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Anderson Grounds out to 2nd Out number 1

Kick some high altitude ass. Cotts vs Cook Anderson CF Uribe SS Konerko 1B Dye RF AJ C Gooch 2b Crede 3rd Borchard LF Cotts P

Herm was on the radio(670 the Score) talking about the different injuries. Tendanitis in the triceps for the Count. They think it will be fine, and they believe he should be able to throw on Friday. Tendanitis for Pods. He will throw on the side later this week. Nothing major to report. He didnt say anything about hermansons back. Which pretty much tells you what is going on there.

Dont get too excited from some mocked up shots on a game website. The 360 has great graphics, but as everyone knows the game never looks exactly the way the promotional screenshots have it panned out to look like. Plus most people dont play these games in that 3rd person close up mode like that. You are usually set back a bit so you can get the view of the entire playing field or at least the infield.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 12:43 PM) I don't know what to do...congratulate Kenny, curse at the WBC, insult Marte, or blame this on Dusty Baker. Well played Balta Everyone should remember that 2 times last year marte was having some sort of arm issue and didnt tell Ozzie. Starting Marte's downfall with Ozzie. I remember one of those times was in Colorado when his velocity dropped big time and he was stretching his arm out on the mound a bunch of times.

Soxside I picked up one of these at the Southside Irish parade on Sunday. They were pretty cool. There is a store that sells Fire and Police gear right next Quigleys(used to be Reilly's Daughter) on 111th and Pulaski that sells these in Black or Green.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 09:52 AM) Here is a list of the Celebrity nut-jobs: http://www.scientology-kills.org/celebrities/celebrities.htm I guess this explains why Parker Lewis has vanished. My favorite quote from that site. Sounds like Mr. Spock has influenced these sheep more than their parents. These people are stupid

QUOTE(quickman @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 09:14 PM) I say bring him in now. 1 out away from Garcia being back Dominicans win 2-1. Garcia is back.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 03:03 PM) Jizz-can, I will kill you if you hit one more guy. He just needs to do his Thriller impersonation more and throw meatballs up there for our hitters to launch.

Crede got plunked.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 12:13 PM) So you were brought over illegally? There's a few people on here that don't want you here. LOL, My mother was granted permission to gain a work visa also. I couldnt work at 1 1/2 so I was allowed to tag along, LOL.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 12:05 PM) Great post. I basically agree, especially in your belief of giving deserving immigrants the proper chance to be citizens. By the way, can I ask how you got here as a baby? My father came over here on a work visa in the early 60s. He then joined the army to fast track his immigration. He went back and forth in the 60s between Ireland and the US and then brought my mother and I over in 1973. I was 1 1 1/2. He worked multiple jobs growing up. It took a while but we got our citizenship. I still remember it even though I was a child. It was one of the best days of my life. The american flag never was so beautiful to me on that day.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 11:49 AM) Not all Irish spoke English. Many only spoke Gaelic, which is nothing like English. When was this. My grandparents spoke perfect english. My great grandfather spoke english. We lived in a town in Kerry in the South were Gaelic is still spoken today. I learned gaelic growing up, however we learned english first.

I am just going to throw my opinion into the frey on this, however I am a person who is a immigrant and a person who had to go through the naturalization process. Thank God I was able to overcome the families use of Gaelic and learn english I am a unique immigrant as I was born in Ireland and came over here when I was a baby. I dont have the typical Irish accent so no one knows that I am an immigrant unless I tell them. I am for a guest worker program. I believe in giving people options to become an american citizen. I think its a great option and will help curb some of the illegal activity. However the people who will be against this are the companies that utlize the lower pay of the illegal immigrant. This is who will fight this, not the immigrant and not the average american citizen. The immigrant wants a better life. Ireland up until they joined the EU had a piss poor economy. Many of my relatives have left and have sought out better opportunities all over the globe. I am however in favor of legal immigration only. Bottom line, if you cant come to a country legally, you must abide by the Sovereignty of the Countries Borders. For every person that comes here illegally with the proper dream, there are others who are using this as a way to bring drugs, gangs, and illicit goods into/out of this country. I see international gangs like MS-13 who jump back and forth across the border who have figured out how to utilize illegal immigration to further their gang activies. And as hard as it is for people to believe, there are irish and polish and others who come over here illegally. If you earn money in the US you should abide by the laws of the US and pay taxes. Rewarding people for breaking into the country is setting a bad example. So no drivers licenses, etc. If the government knows you are illegal you should be sent back. I dont care if you are Irish, Polish, Meixcan, Peruvian, or whatever. Our borders need to be secure. I do find it funny that the government of Mexico is openly handing out pamphlets on how to cross the border safely. The Irish are working on a similiar thing, it involves a tunnel that connects all the Irish pubs. It was scrapped due to too many irish not wanting to leave the first bar they hit. My only fear is that if some terrorist group uses the mexican border to get in and perform acts of terror, the repercussions to the Mexican-American relations will be grave and dramatic.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 11:20 AM) "Each nationality had to learn an entirely different language". When did the Irish need to learn English? You obviously havent met my relatives

Willis has already given up 2 quick runs in the 1st. His ERA is almost 19 at this point.

QUOTE(Princess Dye @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 05:53 PM) if someone gets dropped from the three hole, i want them to get angry. that's part of loving to compete, part of wanting that pressure on you. i've never understood why some fans want players to take any demotion absolutely quietly. they're going to be upset, whether they talk to media or not, so dont fool yourself. you make a good point that his prediction borders on cattiness, but thats about all i see one could take issue with. so what if he stands up for Willie? they were teammates. actually, that first point you make accuses him of not supporting his teammates, and in this Willie issue you accuse of him doing so to excess? which one is it? Maybe you should shoot an email to Ozzie to complain. Because after reading his quotes in the SunTimes, he has a similiar opinon on the leadership of Carl Everett and company and their affect on this years squad. In fact his example was the same one I used last week with Carl being dropped from 3rd to 6th. Ozzie is the leader of this team. /END OF THREAD

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 12, 2006 -> 12:11 AM) Welcome aboard, I was once a poster of the ESPN boards, but this place is a lot better. You miss Boog, admit it.

Slacker, Jabroni will have that passed up in another week or so. Congrats!!!

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 05:51 PM) They've been working on this for a few years now, I know. MS-13 is the gang to worry about. Their members have good amounts of actual military training and battle experience. When you have a crash team hitting a drug house, you have to watch out as they boobie trap their hideouts with C4.

QUOTE(Princess Dye @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 03:44 PM) no, that was the worst post in this thread. that blind go-team-go attitude, to the point of completely forgetting the contributors you rooted for in 05...it's just embarassing to read. Carl's hitting nearly carried us at the beginning of the year, a part of the season where more talented Sox teams in the past have shot themselves in the foot for good. he covered Jermaine's comatose bat early in the year, Jermaine covered his later. Carl also hit near .450 in the series. he argued his points well, takes no cheap shots, and actually represents the same beliefs of some still-diehard Sox fans. i dont see anything here inappropriate, and we'll just have to see whether KW's plans were right. i personally like our moves, but i'm not going to insult Carl's take on this. Lets get back to reality . I thank all of our contributers to the 2005 season, however I am not going to sit here and say that their comments in 2006 get a blind eye when they make wacky predictions of us placing 3rd because we made a changeover of a few players. If he feels that our chemistry has changed nice, next time someone shoves a mike in your face talk about your team "the seattle mariners", the one you are currently are on. 2005 is over. Turn the page, because I guarentee you the team has.. And as many a person can tell you on this board, I am not a sox apologist or homer by any means. Carl had his moments, but lets not act like he was a saint and the ultimate team player. Carl was all team until he got dropped from the 3 hole where he wasnt producing to the 6 hole. Remember he went to the press about it. This was when we were fighting for our playoffs lives mind you. Ozzie snapped him back in line and we luckily found a 3 hole hitter for the playoffs. Someone making a comment that Willie Freakin Harris is the glue that held the team together is a bit overstating their case. There was an article last season that KW got pissed when WH was packing his s*** up after the As series in his locker because he thought he was getting shipped out. The vocal leader on this team is Ozzie. End of story. I dont hear nasty things coming from Aaron Rowand who I think was more valuable to our season last year than Carl or Willie Harris. Thank you ex whitesox members for your contribution to 2005. You will forever be remembered. Enjoy your ring, and move on. Lets revere 2005, but lets remember that season is now preserved forever on commemorative DVD. Lets look forward to 2006 as the defending champs and lets kick some ass with the team we are now.

Todays PBP in this thread >>>>>> yesterdays PBP

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) If it motivates whichever one doesn't make the team into playing better and becoming better trade bait...they can taunt each other all they like. Winner makes the team. Loser becomes trade bait. Hopefully this will go neck and neck with a great spring to jack up the losers value.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 11:30 AM) Dye has a $6M option for '07 which is ridiculously affordable, it will almost certainly be picked up. IMO, there's a much better chance that Pods is gone after this season and we see Owens and Sweeney battle it out in Spring Training next year for the open spot. The only way I see Pods gone after this year is if he A.) Gets injuried again slowing him down, making him one dimensional or B.) Has such a great year that his value is so good that you have teams clamoring for him. isnt Pods still under team control for a few years. His only negative is he is a speed guy who is only getting older. Speed goes well before power. Owens should be picking Pods brain right now trying to learn as much about basestealing as he can.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 10, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) I believe Anderson has the same resources, does he not? They usually dont bring in special hitting coaches unless its for a specific reason. If Anderson frustrates the sox they may lean on someone to give him a different view, but I doubt if they will bring in Hrniak for this.