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White Sox Baseball" Because the three run homer is so exciting.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Jul 28, 2006 -> 11:17 PM) Thought he deserved his own thread, with this as a special treatment... http://ross.gload.youaremighty.com/ i feel honered to know this kid personally.

javier vazquez has one weakness: sucking at baseball

hey people.... chill the hell out. where's your faith? the yankees are a good team. fridays game could have gone our way easily. look at the 8th inning they had. none of those singles were hit hard. Our guys have been there before, ozzie will get their asses in line, and KW will fix this "mess". moreover THERE IS STILL HALF A SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Detroit cannot play .650 ball the rest of the way, nor do I think all their pitchers can hold up in the second half as the innings pile up. At least Aaron Roawand's name wasnt mentioned yet. coughoverratedcough.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jul 4, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) The '05 Sox we're too "lucky" to qualify. which yankees team went 11-1 in the playoffs? I forget. I would need a good explination why a team goes 11-1 and gets lucky. Did anyone see the '07 cubs and think that ESPN thought the 2007 cubs would be good or something for half a second like i did? And why are the '95 braves on this list. they only won 90 games (on this list that is not that many)

QUOTE(Goldmember @ Jul 4, 2006 -> 11:19 PM) and not to be outdone--southpaw will be there, riding a harley and hitting cops with nunchackus...

QUOTE(lukeman89 @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 10:57 AM) Papelbon has 2 blown saves BJ Ryan has 1 Bobby Jenks has 1 i'd take bobby out of those 3 because i am biased and his curve is amazing when its on (see Derek Lee on 7/1) and he throws smoke BJ Ryan didnt give up an earned run all of june (in 13 appearances), which is pretty amazing Bobby Jenks give up only 1 run all of june (in 14 appearances) Papelbon gave up 1 earned run in 10 appearances papelbon has a season ERA of .045 with 24 saves bj ryan has an ERA of .045 with 22 saves bobby has an era or 2.41 with 25 saves sorry you have to go with papelbon no argument

i actually think it was the right thing to do. actling like a jackass is one thing, but this team (the cubs) sucks and it's refreshing sorta to see fans who really give a damn about their team. but i also think if that happened at the cell it would be filed uner the "usual antics" by ESPN and the bunch

pinella sucks. he does nothing for me. i swear i could call a game better than him with 10 beers in me.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) Most Sox fans got their tickets from beleaguered Cubs fans who couldn't stand to watch that pathetic team. there was not a better time for a "die hard cub fan: revolt than the 9th. you almost feel band in the sense that the diehards are overshadowed by the people who have no interest in a real cub season. on the other hand it makes me look like a genious by saying "i told ya so."

QUOTE(heirdog @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) Are you sure about that? If the Sox played in the NL, Thome would not be a factor (and if he played, then Konerko wouldn't). The fact is the Mets look damn good and are on par with the Sox and Tigers right now and the rankings reflect that. good catch...i did not even think about that

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) The Sox play an infinately thougher schedule than the Mets simply by being in the AL, facing Detroit, Minnesota and Cleveland 19 times a year is so much harder than Philly, Florida, Nats and Atlanta. I don't put a whole lot of stock into strengh of schedule either, when you play someone means a lot more than who you generally play. You can catch a team when they're incredibly hot or when they're sucking ass, they're final record is not going reflect this. i understand what you're saying...but really if you look at the records minnesota is at .500 right now and cleveland is under 500. on paper those teams are better than the nats or marlins. the counter argument is that those two teams are at .500 because the AL is tougher which i also agree with. but the mets have played better on the road and have been kicking the crap out of the s***ty teams as they should...the sox have had a bit of trouble with a couple of subpar teams. yet i think if the sox keep playing like they did last week then they should be number 1 QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 01:00 AM) The Tigers are almost on top of the league in every reasonable statistic except hitting. This is also considering their best record in all of baseball I don't know how the hell (unless they put the sox there who are 5-1 against them) can they not be #1. my argument is that they have ad about a hot month....they kind of "fell off" for a week or two a couple weeks into the season.

does anyone know why hawk calls a broken bat hit a matt abatacola? i know who abatacola is but i dont understand where the new term came from.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 12:47 AM) Wait, I forgot what league do the Mets play in? The Sox would have 50 wins easy if they played in the NL. i agree to some extent...but give the mets a lot of credit. the sox havn't exactly played the toughest schedule. and detroit has flopped against the tougher teams

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) Edgar Matinez' career would have been over 8 years before he retired if the DH didn't exist. It helps players who totally suck at defense, are injury risks in the field or are just too damn old to play the field a way to prolong thier careers. I hate watching National League baseball anyway, you see so many pitchers walk the 8th hitter in order to get out of a jam, in the AL there isn't usually that incredibly easy out in every lineup that pitchers can bank on. It deflates ERA's and and inflates strikeout numbers for pitchers. NL Baseball sucks. I hate when people say that NL baseball has more stratigy because of the double switch. NL ball only means more comercials during games. and besides pitchers have no reason batting....even if garland homered today QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 18, 2006 -> 12:10 AM) Of course Contreras couldn't hit water if he fell out of a raft...from...Cuba...

espn rankings notice team number 12 and compair it to fox sports' latest. I also agree with the the number one team.

QUOTE(shoota @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 11:52 AM) I'm not a fan of AL and NL teams adopting the other league's rules when they are the visitor. I propose that no matter which team is the home team during interleague play, the AL should keep its DH rule and the NL should keep its pitchers bat rule. This rule change should apply in all regular season interleague games as well as all All-Star and World Series games. so the AL teams would get an extra hitter and the pitchers for the NL would still have to bat? nahh way to unfair

the dbacks got their asses handed to them on a silver platter by the mets a few games ago. we have pretty much taken care of the tigers so far this season. i can MAYBE understand having the mets ahead of everyone else. but cmon the dbacks!!! apparently strenght of schedule determins how good you are.....you know not actual wins. yet based on this "strength of schedule crap wouldnt that actually make the dbacks worse because the NL sucks? dumbass. and why are the drays 29th on this list? that really have not played that bad. drays > pirates, marlins, nationals

QUOTE(IamPabloOzuna @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) Im on the campus of illinois state university and wscr comes in wonderfully...still no wciu down here compared to when im at home (elgin). Luckily, however, every game scheduled on wgn is shown on wgn superstation (unlike for the bulls, where not every game shown on wgn in chicago is carried on wgn superstation, only a select few). i go to ISU as well and I hate when the sox play on the U cause we dont get it in the dorms.....

although the timing sucked the white flag trade wasnt that bad. none of the pitches we gave up never really did a whole lot more anywhere else. Foulke helped in 2000 IIRC, and curruso DID hit that homerun to sweep the cubs, which sent their season into a tailspin IIRC. i guess it sorta worked

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 23, 2006 -> 11:39 PM) Well the best 4 man wrecking crew I've seen would have been the 2000 team: Hurt: 43 HR, 143 RBI, .328 BA, 112 BB, .436 OBP, .625 SLG, 1.061 OPS Maggs: 32 HR, 126 RBI, .315 BA, 60 BB, .371 OBP, .546 SLG, .917 OPS Caballo: 24 HR, 92 RBI, .301 BA, 38 BB, .345 OBP, .484 SLG, .829 OPS Paulie: 21 HR, 97 RBI, .298 BA, 47 BB, .363 OBP, .481 SLG, .844 OPS Now that production level is SCARY GOOD, but I think Thome, Konerko, Dye, and Gooch IF HEALTHY can put up numbers that are comparable and damn possibly even better (I think Gooch can hit 21 bombs, although I doubt 97 RBI's, but you see my point). when it is all said and done 2000 sluggers will be better than the 2006 sluggers IMO

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 22, 2006 -> 12:12 AM) I'm wondering why Bruce Levine would report such a thing then. And why here, WSI and NSBB would run with it like this. Even if this is bulls*** I still expect the suspensions to be very similar to these. i agree that the suspensions are accurate as far as what I expected. i guess i find it weird that levine is an espn reporter but this information is nowhere to be found on any ESPN website

this is all bulls***. it's on no websites and its on a sunday night. plus why would they announce the cubs suspensions but not the sox?

QUOTE(Beltin @ May 15, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) I miss Nardi! oh my god theres a name I forgot...

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 15, 2006 -> 03:33 PM) Of all the men against boys mismatches we've been involved in this season this is the absolute worst of em. Nothing less than a sweep would be acceptable. I want 5 of 6 wins from the season series. and that could happen with ease.