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QUOTE(traydragen @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 09:16 PM) thanks Rowand No prob.

QUOTE(traydragen @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 09:02 PM) Any of you guys reading this right now know what spot the Brewers are hitting Carlos in the lineup?? Cleanup.

Jas, just to let you know in the 4th paragraph on wes in the last sentence I think you guys just made a typo, "although he’s still a few years ago." Not trying to be picky or anything, just letting you guys know if you want to fix it. EDIT: Great writeup by the way. I'm really excited to see how Wes progresses this year and hopefully Lumsden comes back and is strong also. Unfortunately I don't consider Honel much of a prospect anymore but hopefully he proves me wrong.

One of the main reasons I wanted the sox to sign Iguchi was to have the ability to move aaron down in the order. I personally love the depth and balance of that order right now, I mean aaron in the 6 hole, aj in the 7 spot and juan in the 9 spot, I mean this team has the ability to score runs from any point of the lineup. Almost everyone looked good at the plate today I think this slump might have really been for a game and 8 innings and you'll see the offense come out with a much stronger day tomorrow.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 07:39 PM) How old is Garcia? I want to say 29, but...? Correct. I was extremely impressed by Freddy today, I say that because he really was struggling threw the first 3 innings yet he worked and worked and only let up 2 runs threw those first 3. He then started to look better and better and dominated his last 3 innings. That's an indicator of a very good pitcher when he can struggle yet hold a great offense to 2 runs. Great job Freddy

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 05:00 PM) IIRC (things may have changed over the past 5 years,) you only need to know up to trig for the math section. The science part is actually "Science Reasoning" which means you don't have to know dick about science, you just need to draw reasonable conclusions from the data they give you. I had trouble with the reading part (I'm Math/science oriented) because there were 25 questions that you had to answer in 20 minutes. I suggest looking at the questions first, then going through the article knowing what you are looking for. Correct. I will say the reading section was definitely the hardest part imo, not because the questions were hard but just because you get very little time to do that section, other then that like santo said the science is just science reasoning, the english section is pretty simple and the math section goes up to trig.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 04:56 PM) Now we know why no one wants to tackle him... Ouch.

My advice would be not to worry or think about it to much, honestly. As far as the practice ones go, I did better on the real one compared to the practice one. I took it last year, I bought one of those act study books and looked over some things like a week before the test and scored right where I wanted to and I'm not a very good test taker. As far as getting into a good school a 25 should be absolutely fine for you

No, Freddy was actually damn impressive. He struggled in the first 3 innings but worked hit butt off to only allow 2 runs in those first 3 and then dominated his next 3 innings.

I personally hate these 1 o'clock games, I can't get out to the park, I have to wire my headphones through my sweatshirt to listen to the first half of the game and then rush home to catch the last half. It's very hard for most people to get out to the stadium during these type of games because of work and/or school.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) Ozzie ball my flopping ass. We saw the balance of the offense in that inning, it was fun to watch. The two homeruns, then Rowand double, willie gets him over and juan gets him in, absolutely awesome.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 03:48 PM) His last at bat was horrible though. He was over-anxious and he swung at too extremely high pitches to K. Just clarifying for others that your talking about gooch, not pods.

Two games into the season and already sole possesion of first place

Beastly I respect your opinion but come on man, you were complaining on Monday that this team wasn't exciting enough, I mean how can you ask for more excitement then this game?? Now you've moved onto to other things, just enjoy it, the sox are 2 and 0 and that's the only thing that matters.

I thought damaso looked fantastic today. Hafner hit a slicer that stayed fair that really wasn't hit that hard. Damaso's stuff is back, his fastball looked great and his slider looked good too, the ump didn't give him the call for any of his sliders but I thought Marte looked great today. Actually I thought the whole bullpen looked great. Another thing to remember is Viz came in for his 2nd inning of work where Hermanson probably would have came in if he wasn't suspended, regardless I'm estatic with this whole bullpen, this is going to be a shutdown pen this year. I absolutely love it.

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 03:09 PM) Huge props to Wickman for dropping the ball. That bobble meant absolutely nothing. It was a perfect sac bunt and both runners would have advanced regardless.

Unf***inbelievable, I'm so f***in happy right now. Props to Pauly, Dye and Rowand no doubt but how about the bunt by willie, I thought ozzie made the wrong choice to go with willie to lay it down but it was absolutely beautiful, awesome job willie--thanks for proving me wrong. Then juan with a beautiful piece of hitting going the opposite way for the sac fly and the win, AWESOME. Freddy impressed the hell out of me, it seemed like he was going to get wrecked in the first 3 innings but he battled and battled and only let up 2 runs and then absolutely dominated his last 3 innings of work. The bullpen looked great too, Neal, Viz and Damaso all looked very good to me. Awesome game, unbelievable effot.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) Link to BA Thoughts? Sox at 12, which is pretty good considering we still have some good prospects down in the A-levels that, with a solid year, could make our overall farm system really good (talking about guys like Gio and Franky Hernandez). Then again, we were ranked first in 2000, correct? But, I think 12 is a pretty fair ranking... Sounds about right to me. That's a pretty solid ranking considering some of the sox more talented players are in the lower minors. I'm excited to see guys such as gio, wes, hernandez and lumsden(assuming he comes back healthy) grow and develop this year.

Poor Jose. Booted a ball that allowed 2 runs for sf to score and win the game.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 04:46 PM) To my way of thinking, even his non-homerun, high average stretch of games, does not necessarily mean he was not thinking selfishly. He was 'seeing the ball' great and making solid contact. But he still might have gotten many hits through the left side, when the situation dictated going the other way. When you are on a roll and you hit the ball 'where it is pitched', then all the power to you. But sometimes you have to force it the other way to the detriment of your average. I am not saying this is what happened. I am just pointing out that statistics alone do not point to sefishness or otherwise. Oh, I agree. I'm not basing this on his stats but just the way he worked the ball all around the field, hitting line drives and not just trying to hit the ball out of the park. Punch and Judy, difference of opinion, agree to disagree

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) It's nto really fair to categorize Lee as a homer happy guy considering that by the end of his long hitting streak, he only had 4 hoemrs and it's not like he was hitting 218 That was the carlos lee i wish i saw all of his career. He was a GREAT hitter during that streak, cause he was using all directions of the field not overswinging, taking what was given to him. After that streak he went to walker saying he wanted to hit more homeruns, that's always bothered me. He started hitting his fair share of homeruns but he was back to popping up a lot of pitches and overswinging in key situations where he'd only care about hitting a homerun, that was always my biggest problem with carlos.

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 03:59 PM) Club level is cushioned, no..? They're normal seats with 2 cushions on them. The scout seats are just all cushioned.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 01:19 PM) IIRC, wasn't Garcia's debut a Sunday Night game last year at MIN? And didn't we win that one? Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I seem to recall. It wasn't a sunday game, I believe it was a wednesday game, might have been a thursday game, it was one of those two though.

I personally love watching a team move a runner a long, lay down a bunt, hit a sac fly, etc. I'd rather watch that then see a ball fly out of the park. Personally I don't care how exciting it is or how they do it, I just want the sox to win, period.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:00 PM) Yeah man, I remember in 2000 when we got swept away by the M's I cried a lot. I was only in 6th grade at the time, but it still sucked. I couldn't imagine if it was the WS after having the greatest season in the history of the franchise. Also, after we lost this kid, a cubs fan, called me and rubbed it in my face that we lost. I didn't become friends with him again until this year. So yeah, I took that loss pretty hard. I almost decapitated(sp?) my friend after game 3, i had a football in my hand for some reason, seattle laid down that squeeze, i chucked the ball not knowing my friend was behind me, he got out of the way just in time. I then went into the bathroom and just starting crying, terrible day.