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Does anyone know what the all time record is for consecutive strikeouts by a hitter? Rob Deer probably holds that record, I'm assuming.

Maybe you misunderstood, or maybe I don't understand what you're saying here, but I wasn't cutting down Elton Brand. In fact, I absolutely love Elton Brand. Him and Ron Artest are my favorite players in the NBA. Brand averaged 5 blocks per game over the final quarter of the season, not to mention 20+ points per and 10+ rebounds per on the season. And his shooting percentage? Forget about it. So therefore, Elton Brand? One of the top 3 or 4 power forwards in the league? Brad Miller? Can you say 2 time all star since he left the Bulls? Ron Artest? Defensive player of the year? Bruce Bowen? Second only to Artest in terms of Perimeter D? Trenton Hassell? Garnett's defensive MVP award winner?

Joaquin Benoit will start in Chan Ho Park's place. Chan Ho has been having some issues with his back. We saw Benoit last year. He allowed 5 runs in 7 innings pitched out of the bullpen. Right handed hitters are batting .290 against him this year.

Happy birthday!

A big time scoring #3 would be nice to have. We could use a defensive-minded player at the #2 slot. You know, someone like Bruce Bowen, Trenton Hassell, or Ron Artest. Oops! We had all of these guys. We had Bowen back in 2000, although he didn't make the cut. And now Sam Smith is calling these guys the three best perimeter defenders in the league. Elton Brand Brad Miller Don't even get me started on Williams, Fizer, etc.

Caller: I've been going to these half-price games since 1999. This is nothing new. I mean, maybe it's a little bit worse, but not really. Cubs fans, please don't wear your Cubs outfits to the games, for the love of God. Mulligan: I saw plenty of Sox fans wearing Sox gear at Cubs games, and nobody was saying anything to them. Boers: If you see someone in a Cubs shirt at a Sox game and they aren't bothering anyone, shut up. Next Caller: This is the last ever half-price game that'll I'll ever attend. I'm 51 years old, and it's simply not worth it. There were three separate altercations last night in the right field section on the first base side, and it's absolutley ridiculous that these young men can't come out to the games without making fools of themselves. I was absolutely embarassed because my son had to listen to f bomb after f bomb after f bomb. Gene Lamont will be on shortly to weigh in on this matter.

More score material: Caller: It's obnoxious. It's like the Jerry Springer show over there. I was there last night with my kids. Most of the drunks were between the ages of 21 and 25. Anybody wearing a Cubs shirt gets harassed, ridiculed, etc. They get beers thrown on them, etc, etc. We need to do away with the half-price nights. Boers: Sox fans just can't win, can they? Mulligan: You have to feel bad for them, because it's just a few idiots out to make clowns of themselves. Boers: It's sort of like the Score, isn't it? Hahahhahahahahaaaa!!!!!

Excerpt that I just heard on the score: Mike Mulligan: They're a gang of idiots over there. It's like the Fight Club. Terry Boers: Yeah, it's like the Score Christmas Parties. Hahahahhahaaa!! Terry Boers: That's why I don't go, because I'm not a fighting man. about a second later: Terry Boers: I don't know what I'm talking about, either. In my best Hawk voice: I loooove Terry Boers.

Well, that sucks. I was hoping that the Sox would put up a 20 spot tonight.

You guys know so much more about the Beatles than I do. It's not even funny. My dad, however, is on the same level as you guys. Maybe I'll ask him to stop by. He has something like 75 different Beatles books. It's insane!

Wow, one's taste in music will tell you all that you need to know about that person. Nice signature.

Yeah, right. We're talking about one of the greatest defensive units of all time, right up there with the 70s Steelers, 70s Cowboys, 70s Vikings, etc. The Patriots managed just 7 team rushing yards in the super bowl No, that's not a typo Show me another team that has ever done anything like that in a super bowl. RIP Danny Boy.

I remember He was wearing a white t-shirt.

And that's where my hatred for the Redskins comes into play. The curse Of Wilber Marshall. Sorry if my Dolphins post was out of line I'll always maintain that it's not the fans, but the cocky swagger of that 1972 team & the fact that they always throw a party whenever an undefeated team with say, a minimum of 8 wins finally loses. It just rubs me the wrong way. Larry Csonka was the man, however. I have this "NFL Crunchtime" tape with close to 10 minutes worth of Larry Csonka highlights. It's almost all head-on collisions and pure beef, as the name of the film would suggest.

That guy is the absolute worst. I would love to have that 2000 game on tape. I doubt that I'll ever witness anything like it again. What really pissed me off at the time was FSN refusing to air it again in the early morning hours. I read that Juan Encarnacion was dishing out cheap shots left and right. I didn't notice, of course, as there were like a million other things going on. What a complete bozo that guy is. I'd like to watch Frank trying to break up all of those fights in slow motion. I want to go back and see the look on Bob Howry's face when Todd Jones came charging after him. He kind of used Mark Johnson as a shield, if I'm not mistaken. Man, I wish I had that on tape.

I wasn't going to say anything at first, but.... I hate the Dolphins with a passion. The 85 Bears were 12-0 going into that muggy hellhole, and they ruined the perfect season for us. And what's worse? All of those 1972 assholes partied hard at our expense :fyou Take your 1972 season and shove it :fyou Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. No offense to Dolphins fans.

Excellent article! I enjoyed this one immensely in the Sunday Sun Times. My favorite 2004 Sox article thus far.

Naah, it wouldn't. Zambrano: WHIP: 0.92 (38 hits and 14 walks in 56 IP) ERA: 2.08 OPPONENTS BA FOR RH: .175 OPPONENTS BA FOR LH: .206 OVERALL OPPONENTS BA: .190 K/9IP: 8 2 HR allowed in 56 IP When Prior and Wood get back, that is the foremost world series contender in the sport. Looks like Seaver/Ryan/Koosman type s*** to me. I'm jealous. Seriously. And Clement's WHIP ratio is 1.06? He is hands down the best 4th starter in all of baseball. So, basically, if I were the Cubs GM, and you offered me Jeremy Reed and Maggs for Zambrano, I would absolutely laugh my ass off. And you think that's too much??? Well, that's why we haven't won a world series since 1917. Although you should be given a free pass as you are the foremost Jeremy Reed fan on this site from what I can tell.

I suppose that the Reds are going to stick around as well Take a look at the NL East, man. You have two world series contenders in that division, and neither one is from New York. You think that they're going to be buyers, and not sellers? I just don't know where you are coming from with this. Someone else said it in the thread with all of that Freddy Garcia nonsense. :headshake

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I'd say that it's WHIP ratio. Although someone like Curt Schilling could give up 30 HR in a season and still have a 1.10 WHIP ratio. But otherwise, there aren't very many exceptions. If there are two outs in an inning and someone like, ahem, JOSE! JOSE! JOSE! JOSE! makes an error, and runs score as a result of subsequent walks and hits, the ERA doesn't take a hit, but your WHIP ratio certainly does. Mind you, this could never happen because Jose's errors never result in unearned runs. Damaso Marte enters the game with men on first and second. Both of those runs score before the inning ends, but he doesn't pick up any earned runs. That's bulls***. But the walks and hits that he gave up are reflected in his WHIP ratio.

A web search on Bernstein produced this gem. AMERICAN MORNING Shattered Image for Sammy Sosa? Aired June 5, 2003 - 07:42 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: It is still the most talked-about story in Chicago and, in fact, the world of sports today again. His public image may be tarnished, but so far Sammy Sosa's bats are clean. Major League Baseball seized 76 last night after the Chicago Cubs slugger was ejected from a game Tuesday for using a bat filled with cork. There is no sign of cork in any of the other bats x-rayed. Sammy, for his part, has apologized to teammates and fans, and now waiting to hear what his punishment will be from baseball. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SAMMY SOSA, CHICAGO CUBS RIGHT FIELDER: I'm man enough to take, you know, everything that I've done for, and I stood up yesterday and I came in and take the blame. But, you know, the media today, you know, they got me out there like I'm a criminal. (END VIDEO CLIP) HEMMER: What kind of fallout now from the cork caper? Dan Bernstein is a sports talk show host on WSCR radio in Chicago. He's outside of Wrigley Field, where it's starting to rain a little bit there in the windy city. Dan, good morning. Welcome to AMERICAN MORNING here on CNN. DAN BERNSTEIN, SPORTS RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Good morning. How are you? HEMMER: I'm doing just fine. Thank you much. You have no love lost for Sammy Sosa. I read some of your comments this morning and again last night. Do the x-rays, though, they come back negative, does that mean Sammy Sosa now is in the clear? BERNSTEIN: No, it doesn't. I think his numbers here on in and in the past are forever tainted by this. He's lost his halo. He's lost his credibility. HEMMER: Well, he said he uses this cork bat in batting practice. How true is that for any major leaguer? BERNSTEIN: Regardless of whether or not he uses it in batting practice, he used it in a game. He cheated. He says in the papers today, I'm reading he's now saying amidst all of that outpouring of love last night, but he says everybody knows I am innocent. He's not innocent. He's been caught. And the larger question is now: What can we believe about his earlier denials regarding some other possible performance enhancements? HEMMER: Yes, well, let's keep it to the cork bat issue right here. What do you believe right now is proper punishment? In the past, we've seen 5 games, 8 games, 10 games. BERNSTEIN: I think it will probably come down to the 7-to-10 range, and probably on appeal then be pushed down somewhere between 5 and 7. My suspicion is that Major League baseball needs him involved in this weekend's series against the Yankees, and the powers that be will do everything they can to make sure he plays against New York. HEMMER: Well, you are somewhat cynical, aren't you, Dan? BERNSTEIN: Well, I have trouble believing Sammy after what I've heard. I think when you're in this business a long time you get a pretty good built-in shockproof lie detector, as Hemingway once called it. HEMMER: Listen, what's the reaction in Chicago? What are fans in saying? BERNSTEIN: The reaction is interesting. I think there are a lot of critical thinkers who don't buy a word of what Sammy Sosa is saying and who do believe this is a black mark on his career and his legacy. There are others whom you saw last night giving him this inexplicable and disappointing standing ovation. I don't know how they could explain it to their kids if their kids were with them. And I know that for years, this team for decades has been known as lovable losers, and a lot of the fans here have celebrated this lovable losing. But for the first time, we've created an amazing phenomenon, the lovable cheater. I'm wondering how long that lasts. HEMMER: Wow! You are strong, Dan. Listen, come back. We'll talk again as we wait to see how this thing plays out. Dan Bernstein, a sports talk show host there in Chicago.