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I should piont out that it wasn't necessarily a 4 year ban. Bans aren't sentences, they are indenfinite. They could last forever or they could end up lasting a year (if a poster reaches out to us after a while and states his case, the mods/admins will discuss and consider giving said member another chance). We don't lie when we say that we as mods/admins try our very best to be almost unnoticed (we try to do everything behind the scenes to make things run as smooth as possible and try as much as possible to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to get there opinion heard).

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:00 PM) Well, I know I'm not the only one who believes in this. Quality posters on this site have made mention of his high inning totals (compared to last year), as well as his inability to keep the ball down in his past few games. I think a collapse from Floyd/Danks is inevitable as they will likely tire (maybe not a collapse, but some sort of hiccup). However, its hard not to say that Danks hasn't still battled and done a solid job (sans tonight). That said I've wanted to see the Sox be able to get both Danks/Floyd extra days of rest down the stretch because if they push these guys too hard there is a lot of statistical evidence which would indicate we'll see each of these regress (or get hurt) in the next year.

We've long said if people don't try to circumavigate the process we are very willing to give people 2nd and 3rd chances. Welcome back Duke.

QUOTE (Molto @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 06:56 PM) You pay? I've been an Admin for years and haven't gotten a dime, and he's a lowly moderator and gets money? The guy just learned how to break paragraphs. I think I should split all the prior year bills with mods/admins.

QUOTE (Molto @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:53 PM) I remember you making fun of the time I spent I working on it ... and now you're a freaking moderator. You aught to up his rent now that he's making the big bucks.

QUOTE (Molto @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:48 PM) That's pretty much it. The board was originally under SoxNet.net, but thought it was better to have a seperate name for the board to make it easier on the users and to give it a seperate identity. Good thing that happened, because SoxTalk.com would have went under with SoxNet. It was devastating having to give up SoxNet, but very glad SoxTalk was kept and it is what it is today. The early going was pretty rough, but as you said, we ran into some luck with the demise of the ESPN board (I was a regular there), WSI banning-ways, and there was actually another White Sox site/board that had to close and brought some posters to SoxTalk.com, although I can't remember the name off-hand. It was Soxfantatic.com or something like that. The site was ran by Spataro who is now a poster here (people may remember him as the person who made the posts that led to this site being published in Sports Illustrated). I will always remember the day where we got the call that they were going to file a suit against us to close SoxNet. Pretty miserable ass day. Although I think we both learned a valuable lesson about business on that day.

QUOTE (Steff @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:43 PM) For whatever reason, the #'s don't run that way. There were a lot more members than 7 when you joined. Yep it runs inverse starting at my number. So essentially Member #1 is #127 and Member #127 is #1. However, once you get to #128, that is actually #128 so to speak. It happened when the site switched from XMB Board to Invision (and we had to convert the mysql table to invision which was a very difficult process for my programming ignorant self).

SoxNet.net was initially founded in 2000/2001. The site was a news site which was founded by Mario Scalise (Molto) and Jason Gage (myself). Molto was the actual founder though and I somehow stumbled upon to his post that he was going to start a White Sox website which he made on WSI (where I would read on occassion). SoxNet had a message board which I was in charge of (Mario was in charge of the news portion) and that board was part of a sports-network which had made up with numerous sites which had been affiliated with Rivals (sportsinfinity network). For about a full season we used that network as our forums and than after the network continued to have server issues we felt it was necessary to make the next step and establish Soxtalk.com (the baseball fans forums had a core group of about 20 posters and would get about 100 posts a day, which we thought was insanely busy). Soxtalk was my first venture into the server end side of things (from installing/building the forum to using PHP to make some customizations). Early in the Soxtalk days, WSI ran into an issue where they banned numerous members. We marketed and reached out to these members (which included being the official sponsor of SoxNRoll Radio) and eventually established a nice core-set of posters. Shortly after we gained a chunk of posters from WSI, we than lucked out into ESPN's forums being poorly moderated (we would consistently market our site by posting the articles on various forums, including ESPN/MLB) and picked up the likes of SS2k and slowly must have obtained about 90% of the consistent White Sox posters on such forums. At that point Soxtalk had established itself. It would consistently get 1000 posts a day and was filled with action. We've grown many many more times since but the one thing thats never changed is our dedication to the members of this site and the Chicago White Sox. In the middle of all this there was a time where this site was integrated with the "Insiders" network. This was something we thought was going to be a brilliant move which would give us the ability to provide the members with better content (giving us full blown credentials and access to getty images). However, there were differences of opinion between us and the people at the Insiders and legal actions had been threatened. There was a couple week span where we actually and we thought we might lose the site, however, we lucked out (although we were forced to close SoxNet.net at this time). FutureSox & Soxtalk managed to survive and now we've continued to work on growing the network.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 01:49 PM) The logic IMO is pretty simple. The Chargers really have a 1-2 year window to try to win a super bowl before guys like Merriman and Rivers and LT either hit free agency or have some major contract demands after those big drafts they had. After that, their window is probably going to shut because of salary issues. If you are close to getting a fat payraise why would you ever risk your entire career. I could see the logic for the Chargers letting him play, but no the logic for Merriman doing this.

Soxtalk.com has made some adjustments to the admin/mod team in order to add some newer members to the mod ranks. We believe fresh posters can lead to innovative ideas which will help the site continue to remain successful. In addition, you might see a mod or two who used to patrol a forum no longer listed as a mod. This is because these individuals have had changes to their personal lives which prevent them from being able to moderate. We are very appreciative of those mods efforts over the years as they are a large reason the site is what it is today and we look forward to the contributions the new mods will bring to the site. So please welcome the following new mods: Shipps – SLAP & Sports Bar Scenario – Pale Hose Talk & FutureSox IamShack – Pale Hose Talk LostFan – Filabuster & Sportsbar All of these posters have shown an ability to stir up discussion in a polite manner and we believe they will be excellent additions to the site.

If your gonna stay off strip, stay at the Hilton. Sports book is awesome and they give free drinks (unlike most modern sports books where you have to get drink coupons). You have a monorail stop that takes you everwhere on the strip. Plus, you are within walking distance of the Venetian and Wynn which have two of the best clubs (Tao & Tryste). In terms of other good clubs, the playboy club at the Palms is pretty badass (I think thats what its called at least) and Pure (Caesars) is always packed.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 01:39 PM) 3 at the most, possibly 2. (if Crede isn't even offered Arb) They'll likely offer Crede arbitration. Fields isn't an option and the Sox wouldn't have a problem, imo, if Crede accepted a one year deal. I'd expect 3, possibly 4 (depending on what happens with Griffey).

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 12:28 PM) BA Title, ROY and MVP all on the same team. I would like that I'll be happy with the title...2008 World Series Champions!!!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 12:52 PM) Longoria is a much better defensive player than Alexei dude. I'd agree with this. Alexei has played good defense at 2B but he has made his fair share of errors (and his fair share of web-gems). Plus in reality he's really played 1 position and has played minimally at CF/SS/3B. Longoria is probably the 2nd best defensive 3rd baseman in the AL (behind Beltre). Plus you have to factor in that Longoria has been a middle of the order bat and thus has far more pressure on him. I love Alexei but if Longoria is decent in September he should win the award, imo.

QUOTE (FranktheTank35 @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 12:15 PM) No, you weren't valuable enough because you didn't raise the play of the rest of the players around you. MVP isn't just stats. It's intangibles too. I think this is a debate that just won't ever die. Technically speaking, Carlos Quentin didn't make the pitching staff throw the way they did or Alexei emerge, etc etc. However, I do believe the MVP is more than best offensive player. I think it goes to the guy that did the very most for there team and wins should be one of the factors.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 11:10 AM) If Longoria keeps himself out of the lineup or does not comeback strong, the Cuban Missile can take ROY honors. CQ is competing against more MVP candidates and the Sox must finish in first place. Therefore, CQ for MVP is more in doubt. I actually think it will be tougher for Alexei. The Rays are the feel good story in baseball and Longoria has tremendous numbers. The big difference between Evan and Alexei is the fact that Evan has a much better OBP and is a better slugger. The only way I can see Ramirez picking it up is if Longoria reinjures himself or stinks coming back from the injury (unlikely, unless he's not really healthy). Quentin on the other hand is amongst the league leaders in almost every offensive category and has been on fire lately. If he keeps his production up and the SOx make the playoffs I would be shocked if he didn't win the MVP. So in short, season ends today, Quentin is the MVP, Longoria is the rookie of the year.

Good stuff BB. I personally hope he goes on a ridiculous tear as do the White Sox...one that continues through October!!!

Iowa has some of the cutest girls of any state I've ever been too. I hate giving Heads credit, but its true.

I'm going to be making a bit of an expirement. I know there are a lot of people that enjoy the catch all and I also know from comments made over the past year or so that there are a lot of people that don't enjoy it so up until the end of the regular season I'm going to close the catch all and experiment to see what the majority prefer (catch all vs no catch all). Also, shortly we will be announcing some changes made to the mod team as we work on infusing some new moderators onto the site. The move should help get some fresh blood into the mod ranks and more importantly enable some of the mods who have had changes to there personal life which prevent them from being as active.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 25, 2008 -> 11:02 PM) I am quite a large fan of Adrian Beltre. And by large, I do mean large. I'd love to get Beltre.

QUOTE (JFields27 @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) Yeah I wanted to know the same thing, that was sad. IF you knew Jeff, you'd understand. Than again, Karma's a b****, I laugh at friend falling off bike breaking shoulder...a year and a half later, I do something similar (albeit with my knee where I end up getting bursitis from the fall) skating down a hill (my friend laughed at me...so now he has it heading his direction, LOL).

QUOTE (JFields27 @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) Yeah I wanted to know the same thing, that was sad. IF you knew Jeff, you'd understand.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 25, 2008 -> 06:49 AM) Iam looking forward to House the most of all,but what brand new shows out there have you guys seen that looks like they are worth checking out? Liar....I know ur excited for the Hills premier tonight.

Happy 21st....Justin!!!

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 24, 2008 -> 06:06 PM) Change that 97 to 93-94 and that's what Joakim Soria does currently. Soria and Gagne aren't at all on the same level. Not a knock on Soria, more a compliment to what Gagne did during that time (albeit, while enhanced)