Gene Honda Civic

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 18, 2006 -> 05:12 PM) So you're saying he had that Geocities page whacked? And now the FBI is searching for it's remains somewhere in Michigan.

PWNED!

I always knew the blind could use computers.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 17, 2006 -> 10:17 PM) 3-2 is a team stat, his ERA is still over 6, that's what I'm looking at. Kalapse, you should have started this thread before the game if that's your complaint. By this statement, you wouldn't have been satisfied unless Garland had gone 8 only surendering 1. And even then his ERA is still above 5!! He had a bad start to the season. Therefore your "he's got an inflated ERA" argument will work as long as he throws normally. he has to throw a number of shutouts in a row before you finally put that on the shelf. Garland has shown the ability over his career to have influence over the balls in play. That is, most pitchers allow a fairly uniform .300 average on balls in play. They have no control over it. It often fluctuates year to year, but career marks will hover around .300. Entering this season, Garland had a career mark of .275. He has some influence on balls in play. His sinker/changeup combo yields a greater number of weak groundouts than the average pitcher. He got away from throwin those two pitches early this season. He entered tonight's game with a BABIP of .331. It's not going to stay that high. Garland's career high was about .284. As long as he continues to throw the sinker/change, like tonight, he will continue toward his career norm of .275 BABIP and his ERA will come down. That combined with his improved walk rate, will result in him being an above average pitcher, when all is said an done. or you could just go back to complaining about his high ERA.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 17, 2006 -> 09:02 PM) Frank Thomas sucks. I'm going to Cooperstown so that I can boo him.

The TRUTH about the White Sox farm system lies somewhere between this article and whatever Flash/Quick have to say.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 17, 2006 -> 07:32 PM) corpseball f*** THAT! IS anyone watching the game? Dye runs into an out at second base Uribe hangs Mackowiak out to dry on a hit-and-run That's not corpseball!

That will unnecessarily make sportscenter.

You guys aren't factoring in that you can get 3 of a kind by picking up running 6-7or8's, which I suppose would give you a full house, but it's still 3 of a kind.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ May 17, 2006 -> 01:10 AM) So we're just supposed to know a guy can't cut it in certain situations just because? If you say so. It seems a bit naive to think a kid can handle the big leagues with just 5 (bad) innings above Rookie ball. No?

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ May 17, 2006 -> 01:04 AM) And how would we know that unless he had been put in those situations? Common sense seems like the obvious answer, but since you had to ask the question....

QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 17, 2006 -> 12:17 AM) god i hope that is sarcasm. Of course... But that's how people were rationalizing the decision to allow him to pitch to Travis Hafner in the 8th inning of a 1-run game. It seems absurd to even think that he'd be in that situation now.

Relax guys. The only reason Logan failed last night is because he hasn't logged enough high-leverage innings yet. Ozzie's just seeing what the kid can do. We're going to need him for the playoffs, especially the World Series.

QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ May 16, 2006 -> 07:44 PM) Kyle Lohse sucks cant even hold a 3-0 lead Tiggers up 7-3 in the 5th I hope they just out right release him and call up Boof Bosner and groom him for a starting gig next year $4M!!!!!

Waiting for Wednesday -- Lisa Loeb

QUOTE(JackTalkThai @ May 16, 2006 -> 05:00 PM) I believe Lohse is pitching tonight. Santana goes against Verlander tomorrow. OMG what are the chances of Lohse facing the tigers!!?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 16, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Its the Pentagon. Any little detail could compromise national security. Just viewing the video can give someone real world ideas about what would damage the pentagon... Its like a home instruction book for how to blow up a government building. I'm going to hijack a plane and fly it into the US-Mexico border. Think of the threat to national security that would cause. /ATTN: FBI NSA CIA ALPHABET SOUP -- The above should not be considered a "credible threat" I can't fly a plane. I bought a remote control plane with my allowance once when I was 11. I got it stuck in a tree within 15 minutes. Even my paper airplanes don't get very far. What I'm trying to say is, I'd never be able to pilot a plane from chicago to the border without crashing at least twice. I'm a Kennedy.

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 16, 2006 -> 01:39 PM) You're dead wrong that "I've never been." I lived in the Midwest (Chicago area, Iowa, Indiana) for almost 23 years and attended ~20-30 games at the old and new ballparks. Nice try. Well at least you backed it up by being ignorant about the size of the park.

I love being told what the capacity of MY stadium is by somebody who's obviously never been. I love being told that WE should be able to put more butts in the seats by somebody who will invariably play the "but I'm from out of state" card. WC you may have missed the memo, but you can take your argument back to 2003 where it belongs.

Fun Carlos Silva stat: HR: 15 K: 13

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 15, 2006 -> 01:34 AM) Daniel Cortes is a name that nobody has mentioned, probably because he's 1-5 with a 4.5something ERA in Kanny. But he's a 19 year old (just turned 19 in march) with a live arm who's striking out a batter per inning, and has featured solid control while also keeping the ball in the park. He's allowed more hits than innings pitched, but part of that has to do with the BRUTAL defense behind him. Kanny has twice as manny errors as they have games played. That leads to a lot longer innings, and more hits. I suppose if I have to place a caveat on the H/9, I also have to place that same caveat on the K/9 numbers. Still, he's very young, and has a good arm. That defense behind him makes the stats awfully hard to interpret.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 15, 2006 -> 12:59 AM) at the lower levels(low A and High A) we have some real raw but high potential guys. In Low A their is Paulo Orlando, Salvador Sanchez, Francisco Hernandez and Aaron Cunningham. There is also Vernon Carter but he really struggled the first 2 weeks and I havent heard anything about him since. Orlando has a brutal K:BB ratio. Supposedly, he was a really late convert to baseball. (i.e. he was only put on a team a couple years ago to be a pinch runner. Now he's playing CF and leading off, hitting for a good average, with some power to boot.) He'll need to learn that a walk is a good thing, or he's never going to be anything more than a speedy utility player like Pablo Ozuna. Sanchez is having his second straight disappointing season. As is Hernandez. Carter was shipped back to Arizona after he struggled in his first taste of full-season ball. He'll be back in the rookie leagues when they open up. These guys are falling off the prospect map fast. Daniel Cortes is a name that nobody has mentioned, probably because he's 1-5 with a 4.5something ERA in Kanny. But he's a 19 year old (just turned 19 in march) with a live arm who's striking out a batter per inning, and has featured solid control while also keeping the ball in the park. He's allowed more hits than innings pitched, but part of that has to do with the BRUTAL defense behind him. Kanny has twice as manny errors as they have games played. That leads to a lot longer innings, and more hits.

Fields (Age: 23 -- AAA), Broadway (Age: 22 -- AA), Harrell (Age: 20 -- A+), and Cunningham (Age: 20 -- A-) have been the biggest standouts at each level. They've all helped their prospect stock over the first 1/5th of the season. Fields and Broadway moving to the top of the Sox top 10 and Harrell and Cunningham supplanting guys like Francisco Hernandez who have dissapointed, again. Lumsden even with his 4 HR game has a solid ERA and should be considered a top 10 prospect once again with his stuff. Liotta has poor peripherals, but keeps stringing together solid outings. He'll need to improve control to make the bigs. Sweeney has handled the transition to AAA at 20, and now is playing some CF. He's hurt now (did we ever find out what he had?) He still should probably get another year of seasoning to really develop some plate discipline and hopefully some more power, but he should hold steady atop the prospect list. Disappointments thus far appear to be Robert Valido, Jerry Owens, Hernandez, Anderson Gomes (who phil rogers probably over-hyped), Brandon Allen.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 15, 2006 -> 12:01 AM) I say watch the game and the stats will make sense. Unearned runs rarely make sense. Do they count less than earned ones?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 14, 2006 -> 11:01 PM) Cesar Carrillo.... Here's Sickles Top 20. SAN DIEGO PADRES Cesar Carrillo, RHP, Grade A- George Kottaras, C, B+ Josh Barfield, 2B, B Chase Headley, 3B, B Clay Hensley, RHP, B Ben Johnson, OF, B- Nick Hundley, C, B- Paul McAnulty, 1B-OF, C+ Cesar Ramos, LHP, C+ Ernesto Frieri, RHP, C+ Geoff Vandel, LHP, C+ Josh Geer, RHP, C+ Neil Jamison, RHP, C+ John Madden, RHP, C+ Freddy Guzman, OF, C Kenny Baugh, RHP, C Jared Wells, RHP, C Leonel Rosales, RHP, C Matt Bush, SS, C Kyle Blanks, 1B, C Look Flash, a team who doesn't have the history of relative success as us (i.e. better draft picks than us) and they have a s***ty system.