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Lackey=39 pitches. Good job guys, keep him working.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 06:00 PM) Mac and Jurko supposedly are but they really care more about the Bears and football than anything else. Harry is a Cubs fan so he must have hopped on the bandwagon. Mac's a sox fan, Jurko actually has said he hates the sox and Harry is more of a cubs fan but he's always said he cheers for the sox when they aren't playing the cubs.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 05:54 PM) I was about to run out the door, but thought s***, I can't read the game thread and the chance of finding a true Sox fan will be slim to none. I'd much rather watch at home then at a bar.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 02:40 PM) Is there anyway we can just fast forward an entire year NO.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) I-L-L S-H-U-T-U-P

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) Hi8is rules. ^^^^^^^^

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) Well... No, he did have something of a rep before the Giants. It doesn't matter now, and it's got nothing to do with that play...I'm just sayin. He had a rep of being an asshole basically because of the way he plays the game, he was a leader with the Twins though as well. I love aj, I hope he's around for a long, long time.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 08:22 AM) I have mine, arent you jealous. You should see these beauties, they are the size of my arm. Can I have them?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 08:14 AM) OK here are some alternative phone numbers. I don't know what locations will be selling White Sox tickets, but here are the Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconson phone numbers to the individual ticketmaster outlets Indiana Customer Service Anderson/Muncie 765-644-3131 Bloomington 812-333-9955 Evansville 812-423-7222 Ft. Wayne 260-424-1811 Indianapolis 317-239-5151 Lafayette 765-743-5151 South Bend 219-272-7979 Terre Haute 812-234-2424 Illinois Chicago 312-559-1212 Springfield 217-544-9400 Peoria 309-676-8700 Normal 309-454-5500 Champaign 217-351-2626 Danville 217-442-3434 Wisconson Appleton 920-731-5000 Green Bay 920-494-1414 Madison 608-255-4646 Milwaukee 414-276-4545 Gracias, don't you think that they should all be selling them since it's through ticketmaster?

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 08:12 AM) Quinlann was the 3rd baseman at the time, not the left fielder. Correct, it's just a bad call cause you don't send him with 0 outs, period. Two outs I would have loved Joey trying to score him cause you have to in that situation. With 0 and 1 outs there is no way you can attempt to score a guy when it's going to be that close of a play.

Great images there, that's the best view you're going to get and it's still impossible to tell if it hit the ground or not. It obviously changes direction and the way Paul's glove is pressed down on the ground I'd almost think it would have to hit the ground to take that bounce. That being said you still can't really tell either way and we'll probably never know if that really hit the ground or not.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 07:42 AM) The key to the game offensively is to make Lackey throw strikes. Plate discipline is not our best feature. We need to make him throw strikes and not to do too much with his pitches. If we can tire him a bit maybe that curve will hang a bit and we can exploit it. We are away from home, so the golf swing homer shots should slow down a bit. It seems the minute we get home our approach changes. This is why we are a better road team. Lay off his curveball with two strikes is my biggest key. The game Lackey just pitched against the yankees he honestly threw about 90 percent breaking balls with two strikes, if our guys can lay off that pitch we should be in good shape.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 07:49 AM) The second half has done a lot to temper my enthusiasm for Jon pitching under pressure, in front of his "ancestral home town". To be honest, I have absolutely no clue what to expect from Jon. He pitched pretty solid down the stretch even including the game where he gave up 5 runs against the tribe at the cell. That being said he hasn't pitched in forever but he did do the Kerry Wood special and pitched a simulated game, I just have no clue what to expect out of him tonight.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 07:47 AM) Lots of reasons to believe either Garland can show up. Lots of rest, maybe too much. Opening game in LA. "The call" atmosphere. 18-10 career year. I think this answer is pretty obvious. The rally crede.

No doubt. With 2 outs you send him there but that's the only case, Joey's worst move since being here imo.

He's still the best closer in baseball. He deserves it.

UGHH, why Tuesday????????

Hey Krush, I got another question for you. In game 1, Cabrera's take out slide of Tad when he basically stood up when Iguchi was releasing the ball, is that interference?? The actual slide was legal but because OC actually stood up when Tad was throwing the ball I wasn't sure if that's interference or not.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 01:40 PM) Ok sorry...what i meant by that was my posts as far as what i saw/think stay the same. Therefore, i'd certainly be pissed off, but i would try to post in the same manner, and explaining in the same way. You know what i mean? I know what you mean but I was just giving my interpretation.

Krush, if I was an angel fan, I'd be pissed at the ump and be pissed at Josh Paul and Escobar and basically the whole team cause they seemed to have lost their cool after that play took place. Here's the thing with the ump, I do honestly believe that ball hit the ground, on the other hand I'm mad at the ump for being indecisive and not knowing what the hell was going on. The way ump reacted and looked at Paul I think in his mind he still thought the ball was live but he didn't even think that his strike call would make that look so much like he was calling aj out. The thing also is that Kelvim lost his cool and hung a splitter and bam, Josh was trying to make up for the play and couldn't even get the ball out of his glove. If I'm an angels fan I'm pissed off at everybody and every thing, that being said, I honestly believe that was still the correct call.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 11:54 AM) From what I've read it was a hanging splitter. You can see Paul before the pitch setting a very low target which makes sense considering what Escobar had done to every other batter he had faced. It was a hanging splitter, you can see the ball take a bit of a dip but nothing like he was throwing earlier, it just hung up there and got nailed.

Congrats to the garcia's.

QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 01:58 AM) Question: If 3rd and 1st were empty... why doesn't the guy making the play at 2nd on Crede not have to tag him? You'd think that stepping on the bag wouldn't be enough, kinda like when a player gets picked off at 2nd or 1st and they have to tag him first instead of just having their foot on the bag. Cause on a caught baseball you have to tag up to advance a base.

If you guys want to watch that replay I'm talking about it's about 18 minutes or so into espnnews which means it should be shown again at about 2:48. Krush, I know what you're saying about how the ball can deflect in the mit but Paul's mit had not even began to close yet when you see the ball change direction and because of that the path change would have nearly been impossible if it didn't touch the ground.

Ok, I think I just saw that replay you guys were talking about where you see the ball change direction, there is now NO DOUBT in my mind that ball hit the dirt.