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We finally got to this s***bird. 4-0 good guys. Zito gets the hook. EEEEEEEEEEEEEYESS!!!

Garland looking good through 3. We need to get him some runs though.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 06:49 PM) Gimme a break...how many guys had career years for the Royals that year??? Quite a few. LOL And they still blew. That's the funniest part.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 04:16 PM) I still feel much better going into Oakland on a seven game winning streak with a 3-0 Garland than going in with an 0-3 Garland. Not to mention that Zito has stunk up the place so far in April. He's 0-3 with an ERA of 7 or so if memory serves.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 05:25 PM) LMAO. I know that we're better then 2003 KC. Hell, ESPN still has a hard on for that team two years later. Like any other impotent asshole that hard on doesn't last very long.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 05:23 PM) Jesus Christ, even I didn't parallel the '05 Sox with '03 Royals... I think you know better.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 05:16 PM) This is by far the best start any Sox team has had plus our history is to play hard the second half. Add two good halves together and we're there dudes! Nice of the Tigers to talk about the team that just kicked their butts and they make an analysis without anything behind it except a flushing DeToilet Tiggers crapper. Funny how they talk s*** when they have a sub .500 record and we have the best record in the majors. They can kiss my ass.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 04:15 PM) this from the guy who yesterday said that el duque is gonna get rocked and that if he and contreras keep pitching like this its gonna be ugly etc etc etc... lol not meaning to really bash you since i totally agree with what you're saying... i just thought it was interesting Notice, though, how I didn't say we were holding a 1 way ticket to suckage as a result of it.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 04:11 PM) Maybe people are afraid of success. If we keep winning they'll have nothing to b**** about. Maybe if the party gets even more awesome the buzzkills will either go home or even better........join in.

QUOTE(False Alarm @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 04:06 PM) the ratio (and quantity) of runs scored vs runs allowed between the two teams is pretty close too, and i believe that tends to be a reliable predictor. dude saw a parallel and raised it for discussion. it's the kinda thing peeps do when they, you know, talk baseball. why's everyone jumping on him for that? The quality of the '03 Kansas s***ty staff was laughable. It doesn't surprise me that their one good month was a head fake for what was to come.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 01:16 PM) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/hock...ex.html?cnn=yes LOL!!!!!! I saw a clip of that on TV. Stupid ass gets out there and forgets the words like 3 times. Then once she gets a look at the words and goes out there to try again she falls right on her ass right at center ice. TOOOOOOOOO Funny.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:59 PM) Half of them will be dead due to jumping off of a bridge. No great loss.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) I enjoy watching A Row play. wants to win. willing to hit to right field, bunt, run into walls. I'm not worried about Rowand. But I am concerned about Dye. Maybe there will be a Brian Anderson sighting. He is kicking butt at Charlotte, a single short of a cycle yesterday. Dye is a concern of mine.....not a worry. If he's still in a funk like this in June or July then it'll become a worry. Till then.......anybody can have a bad month. It's still April after all.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:55 PM) As much as I hate it when someone says 'The Sox suck because KW didn't sign the guy I wanted, the immortal [insert AAA/$25 mil talent here]'... I hate it just as much when someone says, 'We're winning, so I don't want to hear anything negative out of any of yous'. No thought police is why this is a good site. If the level of negativity around here had a legitimate reason I wouldn't let it bother me so much but in the context of having the best record in baseball and riding a 7 game winning streak does it not seem unjustified? I wonder what some of these people are going to post if we drop a couple of games in a row as is bound to happen sooner or later.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 01:48 PM) My best bud used to live in Russia and would totally agree with Putin. It seems so puzzling, but then again most Russians think Gorbachev was a traitor. Weird place in the world. Gorby saw the writing on the wall but by the time he got in there was little he could do. It simply amazes me that people could wax romantic about a system that slaughtered more people than the Nazi's and kept half a continent under a blanket of repression for half a century.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:48 PM) If you dont see a point in the information, then dont post under the topic. Let others have a crack at the debate. Its not that difficult of a concept. Others have chosen to refute the argument with a rational post, thats also another way to go. You still havent answered my question. How is this a valid comparison? Nothing about the '03 Kansas s***ty team and the '05 Sox is even close save for the W-L numbers in April and the fact that BBTN and the like vastly overrated them as a ball club early on then promptly forgot about them when they started to suck.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:46 PM) Don't worry...The Yanks and BoSox will field the entire AL starting lineup anyways. .......even though their combined record might well be .500 or so by that time. That's why the all star game has no meaning to me anymore.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:42 PM) Read the rest of my posts you ranter-wanna be. I wasnt trying to be negative, just posting some information that i had seen out there. Frankie says relax What, may I ask, is the point of such information? There is no comparison between us and the "Got no starting pitching" Kansas s***ty Royals fro 2 seasons ago.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) LOL Nuke, feelin' good today? Hell no dude, I gotta work tomorrow. The Crede shot deal is alive and well though.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 02:44 PM) I have been thinking about our great start to this season and the negative reaction from sporting press. Many observers are linking our team to the 2003 KC Royals and their great start and 3rd place finish. Over achieving by the pitching staff, and lucky 1-run wins. Many people on this board are wondering if our numbers are going to come back to earth as well, especially when we have to face tough opponents in august etc. KC win/loss splits Month by Month Split W L RS RA WP March 1 0 3 0 1.000 April 16 7 122 95 0.696 May 10 19 131 177 0.345 June 15 12 155 160 0.556 July 15 11 136 125 0.577 August 13 15 146 155 0.464 September 13 15 143 155 0.464 Our April is starting to look alot like KC. Longest Winning Streak: 9 (March 31 to April 12) Lets all hope this is not the case, but what do you think? LOL!! OMFG. You think because we had a similar April to KC that we're gonna end up like them? BUZZKILL!!!!!!!!!! BUZZKILL!!!!!!!!! BUZZKILL!!!!!!!!!! If you have to stretch that far to find something negative about this team you really need to keep your mouth shut. Right now there is no legitimate argument that this team will falter so save it.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) I want Dye to do well so bad. Though he was a Sox killer while in KC and Oakland, he just seemed like a good guy. I like what he did this offseason, staying true to his word with the Sox, after being offered more money. I guess this thread might help. The Crede threads just resulted in a 14 game hitting streak. Rowand's bashing thread over the weekend resulted in 2 crucial hits in the Saturday and Sunday games. I guess it's Dye's turn. f*** JERMAINE DYE!!!!!! HE SUCKS!!!!! SHIP HIM TO TRIPLE A AND BRING BACK BORCHARD!!! There. That should be good for about a 20 game hitting streak.

QUOTE(upnorthsox @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) Since 2001, Jose has 370 DP's in 499 games at SS or .742 DP/gm Uribe has 264 DP's in 354 games at SS or .745 DP/gm That's hardly a significant statistical edge and could well fall within the realm of luck. I'll compare their arms just as soon as I see Juan get to a ball deep in the hole and make a throw like Jose did often. GAAH!! Forget about Jose f***ing Valentin. He's gone. Does not play here anymore. Wears a Dodgers uniform now. The guy we got there now, Uribe, is every bit the player Valentin was except for the HR numbers but you know what? That's counterbalanced by the fact that he doesn't K 4 times in a game. . . . . . . . . . . Oh and Uribe makes FAR less money than Valentin does.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Apr 25, 2005 -> 03:17 PM) Enjoy your White Sox, please? That's too much to ask for some people. We're kicking some ass and taking names and some of us so called "fans" here dont like it so they start inventing disasters that are waiting to befall us. All I hear from these people is "what if". What if the pitching starts to suck? What if we have major injuries to the entire starting lineup forcing us to throw out a junk lineup like yesterdays out there every day. What if Mark Buerhle turns traitor and starts sabotaging us.......what if, what if, what if. SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!!!! You who are talking like the "fan" I just described are one thing in my eyes. A buzz kill. BUZZ KILL. You're the guy who at a rocking party sits around worrying if the cops are gonna show up. You're the guy at a bar with friends who keeps looking at his watch and yawning loudly cause everyone in the group is having fun but you. I got news for you guys. Nobody likes a buzzkill. Yes this team has a few issues that they need to address but guess what? The sky is not about to fall because we have this record for a reason. We are a BETTER team than last year (GASP!!!) and it's showing in our record. In closing. Stop being a buzzkill you "fans" and try for just a second to look at the positive side of things. Rant over.

That was a hell of a game from start to finish. Nobody really assumed control until the Bulls made that last push in the 4th quarter. Glad they won and here's hoping to knock down another winner before heading to their house.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Apr 24, 2005 -> 10:09 PM) im just saying that until he has that day why dont we just support our guy? I'm not saying he sucks overall but he certainly sucked today. He was just lucky to get by with a minimum of actual run damage done to him.