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QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 11:25 AM) Soxtalk roll call for this weekend's game? I'll be in attendance both Saturday and Sunday. Pick me up from Carbondale and I'll go.

Bobby will be fine and IMO Brandon is to valuable overall to the pen to have him closing.

Who else thinks Thome is going to hit 100 homers this year?

Thome sucks.

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 08:32 AM) so verlander has a cannon right? and he's a rookie? . Yes and yes.

This pitching matchup scares the hell out of me. Hopefully this is the game Pods decides to wake up and can cause Verlander some problems right away in the first inning. We obviously need Jon to step up, can't have that guy against KC. I don't have a good feeling about this one, hopefully I'm wrong. GO SOX!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(Wanne @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 01:55 AM) Wonder how hard Kenny pushed to put Politte in that deal instead of Viz if at all. Um....Not at all.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 10:36 PM) Yeah. It's hard to do these combos because damn near all of these guys are gimps. You have to eliminate Schilling/Beckett, Halladay/Burnett, Oswalt/Pettite, etc. Hey, I have one: Bonderman/Verlander It really is hard to do this, once you get to about 7 it gets kind of bad. I can argue 2 White Sox combos and 2 A's combos before some of the ones further down. It's tough.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 10:22 PM) Umm, and if Schilling is healthy, I have news for y'all. Him and Beckett are top 10 without question. I will hold off for the time being, as Curt's numbers were ATROCIOUS last year. I'm talking Hall Of Shame type numbers. To bad they'll both be on the dl in a month.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 09:28 PM) Meh. He's had some decent years, but there are a lot of mediocre to poor ones mixed in too. He's got a 4.22 career ERA, which I suppose is okay. He's been over 4.4 for 5 of his 11 years, and was under 4 only 3 times. He's a decent #3, but unfortunately for the Twins he's been a #1 or #2 for them most of his career. I was actually just basing it on the last few years because he said radke sucks "now." He's been pretty solid the last two years, over his career though I agree that he's been pretty average.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 09:21 PM) You can't knock OBP, though. Getting on base is what it's all about. You put pressure on the pitcher, you f*** with the heads of infielders, you see to it that there are more "ducks on the pond" so that your sluggers can have more RBI opportunities, etc. And really, how often are you going to have a guy with a great OBP and a s***ty batting average? There are only a select few guys that I can think of. Plenty of stats are overrated. That ain't one of them IMO. It's an important stat but it's overrated in the sense that some people think it's the only thing that matters. That's far from the case. I'm just one of those people who hate when people say that Garrett Anderson sucked last year cause his obp and ops were down yet he still drove in 96. It seems at times that people have now forgot about the traditional stats with all these new age ones out there.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 07:09 PM) Radke sucks now.... based on last season prob Johan/Silva If by sucks you mean above average. He's not an ace or anything but he's still a damn solid pitcher.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 07:41 PM) I'm just going to agree to disagree, but there is a reason why the teams that win are still routed in scouting and not stats that pop up out of a computer. I'm not knocking stats, they are important, but way overdone. And anyone that doesn't realize how over-rated OBP is well whatever. Its great to have a nice OBP but more important is a hitters ability to HIT. Having a good eye makes him a more complete player. And having good STUFF has nothing to do whether you can throw strikes or not. Thats COMMAND, not STUFF. Wow, um....Bingo.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 08:19 PM) Er, can I ask what SGPIR is without sounding like a newb? *hums* Ha, don't worry about it. It's just a stat I made up.

By the way Jose's SGPIR today was 9.3.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 06:38 PM) Still the important thing with him compared with Steve Francis is that he won't turn the ball over a whole lot. I don't think he's going to average more than 5 or 6 assists per game, but he could easily be a 18/6 guy, he's a very good shooter for a PG. And he's not a douche bag.

QUOTE(G&T @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 06:25 PM) I think Buehrle and Contreras can easily be on the list at this point. The problem is that it's difficult to pick two out of these 5. By the end of the season, it could be Vasquez and Contreras as the best guys. It's much easier to pick from some of those teams where they only have two good starters. Right now Mark and JC should be on that list. By the end of the year it'll be JC and Vaz imo. Some of those are seriously retarded. Schilling/Beckett is pretty laughable at 2 imo. Zambrano is virtually there by himself.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 05:36 PM) Alright here's a true story from one of my friends. His sister is house sitting/dog sitting for this family while they are on vacation. Before the family leaves, they tell this girl (who's 16) that the dog is very sick and could actually die while they are gone. A few days into the vacation, the dog dies. This girl doesn't really know what to do...so she figures she'll take it to the vet or what not. Well this dog is gigantic, and this girl is pretty small - she can't carry it into the car. She decides to put the dog into a large suitcase to try to drag that to the car. She puts the dog in there, and starts to get it to the car. As she's struggling to get this thing up into a car, a person walking by says "Hey, do you need some help with that?" She says "sure." The guy walking by picks up the suitcase........and runs away with it, thinking he's getting off with some sweet stuff. She didn't yell at him or chase him or anything, because, well, there was a dead dog in there. Talk about sweet justice. Have fun with your dead dog, prick. Also, wouldn't you think the guy would kind of question why the hell she didn't scream or chase after him or anything? I think watching him lug this thing down the street would have been hilarious.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 05:15 PM) If we were in a one-run game today in the 9th we would have lost it one bad pitch or not. Ya, well we werent and that makes a big difference in the pitchers mindset.

QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 05:30 PM) But.. but... he's perfect in save opportunities! That must mean he's done well! In all seriousness, I agree completely with you. So are you going to waste another post saying the same thing?

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 05:25 PM) ERA, on the other hand? Just like you stated: biased to how teams play. Yeah, the official scorer didn't call it an error, but Scotty Pods done f***ed up when that catchable line drive turned into a freaking triple with the bases loaded. That ain't cool. Then that causes a hit to be added on to the guys whip as well.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 02:42 PM) The good thing is that this team hits fastballs like its their job. Probably because it is their job.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 03:04 PM) Indians aren't as good as most of you seem to think. That pitching is mediocre at BEST. ^^^

QUOTE(Felix @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 01:33 PM) From what I've seen, his control has not been that good. He hasn't walked that many people, but he's not been able to keep his curveball in the zone, and his fastball is errant at times. And again, he's let up 3 runs in 4 innings to go along with 2 homeruns. He has not been that good this year, and there is reason to worry about him in 1 run games. Last year April was a suckfest for closers, off the top of my head I know that Lidge and Chad Cordero have already had some issues this year. Bobby might not be pitching great right now but he's getting the job done when he has to.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 01:22 PM) Perfect in save situations but still looking fugly -- 6.23 ERA. His era can be 50 for all I care, as long as he gets the job done.