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QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 01:21 PM) You are looking at two teams whose offenses were considerably better than the White Sox is. Those teams could get away with having less in the pitching department because the teams could mash with the best of them. But look what happened to St Louis when they met a team that was just as good hitting, but had better pitching? The Red Sox mowed them down like noones business because they had pitching. Last year, Houston was 14th in terms of total runs scored in the MLB. We are currently sitting ninth this year.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 12:18 PM) We havn't had a 9 game winning streak all year. We've had three 8 game winning streaks. Am I missing something? They gave this stat during the Cubs series on WGN...I'm pretty sure the Sox haven't had a 9 game winning streak since like the late 70's or so.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 28, 2005 -> 03:33 AM) Rationalize it all you want. I control whether I get bit by a shark. I to a point control if I fall down stairs, drown in the bath, etc.. don't like my fear, so be it. But s*** on it.. that's pretty f***ing stupid, in my opinion. However, you don't control whether or not someone else driving their car will kill you. Therefore, you should never drive again.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 07:15 PM) That makes no sense at all. I think that is just Ozzie's way of keeping Timo around as long as possible. The Sox desperately need a backup first baseman to give Konerko some days off. They don't need another outfielder and Gload is an excellent first baseman and a bad outfielder. As soon as Gload is ready to play 1B and swing the bat without shoulder pain, he should take Timo's spot on the roster. The Sox do definately need someone to give Paulie a breather. But here's the thing...last time Gload was close to ready, they were holding him in AAA until he could throw, and while playing 1B, he hurt his arm again on a routine throw. Bring him back up here in a rush and he'll end up on the DL again.

In 2002, there were a grand total of 47 shark attacks on people in the U.S. Let's compare...shall we? Your odds of being attacked by a shark this year are therefore roughly 1 in 6 million. Your odds of dying while falling down the stairs? 1 in 200,000. Better stay downstairs. Your odds of dying of a bee, wasp, or hornet attack? 1 in 5.9 million. Higher than a shark attack. Better stay indoors. Your odds of dying in a lightning strike? 1 in 4.3 million. Yup, more likely than a shark attack. Odds of drowning in your bathtub? 1 in 800,000. You're gonna be pretty dirty. Odds of being killed by a falling object? 1 in 400,000. Better not have any cabinets. Odds of being killed by an agricultural machine? 1 in 500,000. Odds of being killed in an automobile accident? 1 in 6,000. That's right, you're 1,000 times more likely to die this year in an automobile accident than you are to be attacked by a shark. This whole thread is so damned irrational. You're scared of going in the ocean because of sharks, but you're not scared of getting in your car every day? Or of walking outside?

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 06:02 PM) Sorry to get off topic but this guy is starting to scare me. He has tragic accident written all over him. All you can do is just pray he really is ok. I understand the fear, but if there are 2 cardiologists saying he's certainly fine and the third unable to give a reason why he isn't, I consider him to be ok.

You know...I'm betting we get 1 good start from McCarthy or 1 good start from El Duque or 1 good start from Contreras and these "we need a starting pitcher" threads will suddenly disappear. Every pitcher (not named Mark Buehrle) goes through ups and downs. I think the up swings on our current guys are worth the down swings.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 05:54 PM) He threw his change more than once last start? I saw one where the batter swung and missed, and he didn't throw it again. Did he decide from that one change that got him a strike that it wasn't working? I think he threw it for a lot of balls.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 05:00 PM) Kevin Brown esque. Are we allowed to hope that the end result is the same? (his season falls apart, thus eliminating 1 Cy Young candidate)

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That's 3 months this strange set of injuries has cost him. On top of 8 months from last year. So basically, he's spent an entire year in rehab.

So did his chances of winning a Cy Young.

If Teixiera finally has taken over the lead in 1b all star voting, does that put Paulie in the game? I think it does...Francona could always pull a Torre and pick all of his own guys so Millar gets in, but Paulie has the 2nd best numbers of AL 1B. Ramon Hernandez in the NL is injured.

I think the biggest question here (not involving Eric Chavez) was who will Gload replace on the roster. I think the biggest question now is whether or not Gload will ever see the big leagues this year.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 12:06 PM) The thing is if the M's had gotten Crede, they wouldn't have gotten Beltre in the off-season. Beltre's being paid $11 million to bat .264 this season. He has 5 home runs. Joe Crede's batting in the .240's with 10 home runs. For $400,000. Yeah, I think Seattle would take that back in a split second if they could.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 10:40 AM) ferry needs to find an all star free agent to complement lebron and if he does the cavs are goin to the playoffs Ilgauskas was an all-star last year.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 11:33 AM) Both teams should be happy without a doubt. Morse and Reed look like being good players for a long time for the M's, they just have to get Miggy hitting now. And then there's Garcia. Russ Ortiz got over $30 million this off-season. Nuff said. Russ Ortiz got a lot of money because he was in the magic hands of Leo Mazzone and GM's haven't figured out yet that Leo's actually related to Jesus. I swear that guy does for pitchers what Coors Field does for batters. Millwood, Neagle, Ortiz, Glavine, how much better were each of them when they pitched for Mazzone?

Hell, if we didn't grab Garcia, there's a pretty good shot that the Yankees would have ended up with another world series trophy last year too...since most everyone seemed to think they were first in line with Seattle until KW jumped in, and 1 starting pitcher would almost certainly have made the difference for them in the ALCS. I'm not so sure Seattle's too happy that they agreed to take Olivo though.

The Astros may not be in contention this year, but they have a nucleus of guys that they can build around who I really doubt they'll be trading. Oswalt, Lidge, Petitte...I figure those names will come up since the Astros are out of the race, but given their contract status, I find it difficult to believe that any of them will move for anything but an outrageous deal.

"I ask Jo-Bo to come, and take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, and rum"

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 10:36 AM) yeah i cant say i saw that bmac yet this year except for maybe at the cubs game, seems like every time he gets a lead he blows it or our bullpen does I still say that the pitch he's missing is his changeup. If he gets that pitch back to where it was in the Spring, no one will hit him. Without it, he's a 2 pitch pitcher with a decent curve ball and an average fastball.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) This is why I have little respect for those who voted in favor of this ruling. First of again it separates religion from philosophy. So it's ok for scientologists to put a doctrine in a court room because they are not a "religion" per-se? It's ridiculous. But even worse is their reference to "religion" in general. The doctrine for sep of C&S pertains to a predominance of any one religion over another. It does not imply that religion in general be treated as a taboo. Yet that is exactly what these recent rulings amount to by the USSC on matters of religion. Here is your biggest flaw in your argument...the doctrine of sep of C&S pertains to dominance of one religion over another, exactly as you specify. So, how exactly does having a public entity order the display of the Ten Commandments, and only the ten commandments not constitute a public entity giving predominance to one religion over another? The court said today in the Texas case that the line was not crossed because the ten commandments were not being displayed on their own. Therefore, that display was not giving predominance to any religion; it was acknowledging history. Religion should actually be a taboo subject to the point that a public body should be able to give prominence to a religion just because the majority of either the public body or its constituents are of that religion. But if the document is displayed in such a way that it is not giving a dominant position to 1 religion over another, there's no problem with it.

Anyone know of any history between Larry Brown & Danny Ferry? That could well be a sign about whether or not Brown will be working for the Cavs next year.

I bet that in 3 weeks, any talk of the Marlins dealing people will have subsided. Baseball is a game of streaks and everyone here knows it...the Marlins aren't that far behind in that division, the Nationals have been hot, the Phillies have cooled off, the Marlins started the season on fire and cooled off...they're due to make another run sometime soon, and then they'll be right back near the top of that division.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jun 27, 2005 -> 07:27 AM) We have 3 great starters that we can afford to sign for the next 5 years - Buehrle, Garcia, and Garland. If we develop BMac, he could be a very high quality but cheap 4th guy. We then need to find a 5th guy. I think it could be Neal Cotts. I would let Contreras and El Duque walk when their contracts are up. There's also no reason to assume we won't be getting additional help from the minors...Gonzalez, Broadway, etc., might be available within a couple of years. I'm still a fan of Cotts in the bullpen. You don't find left handed relief pitchers who can go 2 innings and get a ton of outs that often. As long as he's successful in the bullpen, I think he should stay there. But I am completely with you in saying that we shouldn't mortgage what we have coming up on the off chance that some player could push us the extra inch, when a.) we don't know that we don't have what it takes to win already, b.) we could end up far more dominant in the future with the young guys and c.) holding onto your young guys and developing them saves you a ton of money over paying higher prices for veterans (thus...bringing along BMac helps you pay to keep Buehrle)