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HELL YES

Finally had to intervene to blow off some steam, we need to finish this off NOW.

Moves to Future Sox board....

I nominate this for the worst thread ever. Hype? Are you kidding me? Anyone who knows anything about the NBA knows that there are maybe four players in the league who are better than him and it can be successfully argued that he is the best player in the league. There is no one who could've lived up to the expectations that were set on this guy. He has in fact lived up to them as best as possible and has taken a team that lost its best inside player from last year to a possible playoff spot. Give me a break on the not living up to the hype. If he was on the Bulls you'd be slurping him up.

Great win!

He's not on the Sox anymore, so no one cares. This goes to the Sports Bar. Have fun pissing in a troph.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Apr 8, 2005 -> 09:06 AM) --Keeping 12 pitchers makes more sense than keeping Willie as a backup for 2b, in order to keep the bullpen fresh Not early in the season with plenty of off-days.

Looks like Anderson and Borchard played well and Adkins got bombed to me. They need to get the box scores fixed ASAP, some people live for this stuff....

Bring Back Koch...Stop Billy Time

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 8, 2005 -> 11:03 AM) If the umpires had anykind of a strike zone yesterday, no one would even be talking about Hermanson. I don't like that as an argument. You can't give up 3 homers like that in one inning with a three run lead. Hell Ozzie should've pulled him after the second one.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2004 @ Apr 8, 2005 -> 10:58 AM) I hope not. Not because I don't think he can do the job, but that means Shingo would've failed miserably in the closers role. Don't get me wrong, I like Shingo, but unless he develops something else besides fastball/change and can use it effectively, hitters will sit on straight fastball. Eventually hitters figure out a pitcher and they need to make adjustments. I am not jumping off the bridge totally yet on Shingo, but he does need to evaluate what he is doing after getting shelled like that yesterday. It wasn't like he got burned by a few bunt singles and errors, those balls were just crushed and way gone.

Hermanson will be closing by May 1st and rightfully so. Book it. Those balls were just absolutely crushed yesterday, it was unreal.

Unfortunately, I was at the game yesterday. It was a late celebration for my birthday so I decided to head up and back the same day for the game. First off, the stadium looks great. The Fundamentals deck just adds another component to the park that is unique and can't get anywhere else. Sat on the 1st base side for about the first 5 innings and froze before deciding to move to the 3rd base side into the sun for the rest of the way. Now, onto the tragedy that was the game. Perhaps, no, it was the worst bullpen management I've seen. Why Dustan Hermanson was ever taken out of the game is beyond me. Why let teams get extended looks at Shingo? Hermanson was flat out nasty yesterday, yet we have to pull him to get Shingo a save. Nothing against Shingo, but Hermanson will be closing for this team soon enough. Was very impressed with Iguchi after my first look at him. Seems to handle the bat well and likes to battle at the plate. Definitely an upgrade over Willie in my eyes. Hopefully my next trip to the Cell is better than yesterday. Now that I think about it, it couldn't get much worse.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 12:21 PM) What a concept! You'd think we are asking people go behind a shed and shoot their dog who they've had for 15 years.... It's pretty damn simple, why are we even discussing this?

QUOTE(T R U @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 12:19 PM) Cant you go to your options and turn off Sigs and Avatars so you dont have to view them?? If people dont like it, why dont they just do that.. They wouldnt have to mess with it at all then.. I dont know, but I think you can do avatars.. not sure about sigs Or people could just follow the rules, which is what will happen.

QUOTE(El Piervizdyeguchansodnik @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) The guideline says 1 pic. I have 2 pics I wanna bring back but they might be smaller than that one. Just make them look like one like you have now, those pics you have look pretty much connected to me. Like YAS said, its the spirit of the rule we are concerned with, not the technicalities.

QUOTE(ChiSox2005 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:51 AM) No, u said 5 days to get your sig taken care of, dont give me that bulls***. Whatever you say.

QUOTE(ChiSox2005 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:48 AM) You dont have 2, im alright, i have 5 days to change it so until then u cant take it off. Grow up. The five days is so people get a chance to see the message. You have seen it, so I suggest complying.

QUOTE(El Piervizdyeguchansodnik @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:48 AM) Well, I mean later when Frank comes back and I decide to bring the Takatsu sig back. As long as it follows the guidelines, it's fine. Anything else will be asked to be changed and if its not changed, we'll change it.

QUOTE(El Piervizdyeguchansodnik @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:45 AM) What if we have two sig images but they equal the size of the sig you posted in the announcement? Your sig looks fine.

QUOTE(ChiSox2005 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:44 AM) WHats the matter? Im doign what you told us, we have 5 days to change it. I took care of it for you.

QUOTE(ChiSox2005 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:40 AM) Ah, better use my Sig space while I still have it. Real cute there, or I could just change it for you.... It amazes me that people find anything to b**** about around here. It's quite simple to follow the rules, yet there are always questions as to why certain things are done. How about just following the rules and shutting up about it, ever think of that?

Perhaps everyone should comply with the rules, they aren't that stringent, yes Jason has signed off on this as have the rest of the admins. It's not that big of a deal, so get over it and comply.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 10:34 AM) No problem. I fixed it. Thanks for letting me know. Thanks. Now if only everyone else responds in such a timely fashion....

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 10:25 AM) Oh well. I'm not going to lose any sleep over this. If Lee was a prick then I don't blame Marte for hitting him. Jeckle, I encourage you to check out the announcement on the new sig guidelines.