LittleHurt05

Only fitting that the Orioles finally make the playoffs again and the big, bad Yankees stand in their way. Camden Yards should be rocking tomorrow.

QUOTE (scenario @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 11:00 PM) Texas. Gone. Wow. Not the season end they expected. 5 game division lead with 9 to play? Blow it. Lose the wild card play-in game. Now THAT is a first-class collapse. They scored one run at home against Joe f***ing Saunders.

Let's Go RedBirds!!!! Stick it to Gio!

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) Ross with the Strike out followed by a Home Run. Freddit Gonzalez with the first "genius" managerial move of the playoffs, benching his starting catcher.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) I feel like MSU has it in the bag, but that's just a hunch. I concur, but I'm rooting for BYU or Stanford

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 03:00 PM) Moron manager? One with two WS rings? I don't think he's a moron. Just curious what you think of Robin. I know, Robin gets a free pass because he was a rookie manager even though he's seen about 9 million baseball games as a great player. I like Robin, but if Ozzie engineered this epic collapse, many of you would have mocked him and/or demanded his firing. Please don't deny that if this collapse woulda been run by Ozzie you'd all have wanted him on a platter. The team collapsed in the 2nd half of 2006 under Ozzie and nobody was asking for his head on a platter then. It's when the team repeatedly underperforms that it becomes a problem.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) I don't want to either. All "Illinois sucks" jokes aside, I'd rather play it clean (or at least clean compared to the big cheaters) and not have to possibly face terrible sanctions later on. I'm not that into Illini football, but I would take a few years of Calipari in a heartbeat just for one stinkin national championship in basketball. Sanctions be damned, I want to win the NCAA title just once please.

Reggie Rankin ‏@ReggieRankin Just spoke with ESPN 100 #1 player Jabari Parker. List cut to five. No order Stanford, BYU, Duke, Mich St, Florida

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 02:14 PM) BJ Upton is more intriguing to me, depending on the price of the two players. Can you imagine the strikeout potential of a lineup with BJ Upton & Dunn in your top three? I can feel the breeze from here.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 01:15 PM) I know, but it seems a lot of Sox fans just want the franchise to be boring. No Ozzie. Check. Boring Robin. No Hawk. Check. Bring in boring Steve Physioc. Why do you guys want our team to sink so far into oblivion we finally become the Bill Melton-era White Sox where 28 home runs is something to get excited about and 100 losses? Give me Ozzie, Hawk, wimpy, et all. How exactly would getting rid of Hawk directly lead to a 100 loss team?

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 01:24 PM) I don't think we'll ever compete with alabama (auburn or alabama) boosters. edit: nor do I want to. I guess you don't want to compete for national championships? Cause that's the way to the BCS title.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 12:03 PM) I could have sworn the 2005-2006 (and later) teams stayed in off campus apartment complexes, like that big one over on Lincoln near the interstate. All the upperclassmen stayed in apartments in Savoy, but the freshman had to live in the dorms for a year.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) I'm sure the Yankees are pissed. You should see how upset Tim Tebow is!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 11:37 AM) It already fell to 2.88 this year. I think 2.5 is more realistic this year. Considering how many of those 2.88 million "people" were dressed as empty seats, 2.5 million is definitely possible. I guess it depends how long some ticket brokers are willing to lose money til when/if Theo turns it around.

Check out Headley's home/road splits over the past 5 years. Playing half his games in Petco really hid some of his potential. Home/Road OPS 2008: .665/.831 2009: .651/.803 2010: .635/.766 2011: .674/.864 2012: .812/.937

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 08:48 AM) Didn't know that. No way Illinois can ever compete with that, all freshman are required to stay in the dorms. I'm sure we're not the only school that does that. I had no idea either. Holy hell, this "dorm" is ridiculous. link

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 5, 2012 -> 06:10 AM) I'm debating between Stevie Johnson (49ers D) or Malcom Floyd. (NO's D) At first the choice was obvious, then I realize Rivers is such an enigma these days. Floyd. The Saints defense is turrible and the game is on the turf. Plus, Robert Meachem keeps getting zero f***ing catches, so you onviously don't have to worry about him stealing targets.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) 2, Harrison brothers. Calipari has created such a system that he doesn't even have to pay players now. Immediate playing time, national title contenders, near guarantee to be a 1st round pick, stars like Jay-Z & Drake hang out with the program. Until the NBA changes the one and done system, Kentucky can get quite a stranglehold on the NCAA game.

QUOTE (CyAcosta41 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 03:08 PM) No offense, man, but me and many others who watch often and closely have been saying the same thing for months. I personally had various comments about this on this board and others for months, including a few weeks ago putting the over-under at something like 5-7 days after the end of the season when it would be disclosed that Konerko was undergoing wrist surgery. Like every player in baseball, he's had his share of slumps, but this was completely different. Slump or no slump, Konerko could always turn around ANYBODY'S fastball. Always. Post All Star break, he was consistently getting beat by major league average fastballs. Once the word got out (and it always does), down the stretch virtually every pitcher in baseball was challenging him with heat (knowing the only way he could turn one around was if he cheated big-time, but, more often than not, he was just looking to slap one the other way anyway). He became a totally different hitter. I've always been a major Konerko fan, but there's a point where tough-guy and macho turns into stupidity and selfishness. Soon, we had no "fear factor" going in the middle of the lineup -- between three outcome Dunn and the slap-hitting ghost that formerly was Paul Konerko, it's little wonder that we posed little threat to good teams, hot teams, or plain old teams who for whatever reason get up especially for the Sox. For that charade to go on for as long as it did was a total slap in the face to knowledgeable fans who understand the game. And for Konerko to come right out and say with 2-3 games left in the year, (paraphrasing) "yeah, the wrist is damaged ... but I don't think it affected my performance," is another slap in the face. Sure it affected your performance. Every advance scout in baseball could see it. And while I'm on a roll, I generally really liked what Ventura did this year as a first year manager (especially the emphasis on fundamentals and focusing on one game at a time), but ALLOWING a clearly damaged PK to play everyday ... in the #4 hole ... is on him as well. He runs the team. Whether Konerko wants to be Mr. Man or not and play hurt/damaged, Ventura needed to be a strong enough manager/leader to tell him to get his butt off the field. A+. Great post, I concur 100%. It's one thing to be tough and play hurt, but when you have a physical injury that drastically hurts your performance, sometimes it's better to be smart than tough.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) Orioles starting Joe Saunders. It's truly amazing that the Orioles were able to win 93 games with the various starting pitchers they were throwing out there.

An interesting rule is that you set a 25-man roster for the wild card game, then you are allowed to tweak that roster for the LDS. You can essentially non-roster a couple unavailable starting pitchers and make a 16-man bench if you would like. That lets a team add a super base stealer to pinch run or a slugging pinch hitter like Jim Thome on the roster, without worries about the runner's inability to hit or Thome's inability to play the field.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 02:26 PM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale The #Twins undergo biggest coaching staff shakeup in decades with new hitting coach, third base coach and bullpen coach. hitting wasn't really the problem this year

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) So sacks against Webb don't count, but picking off a rookie QB making his first start on the road are totally cool. That wasn't just any rookie QB, it was the greatest rookie QB to ever be drafted in the history of the NFL, didn't you hear the hype? On a serious note, it's not just the interceptions for Jennings though. I don't have the exact number, but the passer rating on balls thrown in his direction is something like 13.9. He has been Revis-good so far.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 11:24 AM) How does JJ Watt or Clay Mathews not win the player of the month honor. Sacks against the immovable object J'Marcus Webb don't count

Now I remember why I only stick to rotisserie leagues. All that hard work & success during the season was all for nothing. Congrats on your win!