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QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 30, 2005 -> 09:24 PM) Sanders or Baj or Hermy? Cotts.

Sawks win, so it would be sweet to beat the jndians today.

Anderson K:BB watch = sideways 8.

Anyone else think it's funny that Millwood's ERA against us on the year is about 1 and he could go 0-3 against us?

Rivera has it locked up by the way.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Sep 30, 2005 -> 03:46 PM) do you hw son. How about you do yours before you get pwned in the face.

This will make the game more exciting for me.

I'm re-watching the locker room celebration. Did you guys see Duque put the ash-side of his cigar in his mouth with a huge butt on it and use it as a pipe to blow smoke out the tip? That was awesome.

Coheed - Welcome Home. I'll send it to you if needed.

$25. That's the one I got..

http://shop.mlb.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2124717

QUOTE(longshot7 @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) If Cle wins out, they can only tie us - we have the tiebreaker. Isn't there a one-game playoff?

Isn't our magic number 2?

Why does ESPN keep saying we clinch the Central with a win?

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 12:12 AM) I can not believe that I'm going to say this, but Contreras should start Game 1. This dude is like 45 years old and he sucked hard through the first few months of the season. And now, he's our #1 starter. No, he sucked in the middle of the season, which makes the turnaround even more impressive because it pretty much came suddenly out of nowhere. good April: 3.04 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, .200 BAA May: 3.51 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, .198 BAA bad June: 5.81 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, .270 BAA July: 5.71 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, .261 BAA throw-up sick August: 2.14 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, .242 BAA September: 1.99 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, .214 BAA

QUOTE(Felix @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 10:02 PM) Is that why he threw a CG 4 hitter against Minnesota in a high pressure situation? That lineup was a joke and that's putting it nicely.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 08:55 PM) His arm is what seperates him from the top defensive players. I think it's his routes and reads.

And just for the record, I agree with you Randar that Rowand is overrated on this board defensively.

QUOTE(Randar68 @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) But hey, this guy, the career .851 OPS minor league who traversed NCAA -> big leagues in 3 years couldn't possibly surpass the great Aaron Rowand's golly... Didn't you see what I wrote about Reed? Anderson minor league OPS = .851 Reed minor league OPS = .879 Anderson minor league K:BB ratio = 1.97 Reed minor league K:BB ratio = 0.83 (not a typo, 58% better than Anderson's) Anderson years in minor leagues before callup = 3 Reed years in minor leagues before callup = 3 now... Reed's rookie season OPS = .675, 21% dropoff from MiLB to MLB Reed's rookie season K:BB ratio = 1.42, 42% dropoff from MiLB to MLB Rowand's rookie season OPS = .692, 15% dropoff from MiLB to MLB Rowand's rookie season K:BB ratio = 4.5, 82% dropoff from MiLB to MLB Look, I'm not saying Anderson won't be able to do Rowand did at some point in time, but it's not going to happen in his first full season. You aren't acknowledging the fact that Anderson won't put up numbers close to his minor league averages.

QUOTE(Randar68 @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 04:36 PM) You don't think Anderson would put up a .750+ OPS his first year? ok.. I guess. :sleep He's gone from Great Falls to the Majors in 3 seasons... you think there might be a reason for that? He spent four years in one of the nation's top collegiate baseball programs? Reed went from Kanny to the bigs in three years, tell me what his OPS is.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 11:15 AM) Also, you keep making the assumption that Anderson can come in and be a solid replacement right away. To steal your line, "WTF are you smoking?" The guy hasn't done jack s*** in the majors. In his 28 at bats, he had 0 walks and 10 K's. 3 of his 5 hits came in that one start he got against Hernandez. The guy was striking out better than once a game in the minors, and you think he's going to come in and perform in the majors? I agree with you completely. Anderson doesn't walk at an alarming rate, averaged about 1 BB per 10 AB's in the minors. He won't come close to that batting at the bottom of the White Sox order. Between A, AA, and AAA, he hit a grand total of 28 home runs the past two years. Tell me how he is going to out-OPS Rowand in his rookie season.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 03:35 PM) it looked unintentional, as if he was reaching over to go for the ball down in the corner. That was me just trying to be humorous.

A RED SOX FAN HIT SHEFFIELD?!?!?!

Nice save...

He's had to go through a lot in terms of family illnesses. I hope she recovers quickly.