LittleHurt05

I thought Campbell was supposed to be fast, just got beat on that GW goal.

With the Youkilis injury, not many options left for the Americans. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/base....out/index.html

Quick question: What does it mean for the guys sent down to minor league camp, and not straight to AA or AAA? Are they still trying to determine what level they want them to play at?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 08:19 AM) They are tied now. And the Blue Jackets are only five back, and we still have 3 to play against them, including in Columbus tonight.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 10:41 PM) I do not like the fact that this tournament is solely controlled by MLB. The finals rounds are in the USA for the second time. The games are played with the Rawlings. Only MLB umpire are allowed behind the plate. The rules were made thinking about MLB players first. Japan, Korea and Cuba should say Hell with MLB. Good luck with that. If you think that a lot of the best players from North/South America are missing the WBC now, imagine if its not sponsored by MLB. You would have all-star teams from Japan, Korea, & Cuba facing teams of minor leaguers/scrubs from USA, Canada, Dom., Venezuela, Puerto Rico. Might as well make a four-team tourney with Japan, Korea, Cuba, & Taiwan or someone like that.

Anybody else expecting a Bulls loss tonight? Thats been their MO the past few weeks. Look great at home, beating all the top teams in the league, then head on the road, and get beat by lottery teams. I'm hoping they dont lose, but its just what they have been doing. I'm sure the 8-man rotation doesnt help the back-to back games either.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 10:34 AM) He's important, but I don't think his playing will stop us from winning or losing Thursday. Gonzaga might be a different story. It's pretty rough losing your best defender and probably your smartest player. He sets up the offense and handles the ball. While McCamey and Brock can do it, the team is better with Frazier for sure. If we can get out of the first weekend, I'll consider this season a whopping success. After how bad last year was, and since our only incoming freshman was gonna redshirt, I expected an NIT bid at best. 2nd place in the conference, a 5 seed, the development of Davis/Tisdale, they so exceeded my expectations, I already consider it a huge success, although getting upset in the first round, would put a little damper on it now.

According to the experts, I dont see what the point is for Illinois to even fly out to Portland. Chester Frazier = Deron Williams and without him they are gonna get smoked by Western KY.

Juan Uribe

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 02:01 PM) Then every player has been on the juice in the past 10 years? Thats a pretty crappy way to look at things. Pujols succes is not really based on pure power as much as it is his perfect swing and approach. It is a crappy way to look at things, no doubt. The steroid spectrum goes from the best players in the game like A-Rod, to players at the lower end of your roster, like Jim Parque and Juan Rincon, to minor leaguers you have never heard of. It was rampant throughout baseball. Bud Seling and the players reaped the benefits of the long ball, while turning a blind eye to it. I'm not saying every player was on the juice, but I think its hard to be 100% certain that any of the players were clean. Pujols is the best player in the game right now. Is it possible that he has always been clean? Definitely. But with the way the time were back then, I think there will always be that cloud of suspicion over it.

No matter what he says, I still cant believe that he was never on the juice. I think you have to question anybody who played in the past 10-20 years, especially someone as large as Pujols.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 01:39 PM) Well we have our ULTIMATE proof that the WBC does not matter at all, since Vazquez pitched well last night.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 09:17 AM) USA disappointed me. How can you leave a pitcher get rocked and fall behind like that? cause the WBC doesnt matter, and its more important for the pitchers to get work to get ready for the season, the manager Davey Johnson admitted it "Yeah, we had a lot of one-inning pitchers out there. Just basically let him get a little more work. Unfortunately, it wasn't really great work, but he still needed the work. Like I said, it's double elimination. It wasn't a thing where it was ... hook him in the second inning. Just let him get his work in."

UConn was up 5 in the 3rd OT and I gave up, thinking they would win it, shut it off and went to sleep....couldnt believe when I saw SIX overtimes this morning

Chester Frazier doubtful for Fridays game with a bruised hand....hes the type of guy to play through anything, but I'd rather see him rest this weekend and make sure hes healthy for the real tourney next week.... http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/eye-on-th...ement-expected/

and there goes the dream for NW...maybe one of these years they will finally break through and make the tourney...a guy like Coble is definitely a good player to have for a couple years...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 11:36 AM) Maybe to the outside, but not here. Even after 6 years, most of the city Sox fans refer to our ballpark as Comiskey Park. It is that way with a couple of the towers that changed hands as well. I do hear a lot of Comiskey Park, but feels like I hear more and more people call it "the Cell" as time goes by...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writ...iams/index.html

and Georgetown falls to St. John's...amazing...they were ranked top 5/10 in like December, have wins vs. memphis, Syracuse, @ Villanova, & @ Uconn, but end up 16-14 and not a chance to make the NCAAs....how did they fall apart like that?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) The problem is that if they do over turn it then they open themselves up to having to review any taped game where someone receives two technical fouls. This is why it is a stupid rule to begin with. But really, that call is so bad (at least from what can be seen on the video) that it makes you wonder if the ref had an ulterior motive. Wow, looks like they have reversed the suspension. Richmond will be allowed to play tomorrow. http://yourseason.suntimes.com/1468056,030...ll-play.article

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 02:34 PM) Korea up 1-0 on Japan to start 6th. not gonna ruin it for ya if it is, but are they playing again, or is this the game from this morning?

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 09:12 AM) Are you kidding me? This episode was by far the funniest IMO, the styling gel crack addicts, trying to be cool, the prime ministers drawing, New Zealand town, LUCY FRIGGIN LAWLESS. I was laughing from start to finish there definitely were tons of awesome moments, but i dont know why just thought it was missing something, but thats just me. Either way, its still 10x funnier than anything i saw all week. I think Brahbrah and the epileptic dogs is still tops for me.

Episode started off hilarious, but I think the second half was a bit disappointing. Probably one of the weaker episodes this season, but this season has been so good, thats not such a bad thing.

wow, Boers & Bernstein should include this one in their Tournament of Bad!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 12:27 AM) I think it's stupid having all 16 teams in New York and single and double byes and all that stuff. Making teams earn their way to New York by playing into the top 12 was a better system in my opinion. This still should be a fantastic tournament, once you get past the first round which could be pretty sleepy. I like giving those bottom teams a chance to still make the tourney with one last run. Will a 13-16 seed ever win 5 straight? No, but I still think its good that they theoretically have a chance.