LittleHurt05

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 8, 2012 -> 11:48 AM) If LeBron would have spent 2 years in college I think I would have a cbb championship to celebrate, and maybe I wouldnt hate him as much as i do. I'm sure it would have been vacated by now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 8, 2012 -> 11:45 AM) I like Beckham in the 2nd spot. But mercy, this is way too many righties in a lineup against someone with such extreme R/L splits like Masterson. There are 3 lefties, who else do you have though? Fukudome?

ADA cf Gordo 2b Dunn DH Paulie 1b AJP c Rios RF Alexei SS Tank LF Brent M. 3b

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 8, 2012 -> 10:53 AM) The Arizona Diamondbacks say hello. If you don't think a decade of horrificness hasn't done anything to harm their fanbase, you are being naive. People who would have been fans had they at least been competitve, moved on to other things. Its happened in Toronto, its happened in Cleveland, and it would most likely happen on the South Side of Chicago. I think you are over-estimating the strength of the Sox fanbase anyway. Other than the opening of the new park and the 2-3 years after the WS title, Sox attendance has always been pretty crappy. It's more returning to the norm, not disappearing forever. Eventually someone will produce a winner and the fans will come back, that's White Sox baseball. Cleveland had the longest sell-out streak in baseball history and now is in last place in attendance, that's a way more extreme example.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 8, 2012 -> 10:12 AM) I truly believe if the Cubs ever get down to 15-20k a night regularly, they won't get to their pre Sox WS title levels until they win a WS, even if the team is good. Eventually the hot restaurant or hot nightclub isn't so hot anymore. I think the same thing might happen with baseball teams. That's not gonna happen unless they move to Schaumburg or Theo tears down the ivy & scoreboard. The place has become such a historical novelty & tourist sight, their numbers will never get that low. They have had a minimum of 25k since the mid 80s.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 8, 2012 -> 10:07 AM) I can say with the utmost confidence that's bulls***. Florida doesn't give a s*** about baseball. Never has, never will. This is the truth. As I have posted in the Miami Marlins thread, the only "sports" that matter in Florida are NASCAR & college football.

It's not officially the offseason until the Kaner party pics start appearing. The Spanish "two 5's = a 10" shirt is classic.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 7, 2012 -> 11:03 PM) Except he's facing the vaunted Mariner offense tonight. You know, the same offense the great Phil Humber perfect gamed. That vaunted Mariner offense is averaging 6 runs a game vs. DET and is now 4-0 against them.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 8, 2012 -> 08:11 AM) RIP Maurice Sendak Author of Where the Wild Things Are. That book was all kinds of awesome, RIP.

JDIAA

Kyle Lohse 2.11 ERA Jake Westbrook 2.12 ERA

Yotes-Kings WCF. Get excited Canada!!!

That 8th inning by Marmol last night was pure comedy.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2012 -> 07:08 PM) Flowers seems to be the case of "big big swing, needs to play nearly every game, will strike out 150-175 times, will give you 18-20 homers" guys. Sort of the catching equivalent of Brian Anderson. Except at some point when he's hitting .170 or .180, they'll pull the plug on that experiment, too. Whether it's worth a .200 average and half of Dunn's production for less walks to get Flowers' defense in the game over Phegley, guess we'll find out. Sounds like J.P. Arencibia

whoa that was a close checked swing call, I'll take it. Come on Stults, Duncan is a scrub

Brutal at-bat by Tank

The nice thing about playing at Cleveland is their crowds make the Cell look packed.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2012 -> 05:24 PM) Det played like crap and still ended up over .500. Cle overachieved. Sox underachieved. Isn't that exactly what happened to start 2011? We all know how that ended up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2012 -> 04:49 PM) Hamels gets 5 Gotta love MLB suspensions of starters. With the day off Thursday, all the suspension does is force Halladay & Hamels to switch on Saturday/Sunday.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 7, 2012 -> 05:40 PM) Hello from Vacation Capital of the World!! Wisconsin Dells!!!!!

Alexei

Dunn

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2012 -> 02:53 PM) Sometimes I think people just want us to be so bad they don't even have to worry about catching a game or a score. They want a 40 win team so we are totally irrelevant. How bout we BUILD a team like the f***ing Nationals. That's how you build a team; draft pix AND free agent signings.I guess it'll be nice to get rid of every decent major leaguer we have so we can win 50 games max. I don't totally understand that logic, though. Did you see their big free agent signing? Jayson Werth?? Do you really want him? And they happened to finish dead last in the two years that the best hitting & pitching prospects of our generation were in the draft.

At least @NotHawk is bringing the entertainment today

3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 BB. He did walk in a run but overall great work by Quintana