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QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Mar 20, 2006 -> 02:37 PM) White Sox need a lefty, Thornton is a lefty with upside and control problems. Thorton's upside is that he has an injury history. The only upside here is maybe he'll blow out his arm again and save us the agony of watching him walk 7 batters/9IP.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Mar 19, 2006 -> 12:08 AM) But how about the fact that Illinois thrives on playing tough physical big 10 defense and they weren't allowed to? Adjust to the way the game is being called. Iowa got out physicaled on Friday, and I wasn't complaining about the refs. NWST's big man, who eventually did foul out, out-Brunnered Iowa. He must have caused 5 or more empty possessions on plays where he just plain pushed players who were either called for travelling, or out of bounds, or in one case an offensive foul. It started out as a physical game, and after he got away with a few should-be foul calls, he stepped it up a notch. He was bordering on dirty, but the refs were allowing him to get away with it, so he just kept getting bolder. Eventually it caught up with him and he even got a warning, but by that time he had pushed would-be fouls to let-em-play.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 11:00 PM) You're gonna get flamed by people calling you an Illini homer but it makes a lot of sense. Let's remove the Illini for a second, and talk solely about the Indy-Gonzaga game. Go back and read Rex and Greasy's posts this year. Indy lives and dies by the three pointer. Without White, they never developed a solid interior game. Yes, they had Killingsworth, but he doesn't like to move his feet on defense so he often puts himself in foul trouble, leaving Indy with no credible inside threat. -- In the game, Indy shot 36 three-point attempts to Gonzaga's 10. You can't complain about not getting to the line, when you're spending that much time beyond the other[/] line. Illinois is much the same way. The motion offense that flourished last year with three guards often stagnated without a player willing to drive the ball. Dee never took enough initiative to put the team on his shoulders. He was consistently far too content to let the shot clock run down and chuck up a three pointer. Today, late in the game when Washington went to a zone defense, the Illini just stared at it like it was something they had never seen before. They spent most of the possessions with 5 players beyond the three point circle, which -- this may come as a surprise to some -- is an area of the floor where you don't get fouled with any regularity.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 11:09 PM) Who the hell brought up the Olympics. Have you checked the ratings? Obviously you haven't because they have been very good for the WBC, which shows that most americans do care about their team not the olympics. Dude this isn't the Olympics. Where in the letters WBC is the word Olympics. Comparing the NCAA Tournament and the Olympics errrr im sure you meant WBC is dumb dumb dumb. I feel dumber now for having to correct you on such a idiotic statement. per ESPN Avg WBC game rating 1.8 Avg NBA game rating 1.6 Avg NHL game rating 1.0

That wasn't D. That was goonery. John Chaney would have been proud. They put two hands in Law's back and just pushed him over.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 06:06 PM) What would you guys estimate Boone's GB/FB ratio this spring? Infinity:1? I would say that the highest anyone has put the ball in play was today's soft line-drive.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) anyone know how serious it is? I blame the WBC.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) So much for the report of losing 10mph Don't you remember his 106MPH fastball last year?

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 03:54 PM) I'm glad he pitched well and all, but it was against fellow minor leaguers. Guillen has to find opportunities to pitch against major league talent. I agree that he's faced mostly minor leaguers this spring. But he's still facing hitters who are much better than what he saw in the Pioneer League in '05. And I think we can all see what Ozzie & Coop like about him, independent of the results/box score. He's got a shot.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 01:17 PM) ya no s*** sherlock i knew the us lost .....i meant go usa in general..making fun of that one dude for not rooting for the US....and the march madness forum pry has more post because ITS BEEN AROUND FOR A MILLION YEARS YOU MINDLESS **** AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WBC.....DURRRRRRRRRRRRRR Actually, nobody paid attention to the NCAA tournament until the early 60's. That's when it was first televised. And even then, it was only the final game. Eddie Einhorn -- you may have heard of him -- owned the company that was the driving force behind putting those games on television. If you really want to point to when the tournament took off, it was 1981 when there were 3 buzzer-beaters in the span of a couple hours. So, "a million years" in the public consciousness is more accurately 25.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 12:43 PM) The place is open THREE hours before game time? No. They say they open the gates 2 hours before game time, but it's usually about 90 minutes. I think I've only seen the Sox take BP once before.

I like this quote The two biggest plays you were asked to make, you folded like a cheap tent. Technically, that's playing under pressure; but more accurately, it's failing under pressure.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 18, 2006 -> 12:08 AM) It's not merely his own worthless opinions in this instance. I'm sure he enlisted help from outside sources to compile the list. If there's another website out there which suggests otherwise of our minor league system, someone can post it. Cheat, has Baseball Prospectus, Hardball Times, or any other baseball orientated website said differently? I believe the BA book ranked had us 12th overall before the departure of Young. That's what I was told when it was being put together, but I didn't get the book, so I can't tell you for sure. We were in the same boat in before the 2003 season, when all of our pitching prospects who had us as the top ranked system in 2000 proved to be busts. I hadn't joined up here, but I was reading. At that time even Jason and the futuresox boys weren't arguing against us having one of the worst systems in baseball. -- We had Reed, who we got just 6 months earlier, and Borchard, and Rauch, and Honel. There was nobody else. Nobody of note anyway. -- Honel was a 20 year old who got a taste of AA, and had a minor league ERA under 3, while K'ing almost a batter per 9. In other words, he was just like Gio, who already has some injury/durability concerns surrounding him. Haigwood, Young, and McCarthy were in the system, but you wouldn't have considered them prospects at that point. They weren't making any Top 10 lists. None of them had even made it to "A"-Ball yet. I'm not disputing that the system looks thin right now. The point is there are guys you don't even know about who are going to rocket through the system. There are going to be draft picks who help replenish what we've lost. The turn around is quick on these things. And as we know from our top rated system of 2000, these ranking don't really mean all that much anyways.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 11:33 PM) ya im sure it was the neat little tape presentation that sold him....theres alot more to it than a god damned tape....obviously scouts had seen him already and gave kenny the thumbs up after seeing the tape So we should take your word over Kenny, Ozzie, and Jerry, who all state that nobody in the Sox system saw Iguchi in person before he was signed? Do us all a favor and go back to bumping old threads. Any post you've made that requires more than one word is a waste of badwidth.

So we only quote Dayn Perry when he's making a point for us? I thought he was the anti-christ of Soxtalk.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 10:58 PM) oh and the ratings are very strong through the first 2 rounds......id like to see those compared with the next two rounds without the US.... I guarantee the Finals, which will be US-less will get a bigger rating than any of the games that actually featured the US.

You'll appreciate this thread, Apu.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 11:22 PM) ya kw saw a tape cuz A f***ING SCOUT SAW IGUCHI PLAY IN JAPAN.. FALSE... But keep trying. You're just proving that you have no idea what you're talking about. Iguchi's agent, Richard Moss, sent video tapes to every major league team.

I would take this opportunity to applaud MSU... who went from #4 in the pre-season to unranked, losing 7 of their last 11, while being considered the most talented team in the Big Ten. That's some good coaching. ... but it's just not worth it.

Bah... I hate St. Patty's I went to my local pub because my friends implored me to. You can't even move in there. Can't get in the front door. I came in through the kitchen. Luckily they know me there. F'n amateurs. I had one beer, not green, and left.

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) you said every country was celebrating the US loss and you only have mexico who actually beat the us which is understandable, and thats probably their sports page.....,ya it might not be on the front page of newspapers cuz sports isnt more important than....oh i dont know...actual news!! in the US....but the us loss is on the front page of every sports section of every newspaper in america.....and the korean one is not celebrating the us loss.....and its also pry the sports page I never said anyone was celebrating the US loss. You're looking at this way to America-centricly. (Yeah, I think I made up a word there.) I said 4 countries were going crazy for the WBC right now. They have been for over a week now. You can't deny that. You tried, and failed. Take a step back, find the shift key, and think about what this tournament means to average Jose Cubano & Juan Dominican. This is about growing the game. This is a much bigger deal in those other countries. Not because they are lacking "actual news," but because they care about it more than average Joe American, who's already forgotten the name of that one snowboarder and has moved onto discussing which contest would be harder to win, American Idol or Survivor.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 05:40 PM) No, but release of this adaptation is obviously targeting the "Bush is a fascist" demographic. Highest.Grossing.Movie.ever.

Isn't the book about the Thatcher administration?

QUOTE(The Bones @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 02:29 PM) UNI leads 30-26 at the half. Go Panthers. QUOTE(The Bones @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) UNI has gone extremely cold in the 2nd half. Hoyas up by 6 now. What the heck happened. I didn't get to see it, but I was watching the score... They scored 8 points in the first 17:30 of the second half!

QUOTE(WhiteSox311 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) ya ok show me the links to those top news storys......the biggest news in those countrys in not the us losing to mexico thats rediculous....maybe sports story but it wont be tomorrow for them.... I don't really know the links of foriegn news papers, but I can show you the front pages... Here are a couple of online links front page of the Korea Times -- And Here Meanwhile in the major US Papers... The NYT has no mention of the WBC on the front page, but includes a pic and story about the NCAA tourney. The Chicago Trib has no mention of the US on the front page, but a huge pic of Illini basketball. The LA Times has a picture of Griffey in the bottom right had corner and says story inside. The Houston Chronicle makes no mention of it on the front page The San Francisco chronicle makes no mention of it on the front page The Washington Post has a big picture about the GW win over the mighty UNC Wilmington, but no WBC mention on the front page. The readers digest of newspapers, USA Today, has no mention of it on the front page. It's amazing how unaware you are of the world around you.