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QUOTE(qwerty @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 08:03 PM) .738 ops from a three hole hitter? Ya... Who said he should be batting third?

QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 07:49 PM) there's no reason carl everett deserves a starting spot in the lineup every day, none at all. 23 homers, 83 rbi's, and .297 with risp?

QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 06:23 PM) FLIGHTPLAN seems to have a predictable ending but is getting good reviews. I may have to check it out after all. I enjoyed it.

Stevenson beats Lake Forest 36 to 6.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 07:15 PM) If the Sox fail to make the playoffs after sporting a 15 game lead just 6 weeks ago, what else would you call it? It's all good, though, I think we're gonna hold on and win this thing. We're playing right around .500 ball since then, Cleveland is just playing out of their minds. I don't know how you can call it a choke but whatever I think we're all tired of talking about this subject anyways. Lets just win the division and not worry about it.

That's the best article I've read all season.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 06:11 PM) Im still not sure if the real Buehrle is back yet. Did anyone look at their lineup. Of the players who had enough ab's to count the highest avg. was like .260 That lineup sucked. I was encouraged though cause he was getting ahead and throwing strikes. Also his change wasn't fluttering up and way to righties all that much like it's been doing for a while now.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 05:14 PM) Read the first post. Amazing. BTW, LMAO at my screw up with the numbers I know, I saw it. I still wanted to blame you, more fun then blaming a newbie.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 05:03 PM) And he's a prick for wanting to go somewhere else? grow.the.f***.up.newbie Boo, don't make this thread about Maggs. Go miscalculate magic numbers tex.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 04:46 PM) Best possible Yankee / Bo Sox records after sweeping their next series would be 94 wins going into the weekend. Best 1-2 finish 95 and 96 wins. 96 wins assures staying ahead of at least one of them. 2 to clinch. AL E winner 96-66 AL runner up 95-67 Any wins added to the winner subtracts from the runner up. And the runner up is who we need to stay ahead of. Still looks like two to clinch to me. SHow me how the Yankees AND the Red Sox could end up with 96 or more wins?? Tex, I said this in the other thread you posted that scenario in as well. Your math is a bit off cause the bosox and yankees each have 7 games left not 6.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 04:34 PM) Here goes a try at the current numbers (Sunday Evening) Yank/Bo Sox 91-65 with 6 games remaining White Sox 94 wins If both the BoSox and Yankees win all three games to start this week, they would be sitting at 94 wins going into the final weekend. Possible outcomes 3-0 Wildcard winner would need 95 wins (Sox need 1) 2-1 One team finishes with 96 the other 95 (Sox need 2) As Freddy Prinz would say "Loooking Goood!" Tex you're math is off a bit because the yankees and the redsox each have 7 games left. Just add one win to what you said, 3 wins and we clinch the wildcard.

QUOTE(DaGame2584 @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) Do you think hte Sox would put him on the Playoff Roster? I mean that why is was signed for right? He'll be on the playoff roster but no where near the rotation. If we make it of course.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) 3 is the amount of wins, but 3 isn't the magic number for the playoffs right now. That number won't go down if just one of the teams lose. Correct, both those teams have to lose for that magic number to go down.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) Bench him for Dino Is dino a switch hitter?

I'd do exactly what ozzie is doing. Put him down in the order and hope he gets out of it.

QUOTE(DaGame2584 @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 04:19 PM) I hope we can finish this thing of in Detroit right in front of that prick :puke Magglio. It's doable lets hope it happens, it'd be f'n awesome to go into cleveland and able to set up the playoff rotation.

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QUOTE(TLAK @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 12:46 PM) Its raining hard at Archer and Austin, about 15 mins from the park. Memo to Mark: no tarp sliding today. Let him do it, he was pitching well back in those days.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Sep 25, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) I don't understand, its the 'everyday' line up. The order is just a little juggled. Uh, not even close.

Got to finish these guys off. Liriano is sick but we need Mark to get back on track and bad. Hopefully Buehrle can pitch like he did in the first half and not what he's been doing lately. GO SOX!!!!!!!

I hate the cubs, however I could care less what they do either way when the sox are still in contention, the only time I care about the cubs is when the sox season is done. The cubs haven't crossed my mind for a long time until this thread.

I'm late but this will be my avatar as well, I'm a follower not a leader.

QUOTE(mmmmmbeeer @ Sep 24, 2005 -> 07:55 AM) If this team finished with 95 or 96 wins, after holding a 15 game lead on Aug 1st,and fails to win the division it's more of an indicator of the quality of the team that surpasses them in the standings than a White Sox choke. The 10spot on cnnsi had top 10 collapses and every one of them talked about horrendous (.500 since the break isn't horrendous) losing streaks, just handing the division to the other team. If any other second place team outside of CLE were in the ALCent, we'd have this thing wrapped up easily. Great post. The Sox haven't played well for a while but they're also not playing .350 ball like people said they had to do to be caught. Everyone of us was saying "if the sox play .500 ball they're in," well they've been playing .500 ball problem is that Cleveland doesn't lose. If the sox finish with 95-96 wins it's kind of hard to consider it a collapse.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 07:53 AM) That comment pretty much describes my opinion of if Mark should start game one of the playoffs...he obviously doesn't want the ball, so by all means give it to the count. QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 07:57 AM) I took the quote a different way. I am sure he wants the ball in game one, but for the ace of the staff to put his ego aside to put the best pitcher(hotest in the 2nd half) on the mound in game one is pretty amazing. Both interesting views, that quote can definitely be taken either way. I know for me though I'm giving Jose the ball game 1 if we get in.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 07:39 AM) Burnett walks to Detroit on a 4 year $48M deal at the end of the off-season. Still do that deal? Here's the thing, there were some of us who wanted Burnett here to be the 4th starter for the playoffs, right now he doesn't even crack the playoff rotation, in other words that would have been a bad deal.