Gene Honda Civic

Sox hat on the pope is a nice touch

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I liked it when you had to get the puch-card-style ballots at the ballpark -- Voting online teh dumb /voted thousands of times last year for thomas online

Fotop, Good post -- I love posts that present statistical information to back up thier position.. We had a thread devoted essentially to what you are getting at in your post back when Buehrle signed his deal -- Comparing MB to Pettitte is a very logical choice -- I made the same comparison back in that thread Comparing his value to all those guys is a little misleading, however. In baseball you don't get PAID until you experience free agency -- I know players are winning under 15% of thier arbitration cases -- Hell Gagne lost his (how the hell does that happen) -- Rigth now MB is a good value -- Towards the end of his contract, if he continues his trend, he will not be.

Beastly arrives within the week

Link works for me --- Sadly fark has renderred many of the pics to little red boxes This is the latest --

Browns stains /ha -- I know I posted this but I'm childish and it made me laugh again.

He's from Cincy -- Or at least he was the mayor of Cincy -- Loser

Just some random things on Ebay that made me laugh -- I've still yet to purchase or sell anything on Ebay, yet I visit practically everyday -- There never ceases to be a shortage of auctions to laugh at. ????? -- like I would really click enlarge on that picture -- if you really feel like being disturbed, click on his other auctions. Nice car, small dent Car of MILLIONAIRES

believe it or not thier are rules to war too.. Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

/insert douglas adams character here.

The contract offered to him before last season would have worked out to within $500,000, over the life of the contract, he ended up signing with the sox.

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actually mine aren't accurate --- I have since looked them up -- He went 95,117,110 -- 107 avg. Though over the past three seasons he has averaged -- 103, 103, and about 100 pitches per game --- Add todays game and he is under that pace -- Plus the fact that he has gone 220in. for 3 straight years, I think he shown his durability -- he's not a power pitcher -- You worry about pitch count for younger guys, and thouse who haven't pitched huge numbers of innings..

I will acknowledge the decline in MB's stats -- Though I feel he is still an effective pitcher -- Just not an ACE MB's problems are between the ears -- as evidenced by tonights start... 7 runs scored with only one ball being hit with any authority. He didn't run out that play to open the game.. His mind was not there tonight.. It was in the same place last May, when he had an ERA over 7 -- It wasn't there in that game in Detroit after Cotts was started in Yankee stadium the day before -- He got touched up that game allowing 14 baserunners in 5 innings -- The margin between being a dominant pitcher, or just another scrub, is razor thin. Mark's stuff has not deteriorated -- his approach has -- He has to learn(or relearn) how to forget, and pitch over his mistakes or those of his defense.

Your pitch count stats are wrong -- He pitched 93 in his first outing, 115 in his second -- that would mean he would have pitched 128 pitches in his 3rd start -- Which he didn't -- Don't make up stats

Does it matter? He did not lose the game -- We lost by three runs -- That run did not matter.

(26-67) RECAP | BOX SCORE | GAME LOG | GAMECAST (45-50) FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E DETROIT 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 10 16 0 CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 9 13 0 DETROIT TODAY SEASON AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG A Sanchez CF 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 .266 W Morris 2B 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 .304 D Young LF 5 1 2 3 1 2 1 .285 K Witt DH 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 .285 A Torres PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 C Pena 1B 5 0 1 1 0 2 6 .244 C Monroe RF 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 .227 E Munson 3B 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .233 A Hinch C 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .207 M Walbeck PR-C 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .161 R Santiago SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .225 Totals 43 10 16 10 5 8 19 <!-- BATTING, BASERUNNING & FEILDING (begin) --> Batting 2B: W Morris (6, B Colon); C Pena (12, B Koch); A Sanchez (6, B Koch) HR: D Young (19, 1st inning off B Colon 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Young 3 (52), C Monroe (34), K Witt 2 (19), A Sanchez (12), W Morris 2 (13), C Pena (26) 2-out RBI: C Monroe, K Witt, A Sanchez, W Morris, D Young Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- C Pena 2, M Walbeck 1, D Young 1, A Hinch 2, E Munson 1 Team LOB: 11 Baserunning SB: A Torres (4, 2nd base off B Koch/M Olivo) Fielding DP: 1 (D Young-R Santiago-W Morris). Outfield Assist: D Young (F Thomas at 2nd base). CHWHITESOX TODAY SEASON AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG T Graffanino SS 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 .255 R Alomar 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 F Thomas DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .268 M Ordonez RF 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .293 C Lee LF 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 .261 C Everett CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .273 P Konerko 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .198 J Crede 3B 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .230 M Olivo C 4 1 1 3 0 0 3 .221 Totals 39 9 13 9 3 2 15 Batting 2B: J Crede (14, M Maroth) HR: J Crede (9, 3rd inning off M Maroth 0 on, 0 Out); M Olivo (6, 7th inning off M Maroth 2 on, 1 Out); C Lee (15, 9th inning off C Mears 2 on, 2 Out); C Everett (19, 9th inning off C Mears 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Crede (39), M Ordonez (54), M Olivo 3 (19), C Lee 3 (57), C Everett (53) 2-out RBI: C Lee, C Everett Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- M Olivo 1, M Ordonez 1 Team LOB: 7 DETROIT TODAY SEASON IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA M Maroth (W, 5-13) 6 1/3 8 5 5 0 1 2 91-59 5.01 F Rodney 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11-5 9.82 C Spurling 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 29-16 4.81 C Mears 1 4 4 4 0 0 2 17-13 3.18 CHWHITESOX TODAY SEASON IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA B Colon (L, 6-9) 3 2/3 7 5 5 4 3 1 104-58 4.36 D Sanders 1 5 4 4 1 0 0 40-24 6.14 R White 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 25-16 5.66 B Koch 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 39-28 5.58 WP - B Colon, B Koch IBB - D Young (By B Colon) HBP - C Everett (By M Maroth) Batters faced - M Maroth 27; F Rodney 2; C Spurling 7; C Mears 7; B Colon 22; D Sanders 9; R White 8; B Koch 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M Maroth 5-12; F Rodney 0-0; C Spurling 3-1; C Mears 1-2; B Colon 2-6; D Sanders 1-2; R White 5-0; B Koch 1-2 Umpires: HP - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Gerry Davis Time: 3:18 Att: 17,060 Weather: 72 degrees, overcast Wind: 11 mph Game Scores: M Maroth 38, B Colon 26 More This one looks pretty simillar to last nights game And we were down 9-1 after 5.

Boxscore Capital City vs. Kannapolis Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Capital City 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 11 2 Kannapolis « 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 14 0 Log | Wrap | Box W:F.Castro(1-0) L:C.Rondon(0-1) HR: CAP- I.Bladergroen (5) KAN- C.Lisk (4) Capital City AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Wilson Batista ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .262 Ryan Harvey lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .381 Ian Bladergroen dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .395 Tyler Davidson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .395 Shawn Bowman 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .314 Jamar Hill rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .238 Blake Whealy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .154 Derran Watts cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .243 Danilo Reynoso c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 &nbsp Dante Brinkley c 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 &nbsp Jimmy Anderson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 35 5 11 1 0 1 4 7 8 &nbsp &nbsp Kannapolis AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Chris Young cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .189 Andy Gonzalez ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Robert Valido 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .325 Thomas Brice lf 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .452 Micah Schnurstein 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Clinton King dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Charlie Lisk c 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 .200 Brandon Bounds 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .148 Seth Morris rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Totals 39 6 14 0 0 1 6 3 4 &nbsp E_J. Hill, B. Whealy. LOB_Capital City 11, Kannapolis 11. 2B_D. Watts (1). HR_I. Bladergroen (5) off R. Rodriguez, C. Lisk (4) off C. Rondon. RBI_R. Harvey (4), I. Bladergroen (16), S. Bowman (8), J. Hill (10), R. Valido (4), T. Brice (8), C. Lisk 4 (13). S_M. Schnurstein. SB_R. Harvey (3), D. Reynoso (1), C. Young (3), R. Valido (7). Capital City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Tanner Osberg 5.0 7 1 1 2 1 0 3.68 Shane Hawk 1.1 3 3 3 0 2 0 6.35 Jose Rodriguez 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.18 Celso Rondon (L 0-1) 1.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 14.54 &nbsp Kannapolis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Ryan Rodriguez 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 1 2.79 Frasier Dizard 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 4.76 Adam Larson 0.2 3 2 2 2 2 0 3.52 Fabio Castro (W 1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.00 HBP_by F. Castro (I. Bladergroen). T_3:08. A_501. powered by www.sportsnetwork.com. I wonder if Capital City's mascot is the Goofball. Maybe the Dancin' Homer?

^^^ That's my Shock --- Shock and Awe.

I feel like I'm repeating myself --- Adkins had thrown 26 pitches prior to tonight. He threw 39 tonight, and was clearly gassed.

Yeah they didn't say anything about the 32,000 strong who braved rain, rain delays, and tornadoes to come out to the game.

Attendace: 32,034. I posted the wrong games attendance -- you were right.

I thought you were at the game?

it was 8