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QUOTE (Brian @ May 22, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) With the way the bulls have D'd up, 90-95 points should be enough. I keep wanting Boozer to go hard to the rim but he seems like he is afraid of contact. But did you hear his rap? He goes hard on offense.

Is anyone else positive we're going to come back and get in 1st at some point this season only to blow it in September?

Lilligod

Me.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 20, 2011 -> 05:46 PM) I remember this angle like it was yesterday. I don't even know how old I was for that but I too remember that like it was yesterday. Those two were seriously awesome.

Look, Kobe isn't in Jordan's league but Pau was never the best player on that Lakers team, lets get that straight.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 20, 2011 -> 04:26 PM) Kobe doesn't win anything without Shaq or Gasol. MJ needed Scottie, but I think it's pretty evident that Shaq is a more dominant player than Scottie and that the Gasol from the past three years is nearly as valuable as Pippen. And there's that stat of MJ being 6-0 in the NBA Finals. I was with you up until that part.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 20, 2011 -> 04:03 PM) And they were both off of........ You guessed it. JOHN GARLAND! I was at that game. It was one of the best ever. Who?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 20, 2011 -> 02:43 PM) I don't mind honoring these guys, but I think it's ridiculous that Jerry Reinsdorf told Juan Pierre to honor Scott Podsednik all season by getting caught stealing and picked off twice a week. How dare you forget poor lf defense. You disappoint me.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 20, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) This would be like the Yankees honoring Scott Brosius and Hideki Irabu from the '99 team. It's just a reminder to me of how terrible the history of the White Sox is where we have to honor Juan Uribe and Jon Garland. Well we're not the Yankees.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 20, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) AJ has to be in there. Everyone loved him that year. Pods too. True on both of those. It'd actually be interesting to see how this boards top 5 from that season would compare to the general fan base because it'd be quite the difference that's for sure.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 20, 2011 -> 01:56 PM) Yeah really. I doubt he'd crack the top 5 of fan favorites for the 2005 team. Not sure he'd crack the top 10. Hmm top 5 fan favorites of 05: Buehrle, Konerko, Crede, Rowand, Jenks maybe? Be an interesting topic.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 20, 2011 -> 01:59 PM) If you are talking about Stephanie McMahon, those are not true. Just urban legend. He will be put in the HOF next year and it will feel hollow as he should of been in 5 years ago. This f*cking sucks. All these people I watched growing up keep dieing. I was hoping it wouldn't be but I never knew for sure either way. Even though I don't follow too much of the current stuff, I still love to read about the backstage/urban legend aspect of the business so I'm always intrigued by stuff like that.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 20, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) Who is complaining? The closest thing to a complaint that I saw was Tex, and he already came around to the idea. This site is ridiculous sometimes. Even when there are no complaints, people act like there are. Tex and J4L. And as I said, I don't see how anyone could have a problem with it so my comment is quite relevant. You're the one being ridiculous here.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 20, 2011 -> 11:57 AM) Graduate of my HS, Downers Grove North, Randy Poffo was drafted by the cardinals straight out of HS. He set high school records in hitting all over the board. SIU alum as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2011 -> 11:36 AM) There is not a player on that team I won't give a standing ovation to if given the chance. Even Pablo?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 20, 2011 -> 12:48 PM) He needs to have a show dedicated to him. I'm sure it won't happen for a couple of reasons: 1.) I don't think they dedicate entire shows anymore due to Benoit 2.) I'm pretty sure Vince hated him 3.) He wasn't working for WWE at the time But if any guy deserves it, he does. And I'd tune in from start to finish. Some vicious rumors about why Vince didn't like Randy. Who knows if they're true but if they are you can't fault Vince.

Extremely sad yet not surprising unfortunately. With out a doubt one of the all time greats. RIP Macho Man.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 20, 2011 -> 09:43 AM) That right there is 2/5ths of the rotation and I'm not buying it. Buehrle didn't have a flukish year. If you want to say Garland did, thats fine, but Garland outside of a first 6 to 8 bad starts was more dominant in 2006 (just look at the splits, once Garland started pitching, he took his ERA down). Contreras was nasty and that nastiness lasted as long as his back held up. Once his back went to crap, he went back to being mediocre. But post all star break, I couldn't think of a pitcher who had better stuff that year than Jose Contreras. Guy was unhittable. The fluke years were from the bullpen that season, not the rotation imo. You're right though, that 05 team actually had a decent amount of expectations going into the season, maybe not as much by the media but I know Sox fans(and this site to be more specific) thought that team had a chance to be real good.

How could anyone have a problem with this? It's two key parts of our World Series team who make their first trip back to the Cell since 05. I think it's great.

Does this mean the Sox are trying to be relevant again?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 19, 2011 -> 06:11 PM) Brian never posts in PHT. That's pretty much why he goes unnoticed. Kyle and Greasywheels are in the same boat. All three are some of the best posters around. 3 awful humans right there.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 19, 2011 -> 11:19 AM) I know some use FIP and xFIP as statistical measurements of how good a pitcher "has been," but I don't think that's right. I think what that says is "this is how good a pitcher has been on his own, independent of defense/luck," so it's fair for them to use it, I just don't happen to do so. They are obviously very good statistics, but more so for telling a story about the future, not the present. For this reason, when determining who has pitched "the best" I still use ERA and WHIP. I will look at their peripherals and their sabermetric ratios and whatever else to determine if it's for real or if they are actually good or if there's room for improvement, but the fact of the matter is, ERA and WHIP tell the story of what actually happened while FIP and xFIP tell the story of what should have happened. A lot of times, when the phrase "should have" is used, the word "but" is used too. I often think of Javier Vazquez. Therefore, I have no problem saying Sergio Santos has been better than Craig Kimbrel this year. That doesn't mean I wouldn't rather have Kimbrel nor does it mean that Santos will be better all year. But thus far, Santos has been better, and it's certainly arguable that Santos has been the best reliever in all of baseball thus far. Regardless of luck and defense, Santos has yet to allow a run. I'd say that's worth a vote. Spot on.

It's ok everyone, Mark Gonzales just tweeted: "Juan Pierre out for early bunting practice." So no worries, we got this...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 19, 2011 -> 07:46 AM) I know what the metrics say, but that's 4 blown saves now for Kimbrel. Stop blowing the lead kid! Ya, Kimbrel has been the most dominant reliever around but it's hard to say that he's been better than Sergio.