NUKE_CLEVELAND

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 29, 2005 -> 01:15 PM) TWINS LOSE!!! Let's win and get that lead to 4.5 games! We need to. This lead is getting way too small for my comfort.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 29, 2005 -> 01:09 PM) Look they actually did something smart. They are going with the pitches instead of just pulling everything. If they keep this up Chan Ho will start to go in and then they can pull the f***ing thing for power. Impressive ABs by both Uribe and Crede. Its about time they did that. I'm so sick of seeing those pitches on the outer half getting pulled to short.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 29, 2005 -> 01:08 PM) As much as we've bashed them, good job by our 8-9 guys this inning. They have certainly earned it. Gotta hand it to em this time though, they actually came through.

WOW!!! Cruddy comes through with a sac fly!! 2-1 good guys now.

Park made a mistake there and AJ made him pay. 1-1 GAME

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 29, 2005 -> 12:54 PM) The only reason our lead will stay at 3.5 games -- Roy Halladay is pitching a gem against the Twins and has a 2-0 lead into the 9th inning. We keep hitting ( or not hitting like this ) and we're gonna be in second place by next week. Book it.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 29, 2005 -> 12:51 PM) The moraine valley baseball team has a more potent offense right now than these guys. WTF, so much for the power hitters striking fear. You're damn right about that. We couldn't hit the ball if we sent our batters up there with telephone poles at this point.

QUOTE(Brian @ May 29, 2005 -> 12:08 PM) Why did Ozzie take Rowand out of the 3 hole? Not sure if it was discussed. His average went up since his move there. I had the same question. What is the reasoning for taking someone out of a spot in the lineup when he was actually starting to hit the ball from there? Not only that but to replace him with Everett who has just sucked REAL bad lately.

I hate the Flubbs as much or more than anybody here but I never want to see anyone get seriously hurt under any circumstance. I really REALLY hope Prior is ok and back out there soon, although from just seeing the video once and not having heard anything else it looks like he's gonna be down a while.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ May 28, 2005 -> 01:09 AM) I still fantasize about the day a hyped up White Sox pitching prospect comes up and contributes right away. He clearly wasn't ready yet. He just needs some time.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 27, 2005 -> 10:54 PM) BMAC sent down That curve is sick. He just needs to work on keeping the ball down in the strikezone and throwing that change for a strike. If he could learn a cutter damn. BMAC is going to be an awesome pitcher for this team. Like you said, he's got to learn to keep the ball down more and he's got to add some muscle to his frame.

QUOTE(chisox2334 @ May 27, 2005 -> 07:02 PM) Guys seriously what was ozzie plan before this season. if your lookin for big boppers come in and do it your wrong. Ozzie told ya we would win close games with pitching defense and timely hitting. I guess no one notice that. The problem is that we're not getting ANY hitting lately aside from Pods and Gooch. The offense is in a world of hurt lately.

So........are people going to start admitting we have a serious problem in the batters box or are we gonna hear more of this "LA LA LA we have the best record LA LA LA"?

Dont forget about the game chat. We got a good crowd in there already and we'd like to see some more.

QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ May 27, 2005 -> 10:50 AM) Again, I hope you guys are joking because the heralded Steve Maltais couldn't cut it in the NHL. He played half a season with Columbus and was worse than a 4th liner. The game would be dominated by the Hawks. I wish that were true but the Slacks would lay down and play the NHL version of corpseball just as they have been for the last 9 years or so.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 27, 2005 -> 01:11 PM) TOUCHE until it reached terminal velocity though.....YES! I LUUUUUUUUUUVVVVVVVV PHYSICS

RIP EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ May 27, 2005 -> 12:05 AM) True It's amazing how a story about how newsweek f***ed up gets infinitely more coverage than the story of an innocent man being killed in US custody via his legs being beaten so badly that a clot stops his heart. Yeah but not as much as the bloodthirsty media and their obsession with beheadings and carbombings in Iraq. Frankly, nobody gives a damn about someone who dies in U.S. custody over there.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 26, 2005 -> 06:44 AM) No, that's not it, Eye. It was obvious that there was a story here, but because of the nature of anonymous sources, when one central to portions of the Newsweek story backed off on comments he/she had made it basically left Newsweek dangling in the breeze. Ragardless of the limited nature of the Newsweek retraction, everybody out to see them and all "liberal-biased" media (the new Bogfoot) discredited has conveniently broadly interpreted their backing off as proof positive there was no substance to the story content. In fact there have been these types of allegations since 2002, and regardless of statements that terrorist dtainees are 'trained to lie,' there is a lot of coroborating evidence in the FBI reports and elsewhere. Bashing the use of anonymous sources is such an easy attack strategy, but anonymous sources have been and always will be important media resources. Sources choose to remain anonymous for many reasons. I know I don't need to get into them - this is a smart audience that selectively chooses to be naive to how stories are broke when it suites them to do so. The clinging to the flimsiest strands of 'plausible deniability' and the attacking the of sources of troubling reports rather than trying to demonstrate any semblence of accountability and fix anything is simultaneously laughable and truly worrying. As I said earlier, the unintend backlash of all of this is that the next reports of military misdeeds, things not going according to plan on the war fronts, etc., are going to be supported by an avalanche of coroborating details so they are less easy to scoff off. And of course, this will also be seen as irresponsible journalism by those that think some of our actions, inactions, and missteps are best left unrevealed. Here are your "abuses" of the Koran. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/26/quran/index.html What a bunch of horses*** this whole argument is. The detainee who made the charge now says he didn't actually see this alleged flushing but "heard about it somewhere". These allegations of Koran abuse are flimsy at best and are getting more so with every passing day.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:53 PM) Greg is working on breaking everyones swing down. The team should be hitting 210 by July. AJ for years has been a very good batting at hitting the ball the other way. AJ is now opening his hips up and pulling the ball more. He credits Greg Walker for helping him with his new stance and approach on his power stroke. He better not learn japanese. How do you say "pull the ball son" in Japanese?

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) I am submitting cruddy to urbandictionary.com. Gonna have a picture of the cruddy one as the description. Here are some synonyms: credepopsitup Joe and 2 Joe for 4

QUOTE(fathom @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:19 PM) I'd take Borchard over Timo. Is death an option?

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:16 PM) Well Everett and Crede may not be here but Dead ain't going anywhere Yeah, it'll be hard to find a GM who wants a rotting corpse with flies clustered around it.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:13 PM) I agree with you. Borchard also gives you the switch hitting ability, which might make the opposing team bring in a new reliever, etc. This guy couldn't even cut it in the Mexican leauges. What makes you think he belongs here in the majors?

QUOTE(nvxplorer @ May 26, 2005 -> 11:12 PM) Konerko is hitting .395 over the last ten games, so you may want to exclude him from the triangle. When he gets back over .250 then I'll believe it. Dead and Cruddy already gave us a head fake with their mini hot streaks earlier.