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QUOTE(aboz56 @ Mar 16, 2005 -> 07:22 PM) Very solid defensively, especially on the perimeter. And how did they get hosed you ask, Rex? They are 29-4, won their conference and conference tournament, are ranked #4 in BOTH polls and have an RPI of 12, in their last 19 games, they are 18-1, now how does that compute to being a 4 seed. At worst they should have been a 3 seed and they should have easily been a solid number two. Even Pitino himself agrees with that and he is not one to complain. Aboz, this is what I found interesting. Just comparing Louisville to Washington. Both cusa and the pac 10 are 4 bid leagues, Louisville won both the regular season and conference tourny in cusa while washington just won the tourny in the pac 10. Not only that Louisville has less losses and less conference losses then Washington. Yet somehow Washington is a 1 and Louisville a 4, doesn't make any sense to me, Louisville should be atleast a 2, imo.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 16, 2005 -> 05:28 PM) One more reminder..... Draft is tomorrow night 6:45PM I should be able to make it, if not then I'll prerank my players. Hopefully, I'll be there though.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 16, 2005 -> 05:56 PM) Pittsburgh is the olny team in this entire region that plays defense... And they play a very physical game, if the refs choose to call a close game, they'll lose every time. That's not true at all. Pitt, gtech, and Louisville are all good defensive teams.

Well good thing Freddy and Sabathia won't be pitching that game.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 11:00 PM) Didn't he put his reputation on the line? Or lack there of... Didn't he say he'd put his job on it?? If so, why hasn't he quit yet.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 10:42 PM) I think Joe B will make the team. No chance. There is just no room for him on the roster.

Well wunsch did it in the minors, so there you go-- a player no longer on the sox who did it in the minors.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:39 PM) This is why when Frank comes back, Timo has to go. We can't have Timo taking AB's away from Carl. Carl as the fourth outfielder can spell each of the regular OF's once a week as well as DH once in a while. Timo won't be taking ab's away from Carl.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) I guess you can make that argument about their offense. It seems to me at least that Plavich has a massive drag on their FG%. Withers (leading scorer) shoots about 47%, Basden (#2) is a little under 50%. Plavich only shoots about 37.5% as their #3 scorer, and the bulk of his shots are from the arc. If he is hitting though, that percentage jumps a ton. They don't have quality wins, but they also didn't get multiple shots at Duke/Wake/UNC. They basically had one shot at home versus Bama that they lost by a point, a home/away split against Cinci, and a game at Louisville that they lost (I guess you could the win at Marquette when they still had Deiner, but that still isn't stellar). They did win well over 20 games, which is fairly impressive. I'm just not at all impressed with NC State, they're basically Northwestern with Julius Hodge and a harder schedule. In the end I guess it doesn't matter since I doubt that either team can beat UConn. Fair enough. We each have our own opinions on it and we'll find out thursday.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:32 PM) What do we do with him once Frank is back? Super sub? Or trade him? or what? Good problem to have, no doubt about that. This is where ozzie really gets to manage, I believe you'll see Ozzie keep his hottest bats in the lineup if Carl is hitting better then Jermaine he'll be starting in rf and vice versa, imo.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) But then the Cubs have 1 right? And its a Cubs-Sox game?? That's the 1 on wgn, it's the sox-cubs game I believe on Friday.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:24 PM) That sucks big time. I know sometimes I watch ESPN around 12 and they do rebroadcasts of the sporting events, they must not do it for spring training games. In that case does anyone know if the Sox get another game on ESPN next week? I heard Stone say they were gonna be at TEP again next week, but I'm assuming its gonna be for a Dbacks game? If it is another Sox game that be cool. Plus there will be 2 on WGN (I think). Only 1 on wgn.

QUOTE(quade36 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:17 PM) With the Emergence of McCarthy and the idea that it'll be hard not to bring this guy up to the majors, who can the Sox trade to make room for him and what could they get? I know Garland and Contreras' names keep popping up in threads. But which would you trade (or maybe someone else) and what do the Sox need to get in return? I think the Sox did a great job in the offseason filling their needs so I am a little curious as to what you all think about this. This is simple, nobody. We finally have some starting pitching depth and Brandon could still use some time at charlotte. If Brandon continues to dominate in aaa which I'm sure he will and the scenario arrives where he gets his shot in the majors and continues to impress then we look into some trade possibilites.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) Well I know one thing, I'll puke if I see Adkins, Stewart, Munoz or Diaz in the starting rotation at any point this year with the White Sox. None of them are starters. In Diaz case, back end reliever and in Adkins and Munoz case maybe a bit more. In Munoz case he could be a pretty damn good lefty reliever. As far as Honel goes, don't mention that name as a starting candidate until he pitches like he did a couple years back. Until then, he ain't a prospect. Same with Bobby Jenks. What about Neal, Jas?? Of course I mean if Walker makes the team instead of him and they let Neal start down in charlotte. I love Neal and I've said all along I think neal has a chance to be special but he needs to obviously work on his control and develop another pitch.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:11 PM) Evtimov I believe has been shooting very well lately also. I just haven't really been impressed at all with Charlotte, aren't Cincinatti and Indiana the only good teams that Charlotte beat this year? I could be wrong because I haven't checked, but overall I'm not impressed. State will get demolished by UConn anyways in the 2nd round. Agreed.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:07 PM) There's alot of parity in the brackets. The Albuquerque region actually has 4 of the top 12 teams in the nation in the final polls and a very hot Georgia Tech team. I see Louisville, GT, and WF all doing well and WF defeating GT in their brackets finals to advance to the final 4. Palehose, you going to scout the game tonight??? Oakland's going to upset your heals

QUOTE(The Bones @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:56 PM) Which regions is everyone having the most problems with? I know I've got Illinois and UNC coming out of Chicago and Syracuse, but I'm having problems with the Albuquerque and Austin regions, especially Albuquerque. I think I want Cuse out of Austin but I also think they could lose very early to MSU or even Vermont. In Albuquerque no one out of Washington, Wake, Gonzaga, or Louisville really stands out to me. I could honestly see any of them losing in the 2nd round. That is IMO the weakest region by far. IMO, the weakest region is definitely austin.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) Wasn't Ozuna playing ss? I know Lopez made an error but trust me when I say he's a very good defensive infielder or at least he projects that way? But on the one that Anderson couldn't get to (the shallow fly) the shortstop had given up on it way too early. Yes, Lopez was at 2nd.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:53 PM) 5 innings, 0 ER Runs (2 runs). Don't know the hits or k's. Someone can tell you. Good comparison in regards to Francis. Cause Francis is another guy that does it with control and not velocity. Still, I continue to believe and say that Bmac will develop some more velocity as he fills out. He's about 20 pounds heavier then he once was. I loved how when runner was on first you saw him just hammer the lower part of the zone and get the ground balls. He also overcame the error and calmed back down and got out of the inning. Fantastic outing. I agree with you there, he'll definitely add some more velocity which can make him down right scary.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:57 PM) Brian Anderson with an error that lets 2 runs score. Game should be over. Mental error but not scored one. Still unearned runs though.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:55 PM) Anyone notice Vizcaino is fiddling with something. Looks to me as if he's throwing entirely slider/2seamer and is not using his better fastball. Yup your definitely right, I"ve seen him throw one 4 seamer. Bad communication by the defenders caused viz to let up a couple unearned runs but he was pretty impressive to me this inning how he battled back with the bases loaded and nobody out.

I was sold on jurrasic when I saw him at soxfest.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:23 PM) I don't think that's an accurate statement. Charlotte does allow several points per game more than NC State, but a good chunk of that can be attributed to their offensive style. NC State runs the Princeton offense, which is designed to work the clock and get quality shot. That shaves off several possessions for the other team. A better indicator would be the oppenent's field goal percentage, which is .432 to .438. That's not that much of a difference. Considering that Charlotte scores about 5 points more per game, that should at least equalize whatever gap there is on defense. Good stats zoom. To tell you the truth my comment game more from watching them play then stats so that's just my opinion on both teams. EDIT: Also, you say Charlotte averages 5 more points per game but like you said that's to be expected because they won't take as many shots as charlotte because of their style of play. So you look at fg percentage there and Charlotte shot 43.7 percent from the field and nc state shot 46 percent from the field.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:02 PM) I got Charlotte over NC State. I don't really see why NC State has so much support, they've underacheived all year. Their only major accomplishments were beating another underacheiving team twice in Georgia Tech, beating another major underacheiver in Maryland, and beating Wake without Chris Paul. I know Charlotte hasn't had any major victories either, but they had considerably fewer opportunities. I'm pretty confident Basden will seriously slow down Hodge, and the rest of NC State's team is a collection of mediocrity. Nc State plays defense, Charlotte on the other hand doesn't.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 10:19 PM) I respect your opinion, but your basing your opinion upon less than ten innings pitched. I certainly can't tell whether or not a pitcher "can pitch" based upon ten innings pitched -- or, at least make an honest opinion on the guy. To me, at least, it seemed like he was pitching against scrubs -- and, while he did a good job of doing that, he also left a couple of pitches over the heart of the plate -- pitches that, if are going to a guy like Derrek Lee or Nomar Garciaparra -- would be crushed. I'd like to think that Kenny might have found some diamond in the rough, but his IP in the minor leagues, and not even being able to produce a sub-four ERA tells me differently... Fair enough and I'm not basing my opinion on his results so far. I did say from what I've seen he can pitch. Like I said I need to see more of the guy but so far I like what I see.