Jake

All I know is my brother got a DUI (BAC .18 blood test) in CO and it will not be fun on first offense. He's already lost $10k paying for random BS related to the case. Before he is allowed to have permit to drive to work, he has to be completely driving-free for at least 30 days. I am going to move in with him to drive him to work so he doesn't lose his job. Also has to have a breathalyzer in the car for 3 years (not free!) He isn't even out of the woods yet for jail time. I can't even imagine how much a pain in the ass 3 would be. Might as well just quit and reevaluate your life. I know my brother keeps thinking about how many thousands each beer he drank that night cost him...I can't imagine someone who isn't dealing with a serious addiction could repeat offend. My favorite thing that my brother has had to pay for is for the paramedic they dispatched when he was pulled over. Since he blew a high number on breathalyzer, they decided to take him to a hospital. Paramedic may not have even left the garage, but still $1200 bill for that.

Len and Bob are SO bad. Talk about saying nothing for a whole broadcast. The only time I ever notice them saying anything is when they say something way off base. I wonder if Len Kasper had ever been to a baseball game before he started broadcasting.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 23, 2012 -> 11:03 AM) I don't need an announcer to cheer with me for the White Sox. I can do that myself. I just want to know what is going on in the game and why. Also, maybe I can learn a thing or two. Hawk does little of that. I'm interested in this. 1. I don't think there's any way to determine whether the "right" thing is for the local announcer to be a homer. I do think that most fans prefer this, however. 2. While the broadcast team has to narrate some of the action just to fill the airtime, I really don't see why this is useful. You can SEE the game! I don't care how well they explain whether the pitch was a strike or a ball -- I can see the umpire and the pitch. 3. I'm also curious as to what we hope to learn. There are neat statistical things that we get independent of Hawk since he is just handed information like that. I just don't see anyone offering any real insight because I'm not sure what we hope to learn as people that follow baseball -- "you see when they hit it to the outfield they are supposed to hit a cut" ... it's a fairly simple game once you watch/play for a long time. I enjoy the vast experience of our broadcast team because they have seen a ton of players and events over time and thus can draw comparisons that I would not be able to. When you think about it, there's not much flexibility in what a broadcaster can do and I think this is why many of them seem flat: -say what's going on. Not going to captivate anyone that can see. -repeat statistics passed to you by the stat crew. This can make you look good but has little to do with you. -explain complicated plays that folks that are new to baseball won't understand. Your wiggle room is in word choice, homerism, emotion, and a little bit of analysis. Honestly, I've enjoyed doing radio myself quite a bit more since you are forced to fill the air with exposition. Not as much pressure to spice up the audio when there is no visual.

QUOTE (Jillian Michaels' Abs @ May 23, 2012 -> 10:21 AM) Being a Dodgers fan as well as a Sox fan... I can tell you that Dodgers fans called O-Dog 'SloDog" and couldn't wait for him to leave. *shrug* For what reason? I'm confused on this because every naysayer hasn't quite articulated what he did wrong.

I remember a poster here who's profile picture was always him and Hawk. What happened to that guy?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 23, 2012 -> 12:09 AM) Thank you, Dr. Phil. You don't know what you're talking about. If somebody calls me out then I'm going to respond. Simple as that. insert combative comment here QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 23, 2012 -> 08:40 AM) Now that Rose is down for the count this actually makes some sense...but it makes the most sense in terms of "clearing the Bulls' big contracts". Howard isn't going to turn them into a champion next year without help, Howard's never going to get along with one of the NBA's best coaches, Howard's not going to stay in a situation that doesn't grant him total authority over everything. But, basically what the Bulls would be doing would be trading 2 long-term contracts for 2 shorter ones. Howard could still be movable at the trade deadline, and the Bulls could get to the "Cleared space" point fairly quickly if they got rid of both Deng and Noah's deals while still having the amnesty option. That's actually very interesting. That could work... QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 23, 2012 -> 09:29 AM) Yes, they certainly do. I think this could be one of the better series in the NBA over the last decade, and could possibly make this season less s***ty. I think it will be tight, but for some reason I can't get excited about it. I can't put my finger on why, but it might be due to the lack of hatable players/storylines/bulls***.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 23, 2012 -> 08:27 AM) Mark Gonzales ‏@MDGonzales Hudson tentatively scheduled to start at third and bat ninth Wednesday night woohoo! QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 23, 2012 -> 08:53 AM) It's a pet peeve of mine when someone who is paid to write about baseball doesn't understand the difference between at-bats and plate appearances. Dunn did not have 11 at-bats in the weekend series. He had eight at-bats with two hits, and an additional six plate appearances that resulted in walks. QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ May 23, 2012 -> 09:11 AM) Even saying he had 11 at-bats is inaccurate. He had 14 plate appearances with 2 hits and 6 walks. It is annoying when professionals can't get stuff like that right. Agreed. I wondered if it was a semantics issue, but it seems that 11 was a number he just pulled out of his ass

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 23, 2012 -> 07:43 AM) They showed about three different shots of him at 1st after his single, and there wasn't a single second where he wasn't talking. I have officially decided that I like this guy. And for some reason I feel like guys with double ear flap helmets look more like baseball players.

Can someone recommend broadcasters that are better than Hawk that I can listen to for some comparison? I'll take this with an open mind and see what I think of others.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 23, 2012 -> 09:24 AM) The Twins only looked good in 2 innings last night and most of that was Gavin Floyd's fault. In other words, they still suck and they're still like 15 under .500. Win the next 2! This. They suck and they benefited from a well-pitched game, a lot of hard outs, and Gavin Floyd/poor defense. Gordon Beckham's batting average wants blood!

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 22, 2012 -> 11:07 PM) Holy s*** he talks fast. I couldn't understand what the f*** he was saying, I needed to play it in slow motion or something

You guys are getting in arguments about s*** that has nothing to do with anything....just let it go....argue about basketball instead

That kid pitched a great game today. Pitched brilliantly and benefited from SEVERAL very hard outs.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) I've convinced myself that Hudson's really going to be a positive contributor to the offense. I'm excited to see him get a lot of at bats down in the order. Same. I'm interested in how someone could have offered Hudson more playing time than us, btw

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:28 PM) I did no such thing. Many posters were complaining about women having equal opportunity. I pointed it out. If you think that makes them cavemen, then that's your assumption. That's pretty well played

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:22 PM) If teams didn't want to trade significant prospects for him prior to the year, why would they want him now? I think Gavin is underrated on here, and don't want him dealt unless you can get something of significance back. I won't deal Gavin until we get something nice in return. Certainly not going to deal him when we're within a series of first place.

ADA actually playing in on him!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:16 PM) That wasn't bad luck for Stewart against the Orioles. They were hitting him extremely hard, despite De Aza forgetting how to catch a fly ball. Disregarding error, bunt single, infield single

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) Stewart has incredible movement on his fastball every other game or so it seems...I am not sure what causes it, or what causes it not to move, but I sure hope we are trying to figure that out. Tough to have your sinker coming out of the bullpen

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) Okay, here's the thing. What's our likelihood of being an above .500 team next year with 2 of the following (Stewart/Axelrod/Doyle) as the back end of our rotation? All three of those guys are pretty similar, "command and control" guys who rely on movement, location and changing speeds. Right now, Molina and Castro are a LOT further away from making the big league rotation in 2013 than they were 2 months ago. Hernandez is the one guy who's stepped up consistently for the Barons, and he profiles the same way because of his lack of dominating stuff and an a strikeout pitch. Everyone relies on movement, location, and changing speeds - see Gavin Floyd for more details. I don't know what the likelihood is other than we seem to have several potential candidates for the rotation...Stewart/Axelrod/Doyle/Quintana/Castro/Molina/reclamation projects I would say we have backed off the projections on Molina at this point, but not Castro. Castro has actually showed some command, peripherals look much better this year. I'm excited for him. Anyways, I'm not eager to trade Floyd, but Stewart is by no means value-less as a potential MLB starter.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 22, 2012 -> 08:53 PM) Zach Stewart a few times out of the bullpen pitching well in MOSTLY meaningless situations....good luck with him as a starter. There's a reason he had a 7.88 ERA as a starter against every team NOT NAMED THE MINNESOTA TWINS last season. Not a fair way to evaluate given sample size. Stewart is younger and much more talented. Are you watching this game?

Honestly don't know how to use the ignore feature.

How many hard outs do we have to make? jesus

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 22, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) Trade Floyd, start Stewart. lol how conflicted would the board be if we did that! Love to get rid of Gavin, hate to keep Stewart

After the first inning, Walters has pitched damn well. He has kept that very lively sinker down in the zone and has moved the ball around and changed speeds. Needed to take advantage in the first/not get jobbed on the 3-2 call for Dunn In other news, Stewart's stuff looks awesome tonight. Pounding the zone as well.