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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:37 PM) I love t his f***in team. They are seriously a joy to watch right now. This is the best our offense has looked in a very very long time.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:33 PM) Were you watching a different inning? What did I say that was untrue? Pretty much you think Garcia is having himself a whale of a night, while everyone else here including Rowand44 who will admit to everyone he looks at the positive side of life more than most think he hasnt had a good outing and is lucky to have some great defense behind him. Even Hawk who by far makes living making the sox look great, even when they are not at their best is criticizing him. DJ also. So everyone here, and the broadcasting crew must be watching a different game.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:31 PM) The game in which Freddy gave up a rope for a hit, let the guy run around the bases, and then made 3 good pitches to the heart of their order to limit the damage. You should send in your resume to Brooks, you have a place in this organization.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:29 PM) Beautiful. Good job Freddy. What game are you watching.

Time to warm up thorton or bmac. We will need some innings from the pen tonight.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) Looks solid. Looked good until that last inning. He looks like he always look. Non-chalant. Give up a walk and a few line drives here and there, and then gets the big out that he needs. Well you should give Hawk and DJ a call then. Hawk one of the biggest white sox homers(I know someone that is more of a homer) of all time thinks that Freddy doesnt look all that hot, and DJ and he were doing a analysis on how lucky Freddy was to get away with so many pitches over the heart of the plate.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:18 PM) They scored 18 runs in their last series against the great pitching of the Angels. I wouldn't call that scuffling. So in your opinion Freddy looks good tonight.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 06:05 PM) The last pitch wasn't a hanger. It was a high curveball. He was trying to throw a high curve. Not one in the dirt. Curveballs that dont break are called hangers. People do not throw high breaking pitches, high breaking pitches flatten out and become souveniers for the kiddies when they cross the outfield fence. AJ was setting up low and away.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 05:47 PM) I missed the first 1 1/2 innings, but by reading this thread, I can assume that Garcia's not throwing very hard? The radio guys made it sound like his offspeed pitches weren't biting very much. Also, can Chris Singleton please not say "GOT IT" when a guy hits a homer. It sure seems as if they're saying the outfielder caught the ball. If Garcia is at 91 and above he can dominate. He has great breaking stuff, but the difference in velocity along with the tilt is what makes him good. If he is at 85-87 he will have problems. The speed differential wont be there and they dont have to time the pitch, just check for the tilt. He doesnt have the control to pitch at the high 80s. Now the twins are not a great hitting ballclub. If he is doing what Rowand is saying and being hard headed and trying to pitch a different way then he needs to add and subtract from his fastball a bit more. Every so often gun it up at 91-92 so people dont sit on the pitch.

Hawk and DJ keep talking about how Freddy needs to learn how to pitch at this velocity, and how he used to have some gas and needs to pitch around with this stuff. Can someone tell me outside of an injury, how someone drops 5 or more mph on his fastball and it doesnt raise any warning signs. Freddy doesnt have the control to become Buerhle or Maddux and pitch at 85-87. He goes deep into counts and relies on his stuff to get people out. He uses his fastball to offset his breaking stuff, if his fastball is not there people are going to sit at a speed and get some contact on him.

This is why I could care less about Andersons bat. He would of ran the correct route to that ball and probably caught it. Mack runs some circle route around it, and it becomes a double. Garcia is hitting 85 - 87 on the gun. Maybe the entire month of april is a dead arm period for him.

Mark Buerhle just dominated. Thome is a beast. Anderson with some good ABs, maybe this will get him going. The rest of the offense poured it on. oh and EAT s*** TWINKIES

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 09:05 PM) BALLGAME! Nice Comcast delay.

Cotts needs to focus. He is ankieling it right now. He is getting 2 strikes, and then is sailing the ball up and away to righties.

Nice night for Anderson at the plate. He gets a hit off of one of the toughest hitters, and then almost dongs it and drives in a run.

I wonder if Kyle is taking part of the refreshments.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 05:20 PM) I'm sorry I didn't realize this was the Brian Anderson fan boy site... At least when AROW strugged he always had that short compact swing... Brian has one of the ugliest swings this side of Juan Uribe... Brian has done nothing to show that he's going to turn the corner or improve at all... I'd love to eat crow on this but so far all Brian has proved is that he's overmatched by major league pitching... This coming from Aaron Rowands #1 fan. If Arow had such a short compact swing, why did sliders low and away constantly strike him out. Short compact swings dont strike out in excess of a 110ks with a low walk rate. I loved Aaron when he was here, but lets not get crazy with how beautiful Arows swing was and how terrible and unfixable Brians is. Methinks you are judging your favorites replacement a bit too harsh.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 03:44 PM) Rick as well. Jimmy's verbal to ND has been a foregone conclusion for a while. Heck of a pick-up, and he should blossom as a likely 3 year starter under Weis. Weis is probably 90% of why Jimmy is going there. He gets to blossom underneath one of the better offensive minds. I am not a Notre Dame guy by any means but this is a good pickup for them.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:36 PM) I am fairly sure that Bruce Levine staked his reputation to the fact that the White Sox would sign Omar Vizquel. He was pretty adamant about the White Sox acquiring Ken Griffey Jr also, IIRC. What are you talking about Kyyle he is always on his target.

QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) Rank Team +/-Rank Mar 06 Pts: Apr 06 +/-Pts: Mar 06 1 Brazil 0 830 -5 2 Czech Republic 0 779 -10 3 Netherlands 0 774 -14 4 USA 1 760 -4 5 Spain 1 759 -4 6 Mexico 1 758 -4 7 France 1 754 -6 8 Portugal 2 753 -2 8 Argentina -4 753 -12 10 England -1 744 -12 11 Denmark 3 738 2 12 Nigeria 0 737 -1 13 Turkey -2 733 -10 14 Italy -2 731 -7 15 Cameroon 0 723 -3 USA #4 w00t w00t This suprised me, but very happy. Doesn't mean we have a cakewalk though. Have both #2 and #14 in our group. Horray! These are based on a few years of overall competition and should be taken lightly. I believe we should be ahead of Mexico due to beating their asses in the last WC and pretty much handlng them when we play them. But Spain, France, England, Argentina, and Italy should be ahead of us. The key to this world cup is keeping EJ and McBride healthy and up front as the strike team and making sure that Donovan doesnt disappear like a little b**** because its real competition. Hopefully Spector and Gooch will get a shot to make this team. Arena gets goofy sometimes with older more experienced players and I have a feeling his old DC United connection will play more than what we need for the final players for the WC. Like Eddie Pope, he needs to help train the team, but not be on the team.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 02:54 PM) Per ESPN News. Brace yourself for four years of Joe Montana compairisons. Clausen has a gun and has been one of the highest pursued QBs in the country. I was sure he was going to play for USC. His brother is/was a QB for Tennessee so that was another thought.

This thread sucks, Now I have to have Chili for dinner. Thanks everyone.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 11:58 AM) My favorite... http://www.bishopschili.com/ How is it. I love Lindy's chili on t he southside. I drive past that place all the time and have never tried it.

Dammit there goes another one of my great ideas

Lets kick some twinkie ass tonight. Hopefully we can drive batb**** insane with a twinkie beatdown this weekend.