southsideirish71

I am pretty happy with my run. Not a bad start to the race season. Just a smidge over 37 minutes. I qualify for the preferred start next year so I dont have to fight the mobs and mobs of people at the start like this year. 25k people raced today. Just a clue to the people running this next year, if you run a 15 minute mile, dont pack it up in the front. I spent the first mile and a half dogging some of the 15 minute miler crew. Next year I go up front. I will shoot for 33 to 35 minutes next year. Wierdest thing I saw today during the race was some purple haired girl stopped around the mile and a half point so she could lean over and drink some standing water from the curb. I dont even see homeless people doing that.

There goes my profanity laced hello to the fellow chat crew members tonight.

mlbtraderumors.com = not reality This site is fantasyland. Unless you think that the Brewers are trading Carlos Lee to the cubs anytime soon. Are they happy about the Dustin situation. I mean anyone can figure out that they are not thrilled. Backs are tricky. He probably did feel good, up until he started baseball activity. Jenks will be fine as far as his velocity. It takes hard throwers longer to get their velocity. He was dumb with the weights, weights are probably the worst thing he could of done. His flexibility is probably down a bit, meaning he will have to work harder to get loose.

A nice brisk 8k in the morning before the opener. Any other soxtalkers running in this race. I am shooting for a 35 minute time this year.

Out of the group now, the only one I would like to see moved is Freddy G. He has a lot of value, big game pitcher. Kind of pitches to his competition. When he faces a great team he pitches great, when he faces the KC Royals he gets lit up.

QUOTE(vandy125 @ Mar 31, 2006 -> 08:20 AM) Anyone else have Thunderstruck going through their head already? It all starts for me the minute that the opening video starts playing the He's a pirate song warming up to Thunderstruck. Its the best video start to any sportings event. It gives me the chills watch that listening to the music and then tearing into Thunderstruck. Whomever came up entire thing needs some accolades because that is awsome.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 31, 2006 -> 11:19 AM) But were developing him right. He's going to be the final hitter in the lineup and he's going to have very little pressure on him. The same can't be said for all the guys in the pen. Remember, all this said I fully expect Kenny to make a trade (probably sooner rather than later) and maybe even a 2nd deal (if something happens and Jenks can get his velocity back cause he was a lazy bum in the offseason) and we will win the division. Ozzie said yesterday that Jenks was at 97-98 on the gun. That is just about where he needs to be to start the season. If he throws strikes and gets ahead he will be fine. If he gets into hitters counts and walks people he will get mashed. I dont care how hard he throws. I am as big of a Jenks fan as you get on this board, but he needs to throw strikes to be effective.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 31, 2006 -> 11:10 AM) Plus he was the type of guy that you could run out 3 or 4 days in a row and he'd only get better. I couldn't believe how much hate Viz took because he had a few awful appearances early on. He was a horse out of our pen and will be missed. Even Marte had his bright spots for at least half of the season. Viz wasnt going to get the amount of work he would need to be effective here. We have too many pitchers going deep into games. He was much better with a lot of work, but there were times last year and there will be times this year that our starters go 7 to 8 deep in games and there just isnt enough innings for a rubber arm like Viz that constantly needs action to maintain his effectiveness.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 31, 2006 -> 10:53 AM) Unless you're expecting one of the starters to go down, I think our "Innings eater" is Brandon. I think they are priming Brandon for the back end of the pen right now because of his stuff. Thorton is the innings eater right now.

Every year we have ?s in our bullpen. We have had a merry go round on the closer scene for the last 5 years. It usually winds up working one way or another. I am not as worried about our bullpen, and think it will figure itself out. Last year Marte for the 2nd half of the year was terrible. He quit on the team during the final stretch of the season, and only based on sure necessity we kept him on the team. He couldnt get lefties out, he was more likely to plunk Haftner or give up a dong than K him. Hermanson was a warrior, but he was hurt for the 2nd half of last season. He was so hurt they took a AA guy and brought him up making him a closer during the stretch run. He really didnt pitch that much in the 2nd half. Vizcaino was a mix, sometimes he was pretty good, sometimes he was Mike Jackson part II. He had a mid 90s fastball, but never threw it. Remember last year we started out with an iffy pen. Shingo was getting rocked like Billy Koch. Cotts was 1 year removed from walking the world. Hermanson was a bad closer from San Francisco that people thought was 5th starter insurance for El Duque. Jenks was some headcase that wasnt even a blip on the radar outside of his arm and his injury issues. Trust me it will all figure itself out or Ozzie will kick their asses out.

Here is a picture of his car in the Tribune parking lot. Ricks Honda

Now if this kid beats the crap out of his mom when he gets older, I think the law should turn a blind eye to it. She is a piece of crap.

Anna and Kris are done If he cheated on her, will she service the entire group of Orioles? If he let little head wander, Anna will take on the entire Oriole locker room in a sex a thon that will make the Vikings cruise seem like a church excursion.

Too bad we have nothing to trade for Gaithright. He would be great Pods insurance.

QUOTE(HeGone33 @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 03:52 PM) Any Pods update today?? Pods crochetted mittens on the bench today, and is working on a nice quilt for mom. No report, didnt play.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 03:49 PM) Time for our prospects to crap themselves. LOL. You know it.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) Yup, dude was easily out if Valido catches the ball. His outing was good then. He was throwing strikes getting his slider and curve over. Valido wont be in the field during the season anyways.

A fat bald young man is on the mound. Let see if Jenks can turn up the heat, throw some strikes and get the hammer over.

G-LOAD with a 2 run line drive homer off the top of the fence. 2-1 sox

HE GONE!!!! Thorton K's Brad Hawpe Nice pressure situation with bases loaded.

Ozuna has adventures in LF, ball goes over his head. Double 1 out 1st out was a CS Widger to Uribe

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 11:34 AM) http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_di...t_id=1002274305 They are a great band to see in concert. I got to see them 5 times in college.

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 01:23 PM) http://sports-att.espn.go.com/mlb/index?&l...&lid=gn_MLB_MLB People in the state of Kansas need some reality pills.

If this was in Illinois Randy would be f***ed. 1 child = 20% of his earnings for Child Support. That 5k would be pennies on the dollar here. Who cares if the 5k is enough money. This guy makes 16 million dollars a year. Just for being a non-existant father he should shell out some coin to make sure this girl is taken care of. He is her father. He should want to make sure she gets to go to school and the rest of it. This guy is a piece of s***. Its not like he is broke and she put that arm on him for something silly. Community College and a f***ing car. Come on.

QUOTE(mreye @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 08:10 AM) Addiction is a disease, right? AIDS is a disease. Diabetes is a disease. Why is it OK to humiliate smokers, but feel sympathy for people with other diseases? Where's the ACLU for smokers? Can smokers use the Americans with Disabilities Act? Just my $0.02 I hate this comparison. I am a person who runs 5 or more miles a day, am in excellent shape. However I am also a diabetic. I am not an overweight person who triggered this in myself.. I am a person with a large family history of this disease and happened to have the right genetic cocktail. Smoking and all other forms of addiction start with someone making a choice. Its not like 10 people hold someone down, and then force them to drink, smoke, or do whatever other items are addictive. Maybe they have a genetic precursor that will allow for addiction to happen quicker, or that its harder for them to quit. But Its not like anyone on the planet doesnt know that smoking is addictive and has been linked to other diseases. Most smokers that I know hate the habit, hate the expense, and wish they never started in the first place. I hope that all the soxtalkers who smoke try to quit for themselves, and for their families more than anything.