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Hey, I play lots of positions ™

There's your walk 45.

7 pitch half inning.

Count has no walks today yet.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) I just don't see it happening, especially in terms of US market share. Well I'm afraid you're probably right on with that statement.

Ok, even if Blum must play, why the f*** is he batting in front of Uribe?

4-3-1 DP ?! YES

Wait why is Blum playing?

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 12:26 PM) Also, The DS has absolutly blown out the PSP in terms of sales. By now it has atleast doubled up and probaly will triple up on it soon. Sony already had to cut back by 33% on what they planned to sell. Actually it's almost 6x the amount of PSP's. I have a PSP too, just not enough worthwhile games.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 01:04 PM) Market share, especially in the US has been decreasing from N64 through GameCube. To not acknowledge N64 had a poor showing is blind fanboy optimism. They went from the success of SNES to N64 and allowed their powerhouse market share to be stolen from them by a new entry in the PS1. It was by all of Nintendo's standards, a very poor showing. The SNES sold 49 million units worldwide. The N64 33 million worldwide. That considering one more direct competitor was added to the market and the N64 was a year late, I still don't consider that a very poor showing. I'd reserve that for something like the Saturn or the Virtual Boy.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 01:03 PM) Well, Square, Majesco, Ubisoft, Buena Vista, and a couple of others have all atleast announced 1 game for the Revolution. Sega as well.

QUOTE(CrimsonWeltall @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 12:54 PM) It's not any indication. Nintendo has been dominating the handheld market for a long time, but has showed poorly in the last 2 generations of consoles. What are you talking about? There were less N64 units sold than the PS1, but not enough that you could call it a "poor showing". Also, GC have outsold the XBox worldwide. Over 20 million units of GC in all to be specific.

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 12:27 PM) thanks for your insightful input :rolly i was talking about paulie hitting 4th like he has all year And I'm talking about maybe he shouldn't be in the lineup against a pitcher who he has a career .130 batting average against in almost 50 at-bats. What is your problem?

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 12:22 PM) This is not happening... :headshake Lima Time!

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 11:45 AM) hell yea pk back were he belongs... Maybe not. PK 6 for 46 career against Lohse. Here's hoping he turns that around.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 02:21 AM) Sure they are.............. just don't call it a trivia question!! If you want to rant, rant, but do it intelligently. I don't see how he was unintelligent. The thread title went perfectly with the jokingly manner in which the question was presented.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 09:19 AM) I agree completely. Today we're facing a pitcher we haven't seen which means total shutdown for the offense. We've seen Lohse before. But I can tell you one thing, Konerko better not be in the lineup with Gload available. He is 6 for 46 lifetime off Lohse.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 01:30 AM) Exactly. I can't even get mad at the clown. That's the worst part about it. Maybe he caught some bad karma out of it.

QUOTE(Tadahito Iguchi @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 01:32 AM) they need to get off their knees they're blowing this lead. Way to be unintentionally funny.

They just called Everett "Jurassic Carl" on Sportscenter.

I suppose the "kiddie" label is certainly warrented with Nintendo, but sometimes those are my favorite games!

I think the article helps prove my point that first party is more important than third party. Nintendo is prepared to enter the market with a next-generation console relying largely on first party games. Whether or not this strategy will be successful, I guess remains to be seen. It is pretty ironic how you are aguing against Nintendo with a handle and signature that includes Donkey Kong. You should know Nintendo can shell out a couple games based on that character alone. You've also added Metroid to your list of only worthwhile games in addition to Mario Revolution and Zelda Revolution. There will be multiple great Mario spin-offs. And I assume there's still Smash Bros, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Wave Race, F-Zero, StarFox, etc.

QUOTE(Toto Testosterone @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) Except that isn't really true. With rest and a hard 80-85 pitch limit, he can still produce at a surprisingly high rate. Problem is, that gets us through about the 3rd inning.

QUOTE(CrimsonWeltall @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 03:51 PM) No, they aren't. Even a company the size of Nintendo can only make a couple great 1st party titles a year and that can't hold up a system. 1st party games are helpful, but 3rd party support is vital. That being said, I'm glad Nintendo is trying something crazy. If they tried traditional system, they'd get beat again. The amount of third party Nintendo will miss out out on that Microsoft will get that's worthwhile is minute. Grand Theft Auto...what else? The amount of solid first party games and a couple third party Nintendo only game surpasses it.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 03:28 PM) Last I checked, first party games alone couldn't carry a system anyways. They're a hell of a lot more important than 3rd party games.