Sox It To Em

Golden oppurtunity wasted. Seriously, Joe, WTF? The guy can't find the plate and you swing at the first pitch?

Why swing? Oh, well, no biggie. Tie game.

3-0 count.

Juiced for Dye... NOOOOOOOOOOOOBOOODY out...

Nice.

DP, yes!

Nice job Brian.

Nice 1-2-3 inning for Buehrle.

2-1 game. We need a hit, Joe.

Juiced for Dye.

I thought that was a DP ball. Thank goodness for the shift on that play.

Nice AB by Cintron.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 07:44 PM) Nice to see Widge setting up outside exclusively. Should be a short outing by Mark. Widger can't be released too soon. He can't call a game to save his life. Inning over. At least it's only the first inning.

We are always hearing about "regression to the mean," maybe after Mark's last outing he will progress to the mean.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:46 PM) It should be Sox for White Sox and Sawks for Red Sox. People more than likely just carry the internal nickname over to the neutral sites. You can also call the White Sox "The World Champions". That's good advice. Still, I almost never see White Sox fans do it, who have just a reason to as Red Sox fans. But maybe it's just me. The World Champions sounds very good.

I dislike the Red Cubs more so than the Yankees and the Cubs, so I will be glad when we take at least two of three this weekend. QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 7, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) red sox fans are the worst sports fans in the country in any sport....they think they knwo everything, and they think the entire world revolves around the bosox....i cant stand em Maybe it's just me, but what annoys me is how they frequently claim exclusive ownership of the nickname 'Sox.' I don't mind it when they're on their own boards (we do it too), but I hate it when I'm at team-neutral baseball sites and how oh so often they refer to the Red Sox as 'Sox' in thread titles or in threads where no "sox" team has been established as being the subject of the conversation yet, as if we don't exist. It's very arrogant. From my experience, White Sox fans almost never do that.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:56 PM) There we go. That's about right, and well said. Are you sure you don't want him to be killed? Yes, death is far too lax of a punishment. I would say eighteen straight months of being subject to ancient Chinese torture methods seem more than appropiate.

I can't help but feel sorry for Cliff. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. But this is the majors, and if he can't cut the mustard anymore, which does seems to be the case, then it's time to say goodbye. Thanks for 2005, Cliff.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:44 PM) I'm not doing that at all, just talking some baseball here for the most part. You could have fooled me.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:35 PM) Alright if you want to go that way, who's lost games to KC? It's great that your team trounces bottom feeders like KC, but I'd rather beat the playoff-bound teams (i.e. Oakland). Edit: IIRC, we're 6-3 against KC... which is by no means poor.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:15 PM) I don't mean you shouldn't be glad you won, I mean it's still a win, but it shouldn't have been as close as it was. QUOTE(tigerfan @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) Doing it with 2 outs to start with is amazing to me. The Kitty fans are starting to sweat, huh? They're beginning to realize it's only a matter of time until we take over first place...

Everyone pat themselves on the back!

QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 05:32 PM) aj wins according to mlb.com YESSSS!

Come on, ESPN, while I'm still alive.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jul 6, 2006 -> 12:31 AM) A question for the ERA stat stranglers Are 8-6 wins worth less than 2-0 wins in the World Series? No, but it's far more likely that you'll win the game surrendering zero runs than six. It's true that all wins are equal in the standings, but the argument you're attempting to make is more indicative to the overall ability of the team rather than the individual pitcher. Yes, we'd all like to have the 15-6 pitcher with a 4.75 ERA over a pitcher with a 10-12 record and a 3.50 ERA. But in choosing the former pitcher, we are showing favor to the clutch offense that provides him with such incredible run support rather than the individual pitcher himself.