LittleHurt05

2-0 Tribe

Dunn

Alexei

Carlos! 1-0

Reyes is a lefty whose ERA is over 5? Uh oh, type of guy that gives these Sox all types of problems...

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 02:55 PM) Balta, do you really think season ticket holders are going to buy Peavy/Floyd/Humber/Sale/Stewart? I wouldn't call that "stacked." I would call it arguably the worst rotation in the division except for KC...that's four huge question marks. Even if Peavy pitches as well as he has the last 2-3 starts, like a 2-3 starter and not a 5. Does anyone want to count on Humber for next year, with how things have gone south the last month? DET has Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello, Fister and Jacob Turner locked up through 2014. CLE has Jimenez, Masterson, Carmona, Carrasco and Tomlin. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6827458/...rong-top-bottom Minnesota looks to be better than us with Liriano, Baker, Blackburn, Duensing and Kyle Gibson. I'll argue that it's not the worst rotation and other ones have question marks too. Ubaldo is switching to the AL and has had a down year. Carmona forgets how to throw strikes every other start, and I don't see how Carrasco/Tomlin are really all that much more proven than Sale/Stewart. That Twins rotation doesn't look all that good either when they aren't facing the White Sox. Liriano has the stuff but has been all over the place 2 of the last 3 seasons. Blackburn/Duensing have ERAs over 4.50. Baker is facing a 2nd DL trip and Gibson has yet to pitch in the majors. I will give you Detroit, but that's mostly based on the strength of their top two pitchers.

Maybe Richmond's "advisors" told him that an arrest record makes you more attractive to NBA teams?

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 12:59 PM) I would also be interested to know who everyone's favorite side character is. I can't decide between Troy McClure(you might remeber him from such celebrity funerals as "Andre The Giant, We Hardly Knew Ye" and "Shemp Howard, Today We Mourn A Stooge") and Lionel Hutz(aka Miguel Sanchez). Hans Moleman

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) Didn't Mike Piazza play on that team? I think he was on Italy. Nick Markakis was on the Greek team.

-Hank Scorpio episode (love when he gives Homer the Denver Broncos at the end) -Stonecutters episode where Homer is the chosen one (who made Steve Guttenberg a star!) -Homer's Gay Phobia episode (Only two types of guys wear large Hawaiian shirts)

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 11:09 AM) Not if your pitcher has dead arm the next season I don't care how superhuman Verlander seems, the aggregate innings are going to have an adverse effect on him eventually. Sabathia went to New York the next season, had 230 IP during the season, 35 during the playoffs, and the Yankees won the World Series. CC hasn't lost a beat yet. Some pitchers can handle it and from all signs, it appears that Verlander is one of those guys.

Gotta go with the Simpsons. As many episodes as I have watched over and over again, and I constantly find myself quoting the show in real-life situations.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) what's the point of winning a division if the only starting pitcher you have worth a damn in the postseason has 250+ innings under his belt by October 1st It's better than not winning the division and him only throwing 220 innings. See Milwaukee in 2008.

If you have Mark Teahen signed for $5.5 million next season, doesn't that automatically disqualify you from discussion for best GM in the league?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 09:55 AM) Nobody plays baseball in Greece. It's hard to scout in North America to begin with, now imagine scouting in a country where maybe a thousand people play the sport. Wouldn't that make it much easier? Scouting 1,000 people instead of several million?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 08:25 AM) Adam Dunn and Brent Lillibridge are going to be our 1b's for the near future. One has a SLG% of over .500, the other one is just over .300. I'll let you guess which player has the higher one. Probably the same player you would have guessed in March.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) I know what you're trying to say, and it's absolutely BS. No one on here acts like Getz is "the one that got away". People clamor for Daniel Hudson because he's damn good. Looked damn good last night vs. the dangerous Astros

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 07:53 AM) Wouldn't we be 3 GB in that scenario? 5 GB now. Sox go 2-1, DET goes 1-2, that would only cut it to 4

Rios

Entourage has been surprisingly entertaining

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 09:10 PM) He had first inning troubles even in the minors. 3 of those 5 runs are unearned too. He may lose tonight, but it wouldn't surprise me if he shut them down for 5-6 innings now. Yeah, I remember him having similar troubles early this season. He would give up a quick 3 spot in the 1st, then just start dealing. Who the f*** are these guys in the Astros lineup? J.B. Shuck? J.D. Martinez? I know Bourgeois was a Sox farmhand, he can run, but I'm not sure if he can hit.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) Tuesday: Fister vs Masterson Wednesday: Porcello vs Jimenez Thursday: Verlander vs Carmona Go Tribe! Thankfully Carmona is facing Verlander, would hate to see the two better pitchers get wasted vs. DET's ace.

One down, 3 to go.

Hudson down 5-0 in the 1st, but that's understandable against the potent Astros offense. They do have Hunter Pence & Michael Bourn.

When do playoff tickets go on sale???