GoodAsGould

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Sep 4, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) I dont know about that one either. I think I'd much rather face a team with a little less Playoff experience than the Yankees. Let Cleveland have the WC, but if we lose the Division to them, then we didn't deserve it anyway Exactly my feeling, With the lead we have we should win the division unless we have another august type month and if thats the case I question the fact if we really deserve to go to the playoffs anyways...

Our lead is comfortable enough I think that im actually rooting for the Indians a little to get 2 teams from the AL Central into the playoffs. And than could you imagine how pissed ESPN would be if both of us won our first rounds.

QUOTE(Soxfest @ Sep 4, 2005 -> 02:22 AM) Who the hell is starting BM? Yep and supposedly this is a big test for him from what I can tell. If he pitches well we will continue the 6-man rotation if not go back to 5.

Not to mention they lost another team leader in Ty Law during the season this year and did fine.... They are good enough that they will be fine without Bruschi or howevr you spell his name.

He might get invited to spring training but he definitely has no shot to make the team next year. What is a realistic goal and possibility is him starting for double A which would be very advanced for a kid his age.

QUOTE(JimH @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 04:32 AM) Boyer has zero to do with this, he is not in charge of White Sox broadcasting whatsoever. Yeah but he can show this list to someone who does have control of it.... and btw Mikhail Noorani

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 03:38 AM) Really? Show me the last team that was built around defense and lost it's leader on defense, and both of it's coordinators, and still succeeded in the following years. Going by the history of the NFL, they're going to slip into mediocrity, and likely even worse. Their winning the division and one of the elite teams in the NFL...... The team that was amazing last year and i can see out of the playoffs this year is the steelers.

We should have Mac, Jurko, and Harry announce our games I remember they started it once for some reason when our games were being announced on another station and they were hilarious.... im kidding btw although it would be funny.

I could of swore Viz was signed for next season 2....

I wouldnt mind re-signed Konerko but we need another bat in the lineup to go with him because having him being the big hitter in the lineup hasnt proved to do so well this year.... yes we got the wins not thanks to the offense though.

Ozzie does play favorites or Timo wouldnt even be on this team and if he was he wouldnt play as much...and who hit so well during august that makes you think Gload couldnt of out-performed them?

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 07:32 PM) I might be the only one, but I think El Duque should definetly be in the rotation, and depending on Contreras, possibly in the 4 spot. El Duque is the only starter with true playoff experience, and has been dominant in the playoffs throughout his career. In the past though he was good during the season 2.... thats not true this season and really there is no reason to think he is suddenly going to be godly in the playoffs.

I really like the Chargers.... they are very balanced on both sides of the ball which I think is what makes a good football team... Although they going to have trouble week 1 without Gates.

I really liked that Brodney Poole pick 2... although I dont think he will be 2 great this season but next year and year afters he can be good.

Im thinking Buehrle, Garland, Garcia, Contreras, Buehrle would be our first series matchup if it goes 5. I know El Duque has his past success but I think thats just what it is past success.

QUOTE(Randar68 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 06:42 PM) 46 steals with only 5 CS... Not "great" speed, but great smarts and instincts... So does that translate into a solid 30 plus SB guy in the majors?

The Browns rush defense looked pretty good against us although even with the int. their pass defense didnt look all that good... a course i take that from a very small sample size.

yeah he actually isnt small at all... 5'11 190 is a very good height and weight...

Didnt the Ravens win the superbowl with Dilfer who than lost his job the next season and tell me again who Tampa won the superbowl with who has also lost his job..... Both those teams won with defense and mostly a solid running game something we are trying to do. We arent going to the Super Bowl this year but I can really see us making a run next season and hell if we do bad this year for whatevr reason it just gives us a chance to add an immediate impact player for next year from the draft. Next year is when im expecting playoffs this year im hoping for an 8-8/9-7 season expecting at least 7-9.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 05:21 PM) That IS fair. Timo has a way of coming up with huge hits at huge times in HUGE situations. Gload...does not. Not ever. EVER. Timo had big hits last season this season he has been mostly crap with maybe that 1 game vs the angels where he came up really big... Im a big Gload fan and what he needs to do is learn how to play RF/LF this off-season and if he can do both of those decently than he should be on our roster and hopefully ahead of Timo perez.

I was waiting for a long time for ESPN to get to Illinois... than when they do its non-stop cubs talk and than after talking all about the cubs they talk all about steve bartman or whatevr... than at the very end their like The whitesox also havent won in awhile but they are in position to make a move this year or some crap like that.... what a waste of my time.

Ok I dont think the debate is between whether which team is better... its obviously the colts.... and while their defense has improved its still weak in the LB and Secondary departments.... So they will prob finish in the 15-25 range. Also you people seem to think Muhsin has never had a good season b4... he has had a couple 1000 yard seasons b4 one with 102 catches. In 2003 he was taking a back seat to Steve Smith who has taken over the number 1 spot but when Smith went down in 2004 Muhsin just showed he is still number 1 material when needed. Here is the bottom line the Bears have upgraded a lot this off-season whether you haters want to admit it or not, and anything under a 7-9 season would be a dissapointment but I think they can do 9-7 if we remain healthy and Orton isnt as bad as Quinn/Krenzel. The good thing is if we play some good football we can easily be 4-0 to begin the season. Washington, Detroit, Cincy, Bye, and Cleveland..... all very winnable games... and hell we should be favorites even by the haters to beat Cleveland

The Indy have upgraded their D-Line and now its pretty good although their LB and secondary is kind of weak..... still I hear a lot of people thinking Super Bowl when they talk about indy and I can see that happened now that their D is at least respectable and offense is still godly. As for the Bears no one is expecting Muhsin to have the year he had last year... But he is clearly an upgrade over David Terrel who totally sucked with us... he might revive his career with the Patriots but Terrell here had trouble getting open and when he did he dropped the ball often. Than our O-Line has improved greatly just by not having Quasim Mitchell as a starter and since we start with a pretty weak schedule....Washington, Detroit, Cincy, Bye, Browns.... Benson should be ready when the real competition comes. And Kyle Orton has looked really good as the QB... I know he threw that int in the TD but just his poise and the way our offense seems to click when he is in....He will start off slow but unlike the QB's from last year he can throw the ball to our WR's deep. Oh and Thomas Jones had 3 good running games b4 this one he sat out 1 game. And than Cleveland was stacking the line the last game and we didnt even start all our starters and after the first 2 drives they were basicly all gone.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) They shouldn't be in 3rd and 20 situations in the 1st place. Well it only happened once this game when there was a 5 yard penalty and than a sack... but with Hutchinson we were in 3rd and long in a lot of situations and thats when Thomas broke out his long runs that were long but not long enough.

Umm Buehrle has struggled as of late so I think the extra time off could probably do him good... and it will always help El Duque. They sure are giving him a hard test though. Pitching at Boston when they got that streak going there of like 7 or more runs....