Buehrle>Wood

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Jun 27, 2013 -> 01:30 AM) So the Sox finally admitted Konerko has a bad back. Why the secrecy? Especially after every other opponents broadcast team mentioned his bad back. No one wants to trade for a guy with a bad back.

I wouldn't wish watching Morel play on my worst enemy.

Vintage Gordon

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 04:17 PM) 22.1, peak of 28.7 x 35000 = 1,004,500 Okay but those already are household ratings. The 28% peak means 28% were tuned in. So where does 71% come in?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 04:04 PM) I want to see 2013 numbers. This year seemed so much bigger - EVERYONE was talking Hawks. In 2010 people were like "oh that's cool the Hawk won" while this year they were "OMG THAT GAME WAS/THIS GAME IS AWESOME". Way more were watching this year. Wait for the numbers. For Game 5 (6-5 OT win) 1,004,580 of 1,406,400 Chicagoland homes that had their tvs on tuned into the game at one point or another (71%). Not sure where you git your numbers, but sportsmedia watch had game 5 at a 22.1 rating locally. Fake edit: Do you mean game 4? Tvtbythenumbers had that at 22. Sox World Series presumably kill all these numbers, but I guess wait for the clincher info to come out.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 03:46 PM) Anyone know what the local TV ratings were for the 2005 WS? I can only find the national ones (which were brutal), I'd be interested to see how much higher they were. 42% of Chicago Households for game 4 2005. 32% for the Hawks in 2010. Nationally the World Series had double the viewership.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) I can't findrticle right now, but if I remember correctly the Hawks parade dwarfed the Sox parade in the amount of people that showed up. They were both estimated at 2 million though both numbers were stretched and unfair to compare since the Sox had a longer route. The real telling number is tv ratings and the Sox dwarf the Hawks there during their runs.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 01:27 PM) Congratulations. Buy yourself a cookie. I should also mention my pick to click this year is sporting a 2.63 ERA as a starter this year. Im practically Nostradamus. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 01:28 PM) Would you like to make a similar prediction about Phegley? He will make for a bad, but certainly better starter than Flowers. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 02:12 PM) Are you serious? 2005 was not THAT long ago, dude. That run dwarfed any of this hockey stuff. I have the say the city seemed A LOT more intense during 2005 than the Hawks runs.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 01:22 PM) Too bad they didn't resign him because 33-40 and 8.5 games back puts the Sox right in contention. Resigning AJ was not the right move, so no, I don't agree with you that you're right. If they were in 2nd and 40-33, then yeah, sure, we can have this discussion. Until then, no, you're not right, and now the Sox know that they will need to find an upgrade over Flowers. Goal accomplished. This was was about Flowers being terrible. I was 100% right.

Find it odd they aren't bring ing Shaw again. Hope he's alright.

I would like to take this time to mention how right I was this offseason. Tyler Flowers is terrible. Just awful. To everyone who argued with me, I was right. You were wrong

Sale is already as good than what the best prospect in baseball could hope to be, I'm sure.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 23, 2013 -> 09:28 PM) They did rule it earned. Im not sure that makes sense given the error. Earned run is no longer. ERA down to .52

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 23, 2013 -> 09:23 PM) Not earned right? Still has that going for him. They did rule it earned. Im not sure that makes sense given the error.

Not earned right? Still has that going for him.

Bad call ump

Jesse Stones

Dodgers go overboard for Yasiel Puig June, 28, 2012 By Keith Law | ESPN.com The most surprising news in the baseball world today is that the Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig to a seven-year deal worth $42 million. .... Based on what I've heard about Puig, this is a bizarre overreaction to the upcoming international spending cap, and a huge bet that, despite a stiff swing and less athletic body than Soler, Puig's bat is good enough to justify an investment of this size. I've also heard that Puig was badly out of shape in his recent workouts in Mexico, and that his throwing arm is not as strong since it was last seen in games. And unlike Soler or Cespedes, Puig barely has played in games outside of Cuba, so major league scouts have not had much of an opportunity to evaluate him properly.

Impressive for the Sox to pound 2 Cy Young winners tonight.

Microsoft set to announce today that Kinect is no longer a requirement for Xbox One. Way to listen to consumers. No price drop though.

You dud have to be connected. Then MS changed that before bailing completely.

"There was never any catch to that," I love that line. There is no catch, except the huge ones I will list immediately after that line. They tried pulling the wool over everyone's eyes with that one too.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 05:33 AM) Both teams hit a 3 during the time Duncan/Parker were sitting in the 4th. Duncan also sat for the first 3 minutes of the 2Q and SA outscored the Heat 4-3. So for the 4-5 minutes that Parker and Duncan sat together, the Heat outscored SA 11-5. 14-9 during the 5 minutes where Duncan didnt play tonight. But yes, after playing 44 minutes 2 nights ago, lets run Duncan out there for 48 minutes and not give him a breather tonight. You are making up your stats. SA didn't hit a three until five minutes left in the fourth. They didnt score for the first 1:10. Duncan can sit, just not with Parker at the same time.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 05:15 AM) Duncan sat for 30 seconds and Parker sat for the first 90 seconds of the 4th. Both teams scored 3 points during that stretch. Miami really took advantage of that time on the bench. Given the 8-0 in the first half and the 3-0 run you mention, yes, I'd say it is fair to say Miami took advantage whdn Duncan and Parker were out together. 11-0 is a big deal.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 05:05 AM) Duncan was on the bench fconds. Parker for slightly over a minute. They were getting a bit of extra rest, they weren't "benched". At the end of the game spurs needed threes. I woulda taken Parker out too. They were out together in the first half together too. Heat saw blood in the water when this happened as fathom mentioned. If they needed a three you would not have known by what popovich drew up.