Controlled Chaos

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 03:55 PM) what happened? All I know is fields is bunting and next thing I know Gameday says...run scored I can only assume Fields bunted a long one. Is there anything this kid can't do?

Was there a close play at the plate?

haha....insanity. Fields bunted it outta here. SOX WIN!!

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 03:38 PM) The AJ AB was one of the worst AB's we have seen this season. Bases loaded...0 outs...a shaky pitcher and we get 1 run. haha....It's just that kind of year

No DP paulie, No DP paulie, No DP paulie

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 03:23 PM) Couldn't the Braves at least go out and get Ross Gload. Should I put my halloween costume back on for you?

QUOTE(Linnwood @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 03:07 PM) Can you expand on this or point me toward some good sources to find out more. Nearly everything I've hear or read about the Black Sox was about the scandal itself. Here's a site, but it's actually for the reinstatement of Shoeless. http://www.blackbetsy.com

Just read in the Trib it is indeed DJ. Stoney said he thought his TV broadcasts were over when they introduced HD tv. haha

value="transparent"> When my friends all had Intellivision/ColecoVision/Atari....I begged and begged for one and my dad got us a fricken TI-99. Oh it has games too though..here ya go son. So I got to play fircken parsec over and over my entire childhood.

QUOTE(shipps @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 08:11 PM) Seriously you have to buy BVLGARI AQVA I have had a ton of chicks tell me its a panty dropper. If they're just telling you it's a panty dropper and not actually dropping their panties...what does that say for you???

Black by Kenneth Cole Chrome by Azzaro Echo by Davidoff Desire by Dunhill Man you're making me want to go out and buy some new cologne. I'm a cologne whore. Don't put too much on...people should only smell you when they are close to you. There's nothing worse then announcing your presence in a room with your scent. Can't go wrong with any of these. Not overpowering. Nice clean smell.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 06:16 PM) I think Jim got some of that for Christmas and didn't like the smell. Might still be in the box. Is it in a light green bottle with a gold top? Sounds like you are describing polo. hello 1987

Pitcher Date Game Cy Young (BOS) RHP, 37 3 K May 5, 1904 Philadelphia A's, 0 at Boston Americans, 3 Venue: Huntington Avenue Grounds, day game Attendance: 10,267 Time: 1:23 Caught by: Lou Criger Umpired by: Frank Dwyer Box score Addie Joss (CLE) RHP, 28 74 pitches, 3 K October 2, 1908 Chicago White Sox, 0 at Cleveland Naps, 1 Venue: League Park, day game Attendance: 10,598 Time: 1:29 Caught by: Nig Clarke Umpired by: Tommy Connolly Box score Charlie Robertson (CHW) RHP, 26 90 pitches, 6 K April 30, 1922 Chicago White Sox, 2 at Detroit Tigers, 0 Venue: Navin Field, day game Attendance: 25,000 Time: 1:55 Caught by: Ray Schalk Umpired by: Dick Nallin Box score Don Larsen (NYY) RHP, 27 97 pitches, 7 K October 8, 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers, 0 at New York Yankees, 2 Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game (Game 5 of the World Series) Attendance: 64,519 Time: 2:06 Caught by: Yogi Berra Umpired by: Babe Pinelli Box score and play-by-play Jim Bunning (PHI) RHP, 32 90 pitches, 10 K June 21, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, 6 at New York Mets, 0 Venue: Shea Stadium, day game (first game of doubleheader) Attendance: 32,026 Time: 2:19 Caught by: Gus Triandos Umpired by: Ed Sudol Box score and play-by-play Sandy Koufax (LAD) LHP, 29 113 pitches, 14 K September 9, 1965 Chicago Cubs, 0 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 Venue: Dodger Stadium, night game Attendance: 29,139 Time: 1:43 Caught by: Jeff Torborg Umpired by: Ed Vargo See also: Sandy Koufax's perfect game Box score and play-by-play Catfish Hunter (OAK) RHP, 22 107 pitches, 11 K May 8, 1968 Minnesota Twins, 0 at Oakland A's, 4 Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, night game Attendance: 6,298 Time: 2:28 Caught by: Jim Pagliaroni Umpired by: Jerry Neudecker Box score and play-by-play Len Barker (CLE) RHP, 25 103 pitches, 11 K May 15, 1981 Toronto Blue Jays, 0 at Cleveland Indians, 3 Venue: Cleveland Stadium, night game Attendance: 7,290 Time: 2:09 Caught by: Ron Hassey (1) Umpired by: Rich Garcia Box score and play-by-play Mike Witt (CAL) RHP, 24 94 pitches, 10 K September 30, 1984 California Angels, 1 at Texas Rangers, 0 Venue: Arlington Stadium, day game Attendance: 8,375 Time: 1:49 Caught by: Bob Boone Umpired by: Greg Kosc Box score and play-by-play Tom Browning (CIN) LHP, 28 102 pitches, 7 K September 16, 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers, 0 at Cincinnati Reds, 1 Venue: Riverfront Stadium, night game Attendance: 16,591 Time: 1:51 Caught by: Jeff Reed Umpired by: Jim Quick Box score and play-by-play Dennis Martínez (MON) RHP, 36 95 pitches, 5 K July 28, 1991 Montreal Expos, 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 0 Venue: Dodger Stadium, day game Attendance: 45,560 Time: 2:14 Caught by: Ron Hassey (2) Umpired by: Larry Poncino Box score and play-by-play Kenny Rogers (TEX) LHP, 29 98 pitches, 8 K July 28, 1994 California Angels, 0 at Texas Rangers, 4 Venue: The Ballpark in Arlington, night game Attendance: 46,581 Time: 2:08 Caught by: Ivan Rodriguez Umpired by: Ed Bean Box score and play-by-play David Wells (NYY) LHP, 34 120 pitches, 11 K May 17, 1998 Minnesota Twins, 0 at New York Yankees, 4 Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game Attendance: 49,820 Time: 2:40 Caught by: Jorge Posada Umpired by: Tim McClelland Box score and play-by-play David Cone (NYY) RHP, 36 88 pitches, 10 K July 18, 1999 Montreal Expos, 0 at New York Yankees, 6 Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game Attendance: 41,930 Time: 2:16 (not including a 33-minute rain delay) Caught by: Joe Girardi Umpired by: Ted Barrett Box score Randy Johnson (ARI) LHP, 40 117 pitches, 13 K May 18, 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks, 2 at Atlanta Braves, 0 Venue: Turner Field, night game Attendance: 23,381 Time: 2:13 Caught by: Robby Hammock Umpired by: Greg Gibson Box score and play-by-play

Johnson K's 13 in perfect effort ATLANTA (AP) -- Randy Johnson had pretty much done it all -- Cy Young Awards, a no-hitter, strikeout records, a World Series championship. Randy Johnson pitched the 17th perfect game in major league history, dominating the Braves with a fastball that reached 97-98 mph and a hard-veering slider. Here is perfection by the numbers: Total pitches: 117 Strikes: 87 Balls: 30 Batters faced: 27 Velocity of last pitch: 98 mph, striking out Eddie Perez. Strikeouts: 13 Number of batters in which he reached 3-ball count: 1 Number of batters in which he reached 2-ball count: 8 Swings and misses: 28 Foul balls: 31 Pitches that Johnny Estrada saw in three at-bats: 22 Estrada foul balls: 13 Total pitches in the seventh inning: 14 Total pitches in seventh clocked at 97 or 98 mph: 6 Only one thing was missing in his brilliant career, that rarest of pitching feats. At the ripe ol' age of 40, the Big Unit took care of that, too. Johnson became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Tuesday night. "A game like this was pretty special," said Johnson, a five-time Cy Young Award winner. "It doesn't come along very often." It was the 17th perfect game in major league history, the 15th since the modern era began in 1900 and the first since the New York Yankees' David Cone against Montreal on July 18, 1999. "Everything he's done up to this point pales in comparison," Arizona manager Bob Brenly said. Johnson struck out 13 and went to three balls on just one hitter -- Johnny Estrada in the second inning. Estrada fouled off three straight 3-2 pitches before going down swinging. Late in the game, Johnson sat stoically in the dugout, staring at the ground with his eyes closed, appearing to be almost asleep. "It didn't faze me," the left-hander said. "Winning the game was the biggest, most important thing." His manager was a lot more nervous. From the sixth inning on, Brenly remained frozen in the same spot -- sitting on the bat rack, tapping Matt Kata's bat with his knuckles while following one of baseball's oldest superstitions. "This is one of those nights where a superior athlete was on top of his game," Brenly said. "There was a tremendous rhythm out there. His focus, his concentration, his stuff, everything was as good as it could possibly be." Cy Young, then 37, had been the oldest to throw a perfect game, doing it in 1904. Johnson sure didn't act his age, getting stronger as the game went along on a pleasantly warm night in Atlanta. "Not bad for being 40 years old," he said. "Everything was locked in." While it was the first perfect game of Johnson's career, it was his second no-hitter. He no-hit Detroit for Seattle on June 2, 1990, walking six. "That was far from perfect," he recalled. "I was a very young pitcher who didn't have any idea where the ball was going. I was far from being a polished pitcher. Fourteen years later, I've come a long way as far as knowing what I want to do." It was the longest span between a pair of no-hitters by a pitcher in baseball history. Former teammate Curt Schilling, who teamed with Johnson to lead the Diamondbacks to the World Series championship in 2001, watched the final two innings on a television at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Schilling now plays for the Boston Red Sox, who had a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. "Guys that play the game at that level ... do things other people don't dream of doing," Schilling said. "They push themselves. That's what he's done." Johnson is back on his game after enduring an injury plagued, 6-8 season in 2003. "He's been pitching great," Schilling said. "I just want to find all those people that were talking about the end of his career last winter." Appropriately, Johnson struck out the final batter, pinch-hitter Eddie Perez, with a 98 mph fastball. Johnson pumped his fist and raised his glove in the air, but his teammates seemed even more excited. He started to put out his right hand when Robby Hammock arrived at the mound, but the young catcher -- a foot shorter than Johnson -- gave the pitcher a bear hug instead. Within seconds, Johnson was mobbed by the rest of his teammates. "He could smell it at the end," Estrada said. The crowd of 23,381 at Turner Field gave Johnson a standing ovation as he walked slowly toward the dugout. He waved in several directions before disappearing down the tunnel. "Randy! Randy! Randy!" the fans chanted. He became only the fifth pitcher to throw no-hitters in both the National and American leagues, joining Young, Jim Bunning, Hideo Nomo and Nolan Ryan. The crowd sensed history in the making when J.D. Drew grounded out to end the eighth. The Atlanta fans gave Johnson (4-4) a standing ovation as he trudged off the mound, then another when he batted in the ninth. While the Braves hit several balls hard off Johnson, the closest thing to a hit was a slow roller by Johnson's Atlanta counterpart, Mike Hampton, in the sixth. Alex Cintron scooped up the ball and threw out Hampton by a half-step. Johnson lingered near the third-base line, giving Cintron a pat with the glove as he ran off the field. Cintron also was the offensive hero, driving in Arizona's first run and scoring the other. There were few other close calls against Johnson. Atlanta's first hitter, Jesse Garcia, led off with a bunt toward first and tried to reach with a headfirst slide, but Shea Hillenbrand managed to make the tag. In the fifth, Drew hit a liner toward the right-field corner, only to have Danny Bautista make a basket catch. "This was a legitimate perfect game, any way you slice it," Estrada said. Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Seattle history and now he's pulled off the same feat for a different team. This was the first no-hitter for Arizona, which joined the major leagues in 1998. The Braves, who started a makeshift infield because of injuries to Marcus Giles and Rafael Furcal, were no-hit for the first time in 25 years. Ken Forsch of Houston did it on April 7, 1979. In two straight games, short-handed Atlanta has endured dominating pitching performances. Milwaukee's Ben Sheets struck out 18 Sunday. Now this. "It was a situation where a dominant pitcher caught a struggling team," Atlanta's Chipper Jones said. Johnson's fastball reached the upper 90s in the late innings. Andruw Jones lost his bat trying to catch up with a heater in the eighth. Johnson dominated the Braves with two pitches, augmenting his fastball with a devastating slider. He didn't bother much with his split-finger fastball. The Diamondbacks snapped a five-game losing streak in which they scored only eight runs. Johnson took one of those losses, losing 1-0 to the New York Mets. In fact, Arizona had scored only one run total in Johnson's previous two starts. They weren't much better this time, but it didn't matter. Hampton (0-5) pitched his best game of the season, allowing eight hits. It didn't matter -- he's off to the worst start of his career. Arizona went ahead 1-0 after Hampton retired the first two hitters in the second. Danny Bautista singled to right and came all the way around to score on Cintron's double to the gap in left-center. The Diamondbacks added another run in the seventh, this time set up Cintron's double down the left-field line. With two outs, Chad Tracy lined an RBI single up the middle. Notes: Sixteen perfect games have occurred during the regular season. Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched his in the 1956 World Series. ... Hampton has lost five straight decisions for only the second time in his career. He also lost five in a row at the end of the 2001 and the beginning of 2002.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 06:10 PM) No you didn't. That was something that's happened over the past weeks. We all have our own special ways of expressing ourselves. The agree to disagree was lost in the pee pee measuring that was going on earlier. I don't quite understand why it's so hard to disagree and respect at the same time. Whoa Whoa Whoa...I just got here....pee pee measuring?? Can I play? Are there prizes? Can I bring my own judge?

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 08:52 AM) They are scheduled to become parents to (hopefully) a future Sox left hander today. Mark's pretty good on the bump...he should have no problem in there.

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 08:35 AM) On Mike North's morning show, he reported that DJ will be with his wife for an entire week when she has her baby in August, spanning six games. He said Steve Stone will be filling in and working with Hawk for those games. I heard this morning that it was Singleton that will be with his wife and Stoney will join Farmer.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 03:06 PM) Bzzzz. Her kids didn't travel the love tunnel. haha steff you have such a way with words....

Brit's Cover Sit-Down Not OK! by Gina Serpe The session was meant to be "exalting." Needless to say, it missed the mark. Badly. The ordinarily celeb-placating haven of OK! magazine is giving Britney Spears what editors deem to be a badly needed reality check this week, publishing a story detailing the disastrous behind-the-scenes antics of their failed, and now mythic, cover story with the onetime pop princess. "We were especially excited when Britney Spears’ handlers contacted us because they wanted OK! to be the magazine in which Britney could finally set the record straight about all the rumors surrounding her much-talked-about private life," the magazine said Wednesday. While it was Spears' people who first approached the glossy to "finally set the record straight," Spears' behavior leading up to, during and following the ill-fated photo shoot and interview have only seemed to fuel reports that her personal problems show no signs of waning. The interview was intended to kick off at a home in the Hollywood Hills at noon on July 19. Per OK!'s timeline of events, an hour and a half before the chat session was to begin, the magazine received a "frantic" phone call from Spears' new assistant, Shannon Funk, who, despite informing the photo editor two days prior that Spears would be bringing her own clothes for the cover shoot, wanted to ensure that a designer wardrobe would be provided. The 25-year-old star eventually rolled in to the location 45 minutes late, bringing with her a posse of five—Funk, a bodyguard and three unidentified friends. Upon entering the home, Spears "promptly banished" all but OK!'s hair and makeup crew to another floor of the spacious house, before eventually ordering them, too, to leave her quarters, the magazine reports. Spears then attempted to have her own attendants, using the products and tools of the magazine's pros, complete her look, before OK! editor in chief Sarah Ivens put the kibosh on the freelance plan. But hair and makeup wasn't the only thing not up to snuff for Spears. The singer took issue with the wardrobe selection. She deemed the clothes unsexy, with their prime faults being that they lacked in tightness and shortness. Once again, the OK!'s assembled team was driven out, with Spears promoting Funk to stylist. The actual Q&A with Spears reportedly stopped as soon as it began, when after only a few minutes, the entertainer decided to break for lunch. Against the urging of the stylists, who were tasked with ensuring the borrowed duds remained pristine enough to return to the designers after the session, Spears chowed on chicken and vegetables while still wearing a borrowed pink silk Alisha Levine dress costing $274. After finishing her meal, the magazine claimed Spears "stood up and rubbed grease from her fingers into the front and back of the dress," effectively ruining the garment. A pair of $595 Marni shoes and a $5,602 Versace gown also met their demise in the course of the day. Adding further insult to sartorial injury, Spears' new Yorkie, London, subsequently relieved himself on a $6,700 Zac Posen gown, per OK!'s account. After initially ignoring the incident, Funk eventually acquiesced to pick up the mess with a tissue but only after a staffer demanded it be taken care of, the magazine says. According to OK!, Spears' manners weren't much better: During the two-hour-plus session, Spears "had used the restroom repeatedly without bothering to close the door." And on at least one occasion, she brought some company right in with her. After the lunch debacle and just prior to beginning the photo shoot, Spears disappeared into the restroom with Funk and emerged "disoriented," acting "even more erratic" than she had earlier in the day, the magazine says. In attempting to regain control of the cover shoot, OK!'s photographer fired off four test shots while Spears sang and danced to Janet Jackson's "Alright," a track she provided herself. However, those four shots, which will not be included in the magazine, were the only ones the team could manage to snap. "Completely out of the blue, Britney walked over to the stereo, removed her CD and stormed out, with her puzzled bodyguard and gaggle of girls in tow," the magazine claims. "Our photographer ran outside and tried to coax her back into the house, but to no avail." The cover session's time of death was just after 3 p.m. Spears wasn't the only premature departure. A handful—or handbagful—of pricey garments, which Spears originally dismissed as unfit for her bod, were found to have gone missing from the home. Among the designer items that disappeared along with the singer's crew, per OK!: a pair of $950 Lanvin heels, $300 Mia Vita dress, $974 Vera Wang dress, $281 Pucci headscarf and a $6,387 Kaviar and Kind diamond ring. The total cost of items either damaged or missing from the shoot racked up to a hefty $21,267. The magazine claims Funk personally walked off with a tank top and shorts and attempted to make off with a designer dress, only stopping when the wardrobe coordinator spotted her in the act of extraction. OK! says it hoped the tell-all would serve as an intervention of sorts. "We’d love to have our old Britney back. But what we experienced was a young girl who is desperately in need of help. And sadly, she has surrounded herself with too many people who are pretending that nothing is wrong. "That is why, after much debate, we are telling this story. Britney, when you’re really ready to talk, we’re listening." The issue of OK! hits newsstands on Friday.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 08:51 AM) He looks scared on the mound. he's so slow between pitches too. I like how Danks goes out there firey and throws the ball and has a wierd gotee. This I agree with. He does look scared and it gets even worse with runners on. I'm certainly not ready to give up on him though. So he doesn't have a strong mound presence at 24...big deal. Confidence gives you mound presence and with each big league out he acquires more confidence. He can be taught to not telegraph his pitches. He has the talent and being around the guys at this level can only help. We know what he can do at AAA, lets keep him up. Hopefully something is done with Count soon.

QUOTE(DonnyDevito @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 03:31 PM) i don't see why any team in baseball would want Cintron so he most definently isn't getting traded. eyebrow waxing tips??

Farmer: let me tell you something...when you swing and both your feet are off the ground, there's no way you can get it outta here. Geez, ya think Ed??

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 02:35 PM) Wheee!! See...everyone can take a turn...

QUOTE(SoxFan77 @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 02:12 PM) Where did you get a pick of Milano in that.. That is amazing She came by last week and I took it. http://shop.mlb.com/family/index.jsp?categ...&cp=2712401

I remember when we had a few .300 players last year.