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QUOTE(Heads22 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 04:47 PM) Yes. Iowa tv doesn't count.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) I'm sick of the love Darin Erstad gets on this board. The guy isn't good, and is living off of one good year. If he has a good Spring Training, it means he's our starting CFer, and that sucks. If given equal opportunity this year, Anderson would outplay Erstad by quite a bit when taking into account both offense and defense. I'd be absolutely stunned if a healthy Erstad was worse than a healthy Anderson...STUNNED.

I'm trying to figure out when it will be on so I can record it and see if my Emirates can pull it off against Chelsea. Usually all the games are on Fox Soccer Channel but I can't find it on the schedule there? Anyone?

QUOTE(fathom @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 08:33 AM) Sending Anderson down would make no sense. With all the LHP we face, are we actually going to make Erstad the sacrificial lamb in CF against the likes of Johan, C.C., etc. Like Tony said, I have no faith in Ozzie to handle this the right way. I can't wait for Pods to start off April hitting .100, and everyone to say "it's ok, he's rounding into shape". Anderson sucked against righties and lefties, its not like he's Eduardo Perez against left handed pitching. I'm sick of the ridiculous love BA gets on this board. The guy was one of the most awful every day starters as a rookie as I've seen in a long time (from the offensive perspective).

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 11:41 PM) As much as I hate the idea, it's up to Anderson not to provide Guillen with an excuse to limit AB's. Play baseball without the entire sucking part and such decisions won't be necessary. Unless, of course, Guillen begins to play favorites; in which case may God help us.

Dang it, TItans come up short against Tony Gwynn's Aztecs. Now we got a tough split series (1 game at Fullerton, 2 at UCLA) against a very young and very talented Bruin squad.

Nice, Bulls pick up a W.

Iowa dug itself into too deep of a hole early in the season. Had we not blown two key games, we probably have a chance at getting in without having to run through the BTT, but right we still have two more games left and I have fear that we'll blow em. If we win them, than maybe I'll have a bit more hope (as we'd likely be the 3rd in the big ten standings). Like I say, we are a tourney team now but you got to count the entire season and for about the first 10-15 games we were not a tourney team.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 16, 2007 -> 10:26 AM) There is no way Jim Thome can be a choice based on the criteria. He'll never be on an active roster with another team longer than he was with the Indians. Oh no doubt he will not enter the hall a White Sox, but he is a current member of the White Sox that will likely make the hall. Maybe if he wins a few rings with the Sox that changes though QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Feb 16, 2007 -> 10:45 AM) here's an interesting stat though Pedro Martinez seems to be one of those "sure HOFers" that is tauted as being a lock whenever he name comes up...he only has 197 wins! only 36 active pitchers (as of 2005) have more than 103 career wins! And some of those guys are ancient (clemens, johnson, maddux, glavine), and some are relievers now (fassero, gordon...is fassero even still in the league)? what will be the new benchmark for wins for a hall of famer? I don't think anyone will ever even get 250 again. I think we need to look at 200 with the way the game has changed I think Buehrle can get to 200. He is also as dominant a pitcher as I've ever seen in my lifetime. There is no doubt Pedro is a first ballot hall of famer. He was the very best at his position for a period of 5-6 years and has been very good for an additional few years. He was also hampered by being on awful Expos teams early in his career. Plus I think now 250 wins is pretty much a guarantee (since I think that 300 win plateu will be awful tough to get to for pitchers breaking in now). And you are probably right it could even go down to 225 or 200 (that said Buehrle is one of those guys that if he can get back on track has as good a chance as anyone at 200, 250 and a really really outside shot at even 300).

Jim Thome Possibilities: Mark Buehlre (would need to rebound from last season and pitch like he did most of his career and get to that 250 win plateu...which I think is possible if he becomes the Buehrle of old). Rare Possibility: Paul Konerko (would need to be very good for another 6 or 7 years though)

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 15, 2007 -> 05:23 PM) No it doesn't, and Anderson being a complete POS for April and May last year hurt matters even more. He was brought in to be the 5th starter, but with the upside to be a top 5 pitcher in the MLB. People are pissed because he cost so much both in terms of players and in salary. However, I'm still further frustrated by the fact that people can't accept that Young hasn't proven a damn thing in the majors yet, and that they are so willing to just completely give Vazquez away while keeping Garcia, when both the business and baseball sides of the ball suggest keeping Vazquez over Garcia. I'm done talking Vazquez for a while. I've done it waaaaaaaaaaaay to much in the past week, so I'll only just mention his name from time to time until the predictions for the 2007 season come up, upon which he's going to receive an insane amount of slurpage from me. Offensively Anderson was a POS all season. Yes, his splits improved and yes I was one of his biggest defenders but the guy was absolutely horrific at half of the game (the offensive half). There haven't been many rookies I've seen look that bad for that long of a stretch (well at least not ones with all that supposed talent). The guy had completely no clue what he was doing at the plate and even late in the season when his average went up he still looked pretty ugly up there.

His motion was looking weird. The high leg kick was completely gone.

Man I f***ing hate financial statement reviews.

Can the Giants claim this is a different Zito and get a refund. That said I am not about to make a big deal about it, but it is odd considering his track record. I say why mess with a good thing. But it could also be a bunch of nothing.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 15, 2007 -> 03:59 PM) It is pretty easy to clear room for Clark if you were to really think about it. Take like 2.9 seconds and the answer should come to mind. Dump Dye?

He had every right to say what he did and for what he said he also has every right to take the heat for saying what he did. What he said was wrong, in my opinion, but he was fully entitled to saying it and he's fully entitled to the repercussions that will come from it.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Feb 15, 2007 -> 11:09 AM) A suagr-coated PC answer does not incite hatred. But note that Hardaway never said the player can't be gay or that he should be killed or that people physically should abuse him. He simply said he couldn't deal with it. Yes he used harsh words but again, I take the truth over a phony lie every day of the week because it lets you know how someone actually feels. But I tend to be a brutally honest person in real life and sometimes that can get me in trouble and luckily my brutally honest doesn't go into the odd point of view that Hardaway's does because I happen to not feel that way.

I still don't get the hate on Lemon. The guy was not a first round pick. Yes, we took him in the first day of the draft but the guy had a million dollar arm and there is nothing wrong with taking guys like that. That is exactly what you do, you are getting a guy that has the potential to be an ace and getting him later on in the draft because he has some flaws. Plenty of draft picks fail, many because they don't have the physical abilities so I have no problem drafting more guys with the physical abilities to be better than average major league stars. Plus when you don't have a top 15 pick in god knows how long and you aren't willing to get a Boras client that falls (which happens in every draft) than you are in a position that the potential high impact arms you draft will take a while to develop but they still are high impact arms and if you have good scouts and good coaching (and I've heard great things about our minor league pitching coaches, specifically Perdew) you can turn them into elite level prospects.

As far as I'm concerned Hardaway was a man. He didn't say what was politically correct, he said how he felt. His feelings aren't right but its better than someone going around lying about it because until that sort of stuff is in the open people won't be able to make adjustments. Lets say every player in the NBA said they would be open to a gay player (not really meaning it) and than a gay player comes in and gets completely torn to shreds by the players and they just act like complete buffoons toward such individual. Now lets say that NBA players spoke there feelings, than you would have a portion feeling the same way Hardaway does and a portion feeling like its no big deal with some being indifferent to the whole damn thing. In this case the NBA knows what is out there and they can take steps to educate the players and try to make adjustments. What Timmy said was wrong and he probably should have just said I don't want to speak on the subject as opposed to giving some phony answer but I'll take his honest opinion over some sugar coded PC answer, whether right or wrong.

Pinned for your viewing pleasure.

Am I the only office fan that doesn't like the UK version?

That was an entertaining show.

From what I know Wilder is a pretty big toolsy guy and I think Kenny is setting the tone that he wants the organization to begine drafting more high impact/high potential arms (and with that higher risk) and seeing if we can start getting some upper echelon prospects. Right now we've had a system that as of late has steadily had guys that are capable of being major league players but it has been a long time since we've had what would be considered "high impact" prospects. I think the right idea is a mix in the middle so that you ensure yourself some depth in the system but at the same time some high impact guys that can really really develop into difference makers at the major league level.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Feb 14, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) I must've missed this. In my opinion, Serena Williams is one of my top three celebrities I'd want to bang. So hot, want to touch the hiney... This is one area that I completely disagree with you Red.

This thread ROCKS!!!!