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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 05:49 AM) I like Carillo. If I were running the draft thats who the Sox would have. Of course I'm not knocking Broadway, he's doing pretty good himself. It was a tough call. I liked Broadway because of his better K/BB ratio, but Carrillo was also playing in a tougher conference. I already know, however, that there are several people who are going to be saying, "I knew they should've taken Carrillo -- I called it that day!!!!", when/if Carrillo makes the bigs before Broadway does. Like I said, Broadway is actually doing about the same (arguably better) than Carrillo did in his short time at high-A. Both of them look like real good picks right about now, and I'd be happy to have either.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 04:44 AM) I need to get the f*** out of here and get to champaign, i need to stop seeing this team live, i just can't do it any more, i need a break, losing 6 of 7 on my way out...cya us cellular. Have fun at U of I... Mr. "Whenever I go to the Sox game, they lose, but I'm gonna try to blame it on Keith" Brian.

I could really use that free $50 dollar thing where if you (meaning me), invites a friend, and that friend deposits $25 bucks, then I get $50 bucks? Any takers? But seriously, I'm pissed. They do this quick-ass flop on Pacific, and I seriously think I got f***ed over. I had about 1000 chips or so, and I go all in with A-3, and I see the other guy has A-8. Flop comes, 2-4-5 -- actually, this is when I move all in -- and, he, for whatever reason, calls. Then, it just went by so fast, and I end up splitting the pot (this was a freeroll). Then, on these two back-to-back hands, I go all in on the first one with A-J after the flop had come J-4-J. The guy calls me with J-5. Turn is a blank, river is a 4 -- so he lucks out with a split pot. Next hand, I go all in after the flop had come A-J (and a low card), and the guy calls me with the exact same hand. I'm so pissed, because I came in like 350th place out of 2000 people which is pretty good. Sometimes, though, I feel like the world is out to get me.

Charlotte loses 14-5. Burke with two hits, Gload and Borchard a hit a piece. Poor start from Diaz, five innings, six runs. http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...=g_box&did=milb Birmingham wins 9-4. Owens with three hits, Young 2-for-4 with a BB, 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs. Fields with a hit. http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...=g_box&did=milb Winston Salem wins 10-5. Gio with a mediocre start, 5 IP, 3 K's, 3 BBs, 3 ER, 4 H. Valido 1-for-5. http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...=g_box&did=milb

For anyone who knows, will I be able to transfer my memory from X-Box (say, saved Rosters, Dynasties, and Settings) to X-Box 360?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 12:47 AM) This has nothing to do with pods. Ozuna did what Pods usually does. He got to second. It was the popup and K with men in RISP that killed us. We havent been the same team since Thomas went out of the lineup. His .600+ SLG% would be real nice to have right about now...

At least we made Santana throw 26 pitches in the first. Could've been 30, but no -- our best hitter is bunting.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 12:23 AM) Teeny, tiny zone tonight. Yeah, really. I though the one that PK checked up on was right down the pipe...

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 12:15 AM) I'm guessing 0-3, 3 K's. If he was baffled with Radke's changeup, which is deceptive in its own right, how will he manage against the best in the league? I was actually pretty impressed by Anderson's second single of the game. He knew he was beat on something offspeed off the outside part of the plate, yet he adjusted mid-swing and pulled it down the LF line. Hurray for bunting!

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:17 AM) Just got back from the marathon game, boy was that a lame night. 5 hours 9 minutes for that. And it's all your fault.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 06:04 AM) By the way Keith, I saw you mentioned Josh Fields. He's a really interesting guy, but he's undergoing surgery (I think its like a labrum operation...not positive, gonna shoot his agent an email before I head out to Chicago) and will be out for the season. Supposedly he'll be back at 100% by the start of the season, but I gotta admit I now have some doubts about Fields. Hopefully he can come back and pitch cause the guy always appeared to have a rubber arm (he'd go innings out of the pen and really had great periphial stats). Ah, I didn't know that. That's too bad, he was having himself a real nice season down at Charlotte. His peripherals don't look great, but a healthy Fields certainly would have been a better option that Walker or Adkins...

Agree 100% Jason. Whether you're a scouts guy or a stats guy, you can't deny that Baj is CLEARLY better than his competition at Charlotte. When I saw him pitch in the AAA All-Star Game, I saw at least two plus pitches. He only pitched for an inning (maybe it was two?), but I saw a good fastball, and a really good slider. And, amazingly, he's having (arguably) the BEST year of his pro-career. He's striking out about 10.95 batters per nine, and his ERA is at a career low 1.17. And that was after a bad outing, too -- it's been teatering (sp?) 1.00 the whole season. There is no reason that hasn't gotten a shot with the big club. I hear all the time, "Oh, you could tell that he doesn't have it", and people say this based on the eight f***ing innings he pitched last year, and you have the feeling that Ozzie feels the same way -- that he can judge a guy by such a small sample size. Almost the same story with Majewski. He K'ed about a batter per inning at Charlotte, and even more amazing, gave up only TWO homers in over 40 IP. And he never got a shot with the White Sox, either. It's a touchy subject with me, because people say that I only think he's good 'cause he posted at Soxtalk. And those people have no clue how awesome he's been at Charlotte.

Jason, Adkins has had one really good year in his pro-baseball career, and that was a few years ago -- to be exact, at Modesto at Oakland. That's it. He's a AAAA arm, someone you use if you need an extra arm for a September callup. At no point, should he EVER be on the 25-man roster of a team with the best record in baseball. It's simply inexcusible. I'm not laying the loss on Adkins. Our hitters were garbage tonight. But people say that Adkins was brought up to throw multiple innings. Multiple innings?!?!?! He can barely get out of one inning... I don't care if Jeff Bajenaru can only throw two innings at a time. He can at least throw those two innings a helluva lot better than Adkins can throw his three innings or whatever.

QUOTE(wsox08 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 05:19 AM) WHy did they bring up a guy with an era around 5 and a record under .500.... I'm available if they want me to pitch!!!!!! That's how it's worked with our AAA *pitchers this year. Kevin Walker and Jon Adkins have both been called up, even though neither has posted an ERA below FIVE. Rather, guys like Jeff Bajenaru (1.17 ERA, 61 IP), Arnie Munoz (3.78 ERA, 112 IP) and Josh Fields (2.75 ERA, 68 IP) pitch their asses off (or, in Munoz' case, decently) and have nothing to show for it. But I forgot. Walker and Adkins have experience, which seems to trump everything. *edited

Tonight's game felt like a kick right in the sack. Sorry to be so blunt, but I hope this team can bounce back. I don't need them to rattle off the next ten games, but they need to start playing better.

Cheat, I'm stealing your line. Adkins is "teh Suck". That's right, with a capital 'S'.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 04:43 AM) Our offense is absolutely brutal. You have to love the likely pitching match-up now: Adkins vs Nathan. Ehem... Mullholland is there, too. Son of a f***ing b****...

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 03:35 AM) Who else do we have in the bullpen? Jenks and Adkins? Jenks is good for two -- if need be. Better if it's only one, though. Adkins -- well, if we need to use Adkins, then that really sucks.

I hate the bunt there, just because I think Pierzynski has a better chance of getting a base-hit than either Uribe or Crede do. Come on, Uribe, base-hit right here.

The DJ jinx is in place.

Yeah, Neal Cotts was never a SP. He can't go more than one inning. What.the.f***.

HE GONE!

QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:57 AM) ill leave IMO, you've done nothing wrong. But that's just me.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:24 AM) Is Anderson's arm really that good? I still laugh about the Angels outfield for a few games last year with Vlad, Guillen, and Mondesi. The Braves have a great throwing outfield, as Francouer has an absolute rifle. I said this over at Cheat's blog, but left to right, Anderson - Rowand - Dye is arguably (key word in here) the best defensive OF in baseball. The only other one that jumps out to me off the top of my head is Floyd - Beltran - Cameron.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:21 AM) did Timo get hurt? No, but he's poop on defense. Compared to Anderson. Compared to anyone with two legs, actually.