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This is the Bart Colon I remember...tons of pitches, lots of walks, lots of K's

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 11:56 AM) Did that hit in the hand give Joe plate discipline? lol...guess so. He usually would have swung at least 2 of those.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 11:51 AM) Uribe lookin real comfortable at the plate against a good pitcher. I like it. He has had some real great ab's of late. Took some good pitches and smoked one he could handle.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 11:41 AM) One thing about Figgins is he makes those type of plays all day long. The guy has to be one of the most under-rated players in baseball. He can play everywhere and seemingly can do anything. agree...exactly the type of player ozzie would like on the sox. i think that the sox are going to be trying to get more players like figgins. not that there a lot of them out there..but that is ozzie's kind of guy.

wow..nice play by figgins..thats ok got one off the keg

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 11:36 AM) Could the Colon/Molina battery be the fattest every? anyone with rich garces could beat it....

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 11:34 AM) Beautiful Keep Aaron in the 3 hole. agreed...something that should have been done a long long time ago.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 11:33 AM) They need to distract Colon with the pizza delivery boy. nice...and true

I was watching Contreras dominate the hapless Royals on tv the other day and thought to myself...is this the best staff ever? I remember the '93 staff being on of the best in the league, wasn't old enough to remember the '83 team (born in '81) and didnt know that much about the Hitless Wonders of '06 or the last championship team '17. So I decided to do a little research and thanks to Baseball-Reference.com and ESPN.com I was able to put together some stats. When looking at them you have to take into consideration the different eras of baseball and the way pitchers were used. In the early days complete games were more prevalent and closers were not. I also included how they ranked in the league for that year in most categories so that should give a good feel of how to compare them. White Sox Pitching Comparisons In a nice little table for your viewing pleasure!! (If it gets a little out of the table just refresh it...dont know what happened to it) One thing that is really stands out to me is the number 1 or 2 in ERA all those years, no real dominate closer in 83 or 93 and having a 20 game winner in all of them except this year (so far). But on the sheer numbers alone...this staff is definitely one of, if not the best in Sox history!!!

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 10:51 AM) We'll all be in 105 IIRC. Stop by and say hey. Look for the dorks with nametags, and we'll be the ones next to them, sans the tags Same here..sans nametag that is and my favorite road gray Ray Durham jersey.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 11:53 AM) The thing that really bothered me about the Rogers column was that he put the Angels ahead of us... The Angels are a team that actually has a worse offense than us...especially lately with Anderson struggling...we've hit 40 more home runs than them and scored 15 more runs...our OBP is basically identical with theirs...we have a better overall ERA, a vastly better bullpen ERA (Their bullpen is basically exhausted), and the ERA of our starting pitchers is essentally identical. I understand putting Oakland ahead of us as a risk, but the Angels are in basically the same boat we are, and they haven't done nearly as well putting the pieces together as we have. Very well put...my thoughts exactly. With their injuries I would not put Oakland that high and I believe that Angels and White Sox are the 2 best teams in the AL. Your assessment of the Angels is very much right on the money...their bullpen is overused like what the Yanks do with their bullpen and their lineup is in shambles with Anderson struggling. My hope and belief is that the White Sox are clicking at the right time...both offensively and pitching and it will carry them for at least a round or so.

Hopefully Ozzie figures it out that Damaso is a 6th or 7th inning pitcher after this display...not 8th or 9th inning.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:33 PM) f***! Ozzie thinks WAAAY too much about Marte. Agreed...I do not understand his infatuation with Damaso.

Here comes a nice 1 out walk to Stairs. :puke :puke :puke

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:29 PM) I guess we can give the offense a break tonight. They've been raking it so far this month. But they better destroy this J.P. Howell guy tomorrow. Dudes got an era over 7. I think the Sox hit him pretty hard earlier in the season.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:28 PM) UGH! AJ looks very Jose Valentin-esque there. Oh God please don't say that....I don't miss the golden sombrero days

Moment of truth here for shingo!!

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:24 PM) I am rooting for Shingo here so bad. Me too....despite the way his career ended here I still like Shingo...as I would assume most Sox fans do.

In case anyone was interested Shingo has come on for the Mets in the 10th over on ESPN....bases loaded no outs...I don't believe the bases loaded was his doing though. nm...already posted...

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:20 PM) Score 6 and bring in David Sanders. Always a good plan But if that one fails I say Bobby.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:17 PM) LOL "They're not booing you, they're saying Booooo-ozzie!" nice

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:15 PM) BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ozzie. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Boooournnsss!!! Boooouuurrnnnsss!!

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:12 PM) Long fouled out to Pods in left. Pods covered the 1/3rd of the earth that Rowand doesn't. The increased outfield speed,I believe Dye is even a better outfielder than Maggs,is very evident this year and a HUGE reason for the improved staff. Damn Hawk just stole my thunder.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:08 PM) Farmer and Rooney just mentioned how disappointing the crowds have been the last 2 nights (attendance-wise). We do have to remember it is September, Sox don't draw when kids go back to school and the race isn't that close. Not trying to make excuses...thats just the way it works in this town.

That kid has some heat if pauly cant catch up...he is a pretty good fastball hitter.