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QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 02:31 AM) Think about it.... The WHITE sox... huh huh...

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 10:29 PM) I agree. Just because somebody roots for another team, it doesn't mean they're an idiot. I'm pretty lucky in that regard. I go to ND and the people here are from all over the US. I probably know at least one fan from every pro-level sports team out there (except maybe the Clippers). It really forced me to build up a bigger knowledge of pro sports as a whole. If you look at the whole league, you can really appreciate the game on a new level. I think I've gotten a lot better at appraising the make-up of a team before a season starts and guessing how well they'll finish up. One of the things I'm the proudest of was prior to the 2004 MLB season. A bunch of guys were Phillies fans and there were a few Cubs fans in there, too. Basically they were calling a Phillies/Cubs NLCS before the season started. I practically got laughed out of the room when I suggested that St. Louis and Houston might have something to say about it. Guess who had the last laugh over that one? ND SUCKS! /I had to

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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 08:51 PM) The White Sox over this 7 game win streak have been hitting like nobodies business. They have scored atleast 4 runs in every game. 12-6 6-0 5-3 4-3 11-8 5-1 5-1 38 runs for the Sox over their last 7 games. Thats 5.43 runs per game. Not bad at all. Funny how this winning streak/offensive explosion started after that 10 run inning against Arizona, we all knew it was a huge uplifting game but this is just awesome. Somebody probably already corrected you, (I haven't read the whole thread), but that's 48 runs in 7 games. Also, the Sox have outscored their opponents 46-16 since rally MOJO made an appearence.

question answered, this thread will now die.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 05:04 PM) Yes. Everything I've said in this thread is simply beyond logic. :rolly :rolly :rolly Yes it is. I'm as big of an Aaron Rowand fan as you're going to find. He desreved the starts he got in the 3 spot, especially against LHP. You have to acknowledge that last season was a career year. His high OBP last year, and his respectable one this year, rides entirely on his batting average, and his inability to get out of the way of inside pitches. Rowand is a .285 hitter. He had a great year last year, but he's not going to do that ever again. You seem infatuated with batting average... Rowand's BABIP is .335, well above league average. He's a speedy guy, so I would expect him to have a BABIP above league average, but he's not going to improve on that. Translated: his batting average isn't going to go up. Frank, meanwhile, has a BABIP of .167, well below average. You can't really control BABIP, it's all trends towards .300 the more AB's you take. Speed is the only real factor, so I'll acknowledge that Frank will be below league average in BABIP, but that average is going to go up probably to somewhere in the Konerko & pierzynski range (.250). Translation: Frank's batting average is going to rise, so will his OBP.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 04:59 PM) Yikes.. I'm out. Me too. This guy is crazy, and not worth arguing with.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 04:46 PM) How many of those years are after 2000? Thomas 2003 or Rowand 2004 (both of their last complete seasons)...who had the better year? FRank and it's not even CLOSE.

Sox record by who bats in the #3 hole Frank -- 8-2 .800 Carl -- 26-12 .685 Aaron -- 15-8 .652

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 04:12 PM) I'm honestly not stirring the pot. I just think Frank is turning into a different type of hitter at this stage of his career. He's not the .300 hitter he used to be. He will probably hit .270 at best this season, and with a ton of walks might have an oba of around .360 or so. Not great numbers by any stretch. Just career numbers for Aaron Rowand.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 03:49 PM) Why are we focusing on Frank's/Aaron's career OBP when we should be focusing on what he/they can do NOW. What makes you think Frank can't get on base more than Rowand now? He sports a tidy .370 OBP right now. while Rowand's career high was .360 last season. Did I mention that Frank has 6 HRs in 1/6th the number of at bats as Rowand. HRs are good. You want to have more opportunities to hit them. Bat frank higher, and he gets more chances. He also gives the guys lower in the order more chances by making fewer outs than Rowand.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 03:38 PM) HE....CAN.....BAT......FOURTH......AND.....KONERKO.....CAN.....BAT.....FIFTH Thank you. Wait... Konerko hits lots of HRs right? DO you want lots of people on in front of him, or fewer people on. Franks career OBP is around 400 Arron's is around 340... It's not even a question. Frank.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 12:08 AM) Great Falls gets slammed: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...bilrok_grfrok_1 NICK LEMON FOR HOF!!!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 01:26 AM) I've never seen an All Star starter work more than 2, 2 1/3 innings tops. Can anyone else remember seeing otherwise in the last 10 years? Usually the starter gets 2 innings, then the manager starts pumping in the rest of his bullpen. I mean, it's almost a professional courtesy...if your the manager and you run an opposing team's pitcher out for 4 innings and wear him out...why shouldn't you expect the same treatment the next year? No one wants their team's pitcher to be worn out by the AS game. petey went 3 innings in beantown. He struck out the first 6 he saw if I remember correctly.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 11:51 PM) No they don't. The Twins have used 5 starters even with days off. They had Monday off and started Lohse tonight. Johan santana has 15 starts....The twins have played 68 games. 14*5 = 70 -- Johan pitched number 15 two games ago, and he didn't start opening day. He was their second starter. He's got one extra start than if they stuck with a straight 5-man rotation. If they were going by straight 5-man rotation, he wouldn't be due to pitch #15 for another couple games.

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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 06:35 PM) Exactly my point. The last thing we want is for Garcia or Contreras to hit a wall come September or October. Remember, if we go far into the playoffs, they'll probably push 40 starts anyway...there's no good reason to have them go 45. Ozzie plays backups in 1 game out of every series anyway. BMAC won't do us nearly as much harm if he loses a few games as having Garcia or Contreras go down before the playoffs would. You guys are overstating it. There's about 15 off days (not counting the ASB) during the season. that's 15 opportunities to skip the 5th starter, but that doesn't mean that the 5th starter disappears completely. The 4 starters who are always on regular rest get about 3 extra starts per season, if that. 35 starts a piece * 4 = 140 starts. 22 starts left. The 5th starter is still gonna make about 25+ starts, so the others are going to have 35 or less starts. That's only if you do it all season. We're already at game 70, still using the standard 5 man. Each guy has started 14 games. So if you skipped the 5th at every available opportunity for the rest of the season, you'd only add about 1 extra start to each of the top 4 guys. OH NOES! Halladay is starting as often as possible. Radke & Santana are starting as often as possible. It just makes sense that you want your best pitchers pitching more often than your worst ones.

I haven't been able to sleep. Thanks.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) I wonder Why lou left the kid in so long. I have a feeling Lou just doesn't give a f*** at this point.... Lou was mad... He left the kid out to dry. He had Orvella out there first and he couldn't get anyone out. That got them back within a run (I think) Sweet Lou was already throwing things at that point. The second kid was terrible (obviously). Pitching up in the zone and the ball is gonna get hit hard.

What's really s***ty is I took Nomo at +400 and the over.... I was already spending that money. F'n Travis Harper.

Travis Harper is available in in any fantasy leagues.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 05:25 PM) Garland would only be getting 4 days rest(Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday). I don't like that at all. If you're not going to pitch BMac, send him down and bring up another pitcher. Our pitchers throw enough as it is. Yeah, I hate it too. We should go to a 6 man rotation when we don't have an off-day every 7 days.

well at least it wasn't a balk... ASU has 9 lives.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 05:00 PM) that nebraska game was incredible, definitely game of the year How did it end?