Leonard Zelig

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 08:27 PM) Is Hawk dying or something. WTF is with that voice? We're all dying.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 02:01 PM) They lost their 2nd and 3rd round picks and ability to spend the corresponding slot values for signing Robertson and Melky. OK, thanks. And that is because those 2 were offered qualifying offers and rejected them?

I am ignorant on MLB draft rules. Why only 3 players in 5 rounds? Signing free agents or something?

Do DFA claims have to be placed on the 40 man roster?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jun 7, 2015 -> 02:41 PM) I will simplify for you. If a team is 4 games behind 1 team, they only have to win 4 straight while the other team loses 4 straight to tie. If a team is 4 games behind 2 teams then the odds of both teams losing 4 straight is greater. If the other two teams are playing each other it is impossible. So for each team added to the equation the odds are greater. Thus when you are 4 games out in the wildcard behind 6 teams, in reality you are farther out than 4 games. I don't need it simplified. Your statement was incorrect. The Sox weren't (at the time) 4 games behind 6 teams, they were 4 games behind TEX, 3.5 behind TB, 2.5 DET, 2 behind LA, 1.5 behind CLE, and .5 behind TOR. If the Sox had won 4 straight, some of those teams could have won games and the Sox would still have passed them.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jun 7, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) Not really. They are 4 back with 5 teams in front of them. If they were the 3rd team in wildcard chase they would be 4 games out. There is a factor when teams are in the same division which I think is 4 games per team and 2 games per team when it is interdivision. If the White Sox won 4 straight, 6 teams would have to lose 4 straight for them to be tied for the wildcard. So realistically they are about 8-12 games out. That is not right.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 5, 2015 -> 07:54 AM) I forgot just how f***in much I hate Amtrak. Beats Greyhound.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 3, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) Sounds awesome! Yeah, I'm fortunate to be going with two first generation Greek Americans and one second, but all three speak it which will make it easier on me. Don't believe they mentioned Delphi specifically but they definitely said, and we plan, to really see the ruins that are accessible easily around Athens. EDIT: my last part was a mess, meaning they agree with your summary, the ones around Athens are good enough and traveling long distances isn't necessarily worth it. That will be helpful, if they can read Greek it may be even better. We rented a car and had a hell of a time navigating the road signs. Once we got to the island nothing was in English. We drove past the apartment we rented several times before we figured it out. Man, I am jealous, I would love to get back there.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 3, 2015 -> 04:34 PM) The odds are they aren't a playoff team. http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-meaning-o...ord-in-mid-may/ Odds are a numerical expression consisting of a pair of numbers.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 3, 2015 -> 12:50 PM) 6/7-6/20 Athens then Santorini followed by some impromptu travels.... so excited! I was in Greece a couple of years ago. We went to Kefalonia which is a much less visited island west of the mainland. We had a great time time. The only thing that I regret doing was the tour of Delphi. The bus ride from Athens was long and we didn't feel like it was worth it. The food is awesome. We saw a man perform Plato's Apology in a courtyard of college building with the Parthenon on the hill in the background. Very cool. I gotta go look through my pictures now.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 28, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) Would have gone with Junior Guerra myself for this game. You just aren't gonna have that much success at MLB level with the low amount of strikeouts Beck has been getting. Has Guerra been pitching? It looks like he's thrown less than 6 innings all season.

They couldn't add a player to the roster for game 2?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 27, 2015 -> 01:16 PM) ^^^ Someone already answered, it's Chuck Swirsky. Thanks, missed it because he had quoted somebody else.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 27, 2015 -> 01:00 PM) Who is in the booth with Stone?

Who is in the booth with Stone?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 27, 2015 -> 12:47 PM) Sox 2-0 Thanks!

can i get a quick score update?

I don't see what is interesting about those quotes. This team is playing like s*** and they acknowledged it.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 21, 2015 -> 01:52 PM) I went to the game last night, now 0-5, and got a ball from a Abreu. I was sitting first row and the guy a few seats over was adamant that Abreu was trying to give him the ball. He pestered me about it for 5 minutes. This man was > 30 years old and brought a catchers mitt to the game so he could catch a foul ball. If you are this guy and you are lurking on SoxTalk please, ditch the catcher's glove. Hey, Toby Hall signed that glove!!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:36 PM) How is there a sacrifice bunt and yet Bourn's still at 1B? What happened? Jennings threw it away.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 20, 2015 -> 08:42 PM) Thanks. Myself and two other couples want to drive one to St Louis for a wedding. Not sure if it's a good idea yet. Where would you be parking it?

What did Jennings have in his cap?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 20, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) Up by 1 no one kicks it now anyways. They go for two to make it a FG game. Will teams stop doing that because of the risk of a fumble/int return?

Gambling?

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 19, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) What is the YouTube embedding code now? I just turned HTML on in the pulldown below.