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QUOTE(Spiff @ May 18, 2007 -> 08:29 AM) Happy Birthday you are a pretty awesome dude, eloquent and well-dressed. Plus you save busloads of orphans from potentially fatal fires every day. Is there anything you can't do? Besides fail, that is? Haha, gotta love it when you give your own self dap. Only a truly awesome individual could do such a thing. Have a good one

QUOTE(fathom @ May 19, 2007 -> 03:32 PM) The Cubs are a damn good team....no doubt in my mind they'll win the NL Central. Bhahaa, they aren't even close to being as good as the Brewers.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 19, 2007 -> 03:31 PM) Jenks and Thornton have started to get their velocity back up to above average...that's all we were asking for. I don't think anyone is complaining about Aardsma being in the game. Bringing in Logan was stupid, but Ozzie's never cared in the 8th inning once we're trailing. This relief core sucks....it's dumb enough to base it all on velocity, but when you combine that with their loss of velocity, it's a joke. KW failed this team so bad in the offseason....thank god Danks is good. You mean they were able to actually make strides and get better. Geeze, based on what I've seen people are juts worthlwess when done and Jenks was still getting guys out with lower velocities (doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize Jenks is still one of the best closers in the game, even if he's throwing 93-95). And I'm glad people are writing off the relief core, it wasn't that long ago that people were raving about it. I remember all along saying this core will lose some hair but at the same time it will grow and improve (its going to have ugly stretches) but come season end it will be one of the best in the biz. And anyone expecting a young pen to consistently dominant all season was ludicrous. This is not on Kenny, he should make an adjustment to try to fire up the offense, but this isn't on him. I'm glad he did things because his off-season was a very good one in which the team got younger, the farm system got stronger, and our pitching got back to the way it should be.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ May 19, 2007 -> 03:29 PM) This team is a very average team right now. The starting pitching seems to be the only dependable part of this team. Ozzie can do nothing about this. What will you whiners say tomorrow when Thornton blows an 8th inning lead? We have to be able to count on these guys..MacDougal and Aardsma are major cogs in the pen, if they can't get people out we have no chance. Anyteam with this pitching is better than average.

Oh so you guys want the Sox to go to there two/three best relievers: Jenks/Macdougall/Thornton. Last I looked at one point this season most of you f***ing morons thought Jenks was done, MacDougall was god, than after a couple bad outings he's trash and should never see another game, and well Thornton is an absolute joke (oh wait, he's now all of a sudden pitching decent). So if it were up to you guys, Mac would have been the closer a while back (than released after his last couple outings), Jenks would have been down in the minors till he could hit 99MPH (since it matters so much) and Thornton would be long gone. Ya, you guys are real f***ing brilliant with your over-reactions.

Aardsma need to show up. Stop blaming Ozzie and stop s***ting after every game. This team isn't out of anything yet a lot of you f***tards think the season is over. Thank god none of you are running the team cause we'd have a s***load more problems considering people would be released after every bad game they have.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 19, 2007 -> 01:04 PM) So we changed it from Contreras to Masset? That's swell....this series is setting up nicely for the Cubs. Who gives a crap. I care a lot more about making sure our starters stay fresh all season. Plus, its a good time to see what Masset can do. The Cubs are just one team and not a very good one at that. This team has won its past few series, has some of the best pitching in baseball, and will get better offensively. There is no reason to b**** and moan as much as everyone seems to do around here on a daily basis. Why not enjoy the fact that we have very good baseball people running this organization and have the ability to get to another world series.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 18, 2007 -> 02:45 PM) We started the initial work on the list on January 28 by ranking our top 12. We had an initial top 25 on February 10. Our final draft was on March 12. We've been compiling writeups since then. We've had fluctuations since then, and we've moved some guys, especially with early results this year (we wanted to have it out before the season). There's a look into the world of FutureSox. Things don't happen fast. Nothing happens fast when you rely on me

I guarantee one thing, we've been more accurate on our projections than any other prognosticators when it comes to Sox prospects over the past few seasons. While BA was raving about Honel, we were saying there were some serious question-marks. Same goes for Brian Anderson (in fact I know personally speaking it always killed me having him ranked as highly as he was because we all knew he really had poor swing fundementals but despite that his minor league numbers were always impressive). Brandon McCarthy wasn't even known of when we were busy talking the kid up. We were the same people appalled when he was included in the nixed Nomar Garciapara deal. We've also had our mistakes (having Robert Valido rated so high), Francisco Hernandez was once rated pretty high by us as well, however I don't think either of us said they were sure far stars. And of course my man crush Sean Tracey. Than again there was my other man crush Chris Young, who we were higher on (although Dan hated my man crush on Young) than most other orgs and eventually the other prognosticators realized that Young was a special prospect (whether he turns into a special player, who knows). We also were consistently high on a guy like Adam Russel or Jack Egbert than others. Point being, you can whine and complain all you want but the track record is worth noting (we also tend to not BS velocities like other organizations, although we have also been wrong from time to time as well because some minor league stadiums flat out have poor radar guns). That said no one is going to agree with everything we say and I love having debate on stuff like this. However, we put it out there and have been pretty good at it (or at least I think we have) over the years.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 16, 2007 -> 10:20 PM) I was sort of thinking about this tonight at the game... If the Reds continue to tank, and the Sox hang around in that couple-games-above-five-hundred area, are we going to see the return of Griffey-Talk? Now that he's in a corner OF spot, it sort of makes sense. It would be an implication that Dye would definitely not be back beyond this year, but it improves the offense significantly, and it doesn't hurt to have another guy who is close to a pretty significant HR record. I don't think the Reds have a whole lot in the way of pitching prospects besides Bailey, so the Sox could probably put together a pretty solid pitching package to entice Cincy. The Sox might be able to get it done without giving up Gio but that would probably depend on how much of the contract that the Sox ate. Here is where I'm confused -- Hardball Dollars has him getting deferred money ($57.5 million total) from 2009-2024. He's only signed through 2009, though. I'd certainly love to see it happen, especially if you can get a Bobby Abreu-like deal out of it where you're not giving up top prospects but still eating a lot of the contract. I thought for sure you were about to bring up Adam Dunn. I'm impressed you didn't. However, I wouldn't be opposed to Ken Griffey Jr.

Well glad Hall is coming up.

Better defensively...and you could make a case that he's better at hitting in the low .200's than Arod is

Happy Bday Mike. I'm sure your gonna celebrate it in German fashion (assuming your still in Germany). Hope its a good one.

Ya, I was ready to see Charlie die off all season and now I don't want him to die. Fantastic episode...fantastic!!!

I've opened the thread and moved it into SLAM. This is the same person that did an advertisement with PartyPoker about a year ago. I know quite a few people signed up at that time for the Party Poker one and enjoyed it (this one is through Absolute Poker).

Mack also hat a freaking cookie early in the game and failed. That said he delivered our only RBI.

Schnur was once a really highly rated Sox prospect (he absolutely tore up the Arizona league his rookie season; set a record for doubles or something) but he hasn't been able to duplicate that success the past couple seasons. Schnur needs to put up these numbers in Bham and he could once again find himself a prospect (I really am a fan of his swing, however, you can't argue him as a prospect based on his lack of production the past couple years)

I appreciate the advanced info.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ May 16, 2007 -> 06:16 PM) I basically have 3. Two at home, and the one at work. Ya, I my work laptop, my personal laptop, and my desktop (greater than any laptop because I hate using laptops).

QUOTE(daa84 @ May 16, 2007 -> 03:09 PM) except for....well, everything Dan, couldn't disagree with you more. Ryan may have had a better fastball, but he is nowhere near the pitcher that Clemens is/was.

QUOTE(29thandPoplar @ May 16, 2007 -> 05:50 AM) He's been dealing with blisters on his pitching hand. They are keeping an eye on his pitch count. Welcome aboard. Appreciate the info and I'm glad to see your account is all taken care of now

I love seeing a local hero pose for playboy (she's from my hometown).

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ May 15, 2007 -> 06:13 PM) Tyrus Thomas hit a spin-to-the-baseline kiss off the glass that was just beautiful. i dont trust him to do it regularly, but it was nice to see something other than a dunk or free throw from TT. Ya, that was a fantastic move and I think it really was a glimpse of his future abilities (every once in a while he's shown some sikly low post moves) and his continued growth. He really came up huge with some major plays that gave the Bulls momentum (on offense and defense). His athletism is ridiculous and when it pans out it can create momentum changing plays. Awesome game by Hinrich (he really stuck his nose out there and played f***ing aggressive and with it, everyone else played aggressive). Gordon/Deng both had fabulous games as well. Gordon played solid defensively, made pretty smart decisions and was aggressive early, got his shot and helped get the Bulls a pretty good size lead. PJ Brown also deserves some serious credit. He played fabulous. Sef and Duhon also had some quality minutes for Chicago.

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 14, 2007 -> 04:22 PM) I'm stuck on the color chart thing. I can't see even something to click on for a wrong answer. I'm stuck on the same spot...and bam, figures it out.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 14, 2007 -> 02:24 PM) You know what? If im that age and im alone and rich, I dont give a s*** if a young hot piece of tail wants to marry me or even just f me for the money. I take what I can get at that point, and if its top shelf ass, so be it. Couldn't agree more.