Buehrle>Wood

I hate that stupid WGN chime.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 12:17 AM) Wow, way to get our hopes up. I didn't mean to get anyone hopes up. Hawk got our hopes up by announcing breaking news that no one cares about. 2nd time this year.

Breaking news is a trade.

Small complaint, but why were they not running on that double?

Whether or not other country's fans are classless does not change the fact that the Mexican fanbase is also lacking of class.

QUOTE (The Bones @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 07:05 AM) It was also funny to see cult favorite Ron Paul exposed as such a homophobe.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 01:08 PM) Bruno looks like it was more scripted than Borat. Is that the way it was? Yeah, but sill most of the movie is not.

I'm desensitized to just about anything, but thought Bruno was a bit much. It relied way too much on the shock factor rather than what made Borat great: awkward moments fueled by an unfamiliar culture.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 19, 2006 -> 07:46 PM) LAWL I win.

It's the mental state going in. I loved the self-fulfilling prophecy last year when we acknowledged we needed a 3+ game lead going into the big series...only to get swept. Pathetic.

Stream Anyone?

This game is over.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 11:40 AM) I didn't learn about this trade until late last night. And the first thing that popped into my head was that I'm 100% certain that all of Soxtalk is going absolutely apes*** right about now. And after reading through this thread, you guys certainly didn't disappoint. First of all, who the hell is anybody from this god damn message board to say with absolute certainty (or even 50% certainty) that the Sox "could've gotten more" for Brandon f***in' Allen? Unless you can find a direct quote from any one of the 28 other general managers in baseball clearly stating they would've traded the Sox a lot more than Tony Pena for Brandon Allen then please, with all due respect, STFU! Because all you do is make yourself look and sound incredibly stupid. I like this board overall. But the ignorance/arrogance around here at times is simply incomprehensible. Unless your JPN or Scenario or BHAMBARONS and you happen to live close by one of our minor league affiliates or you're a subscriber to MILB.com, most of you have never seen a single f***ing live Brandon Allen at-bat. And that includes me. s***, I love to track prospects. But I have no first-hand knowledge about any of these guys. All I can do is go by stats, scouting reports, ect. Yet we've got message board "experts" around here on their f***ing high horses acting like they know more than guys that get PAID FOR A LIVING to scout and break these guys down? Get the f*** outta here. Brandon Allen for the most part appears to be a solid prospect. He could be really good, bad or somewhere inbetween. Who knows? And we won't know for a while. So let's stop acting like we traded away the next Ryan Howard. First off, settle down. Second off, relax. Third off, I apologize in advance for sharing my opinion. Fourth off, you have missed the point entirely like so many in this thread. You are right. I haven't seen Allen play and probably not the guy we traded for either. But who I have seen pitch is Aaron Poreda, Matt Thorton, Scott Linebrink, Octavio Dotel, DJ Carrasco, and Bobby Jenks. Here's the scouting report on them: they're all f***ing good. It comes down to why make this deal to begin with. To say we have the best 5th best guy in a bullpen in MLB? Even then, it will be hard for him to pass up what Poreda and Carrasco have been doing for us. And still, to me, not a legitimate reason to make a trade, and I would think so for most. Did I mention everyone in out pen except for Dotel is signed at least until 2011? Is it to replace Dotel? So we bring in a guy to be our 3rd righty out of the pen at best a year in advance and give up a guy who is by everyone's account a top 5-6 guy (in the very least) in our system? Sorry, hard for me to get excited personally.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 06:12 AM) I'll say this after all of the stuff said in here... Jimmy Gobble being DFA'd is probably the greatest thing that's ever happened to the organization and the fans who had to watch him.

QUOTE (brendol @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 07:38 PM) "In my 50 years in this game, i have never seen a shortstop play that close to the line in a double play situation." Well, have you ever watched Alexei play short?

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 08:20 PM) This reminds me of the Jeremy Reed thing, and hopefully turns out the same way. I think he was roughly 23 at the time...and it was kind of like, lets get something more sure. Said:may Reed go on and do whatever he's going to do in the game. And lo and behold he fizzled. This coming after he was a lot more impresive than Allen in AA, even as a 22 year old. Was solid but not spectacular in AAA. Reed of course had the bloated trade value because he's a position of need, not 1b/lf/dh Man just looking at Reed on baseball cube, he must be one of those terribly frustrating guys to have. It looks like each time he has been sent down to AAA in pockets over the last few years, he has torn it up. Then comes back up and reverts. We got a #2 starter for Reed. For Allen, we got a guy who looks to be the 6th or 7th best thing in our bullpen.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 07:44 AM) I love JD, but I dont think hes gotten to the "retire number" status just yet. Considering he might not be along much longer... I kind dont think he will ever get there either. He will however be remembered as one of our best OF ever. He's going to have to play a few more seasons, sure, but he'll likely have a multi-year deal with us after this year so that won't be a problem. We're in the midst of our most successful decade ever, and he's been pretty much the key in a World Series run as well as playing a huge part in another division title run. Assuming we win more, it becomes question how could we not honor him.

Kong, MB, and potentially Dye once he resigns will be getting their numbers retired here. MB will always be the face of the decade for me, but Kong is a close second.

QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 04:50 AM) Just downloaded the Wiiware game, Onslaught. It took about five minutes for me to wish I had my ten dollars back How is the online multiplayer? I've been wanting to get an FPS on Wii. As for good WiiWare games, Defend Your Castle is a blast, especially local 2 player. It's PC freeware too if you want to check it out, but it's a lot funner on Wii.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 03:39 AM) Since when is Allen untouchable? He was probably our 5th or 6th best prospect. He would be #1 with Beckham up to the big according to FutureSox. That as of June 4th.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 03:11 AM) Again, look at our pen and tell me who you're confident will still be there and still be worth a crap in two years and I'll tell you why we picked up Peña. Who cares? It's a bullpen and can be thrown together at any time. See: Chicago White Sox for the last decade. What a bad deal, and I'm usually KW's biggest defender. We were all thinking Allen was untouchable...and we trade him for Tony Pena.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 06:28 PM) Wasnt he pitching on short rest then? He seemed to be fine in the week leading up to the playoffs, when the Sox had to win pretty much every game Yeah, he was abused down the stretch (though not totally great either). He pitched great during our first one game play-off (162), throwing something like 120 pitches on 3 days rest. Mental midget? No...

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 6, 2009 -> 09:21 PM) he isn't clutch at all ...

Apparently it's cool to use smileys in your first post. This post was in the midst of Billy Botch being at his best and when our half-price nights were causing a big stir.

Let's get Jason Frasor a homecoming while we're at it.