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From one U of I Ian to another--Happy Birthday! See ya at the White Horse.

QUOTE(Goldmember @ May 11, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) yes i know that was an extremely bad joke... That was a bad joke. That wasn't even a funny joke. I don't even know why I told that joke.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 11, 2005 -> 08:55 AM) McCarthy was at A ball a year ago at this time. The time to bring him up is not right now. As long as we are getting quality starts on a regular basis he will stay right where he is. In fact, he'll still be blocked next season with all 5 of our starting pitchers returning. The most likely scenario next year is making Count the closer and bringing up B-Mac for the 5th starters role with Marte and Hermy setting up for Count. Shingo will be gone. Everyone book this. Book this right now. I think this is exactly what's going to happen. Excellent post Bozley.

Guys, this is a nothing article. I wouldn't put much stock in it.

QUOTE(ISF @ May 11, 2005 -> 08:22 AM) Never felt invincible, and I'm not in panic mode either. Losing a couple on the road happens. There's nothing wrong with looking at how we can tweak the roster without disrupting team chemistry. Joking about bringing McCarthy up? So you don't think BMac can be successful at the mlb level? Then let's trade him and get somebody that can while his trade stock is still high. :banghead There are varying opinions about the best way to develop pitching prospects. Mine happens to be that they should start in the bullpen where the manager can control what situations they face. Give them a chance to get more comfortable with the mlb atmosphere before moving them into the rotation. Is it the only way? No. But I have no doubts BMac could contribute as an improvement over Luisa in this situation, and the bottom line is giving your team the best chance to win. I think it's a perfect situation for BMac. I'll even go as far as calling that process "the norm." Yes, many, many starting pitchers are brought to the major leauge level as a long reliever or pen guy, but that is clearly not the case with McCarthy. As Jim has stated, McCarthy has shot through the system as a starter for a reason. The guy was bred to be a starter, pitching every fifth day. He's a starter, plain and simple, and should be used if and only if one of our starters go down for a prolonged period of time. If that's not reason enough, WHY START THE ARBITRATION CLOCK? We have a very, very good thing in McCarthy. He is a major league staple material. I'm sure he's up on Kenny's board as being a KEY piece in the 3-4 year plan. In this instance, bringing him up to pitch in the pen is the wrong move, hands down.

So, we've gone from the invincible to panic mode after a two game slide with the D'Rays. Surely you guys are joking about the thought of bringing McCarthy up. Right? C'mon. You can't possibly be serious. :headshake "9th Inning Ozzie" ...sounds like a good name for a band to me.

These new mascots have really gone down the toilet.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 11, 2005 -> 03:34 AM) I noticed neither Drew nor Weaver made that list. I figured the Yankees would take either one, if still available. That was intentional. They left them out because they have yet to sign with last year's clubs. It's in the introduction.

We have got to win this game. As sweep is completely unacceptable.

Deservedly so.

Please, tell me somone watching on mlb.tv lost the feed. Please tell me I ain't the only one.

QUOTE(shagar69 @ May 10, 2005 -> 06:04 PM) o wait, too bad f***** roommate is playin video games Very happy to hear that, although I was content with .tv

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ May 10, 2005 -> 05:17 PM) "Hi this is Ken Griffey Jr, let's play Major League Baseball" Best. Baseball Game. Ever. I still have a season going in this the year 2005. Half my team if out of baseball. End of story. Best Baseball Game Ever.

Normally I hate crap like this, but, c'mon, this is histarical. Very safe link. Linky

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ May 10, 2005 -> 01:09 PM) Do you have the full first round?? MLB.com Mock Draft

I'm floored by how quick some people are to throw guys under the bus. He's a professional baseball player, he's gonna hit. I've been backing Dye all season, let's hope he gets hot. He showed signs of life last week and he's gonna come around. We're lucky slumping Konerko, Rowand, and Dye haven't hurt this ballculb in the W column. We're still the best team in baseball last time I checked.

Rather than spend the night playing Sega, do any of you U of I guys want to hit up a local establishment for the game tonight?

Let's get back on track with a W. The matchup is favorable.

She thought his tractor was sexy. No harm in that.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ May 10, 2005 -> 09:16 AM) I think it was nice of the White Sox to give him as much time off as he needed. It's time his daughter needed & it was nice for Wille to be there for her day in & day out like that. But now it's back to baseball. I hope he is learning something by watching Crawford this series. I hope he's learning that you can do a lot for you team with infield hits. Rest assured, he's not. As for the tragedy, my prayers go out to him and his family. This sort of thing trumps the game of baseball.

Happy Happy Birthday Birthday!

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 9, 2005 -> 08:34 PM) Nikkfurie - la caution's the a la menthe . Is that it? Can you find a link?

This is a bit creepy, yes?

QUOTE(Spiff @ May 9, 2005 -> 08:07 PM) http://imdb.com/title/tt0349903/soundtrack didn't see it, so i don't know which song it was but those are the ones in the movie. That's a start, thanks. Do any of you guys know the exact song? I would have to listen to each track to pick it out.

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ May 9, 2005 -> 08:09 PM) thats y i deleted it Good move. If you spout-off like that again and get banned, I got dibs on that avatar.