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A long time ago, someone used to post a Jpeg file of the month's schedule in various sizes to be used as a desktop wallpaper. Does anyone still do that? Thanks!

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 7, 2010 -> 11:50 AM) Comcast out here doesn't offer WGN either. I live in Oregon too, and have DirecTV, no WGN for me either. Perhaps because I have the bargain basement package though. MLB Extra Innings for DirecTV is doing a free preview from April 5-11.

I'm pretty sure that's a Boston shirt.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 01:08 PM) When you win the first couple of games in a series you really need to start stepping on the necks of some of these teams. This is not a tip your cap game. This is our DH in RF forgetting how many outs there are, some kicking the ball around, some throwing meatballs mixed n with some I want to go home situational hitting and poof you have the turd sandwich we see today. Remember the suspended game last year? Konerko had a quote before that game like "good teams win series, but really great teams sweep and step on the necks of opponents. We want to separate ourselves from the good teams and be a great team." That was the jist and in no way was that verbatim... but it stuck with me, because every time we take the first two I think about his quote, and too often this time I have been disappointed after a loss in the final game. I agree, winning series is real important. But sometimes you have to keep pushing and step on their necks. Sweeps make up some ground on the series you lost too.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) Preserve the pen? Isn't that what we did yesterday? Hey, I'm not advocating it.

Is this one of those games where Ozzie isn't really concerned about a win today... or Danks' ERA for that matter, but rather preserving the pen in the long run? I realize Danks has somewhat settled in, but he's nearing 110 pitches.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 12:58 PM) I like it.

I feel like every time I check Scotty's stats, his avg. is ten points different. Like he bounces from .310 to .300 all the time. Guess this is one of those stretches where he is dropping. Then in the next few games he'll go 8-11 and bring it back up.

My bad. Perhaps I am the manic one. Possibly why I wave been weeping and laughing all morning.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 12:45 PM) Please. It's one game. Don't start that again. There has been too much euphoria on the boards. This board is so manic. If we lose one game its doom and gloom, season over. If we win a few people are aligning the pitching staff for the playoffs.

Santana has thrown 18 pitches in the last 2 innings. 6 up 6 down. I hate this team. At least this game is bringing us back to earth. A team that plays defense as poorly as we do does not do well in the playoffs.

There is nothing I hate more than scoring runs, and then the pitching staff goes out and gives them right back.

What do you bet that Ozzie puts in a crappy Sunday lineup for game 2?

Tigers lose

Pretty good article about Buehrle: http://www.dugoutcentral.com/blog/?p=2580 Mark Buehrle – The Forgotten Ace Published by Joe Giglio on July 21, 2009 06:34 am under White Sox If you were asked to name the best pitchers in baseball, who would your list include? When I asked my brother, a big baseball fan, these were the names that he mentioned: Johan Santana, C.C. Sabathia, Brandon Webb, Josh Johnson, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Zack Greinke, Tim Lincecum, Jake Peavy and Josh Beckett. Pretty impressive list of names. Often times on The Shore Sports Report, my co-host and I will talk about the best pitchers in baseball. We rank these starters as the best currently going in their leagues, and the guys that we would want on the mound for us in a big game. Every time these pitchers are on the hill for their team, fans believe that their team will win that game. That is how I define an ace. Over the years, I have been paying attention to a pitcher who I consider a number 1 starter, but few fans or experts ever rank up there with the other big names. That pitcher? Mark Buehrle. What? Why? How? Most importantly, WHO? Mark Buehrle has quietly compiled a noteworthy career over the past nine seasons as part of the Chicago White Sox rotation. Although never finishing higher than fifth in the Cy Young voting, and only appearing in three All-Star games, he has been one of the best and most consistent performers of this decade. Since joining the White Sox rotation full time in 2001, Buehrle has gone 127-88 with a 3.75 E.R.A, won a World Series, thrown a no-hitter, thrown 200+ innings every season, had an ERA higher than four only twice in that span, and won double digit games in every season. Of the pitchers listed above as the best in the game today, only one (Halladay) has more career wins than Buehrle. His career winning percentage and ERA are nearly identical to Josh Beckett. He has 12 more career victories than Johan Santana at the same age. He has done this all despite playing in one of the best hitters parks in all of Major League Baseball. Tom Glavine, the soft tossing lefty that many believed would be the last 300 game winner baseball ever saw, was 122-78 through this same juncture in his storied career. What is it about Buehrle that makes baseball fans fail to recognize his consistency? Is it because his game isn’t flashy? He doesn’t throw 98 miles per hour, won’t lead the league in strikeouts, and has never had that one historic year. He does win games. He wins them consistently. My co-host asked me whether I would be comfortable with him as the number 1 pitcher on my team. I said that I would, and I think a legion of White Sox fans (I’m talking to you, Mr. Obama) would agree with me. Mark is 10-3 with a 3.52 ERA this year, and is consistently a good second half pitcher. Will this be the year he finally wins 20 games or the Cy Young award? Probably not. There always seems to be a never flavor of the week having a big year to overshadow him in his own division. The emergence of Santana as the best pitcher in baseball, Cliff Lee putting it all together, and the heartwarming story of Zach Greinke have made even the writers who cover the American League Central division put the accomplishments of Buehrle on the back burner over the years. We are always looking for the next big thing in sports. The new 20 game winner, 500 home run hitter, or closer who throws over 100 mph. Often times we overlook the players that are performing seemingly ordinary, but actually are excelling like few before. Baseball is the ultimate game of numbers. In no other sport are records revered like in the game of baseball. 3,000, 500, 300, and .400. Those numbers need no explanation. Every fan knows the sanctity of those accomplishments. I think we forget that those numbers are achieved not through two or three all time great seasons, but instead by a long, sustained, consistently special career. If Mark Buehrle continues to pitch like he has for the rest of his career, he will have amassed numbers that will eventually be impossible to ignore.