Jake

Here in Pontiac last year our town flooded big time. We were declared a natural disaster area, as a matter of fact. We had hundreds of people forced from their homes in town of 10000, and many more still feel the financial effects of the flood still, nearly a year later.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 05:58 PM) Some pretty cool live webcams: http://lhc-live.com/

I think that the position players are in the locker room thinking..."4 runs is good enough. We did our job." and the pitchers are thinking "It doesn't matter how many runs we gave up, the offense wasn't going to score until the pressure was off."

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) 80 pitches or not we have no confidence in our pen to get two shutout innings? Call it a notion but I knew he was going to get hit hard that inning, and we didn't pull him quick enough once again. And yes, the same Angels we beat last week. Odds of us beating them in a 5 or 7 game series? Maybe 20% tops? Where's the half empty thread this team is pathetic I am so sick of watching this nonsense If this team is this pathetic and you don't want to watch him, what are you doing on this message board? If there's no hope in your eyes and you don't like to watch, don't.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 08:20 PM) Toronto should really trade Marcum this offseason for a good offensive player. He's had a lot of arm/elbow issues this season. Yeah, and to the national league preferably.

Appreciate the PBP. Balta just trying to catch Tex in post count.

I didn't think he was this well-liked.

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What are the other terms? When it says its something other soda, pop, or coke?

Chat has killed this game thread.

All the perspective is in the chat room.

slow game thread.

But hey, Swish is a much better hitter than most of our lineup.

Well my mom got to know Clay Aiken at one point in time in working for his charity, and I believe they spoke on the phone a few times. My mom got to be very good friends with his mother. My mom also appeared on Oprah, and Oprah sent a limo to our house to pick her up for the show. I wouldn't say she knows Oprah though.

QUOTE (Steff @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 08:18 AM) They aren't licensed so the Sox can't sell them. Try Triple Threat Sports. Been seeing you around a lot more often lately. It's nice to have your contributions back at Soxtalk.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 05:48 PM) Vazquez starting Saturday on 3 days rest eliminates the need for a 6th starter, Broadway will be making his start on Sunday as the 5th starter in place of Richard. You're right, so I guess Richard forced our hand to go with the next guy.

I guess our hand is pretty forced to use a 6th starter due to the rain out.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 07:31 PM) So now i basically f***ed everything up. I hooked up with a girl last night, and i just told her about it. I guess that was pretty wrong to do, but if she didnt really have the feelings i had for her why should she feel so upset about it? But she's just told me that everything is over between us. Wow, just f***. I think you probably made the right choice. You're going on as she suggested you do and the majority of us suggested, and as others said this might make her realize what she's missing. Could be an example of not knowing what she has until it's gone. Don't bank on this though, keep going on with life and if a girl you like comes along, be with her.

Let BA play as a regular, just once. He has never had that opportunity. Even in his "full season," he could hardly string 3 consecutive games together. Let the kid play for a while, you might like what you get with some consistent AB's.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) OK but wouldnt you rather have Juan pierre getting on base at a better clip? Well I'd like every hitter to walk whenever he doesn't hit. Nick Swisher walks instead of hitting.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) No it isn't, and the Shawon Dunstons, Alex Sanchezs, and Juan Pierres of the world show that time and time again. OBP tells how often a player doesn't make an out. Batting average doesn't. Slugging percentage gives a strong idea how much power a player posseses. Batting average doesn't. Each has its strength. The bottom line is that players need to get hits. However, Swish is a prime example of how OBP fools people into thinking someone is a good hitter. I will take a Juan Pierre hit over a Nick Swisher walk. I would gladly replace Swish with 200 hit Juan Pierre. Really bad hitters can have really good slugging percentages, since it doesn't take into account how often you hit the ball.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) ok, thats fair if thats what you think, i just disagree, thats all..... ill respectfully say we have a differnce in opinions on what we value in our hitters...nothing wrong with that, i tend to think im right, just as im sure you tend to think you are right, no point in arguing it further That's fine. I'll take a lineup of .310 BA hitters and you can have .360 OBP guys.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:29 PM) Bulls*** again. Alex Sanchez is a career .296 "hitter" yet was released by the Tigers after "hitting" .322 in 2004. Was he a better hitter than Frank Thomas? I didn't say you know everything from batting average. You'd always like to have all numbers at your disposal, knowledge of defensive prowess and a player's talent. Batting average is still much more telling than OBP, which is the point I was making. It is rare to see a player bat .300 and not be able to say that he is a good hitter, or at least has hit well.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:27 PM) Agreed, and when we make trades to try and add speed, we end up lowering the talent level of the squad (Lee for Pods) It's difficult to find those fast, fundamental, good hitting ballplayers. They tend to crash and burn for some reason. Dole out double digit millions on a power bat, and they seem to be more proven entities.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:25 PM) That's idiotic. A player who 1.5 times more likely to get on base than make an out isn't "good enough." How do you know pitchers aren't scared s***less seeing the guy and he rarely gets a chance to hit something good? I was exaggerating about the .600 on base, obviously. Just saying, bottomline you need to hit the ball consistently to be a good major league baseball player.