JUSTgottaBELIEVE

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 01:17 PM) She didn't have to as governor. how much attention to foreign affairs did Obama have, before deciding to run for president? Or Jimmy Carter? or Ronald Regean? or Bill Clinton? And these guys were going for the top spot, and din't know all that much until they decided to go for it. She shouldn't be expected to be a f***ing genius on world affiars in just a few months. if you have to know it all before you run, then Obama shouldn't have run either, because other than his few 'votes' on Iraq, he didn't know s*** either. please don't tell me you support Palin, even as a republican backer it is fine to admit that it was clearly a mistake to put her on the ticket

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2008 -> 09:25 AM) From rotoworld: Cliff Lee-S- Indians Sep. 27 - 8:46 am et Cliff Lee (neck) played catch Friday and could pitch in the season finale if he wakes up on Saturday without significant soreness or pain. "If he feels OK, we'll probably pitch him," said manager Eric Wedge. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer ok, thanks for the info

Did they officially shut down Cliff Lee for tomorrow's game? ESPN.com still shows him as the Indians starter

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 04:32 PM) there is no stadium club seating outside the restaurant/bar area. You can have tickets in section 534 and sit in the SC if you wanted. thanks

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 12:07 PM) You can sit at either, I believe. ok and do you know what section the stadium club seating is? 300?

Can someone please explain to me how stadium club passes work at the Cell? I know you still need a ticket to get into the park but when the game stars where do you sit? At the location of the game ticket or in a stadium club box? Thanks in advance for the help

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 02:25 PM) Yet still, it's been 2 games... let's accelerate the hype train at a reasonable pace here. At some point this season he's going to hit a wall like all QBs do. well after the first three games of the season we will find out a lot about the kid because next week the packers play the NFC favorite Cowboys

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 02:07 PM) I'm just saying, Rex Grossman plays amazing against the Lions because they are one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL. yea I hear ya but still hard to discredit anything this kid has done since stepping into the big shoes as the Favre heir apparent

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 01:55 PM) Not hating on the guy because I found myself defending him against Favre's fanboys all offseason, but it's the Lions. well, in defense, he had a very good game against the vikings too who are currently shutting out the colts and the god-send himself peyton manning

oh yea I forgot about the 35 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD as well

AROD is off to a ridiculous start to this season thru the first 1.5 games 32 of 39 383 yards 4 TD 0 INT Brett Favre who?

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 07:17 PM) Ya, he also slowed down towards the end of the year. Im not saying AP isnt great, Im just saying the secret is out now, so things like no passing game are going to effect his production more now that he has a bulls eye on his back as opposed to being a rookie who had a few good games. teams werent loading the box AS much the beginning of last season because AP was still new, now teams are going to force Jackson to beat them. This isnt hard to follow, its football 101 and comparing it to something like Manning being on the Bears is stupid. secret's out huh? AP for 72 rushing yards, in the first quarter...I figured the colts would be loading the box?

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 06:17 PM) Ya, he also slowed down towards the end of the year. Im not saying AP isnt great, Im just saying the secret is out now, so things like no passing game are going to effect his production more now that he has a bulls eye on his back as opposed to being a rookie who had a few good games. teams werent loading the box AS much the beginning of last season because AP was still new, now teams are going to force Jackson to beat them. This isnt hard to follow, its football 101 and comparing it to something like Manning being on the Bears is stupid. wanna bet he rushes for over 1300 yards again? (assuming he doesn't miss time with an injury then all bets are off)

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 01:46 PM) Im not saying its not impressive to shut him down, Im saying its easier to shut him down when you know they cant pass. Obviously there are exceptions to the rule. yea and the bears would be super bowl contenders if they had peyton manning, whats your point? I'm just saying that even if you know the Vikings have no passing game it is still VERY tough to shut down AP. Heck, all of last year everyone knew the Vikes had no passing game and he still ran for over 1300 yards while missing 2 games due to injury and he did it as a ROOKIE.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 04:41 AM) Its easier to shut down AP when they cant pass the ball to save your life and have a lead. Also, Minnys pass defense has actually gotten worse. don't tell that to the bears who gave up 224 rushing yards to AP in a game last year that tavaris threw for only 136 yards while completing 9 of 23 passes (i.e. no passing game).

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) GB looked solid but Jackson gift wrapped that game. He would be third string on the Bears, and thats saying something. yea but the pack shut down AP in the second half (10 for 30 yards), gotta give them credit there because that's no easy task

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 08:38 PM) People are talking Super Bowl for the Vikings, but Tarvaris Jackson still sucks. I agree that Jackson sucks but a team can get to the Super Bowl with a crappy QB if they have a great defense (which I am not completely convinced the Vikings do) and running game (obviously their running game is ridiculous). I think they are easily a 10 win team if their passing defense steps up. Also, I think the Pack is a 11 or 12 win team if Rodgers plays even close to how he played today for the rest of the year. So if the Bears win 8 or more games, that's a very solid division (aside from the dismal Lions who will be lucky to win 5 games)

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 08:13 PM) How's the conference overrated? Nobody really thinks highly of it. Or do you mean the teams expected to contend (Vikings, Packers) themselves are overrated? Cuz there, I'd agree. I disagree, I think it is one of the most underrated with the bears and vikings improved and green bay being still a 10-12 win team. I think it should be a very competitive division and interesting til the end of the season.

QUOTE (alexgtp @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 02:17 AM) Im not sure if anyone had a chance to catch the game. EPIC Failure. As predicted by some of the Soxtalk Nostradamuses on here the twins Roadtrip is off to a good start. 10 Runs given up in the 7th inning. Gardy used 3 releivers in 1 inning. Hopefully he wore down the bullpen for the remainder of the Seattle trip. GS by Ibanez to start of the 7th. Bloop hits.. Mauer's missed tag on a play at the plate. Punto's errant throw from SS to a play at 1st which ends up in the dugout Here are the highlights for your enjoyment.. http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200...36&c_id=sea SOX tied for first!! WOOHOO!! what a beautiful thing

QUOTE (Cubano @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 04:16 PM) I do not why Guillen has Anderson second against a lefty and Alexei 8th or 9th. yea no kidding, that is simply perplexing

Now we all know Alexei is 10x the defender Soriano is but let's take a look at the offensive potential from this kid. Can he be a consistent .280 avg / 30 hr / 90 RBI a year kind of guy? Soriano in his first full season in the majors at age 25 put up the following numbers: SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2001 NYY 158 574 77 154 34 3 18 73 29 125 43 14 .268 .304 .432 .736 Now let's compare that to what Alexei has done to start the 2008 season at age 26: SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Season 62 201 26 60 12 0 7 27 7 25 3 3 .299 .322 .463 .785 Which projects to: SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Projected 137 444 57 133 27 0 15 60 15 55 7 7 .299 .322 .463 .785 Now a couple of things to point out here. One, the power numbers are VERY similar between the two as suggested by the slugging %. Two, Alexei strikes out FAR less, which in turn should help him exceed soriano's batting average due to more contact. Third, Soriano was a much bigger basestealing threat when he first came up but I think Alexei is fully capable of stealing 15-20 bases a year as well. Now that you have seen what these two are capable of in their first year (or in Alexei's case half way through the first year), and yes they have very similar numbers, the question is can Alexei make that big step in his second season in MLB? In his second season, Soriano hit 39 hr and drove in 102 runs with an .879 OPS. Now I think it would be unreasonable for Alexei to achieve those numbers (although possible) but more likely that he hits 20-25 hr with 80 RBI (depending where he's hitting in the batting order) and .850 OPS. Either way you look at it, not bad for a guy the Sox picked up for 4 yr / $4.75 mil (I think my source is correct). So what do you guys think? Potential like Alfonso Soriano or more like a Soriano-lite?

QUOTE (Shadows @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 12:09 AM) ARam has gotten ridiculously better each month so far, his low OBP is mainly due to April and May March/April (29 ABs): .138 AVG .138 OBP 0 HR 2 RBI 0 BB 3 K May (61 ABs): .295 AVG .313 OBP 2 HR 5 RBI 1 BB 9 K June (93 ABs): .355 AVG .381 OBP 3 HR 17 RBI 4 BB 9 K July (14 ABs): .357 AVG .375 OBP 2 HR 3 RBI 1 BB 1 K I hope we do not see Uribe out there unless someone desperately needs a rest damn those are sick stats in June and July

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 23, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) Whatever, in 2 weeks they'll win 5 games in a row and we'll all be happy. This team and the people of this board are so Bi-Polar its ridiculous.... bottom line is unless this team can find some form of consistency they aren't going anywhere. even if they somehow survive the regular season you cant win 5 in a row and then lose 4 in a row in the playoffs if you want to win the world series.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 22, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) Simple, whomever is in first place is technically in control of the division and will be until someone else takes over and at that point, that new time is in control of the division. the white sox are in anything but control right now. i wouldnt be surprised if we are in control of 4th place by the end of july and that is definitely realistic

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 22, 2008 -> 07:38 PM) Do some of you guys listen to yourselves. The team is obviously not clicking, but last I checked they are above .500 and still in control of the division. That clearly won't last if they keep playing like they have, but they haven't gotten to this point of the season on accident. geez, i wouldnt say we are in control of the division, only 1.5 games up on the twins after tonight