Jordan4life_2007

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 24, 2007 -> 12:33 AM) BTW, http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1372596 That was from just 5 days ago. Did a 4 inning Spring start really change your mind that much? Enough to change your philosophy on how young pitchers should be brought up? Damn, Tony, why did you have to bust him out like that?

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Mar 23, 2007 -> 10:53 PM) I'm with Kenny Williams. I think you guys are all overlooking how great Floyd's arm angle is. I mean, he has a nasty arm angle. I predict that Floyd will be the 5th starter, go 1 and 7 with a 6.52 era, but lead the league in arm angle. And that's why we got great value for Garcia. I almost choked on my pop when I read this.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 23, 2007 -> 07:12 AM) Bulls are an even 40-30 after their win last night. What a great ending that game had, Tyrus with the amazing tip in with 00.2 left to win it by 1 point. And even a Kobe hater like me realizes that Kobe will retire as a top 10 player ever, and if he wins another title or two, a top 5 player. Anything short of winning, like, 5 more titles, there's not a thing he can do that will put him above MJ, Magic, Bird, Kareem, Wilt and Russell. Those guys are out of his reach.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 08:40 PM) That Kobe guy is pretty good. Might be an even more explosive scorer than MJ. And when I say explosive, I mean to the ability to put up a ridiculous amount of points in a short period of time. In no way does he come close to Jordan was a scorer overall.

The Curse of Brian Anderson. It's coming, folks.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 08:13 PM) Holy s*** SIU fans. That was the most amazing 40 minutes of hell that i have seen against my jayhawks ever. I respect that coach and that team so much. They took any ebb and flow away from my jayhawks, got in their heads and ran with it. I feel blessed that we pulled it off. I would keep my heads up, SIU is better than 8/10ths of teams in this tourey. The difference in this game was Self. For the first time in 3 years he finallyl changed his offense in a tourney game. He told his team to reestablish the middle and it worked but baely. Keep those heds high Salulkis, keep em high...you gained my respect and then some. I don't like this new Jimbo. QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 07:45 PM) I'm absolutely heart broken. I can't even take this right now. It's all good, Row44. You'll be back.

And that's the game. Great, great season for SIU.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 07:49 PM) Wow I just love the way the Salukies play. COME ON SIU!!!!! They belong in the Big Ten.

So is it safe to say Legend is a lock for the 'pen?

I still hate his lard ass. I'm sorry, blame ESPN.

Adam Russell is all over the place. They did features on him in the Sun-Times, Tribune and Herald. I can't wait to peep this guy at AAA.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 06:06 PM) So much has been made about Mark leaving next season, and him not having a long term deal going into the season, but as it stands right now(And I said this same thing 3 weeks ago), I am glad not to have Mark locked up right now. Buehrle is a gigantic question mark, and there have been 0 signs that he will find his 2001-2006 (first-half) form. Fixed.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 20, 2007 -> 05:54 PM) I love Roto sometimes. If that happens, I predict a Brian Anderson curse. It will be more potent and deadly than the Curse of the Babe/Billygoat.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 19, 2007 -> 03:33 PM) I don't understand what the rationale behind this deal is. If Erstad weren't recovering from an inury, and Iguchi having two consecutive years of decent production from the 2 spot, I wouldn't have a problem. It just doesn't appear, IMO, to be the lineup best suited for victories. I'd rather have seen Guillen bat Erstad 8/9th, Iguchi 2nd, and if the production dictated a move switch around the lineup Ozzie has wanted to move Gooch down in the order for quite some time now. He obviously couldn't do that with Uribe. They obviously feel Erstad is 100% healthy and capable of holding that spot down. I'm just going to wait and see what happens. I think, and let me stress think, if it doesn't work, Ozzie will have no problems moving Iguchi back to the second spot.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Mar 19, 2007 -> 02:59 PM) Will this help Pods and base stealing as the catcher will not be able to see the base path from 1st to 2nd as clearly? Also will keep a pitcher from throwing up and away (semi pitch out). The cray thing is I wouldn't mind Iguchi batting third in this situation and Thome 5th. I don't know sounds like a goofy idea to me. Oz is the manager so I will defer to him. What an amazing concept! I'm not going to act like I'm crazy about this move, but I'll atleast wait until we see what, one, Erstad has left and, two, if Pods is able to rebound from a miserable second-half last year. As far as Brian Anderson goes, I've already accepted the fact that with Ozzie here, he has no place with this team. When Ozzie doesn't like you, you're either misused or traded.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Mar 18, 2007 -> 12:48 AM) From the parts of the game I saw, he looked mostly to be in the low 90's, but so has Jenks and we all know how hard he throws in the regular season, so I would expect him to be in the high 90's in a couple of weeks. But from all the scouting reports I have seen, he reaches the high 90's with ease. Thanks.

How was the velocity? I read that he can get it up there as high as 98.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 09:50 AM) I still don't understand how some of the masses can blindly follow and truly think that Pods/Erstad/Dye in the outfield gives this team its best chance to win. Maybe after they see that AWESOME positioning Pods uses...aka play on the track for every hitter, his limp noodle throwing prowess, and running in mud speed he possesses now, perhaps the truth will ring in? No, probably not...'tis more fun to blindly follow and believe in the ability of a guy who had one good season ever in LF, and a guy who hasn't played CF in years for CF.. WTG Oz! Shoulda just reassigned BA the first day of ST, we all knew it was going to happen anyways. No reason to put the best defensive players on the field or anything. Oh, thats right, as you said yesterday, with Uribe and Erstad up the middle, we're "alot better defensively". Yeah, ok. Don't look at me. I want Pods/Anderson/Dye. If they're that infatuated with Erstad, use him as a true 4th outfielder.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 16, 2007 -> 11:25 AM) Yeah, but not sure why that was directed at me, I have no Braves on my roster (and DBAHO, the one I commented on, only has James, a starter). LOL. My bad. I was drinking last night. I meant to ask Felix.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 01:12 AM) He was also caught stealing and looked insanely slow but yeah outside of that he was outstanding today. The members of the Scott Podsednik is god fan club might want to overlook these minute details. I love how Ozzie attempts to be vague while at the same time he totally shows his hand. Just a week ago Ozzie says Scott Podsednik is his starting LF on Opening Day as long as he is healthy and today he says he'll be using Darin Erstad as an everyday player. So Erstad plays 5 positions tops, DH, 1B, LF, CF and RF. RF is Dye's, 1B is Kong's, DH is Thome's and LF is Pods' while CF is completely up for grabs. Hmm I wonder what the hell position Erstad will be starting at come opening day. Ozzie seriously needs to learn the nuances of subtlety. Pods has a fan club? Me and? lol

Zoom, isn't Wickman closing for Atlanta?

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 08:41 PM) Bout time there was an upset. Anyone know the last time Duke got knocked off in round 1? Not sure. I'm not surprised, though. This was the weakest Duke team in years.

Great to hear Pods is doing so well.

Steve Nash probably won the MVP with last night's performance.

It's cool, Willie. So you just went with 8 guys?