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QUOTE(fullcollapse @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 02:28 PM) the worst part is i find myself using these more and more in my daily life. at least a half dozen of those i've probably said today, and it is even worse when watching a game. I do the same thing.

Well the Titans put up a good fight but were eliminated. They sure sucked with runners on 3rd and less than 2 outs against North Carolina. Between a few failed opportunities and some uncharacteristic errors the Titans run came to an end.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 01:22 PM) There is one, and I do frequent there. I come here cause I like to read reactions. That's all it is. Don't worry about it, your more than welcome here. QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 05:35 PM) Makes you wonder how this can guy can have the Sox number, but the Cubs see him and score 9 nines off of him. And the Angels clobber him too.

Gomes is a pretty good athlete, but you'd think we'd have someone else to offer (we don't though). Still it should be cool to see him and Fields.

Little late to the party, but here's FutureSox's story: White Sox Agree to Terms With Top Choice McCulloch By Jason Gage FutureSox.com On Tuesday, the White Sox came to terms with 1st round draft choice Kyle McCulloch. The Sox and McCulloch reach an agreement on a $1.05 million signing bonus. McCulloch, a junior, was the Friday starter for the Texas Longhorns. After signing the deal, McCulloch went on to say, "I'm very excited to have that part out of the way, and now it's time to get back to baseball,". The Sox will send McCulloch to advanced rookie Great Falls. FutureSox.com is working on an interview with McCulloch and as always we will do our very best to keep you updated on his (and the fellow draft picks) success in the minors. The 6-3 righty went 8-5 with a 3.61 ERA in his final season with the Horns. It was a slight downgrade from his sophomore season, where won 10 games while posting a 2.92 ERA for the 05 National Champions. McCulloch was considered a “safe” pick by many scouts. He lacks the upper end velocity scouts drool over, but has good command of all four of his pitches (FB, Changeup, Curve, and Slider). When on, McCulloch uses his 88-91 MPH fastball (which has been clocked into the mid 90’s) to get ahead of the hitters. He’ll than mix in his plus changeup, a big overhand curve, and a developing slider. The changeup and curve ball are what you’d call his “out” pitches. Great Falls began its season yesterday (June 20th) and McCulloch is expected to make his first start sometime in the next 10 days.

Soxtalk Sits Down W/Brian Omogrosso Interview Conducted by Jason Gage The Chicago White Sox selected RHP Brian Omogrosso in the 6th round of the June 2006 MLB draft. Omogrosso, a junior at Indiana State University, posted a 1.51 ERA in 41.2 innings of work. The Sycamores stopper posted 4 saves while striking out 37...Click Here for the Entire Transcript

QUOTE(heirdog @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 07:35 AM) I wouldn't call that payback. I would call that history repeating itself. Doyle Alexander was the established vet and Smoltz was the young pitcher who had promise. If Detroit dealt Zumaya for Smoltz, they would cry again as Zumaya goes on to be a star for the next 15 or so years. Again, the caveat is that if Smoltz leads them to a WS ring (unlikely in my mind with the White Sox and Yanks amongst others standing in their way), then the trade-off might be worth it but he would have to be one of the main reasons they won. Yep, that would be such a bad trade its not even funny.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 05:22 AM) I have a feeling either the Sox are concerned about the drop in velocity so they want to take it easy on him this year, or this will be a short stop in Great Falls. If they were concerned about his drop in velocity they wouldn't have drafted him in the 1st round.

Nice, I'm really happy to see Tracey have a strong start after coming back. He's a confident kid and I know he's got a strong character and a positive attitude so I have really been hoping that Ozzie didn't just ruin his career.

If I were on HGH, I don't thikn I"d be that concerned. They can't test for it so as long as you protected those close to you and were very quiet about it you'd probably be alright.

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 21, 2006 -> 07:58 AM) Or he can Cool Breeze it for a couple years and get his full 7.25 Million, which is what I think has Selig rightfully up in arms. The Cubs seem to be reinventing the draft process. This ND guy isnt going to leave 7.25 Million sitting on the table. Some of your are correct, this only arms Boras to continue to inflate contracts disguised as "bonuses" Umm...5 years is not cool breezing it. Considering he gets pretty much nothing more than the typical 5th round pick unless he stays all 5 years.

Smoltz? As a reliever or something? Don't think the Sox would spend the money, nor do I think they would give up the prospects. Jones would be interesting, yet again, I don't think they'd spend the dough. We'd be better off just picking up another good reliever.

If some good team ever fell out of contention (say Houston) they could probably make a run at an upper echelon closer. Hell, couldn't they potentially get Smoltzy back and throw him in the rotation (in the end they'll need another starter cause i think they'll have some growing pains at one spot or another). If this team makes a big acquisition (in terms of another reliever or a stud closer and than on top of that a starter) than they really become close competition to the Sox as the team to beat in the AL. The Tigers aren't going to just go away and I'm sick of hearing the argument that they only won so many games last year and didn't really make any changes.

Welcome back. Can't comment on boxing though, I know nothing of the sport and have only watched a few fights.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 11:04 PM) haha, yes, antoine gets a ring! and payton too! next to the celtics winning, this is the best possible outcome! LOL, I think you should now hope Pierce gets dealt to the Bulls and than can win a ring with us

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 06:25 PM) How much value is there in being "One of Kansas City's best pitching prospects"? Howell was pretty good at the University of Texas and has a nice breaking ball. Haven't looked at his numbers anytime soon, but I thought he was doing pretty good in the minors and I swore he already has made his debut at the major league level. And I think Gaithright is incredibly over-rated. Still, he's a great athlete and I doubt Howell will ever be anything more than a 3rd starter (at its best).

QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 08:33 AM) Hangar says: Guy getting 5 million for being a 1st round pick, and another guy getting 7.25 Million for being a 5th round pick, is biased? Misguided? Idiotic? Its a legitimate question. Ya, he gets 7.25 mill if he pretty much gives up football. However, if he did that he'd have been a top of the line 1st round pick or at least that would have been a possibility. At times this guy flashed plus plus stuff, however, he's very inconsistent and thats likely because he isn't fully focused on baseball. However, from what I've heard he's still very interested in football and would like to test those waters so he could be one of those two sport stars (think Brian Jordan and others).

We got more. Spiffster, the spiffster will be rejoining the ranks as a mod at the Sports Pub. I think all of teh long time posters are familiar with one of our long time admins and one hell of a poster. Also one of the funniest, most outspoken people on the site but 99.9% of the time he says what needs to be said.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:21 PM) Sounds good. I hope he can throw in the 93-95 range as I've heard. What I've seen of him was in the 89-91 range. His velocity was down for the most part this year and thats why he slid to us. He's a pretty polished kid and I'm surprised we are starting him in short season.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs...0021/1003/RSS02 Jason will be THRILLED I wanted McDermott, but in general Alford has really changed after the 2nd Pierce fiasco. He even did a pretty damn good job of coaching last year for the most part and like Dick says we've been recruiting a bit better as of late.

FlashTizzle has been added to the ranks. He will be the lone mod of the Diamond Club. Flash may secretly like the Twins (as do I...how can you not like Santana and Liriano) but he's also a damn good poster who while may be a bit brash at times, has a lot of really good ideaas and baseball knowledge. He'll be a welcome addition.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:37 PM) DrudgeReport has a story saying Gage has been linked to several Hollywood starlets. I'm guessing he wants to keep his bases covered in case he disappears to Monaco or Africa. Exactly...and now Slav has checked his PM where I started it by saying his status as a member has been revoked. Little did he know the next sentence said he would now be a moderator of the Sports Pub if he were interested. SO now to announce Soxfan1 as our new mod of the Sports Pub.

Chisoxy and Rexkickass has been promoted to global mod and Keith has been promoted to a mod of PHT. All are very well deserving. We will also be announcing a 2nd mod of filabuster quite shortly and a couple more mods at SLAP.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:56 AM) According to Sportsline's rumor mill...the Angels could, I repeat, could be offering, Santana, Figgins and a high prospect. There is NO WAY I give up Figgins for Crawford. I know he's younger, but Figgins can play 6 positions. I'd deal Figgins for Crawford every day of the week. Crawford is absolutely superior.

My email is [email protected] and I think you all know how to PM me. Note, for the next few days I'm actually responding to my PM's since a lot of the time I zone out and than 2 weeks later realize I have a boatload of them that I've yet to respond to.