Jake

Weather hurts both us and the Indians

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 1, 2012 -> 08:40 PM) Wow really really sloppy basketball. Have to play efficient offense, its how the entire team works. f*** efficient offense, bring me more JL3!!!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 1, 2012 -> 08:36 PM) Damnit Holiday, law of averages. Seems like he always looks good against us.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 1, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) ? he's 4-9 with 4 boards, he's doing nothing wrong. I think you guys do this reflexively I'd like to see Booz get more touches. With the way JL3 and Joakim played, I can't really complain though.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2012 -> 08:24 PM) 93? No Saw an 89 pop up, must have been an aberration since there have been two 93's since.

Any concerns about Sale's fastball velocity?

JL3 makes more bulls*** shots than anybody...I love it!

JL3 will need to do some scoring if he wants court time. Our offense doesn't run nearly as well with him out there.

Carlos Boozer bringing the intensity early on. We're going to win this unless the 76ers plan to shoot above 60% the entire game.

While I certainly believe that anything can happen in competitive sports like this, I think Rose-less Bulls vs Heat is more interesting than Indiana vs Heat.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) So pretty much they took away his twitter, and that is it. The Sun Times is a garbage tabloid, this only proves that. While I wouldn't want to have to answer to my bosses for that kind of thing, I can't say I'm up in arms about the punishment. The most important thing is he's been humiliated publicly and they took away his big ego-stroking soapbox, Twitter. Perhaps if he spends less time running his mouth on Twitter, he'll put together a coherent/thought-out/worthwhile column.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 11:03 AM) One downside is I think the increased strength in my shoulders has made a basketball feel lighter now...so I haven't been able to get the correct depth on my shots...I think I probably finally am actually shooting with the correct form now... Going to play basketball after the weight room was always one of the trippiest things ever, especially for the first couple shots

PRP didn't work for me

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 05:23 PM) Just asking for a drug test...

I'd rather have a team that wins the regular season and loses before NBA Finals then a non-regular season winner that loses in the NBA Finals. I prefer it because you don't win the regular season on a fluke -- that means you had sustained excellence, something that great teams have. Winning and losing in the playoffs is much more susceptible to fluke-like circumstances so if I have to lose, why should I care when?

I keep coming back to how well we always play w/o Rose against the Heat. The Heat defense sucks against our team offense (most defenses suck against a good team-oriented offense) but had very little problem dealing with Derrick when he was basically just bringing it up and driving/shooting. We have seen multiple instances now when we outscore the Heat w/o Derrick on the floor vs being outscored w/ Derrick. The main vulnerability to our team w/o Derrick is those spurts when no one can score, obviously. I'd say we're more or less unharmed defensively w/o Derrick. Could being Rose-less help us against the Heat (if we get there)? I know I'm not the only one that entertained the thought, even last year, that Rose was killing us offensively against Miami.

Tapatalk x100 I would double my post count if I could post from the s***ter

I like wite's prediction better.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 04:10 PM) 11-11...a game back after a month. The old saying goes that you can't win the division in April, but you can certainly lose it. Well...the Sox certainly didn't lose it. The pitching has been great and I expect it to stay great. I also expect the hitting to (on the whole, some individuals will regress a bit) get better. That's a good recipe for an improving record.

What was the Soxtalk response to Hector tipping pitches? I never read anything about it. Between the fact that Matt is rolling today, the importance of this win, and the potential pitch tipping business, perhaps Santiago wasn't an option today. I'd imagine they may be working on things mechanically if he is in fact tipping pitches.

While you have to give Hector another shot at closing before giving up on him, it doesn't have to be today. Leave Matt in there unless he struggles.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 04:02 PM) Viciedo is 5/16, HR, 2 RBI since that thread was made.

That's what happens when lefty specialists walk 2 of the 3 lefties.

Rich Hill dun goofed

My favorite part about Thornton...in the years we've had him, when has he ever come into a tough spot and not thrown strikes? He's been hit around here and there, but he's been unbelievably dependable to not put on free baserunners when it hurts the most. I love knowing that he's going to come in and challenge somebody.