Kalapse

That's one hell of a way to start off a batter by the Proctologist.

QUOTE($I Need Money$ @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 06:26 PM) are you kidding? I have the greatest sig in the world rite here. Ditch the text.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jul 14, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) For future reference: Times when it's OK to use 4 pitchers in an inning: NEVER /thank you. ^^^

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) Seriously, F*** Rob Mackowiak and Ozzie Guillen. I'd rather have Timo in CF. Jesus Christ. Don't the fans deserve some answers? There's so many f***ing questions this year, so many oddities and we're not getting any explanation for any of them. All I want is for Ozzie to come out and answer 2 questions honestly. 1.) Why is Freddy Garcia sitting at 86 MPH this year after previously sitting at around 91 MPH? 2.) Why does Rob Mackowiak EVER play CF? Why isn't there a real backup to Anderson on the roster? Do the Sox no longer care about defense?

This one's for *Assclown* in *Assclown City*. Do you even know how many Cubs games you've been to? What if I told you 199? *repeat the word epic over and over again when talking about a meaningless game between the Cubs and Cardinals* /Hang one's self Not really a "Cubs" commercial but Cubs related none the less.

What do you guys think the standard grieving time (in general) would be for the death of a dog that you were very attached to and had for 5 years would be? Just a basic estimation. At what point should a person be able to move on and accept a new dog into their life? I know all people and situations are different but what do you people think your or the average time would be?

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 10:43 PM) But most of the experts on this board said he was DONE. Kalapse, I just don't understand. Most Everyone thought he was done, including me and I'm as big a Frank Thomas fan as you will find. Definition of "done": 2002 type numbers only with fewer ABs. Who would have put money down before the season started that Frank could do what he's currently doing? Not even Ken Harrelson would take that bet. It's just insane how great he's been over the past 2.5 months and the topper is that the Standing O that he got from the Sox fans appears to have started the whole damned thing.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 10:37 PM) Jon Garland says you're welcome. It's funny how mediocre he was before that first game, sporting a mighty fine .673 OPS, Jon serves up a couple and he goes on a '94esque tear.

Frank Thomas' line since May 22nd: 53 G | 175 AB | 17 HR (10.21 AB/HR) | 47 RBI | .314/.433/.629/1.061 (f***ING GAUDY)

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 10:07 PM) Not that it means anything, or that anyone really cares, but I found this interesting since I thought the difference wouldn't be this large. Since his miserable start to the year (which can likely be attributed to the lack of a spring training), Pods has put up a .287/.361/.411 line, which is more than respectable, and pretty damn good for a leadoff man. What date does that start at?

QUOTE(MarlinFan84 @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 09:02 PM) I'd trade Vargas and Petit for Garcia. Might not be enough to get him, but a veteran for one year, next year, with playoff experience when we could hopefully contend would suit me fine. Actually You may not think it's good enough but I'd say most Sox fans especially I would absolutely LOVE such a deal. The Mad Dog's velocity has been slipping so he's not going to last long in the AL but he could more than likely dominate the NL East especially in his first season.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 02:15 PM) socal angels suck. Could not agree more.

I gotta say, you and the others that have been posting the pics this year have saved me a TON of time, instead of having to go through every pic every day on the Sportsline site and put the code in for all of them all I have to do is come to this thread and save them directly. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by me and I'd imagine many others as well.

QUOTE(mu mu @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 10:54 AM) I say you're not even close, but only because trying to predict a win-loss on every game, over the next 21 games, is a futile effort. Nobody would be close. What do you say we see just how futile it is? I'll do my best nostrodamus impression predicting these games without looking at pitcher matchups or anything like that and we'll see how it shakes out. LAA W NYY W NYY W NYY L DET W DET L DET W KC W KC W KC L KC W MIN W MIN W MIN L DET W DET W DET L DET L MIN L MIN W MIN W 14-7 (8-7)

Scott Podsednik is 8th in baseball with 32 stolen bases, not bad. He also leads all of baseball with 13 times caught stealing, that's a 71% success rate, which is pretty damn bad (32nd in baseball). Scott has stolen 3 bases over his past 7 games played, this after going 14 games without stealing a single base and only attempting 1. Just some food for thought.

If you're looking for someone to fill a spot in another League, I'd be willing to take another team.

I'm just going to ask one simple question and I hope I can phrase it right. The main point people make when defending Scott Podsednik is that he is the spark plug to the offense and that when he gets on base/swipes bags the team has a habit of winning those games. Now if the Sox were to say replace Podsednik with any of these players wouldn't they produce the same result (offensive sparkplug) except much more frequently while providing other valuable services? I understand the rebuttal to this argument; 1.) We do not have any of those guys, Pods is the best option we have 2.) It would be nearly impossible to acquire most of those players . . . and such. I'm not advocating either of these because that would be relatively foolish at this point in time seeing how it's August 6th. All I'm saying is when Scott Podsednik does do his job as a leadoff hitter (taking pitches, not striking out looking, getting on base, stealing bases), the team wins, however he does not do this nearly enough and the rest of his skills are severly lacking, so couldn't the Sox replace Podsednik with dozens of other players (plenty of whom will be available this offseason) and have them provide that same spark except more frequently? Just one quick thing to help illustrate my point. If say the Sox replaced Podsednik right now with Jerry Owens wouldn't he provide an offensive spark every once in awhile? When he's getting on base and stealing bases I'm sure the team would be pretty damn successful. Of course he wouldn't provide this spark as frequently as Podsednik but at the same time there's a good amount of players out there who could spark a lineup on a much more consistent basis than Pods does.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 01:32 PM) What the gosh darn is a snapdragon? Curveball.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 01:24 PM) What is Jose's post-DL ERA? It's around 5 isn't it? 4.56 ERA, 9 WP, that does not count today's game however.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 01:01 PM) Chavez has only 2 errors, don't forget about a past champion. Eric Chavez has completely fallen off the map offensively, I just don't see him being in the running this year.

Do they keep a stat for caught looking anywhere?

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) I think we refer to that as the NL He's pretty much made a living feasting off catchers and pitchers, he'd K the first guy he faces in an inning, walk the next 3 then strikeout the catcher and pitcher to end the inning. He's the perfect NL pitcher when healthy.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 12:59 PM) Ugh, Burnett making the bottom of our order look silly. Story of his career.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 12:55 PM) I like facing the Blue Jays without Russ Adams. He's been a Sox killer over the past few years. Career 1.240 OPS Vs the Sox, by far his highest Vs any team. QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 6, 2006 -> 12:57 PM) why is alex still starting? Uribe is appearantly still lazy.

Sox far through 20.5 innings this series has been the best of the year for the Sox IMO, of course there's a long way to go in this one but the first 2 games and 2 innings today have been incredibly encouraging to watch.