RibbieRubarb

Way to go Paulie!

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 08:53 AM) Despite Winning the World Series in 2005, and having the 2nd best record thru the 1990's, the SOX find themselves lagging far behind in media newspaper coverage to a team that, since 1990 has ZERO 90-win seasons (98 doesnt count), and since 1950 has only THREE 90-win season Um...why doesn't it count? Because you say so? They had 90 wins that season. One game playoff or not...it's official.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 07:53 AM) I forgot that one...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:14 AM) Myspace is for creeps and people who lack social skills IMO. I agree!! You read more about my thoughts on www.myspace.com/ribbierubarb It says I'm a 14 year old girl, but that's some kind of technical glitch.

I know I'm going to get burned for this but to me the best show on TV is Veronica Mars Intricately plotted, extremely well-written, witty, clever, suspenseful and with great performances. Sometimes it has more happening in one episode than most shows in their whole season.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 10:01 PM) LOL, this thread has taken a GREAT turn. I can't wait till Steff sees it. I predict one of these will make an appearance: or

QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 02:10 PM) I haven't seen anything on ESPN.com, mlb.com, or cubs.com :rolly

Happy Happy!!

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 05:27 AM) Does anyone remember any Closer being this dominant for this length of time? Eric Gagne in 2003 comes to mind SEASON TEAM G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA 2003 LA 77 0 0 0 82.1 37 12 11 2 20 137 2 3 55 0 0 1.20

QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 10:42 AM) With Pods having his best season last year and starting to decline, and also in a contract year is there a shot of letting him go for....Josh Fields in Left? This is only good if Crede signs long-term...what are the chances? Don't we have Crede under contract through 2008? As for Fields, you have a better chance seeing Pablo being our starting LF next year.

My first day at work being able to listen to Howard in my office.

QUOTE(beautox @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 04:43 AM) For a comparison with some of the elite. Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds Age Year AB H BA SB/CS 22 1963 625 170 .273 13/15 23 1964 516 139 .269 4/10 24 1965 670 209 .312 8/3 518 hits DJ's personal favorite Tony Gwynn San Diego Padres Age Year AB H BA SB/CS 24 1984 606 213 .351 33/18 25 1985 622 197 .317 14/11 26 1986 644 211 .329 37/9 621 hits Carl Crawford Tampa Bay Devil Rays Age Year AB H BA SB/CS 22 2003 630 177 .281 55/10 23 2004 626 185 .296 59/15 24 2005 644 194 .301 46/8 556 hits Call me after 15 years...

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 12:49 AM) Why the Tigers are not number 1 just boggles the mind... Part of it is that they are 3-10 against Us, Red Sox and Yankees.

We won right? Sometimes one cannot tell from the posts...

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. Dude, every thread from you is a gem!

I'd rather have Earl Weaver...

QUOTE(The-Legend-Of-Pujols @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) Carlos Marmol will be better than any Sox pitcher in a couple of years you can bet on that. I HATE the Cubs because Im a Die Hard Cardinals fan but Marmol is my favorite pitcher in the league because he has a cannon for an arm and is so poise and has a great curveball with an upper 90's fastball. Carlos Marmol will be the Rookie-Of the-Year. ::coughcubfancough::

In related news The Wiggles to start doing daily Iraq War updates!

QUOTE(wsox08 @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 01:11 PM) I love Hawk and DJ. They are really beginning to develop some nice chemistry.

QUOTE(shoota @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 01:54 PM) Dusty deserves blame for starting Glendon Rusch even though he's been horrible all year. Dusty has better options than Rusch. Who? You posed the problem implying there was a solution.

QUOTE(Goldmember @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 01:27 PM) haven't been to the speedway in joliet so don't know the sightlines and everything, but best location at a race usually depends on your personal preference of either wanting to be "up close and personal" to the action (probably won't be able to see 1/2-2/3 of the track but can better see the pits) or would like to see the entire track and therefore be higher up. Thanks! He'd want to see the pits in action.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 09:38 AM) Thanks Ribbie. you guys can also feel free to sound off on what you thought on todays columnists I think what we are getting at is that the only the "number" of stories doesn't paint an accurate picture of Sox coverage. What does paint a more accurate portrait is the content (positive or negative), the size of articles, color pictures as opposed to no picutres, etc... Look at Sunday's 10-8 loss for instance. If someone would just look at the score, they would think "Oh the Sox lost in a slugfest". But if you go deeper into it, explore the box score, the content if you will, you's see the Sox put up an amazing 6 runs in the 9th and had the tying run at the plate! That's a great comeback and paints a different picture of the game. You then would understand their energy going into Texas and winning three out of four from a tough home team. It wouldn't seem like such a negative loss, after all. I think Hangar you should take more of these details into account when doing your media watches. I, personally, don't care about media coverage that much. But I think if you're going to do it...do it well.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 09:14 AM) The Tribune today makes sure to throw Comcast "under the bus" today, heh heh regarding Comcast missing the big "story" after the game between Ozz and rookie Sean Tracey. The SunTimes is the big story in my eyes today. They give the SOX 7 stories, with every sportswriter on staff contributing ....... and the Sox are on the Road!!!! Awesome. But whats more important to note, is all of the stories today reflect something actually of interest to Sox fans, and not fluff. Fluff is fine, dont get me wrong, the SOX surely dont get enough of that. But there are actual angles by all of the writers today ......people are WORKING. How about that huh? The Sox make a big dent today, awesome. Chicago Tribune: 3 cub stories 6 sox stories Chicago SunTimes: 3 cub stories 7 sox stories Standings as of Friday June 16th, 2006 Priviledged, Media Owned, Media Favored, 4th Place in 2005 Cubs 590 Underdog, Media UnderCovered, World Series Champs in 05 Sox 498 Good job getting into what the Stories are about. That's just as important, if not more so, than the number of stories.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 07:59 AM) Steff accused me of being a cub fan, so I was being a wise guy (forgot to use green) and I told her, "your right, im busted, i just became a sox fan recently blah blah" I was kidding. Ive been a sox fan since day 1 My comment was also toungue-in-cheek

QUOTE(VAfan @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 09:50 PM) As for the "it aint broke" comments, my response is, "it's also not hitting on all cylinders." We're still a game and half behind Detroit. That MUCH?!? Boy this is NOT working! I mean I know we have the 2ns best record in the AL and we are hitting higher and scoring more runs than last year, but obviously this is the problem. QUOTE(VAfan @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 09:50 PM) Jim Thome, after starting off on fire, has dropped to .277. Age is likely to start wearing him down, so don't expect his numbers to improve from here on out. So that BOMB to center was hit with a cane, eh?