southsideirish71

Baseball Americas Rule V preview

My heart goes out to you that you are in this situation in your relationship with your wife. Religion should be a subject of love and understanding. But as we have seen through history that disagreements over religion have even escalated to war. I dont know anything about that religion or anything outside of my own. The only thing I would suggest is to keep communicating with your wife, educate yourself about what her interests are and if you cannot come to compromise seek counselling before this grows into something that becomes a breaking point in your marriage. Good luck

Hes a soft tossing flyball pitcher. Facing him in the playoffs is one thing, facing him a whole bunch of times in league play means we will get to him. I would rather face a Byrd over facing Millwood. Millwoods pedigree is a hell of a lot better than Paul Byrd. Thome vs Byrd should be a nice matchup in our favor. I am thinking the ball should land nicely in the bullpen sports bar.

QUOTE(Antonio Osuna @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 09:24 PM) If there was a color halfway between green and black, I'd use it. I mean, this is a guy that plays Twins baseball, and we all know how hard that spanked us from 2001 - 2004. This is still a team that has Johan Santana, a bunch of no-names who turn into superstars against us, and, of course, their dreaded minor league system, which will invariably produce a new generation of Sox killers as it does every damn season. Hopefully we luck out again and they get injured or come off to a bad start, but never, ever count out the Twins. The Indians might be the media darlings, but the Twins are still the team that gives me nightmares. When Morneau figures out how to hit like a major leaguer and not like a reincarnation of Joe Borchard then give us a jingle on their chances. Over/Under on number of times Mauer is on the DL with his knees.

QUOTE(toasty @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 09:20 AM) Who else is in?? HA! I would check with Aaron's Amigo's, as they are currently without a player to ethnically mis-represent.

If Mueller can accept a sub role and become the first guy off the bench it would be awsome. Maybe we can say see yah to Mr. Timo time. Mueller and Gload/Borchard would give us the left handed presence and it wouldnt be that much of a raise from the over priced 1 mill that Timo gets from the sox. Group 4 is being remade.

I heard this on the radio this morning, that captain anti-america Ramsey Clark is back to aiding the enemy and helping out those who torture kill and destroy the innocent. Lets go over the commie anti-american/anti-humanity checkbook here. Flew to Hanoi to give aid and comfort to the North Vietnamese while American POWs were being beaten, tortured, and killed, check Flew to Tehran to condemn the "Crimes of America" while his fellow citizens were being held hostage by Iranian militants check Flew to the defense of PLO leaders sued by the family of Leon Klinghoffer, the wheelchair-bound American tourist who was shot and tossed overboard from the cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian commandos in 1986 check Flew to the aid of indicted Rwanda genocide conspirator Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, a Hutu pastor accused of luring hundreds of Tutsi men, women, and children into his church and hospital compound - Flew to support the 1993 World Trade Center bombers (he played the race card for sympathetic minority jurors by decrying our racist judicial system), and continues to represent Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, the scheming Muslim cleric now in federal prison for his role in planning New York City terrorist attacks Defend Slobodan Milosevic, check. Defend Radovan Karadzic in the civil suit brought forth by Bosnian rape victims, check. now defend Saddam, check Can someone move this to SLAP. God damn browser refresh.

Sometimes prospects have more worth as trade bait and are not part of the big picture. Just because we drool at seeing some of these guys dominate the lower levels doesnt mean that they are locks for the majors. We had great pitching prospects in the late 90s, the cant miss kids. All I remember hearing was the word Torn Labrum and he has the arm but not the head to go with it. Gio could be the next Santana, then again he could be the next Jim Parque. I think we will forget about this for a while when we see tape measure shots being hit by Thome in the summer of next year.

Great move KW. Arow was class personified, however this makes the team better. We get a power hitting left handed stick that is a difference maker. He hits well at the cell, and should help us defend our title. Kudos to KW for another job well done.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 11:57 AM) These things are now on Ebay for upwards of $2,000+ I love gaming and all, but people are stupid to pay that kind of money for something that will within a month or so be available. Would I have liked to have been the first on my block to get one,sure. But its not worth a few grand to do that.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 09:25 AM) I'm waiting for the much needed Bruce Levine / carpet-bombing reference. Trademarked phrase of SSI71 industries.

Giving up McCarthy or Conteras in a deal for Thome is stupid. Arow, Marte, El Duque or one of the plethera of OF talent sure. But not McCarthy for this. But then again this is Levine, I had a better chance of getting an Xbox360 last night than he has of being right on this one.

QUOTE(hi8is @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 01:12 AM) uhhh id have to say your dead wrong there buddy.... i dont have any statics to back my statement up... but i mean, come on... there are players in the history of the major leauges who have stuggled offensively for periods of time durring their first couple of years... then they find what they had been lacking and go on to consistantly produce at their previously projected level... im just to lazy to look up examples... if you sit back and think about it for a while, youll find a couple.... maybe konerko for example.... when with the dodgers he didnt produce... when with the reds he didnt produce... when he first came to the sox, he didnt produce... he had one really bad year with the sox... now we're thinking of spending 65 million for him over 5 years.... makes one think and thats just one s***ty example to illustrate my point. Here is the biggest reason that Joe is a candidate to be replaced. You forget who his agent is.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 09:46 PM) Anyone camping out for this thing? I went to Walmart for the golden ticket thing. They held a raffle to see who would be the lucky girls and boys who could buy this thing. About 300 people were in walmart for the raffle. They only had 10 units, 2 of the 399 bundles, then 8 core systems. Alas I didnt win. Time to put the feet to the pavement so I can get it. And the funny thing is that for all of the people who have s***ty TV's that dont support HD, outside of new games this unit will be basically pointless. My DLP tv however needs the Xbox360 to launch it into full glory. At least thats the story I am using to justify the 400 bucks spending on it. And yes I will get the PS3 when it comes out, so I can play Socom PS3 version when it comes out. The sad state of being a gaming whore.

He should be de-frocked and excommunicated. Then all records should be transfered to the criminal authorities for prosecution. The church should protect the victim and not the perverted mope who gets his kicks using his office and position of trust to hurt the innocent.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 12:58 AM) You're right, he's always been a streaky hitter, however he was pretty much awesome for 2 straight months to finish off the season which is really he hasn't done all that much. As much as I like Mueller I'd rather have Joe's glove and power as a starting 3rd baseman. So you are ok if he has an OBP of .300 or lower, a .240-.250 BA and 20 homers. This is what we should expect, because this is his track record. Would it be nice if it all clicked and he hit .280 and had good bat control. But this is not the player that he is. We need to get some offense on this team. Especially if Kong bolts. We are also still in the same boat with facing righties.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 12:51 AM) Never said he was a butcher at 3rd but Joe is significantly better. Add that to the fact that Joe has more power and might have found his swing in the playoffs...I'll take me chances with Crede. I'm a big Mueller fan too. Credes problem is he is too streaky of a hitter. Thank god that he had a hot streak when he did. Talk about great timing. When he is hot, he looks great. But that is for a week or so. Then of course when he forgets it and gets lost, then he looks terrible. If Joe was more consistant I would have no problems. But his lows are so bad he looks as if he he close his eyes an make better contact.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 12:41 AM) De Fense Clap Clap. Check their stats, clap clap clap. Bill Mueller .786 ZR, RF 2.62, .972 FP vs Joe Crede ..799 ZR, RF 2.72, .971 FP Bill is not a butcher at 3rd, Joe maybe better. But for the more consistant offense, and left handed stick. Its not like we are putting Ross Gload over at 3rd with a right handed glove.

Bill Mueller who hit .295 and has an OBP of .369 would be a backup to Joe Crede who hit .252 with an OBP of .303??? Some people need to put down the Rally Crede pipe a few times.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 07:29 PM) The Sox didn't give up anything other than prospects, but both I'm not sure if Beckett is all he's really cracked up to be. All he has to be is good for a few weeks in October like he was in 2003 and he will be good enough. Outside of his blister issues, he has the makings of a shutdown pitcher in the playoffs. His stuff is nasty and can be overpowering. He has done it before unlike wood and others. Beckett is only 26 years old also. Who would you rather face in the playoffs, Bloody Sock,Wakefield, Clement, Wells or Beckett. I think Beckett would be the last guy you want to face out of the 5 in a short series.

QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 18, 2005 -> 12:26 PM) I said this a while ago. Dye to 1st, Itchy to RF. I'm down with that. A 1,2 punch of Pods and Itchy is pretty compelling up top.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 16, 2005 -> 04:48 PM) Heres Bruce Levines job The White Sox have inquired about the availability of Alex Rodriguez as a possible replacement for joe Crede, they are concerned about his back for the upcoming season. And let the message boards erupt. That sounds like a Bruuuuceee Levine special.

The only way you can entertain Pierre in CF is if you have a 3,4,5 of Dye, Thome, Konerko. That being said, we are an OF factory here. We have more OF prospects that we can seem to know what to do with. This is our position of strength. Rowand could be moved. But IMO it will be as a package deal with Marte for a left handed thumper to DH. Brian Anderson will step into he CF role and we will move on. I dont see why we would trade for an OF when we seem to have the patent on turning out great fielding OF prospects.

Having Konerko and Thome in the middle of that lineup makes a huge impact on our offense next year. That is a scary lineup with our pitching.

QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 16, 2005 -> 11:09 AM) The obvious answer is missing. Nice Sox fan.. :rolly Does the field that you are talking about have weeds on the walls and have no jumbotron and a rathole for a visitors dugout.