediment supply which has helped move that city back down below sea level.

Toyota has seen a surge of buying interest in its hybrid cars since Katrina hit.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 11:53 AM) No way this team spends money on a closer with Jenks on the roster. Oh come on, just think of the 9th inning we could have bringing out both Jenks and Wagner!

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 11:48 AM) I thought that if Griffey Jr. really wanted to play right now, he could. The Reds basically shut him down as a cautionary measure. He's having season ending surgery now on both his hamstring and I believe on his ankle. I bumped that thread yesterday...give me a second and i'll edit this with the link. The link.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 11:42 AM) We don't have Griffey on our roster, do we? No. Then he didn't make any deal. Considering Griffey hasn't played basically at all in September and is officially out for the season and having 2 more surgeries...I really don't see this as a huge negative.

Happily...as another hurricane comes bearing down on the Gulf Coast, and the New Orleans Levees start giving way again...the man currently responsible for the rebuilding effort at the Federal Level...Karl Rove...has enough time to speak at Republican Fund Raisers in North Dakota.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 09:50 AM) What are the numbers for Pre and Post All Star Break Numbers for the Offense? G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BA OBP SLG OPS Pre 86 2886 413 755 126 6 106 1211 394 .262 .323 .420 .743 Post 66 2296 286 600 118 12 83 991 278 .261 .319 .432 .751 10th in the league in runs scored Pre-AS Break. 18th in the league Post AS break. Batting average, OBP both virtually the same, Slugging and OPS actually slightly up since the break. The biggest difference, and really the only difference, is that we're still getting almost exactly as many hits, walks, HR, as before the break...but somehow we're scoring less runs. 4.80 runs per game before the break. 4.333 runs per game after the break. You know what I think the difference is? The difference is we stopped playing smart ball. I can't look up stats on sacrifice bunts, productive outs, and sac flies, because I don't know who compiles those, but we're just not moving people along any more. We're not getting them over, and when we do get them over, we're not getting them in.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 11:02 AM) It really doesn't reflect well on management when you spend 4-5 years transforming your park into a hitter's paradise and then decide to build a team around pitching and defense. I think it actually makes perfect sense. If you accept that you're going to score some runs just because you're in a hitter's park, if you think that you can limit the amount the other team scores with pitching and defense...you can let the ballpark produce the offense for you. That is...if you can get people who can put the bat on the ball and drive it somewhere other than straight up.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 23, 2005 -> 11:02 AM) Baring injury , or a huge setback in Spring training, I expect Brandon to win 13, 14 games next year. I really think the kid can do that for the White Sox next season. He will get his shot. Brandon. The way he's looked these last 3 games...he could win 20. Just remember, these haven't been pushover offenses he's been beating...he shut out Texas and Boston. That's damn impressive.