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Had to bump this, just for keeping it alive sake.

Only number I tried was A. Simpson. After that didn't work, my interest was zero.

Where's this over/under from, just out of curiousity.

Fellas, I fixed your little problem you had going on. You can thank me now or later, whichever works better for you. boz

Great news if true. Gonna call GameStop tomorrow and find out since I have it pre-ordered.

Thanks for that post, just ordered a replacement.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 18, 2005 -> 02:52 PM) Kellerman sucks. I think we all got the point the first time you said it.

Nice use of one of my images from the Cell in the background....

Since we all love to analyze, I figured I'd come up with a White Sox edition of Fact or Fiction again this season. If you're not familiar with the concept (as seen on Sportscenter) I am going to list a series of phrases and you, as the analyst get to respond with either Fact or Fiction. I'd also like to encourage a bit of justification for each of your answers, otherwise they'll probably be knocked down by others like a scarecrow is knocked down by a fierce wind storm. So, here we go. Fact or Fiction: A White Sox starting pitcher will win 20 games this season. Fact or Fiction: Willie Harris will be on the White Sox opening day roster. Fact or Fiction: Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez will toss more than 140 innings this season. Fact or Fiction: Shingo Takatsu will record more than 30 saves this season. Fact or Fiction: Scott Podsednik will set a career high in both batting average and OBP this season. Fact or Fiction: Frank Thomas will play in more than 120 games this season. Fact or Fiction: Carl Everett will get more than 350 at-bats this season. Fact or Fiction: A White Sox starter other than Mark Buehrle or Freddy Garcia will throw a complete game shutout this season. And finally....Fact or Fiction: The White Sox will win the American League Central in 2005.

Wow, the official team release calls it a bad season. I smell bad blood here or an organization who is unprofessional.

QUOTE(shagar69 @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 06:05 PM) your right about tupac being awesome. that is true. but im talkin about the s*** thats current and out right now i.e. lil jon, ja rule, that bs rap. Out of the rap on the market right now, I only really consider a handful (Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West) to even be legit. Most of the other stuff is manufactured horse s***.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 05:53 PM) I have a theory that Tupac is alive. No dead man has that much unreleased music. It's funny, when I listen to a lot of his stuff, there are a lot of references to Bush I, so most of it was recorded in 1991 and 1992 before Clinton even took office.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 05:43 PM) That dude was on the edge of his seat every time he was up for an award. Everyone else sat back like, whatever. Any true artist knows that most good music doesn't even get on the radio and that winning a Grammy doesn't mean squat. He clowned himself. I lost all respect for the Grammy's last night when the first award of the night went to Los Lonely Boys... You wanna talk about a group of no talent assclowns, these guys are the definition. I'd like to know who listens to that garbage, it is poison to my ears.

He is a talented guy, but I don't see him bringing back rap as has been stated in this thread. He is nowhere near the talent of Tupac, a guy who is still making records fly off of shelves after being dead now almost nine years. And yes, his speech did nothing to get him new fans because he came off like a conceited jackass who is full of himself. His CD is great, I enjoy it, he is talented, but he is some of the things he has been described as in this thread and he's not going to save the rap world.

Konerko > Morneau AJ > Mauer, at least right now

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) why not both? His point, which I agree with, is that this is a hallmark holiday and that rather than going out of your way to do something nice for your significant other (wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend) just on this day, it should be an everyday occurence. I couldn't agree more. Any girl I've ever dated has always appreciated flowers a lot more when I gave them to her on a random occasion than on Valentine's Day when they expect them.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 02:59 PM) Telling people you care about them should be any day instead of this one day thing without having to buy s*** to show affection Exactly, exactly....

I will not going into bash hockey mode, but this is bad news for that league. Hopefully they'll be back next season, but it seems like their negotiations went nowhere at all, which is not good news.

Hope it's a good one!

QUOTE(thomsonmi @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 02:19 PM) You moved it just as I was making note of the fact. I actually think this is stuff is fine on the White Sox board but hell that's just me. There's really no consensus or rules so to speak as to what goes where, I just moved it because it was Non-Sox. It'd get too confusing if we had certain guidelines, so we all just move stuff at our own discretion basically.

Going to move this to the Sports Bar, since it is Non-Sox.

Moving this tiopic to Future Sox.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 02:09 PM) Well it looks like barring injuries Diaz and Adkins and either Munoz or Cotts (unless Kevin Walker has a huge ST) are going to end up back in Charlotte to start the 2005 season. Does anyone have any guesses on whether these guys will go back to starting full time or relieving? I would imagine Diaz will be starting again, as he is basically the 6th starter with the departure of Grilli. But how about the rest of them? I think Cotts will make the team, leaving Diaz, Munoz and Adkins in Charlotte. For Adkins, I'll say he'll be pitching out of the bullpen. He really has no future as a starting pitcher at the MLB level and I believe he'll be basically the man they rely on to call up if someone gets hurt in the pen. I can see him and Baj closing games in Charlotte. Munoz, I think would be best suited as a lefty reliever, although the Sox apparently see something in him as a starter. I think he'll get start in the Charlotte rotation and get another look at a starter. Diaz will definitely remain a starter in the Charlotte rotation. I think he can be a serviceable 5th guy for a major league team. Whether or not that will be with the Sox, who knows. If El Duque has his usual yearly stint on the DL, Diaz will be the man they call up. Hopefully if he does get his shot, he'll be able to work regularly unlike last season.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 01:34 PM) Aren't all of the Sox starting pitchers signed for 2006 as well? I know Garland isn't, but we own his arbit rights. 2007 could be intereting though. Contreras and Hernandez could be gone, along with Garland hitting his FA years. Along with an team option for Buehrle that year that is worth $9.5 million. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1684024

That is one of the worst, if not the worst, haircuts I've ever seen in my life.