Controlled Chaos

Hideaway, I understand your penchant for debates, but debating hypothetical scenarios is just ridiculous. Right now in 'reality' the sox are better than the cubs...lets enjoy it

September 25, 2005. During our win against Minnesota. I think most of us that can go, will be at that game so I'm gonna say kapkomet or texsox gets the 1,000,000 post..or TheBighurt35...hell anyone in Texas gets it and I win!!

I kinda agree with Yas here as I always thought Frank had aligned money with respect....but the only place we get info is the news. We all know how trustworthy they are. I think Frank is fine now and did a lot of growing up...It's hard to bite the bullet when ya get screwed. He just missed the REAL big money era. Frank handled himself with way more class than most athletes today that have one good year and want to renegotiate. Frank was solid and I think it kinda hurt him to see so many athletes making more than him. I did find this part of an article from back in 2001 (I can't get the full article unless I pay) if you want that Click Here Frank has his eye on the prize now....I truly hope they have no problems working something out and he can finish his career here.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 08:25 AM) I think the Sox should do everything in their power to hire an experienced bench coach to help guide Ozzie.. like ohhh say Tony Pena maybe...or someone like that... You mean Harold isn't cutting it for ya?? I swear I don't know what that guy does. Ozzie does need someone to help him with 'baseball' decisions, but his ego would never let that happen.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jun 3, 2005 -> 03:45 AM) There's another reason I don't want Williams to approve any trade involving McCarthy, and the (probable) transfer of a high percentage of Chavez's contract: we're providing Beane with more financial wiggle room over these next 6 years. I don't want Oakland to take our prospects, in addition to spending availalbe money on acquiring necessary components for their club. I enjoy watching this Oakland team collapse. What harm would be done if every general manager just ignored Beane? Didn't take his phone calls; looked the other way when he attempted to unload unwanted contracts. Let him draft his way back to contention. Just let Chavez continue to question the foundation of "moneyball" (aka mulder+hudsonball), and otherwise dissolve the sentiment among management and Chavez. Should make the next 6 years VERY interesting in Oakland. yeah but who gives a f*** about Oakland. Instead of screwing Oakland most GM's as well as fans want their own team to win. I'll fix Beane's problems if it helps get the Sox to a World Series.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) ... his dogs he wants williams to take care of. Yoda???

He just said he'll be with the A's at the allstar break...

talking about Oakland....talking about A-Rod and some errors..talking about Eva Longoria

Steroids era has distorted baseball numbers Steroids era has distorted baseball numbers It's not fair to hold clean players up to past standards Eric Chavez says it's not fair to compare current players to those of the steroids era. “Certain standards have been set that are unrealistic. It’s not worth it to me to take it to the next level.” By Neil Hayes NBCSports.com contributor May 12, 2005 Baseball’s steroid problem has been exposed. Testing has become more stringent and an even tougher policy looms on the horizon. But there is still so much about baseball and steroids that we don’t understand or haven’t had time to fully consider yet. Take, for example, a point made by Oakland A’s third baseman Eric Chavez. “Unfortunately, illegal substances have come into the game and tainted the numbers and the levels of expectations have jumped,” Chavez said. “For those of us who participate cleanly, it’s unrealistic. It’s unfair.” Numbers are the language of baseball but those numbers have become bloated during the Steroid Era. Chavez’s question is this: Is it fair, then, to measure current players against those distorted statistics? The A’s third baseman is off to his typical slow start. It’s been his modus operandi for the past five years. He has started slow but has still finished the season averaging 30 home runs and 97 RBI during that span. Those numbers, coupled with his four consecutive Gold Glove Awards, put him in elite company among third baseman in baseball history. Simply put, the man is quietly building Hall of Fame credentials. But there has always been a perception that Chavez hasn’t done enough. His talent is so obvious — his hands so quick and that left-handed swing so sweet — that people keep waiting for that “breakthrough” season — .300 batting average, 40 home runs and 120 RBI. “Certain standards have been set that are unrealistic,” Chavez said. “It’s not worth it to me to take it to the next level.” Chavez could’ve taken steroids. He didn’t. It isn’t that he chose not to so much as steroids came and went without him even being aware of it. He admits he was naïve. He didn’t even realize friend and mentor Jason Giambi was using performance-enhancing drugs when he was playing for the A’s. “I can’t even say I was suspicious of him because I wasn’t,” he said. “It wasn’t even a thought in my mind.” Numbers are so important to baseball because they allow us to compare players from different eras. Sometimes those comparisons are awkward. If power hitters in this post-steroid era fail to put up the kind of numbers common during the past decade, for example, will they be considered inferior? The answer to that question could impact a generation of players who are now, like Chavez, just stepping into their primes. Scouts begin projecting numbers on prospects from the first day they evaluate them. Media members, often parroting baseball insiders, talk about how so-and-so is capable of hitting 40 homers with 120 RBI. But how reasonable is that now that the steroid orgy is over? The game is cleaning itself up. As a result, we may need to lower our expectations. The boom is over. Baseball is no longer a steroid-fueled cartoon. It’s not as if the home runs will disappear. Players have gotten bigger and stronger, bats lighter, ballparks smaller. But maybe now the pendulum will swing back to the days when 30 was a magic number for home runs. Maybe then players such as Chavez won’t feel as if they are being held up to an unfair standard.

Just said Chavez is on next

Not yet...I am looking for more gratuitous Chihuahua photos.

Ozzie quote on Timo "I have two or three choices, Dye, Widger or him. I pick him because he's the best" Enough said....It is now clear to me Timo has pictures of Ozzie screwing a chihuahua

QUOTE(quickman @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) Well, I guess you will have to warn her next then Correct? I don't think either one of you deserve warnings... Steff can handle herself and Im sure she will...

uh oh....

s***.... Hawk has some f***in balls saying "He's gonna get out of it" when a ground ball is hit to Timo...

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 08:37 PM) I can't believe how many times I've seen someone say that recently. I also can't believe that it's always true. and we still have the best record in baseball. Go figure

Oz pissed me off so bad I got on here with my s***ty ass dial up connection... taking 5 god dam minutes to refresh a god dam page, just so I can come on here and say f*** s*** mutha f***er cocksucker son of a b**** dick head f*** nut....... OUT!!!!!!!!!

Does Ozzie do this to make people question him? Seriously there has to be some reason he does this kind of s***. He isn't doing it to win....cause if you're trying to win you put the best players on the field to win. Walker had no mother f***in business in this one run game. I know oz wants to win..I just can't figure out the logic. by the way... TIMO YOU f***IN SUCK!!!!!!!

Perhaps this is Timo's last shot. He has the opprotunity to get quality AB's against a pitcher he should hit. If he can't it done now...He Gawn!!!

Danica Patrick... http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/danica.htm

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) Chicago is indeed a Cubs city. Wrigley is packed and the majority of baseball fans in Chicago are Cubs fans, but I just don't understand why that is. The Cubs are not a Chicago team. Rather, like the Yankees and Red Sox, they are a National team that plays to a National market. You almost never hear a Cubs player say they are playing for Chicago, but rather, for Cubs fans at best or at worst for themselves and their teammates only (one of the few exceptions I can think of is Karros). The mystique that surrounds the Cubs, "the loveable losers," is so anti-Chicago as well. Rather than a crew that uses mind-boggling excuses like "a curse" to explain decades of failure, the White Sox carry on their large shoulders the load of having thrown one of their most recent chances to win the World Series. This fix was based on players protesting management too cheap to pay them their dues, which has harbored a mistrust of upper-management that should seemingly fit the blue collar roots of Chicago. As Sox fans, we celebrate a team grounded in reality and disappointment, that seams to find ways to lose year after year, but we are realistic and understand our destiny, rather than to boundlessly embrace "next year" a notion which seems more in line with America in general and a National audience, rather than a Chicago audience. When I watch the White Sox, I enjoy a team for Chicago and not for America. It is a team that embodies me. This is Chicago's team and no one else's. If the ChiSox ever win it all, it will be a win for Chicago and not a spectacle for everyone as would be the case if the Cubs won. Great post wedge!!

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) Yes, Hawk pretty much has the say in this situation. I just don't know what he thinks every player needs a nickname. Did Hawk come up with it or was it the email from a fan that said what podsednik meant. Hawk called him that right before he read the email..so I wasn't sure if thats where he got it or what. I don't mind it..the mayor rules the city and Scottie rules the base paths. Either way like it or not...if Hawk uses it...It will stick

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 31, 2005 -> 03:29 PM) Just because you can get an ip doesn't mean you are going to be able to use the network. haha.....thanks aboz...got that part figured out.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ May 31, 2005 -> 03:08 PM) Make sure you have the Wireless adapter plugged into your computer and run the startup disc, it will find the network and that should be it. Actually I'm at work now....and the only reason I want it at home is to sign on to soxtalk without using dial up. I have like 3 networks I find...if I go to command prompt and type ipconfig I get assigned an ip. I just can't ping anything...It's weird

Happy B-day!!!!!!!!