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QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 19, 2009 -> 02:14 PM) Yeah, I've been wondering what the hell happened to SIU. Did Lowery cost himself a lot of money by not pursuing a higher level job? The most important thing for SIU now is to keep the 3 frosh in school for their 4 year career. Well Lowery is still making a good amount of money. 750k in Carbondale is a ton of money. But ya, no one is going to want him now that's for sure. Lowery needs to adjust his offensive ways with the skill sets some of these new guys have. I will say Bocot, Booker, Dillard and Hare is a nice little core to build around but they're so f***in unorganized and just plain dumb right now, and yes that goes to inexperience but that has a LOT to do with the coaching staff and that crap needs to be addressed. It's just sad, 2 years ago we had made it to the NCAA's 6 years in a row and were a few calls(not blaming the refs jimbo, just trying to make a point) away from the elite 8 and now we're about to be playing in one of the play in games for the MVC tourny. Sad.

So at this point in time we might possibly be the worst team in a very bad mvc. It's so sad to see this program now. We were starting(not quite there) to get to a Gonzaga level and all that is gone now. Complete crash.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 18, 2009 -> 02:37 PM) The 2005 postseason was so epic that an afterthought is Iguchi's homer in game 2 against Boston. That was probably the second biggest hit the Sox got up before the World Series, everything considered, with Crede's game winning double in game 2 of the ALCS being the biggest because it got the Sox back in the series. I was at that game and that's the loudest I've ever heard a stadium, ever. I was at game 2 of the WS too but after the Konerko and Pods homers everything just kinda went blank for me(sounds ridiculous but it's true).

1. Game 4 of the World Series 2. Game 2 of the World Series 3. Game 3 of the World Series 4. Game 1 of the World Series 5. Game 5 of the ALCS Yup.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 01:29 PM) A lot of talk that Jason Richardson might be coming to Chicago with Larry Hughes being included in the deal. This is because of Richardson's recent problems in Phoenix and most believe a change in scenery is necessary. All I know is Rose, Richar, Deng, Amare, Noah is a pretty damn good starting 5. No word as to how legitimate this portion of the rumor is but it would definately solve some serious problems in Chicago. And of course Gordon still fits into the mix as well. In fact, Chicago could at times go with an incredibly agressive front 5 with Rose/Gordon/Richard/Deng/Amare all on the court at once. And that's why I think it still wont happen.

So I'm pretty sure I've made more enemies in this last week than I have the rest of my life combined. I'm on quite a roll On a totally unrelated note, I'm going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans this weekend. I think I'm going to have a good time.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 01:26 PM) No draft picks? Sweet. That'd be a fantastic deal. I'll believe it when I see it though.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 15, 2009 -> 11:49 PM) I know it's not a big deal. Just seems too scripted. The all-star game has lost a lot of luster to begin with. And the whole weekend was pretty much about the "reunion" between Shaq and Kobe. Let's say Shaq doesn't play. Does Amare share the MVP with Kobe? He put up basically the same numbers Shaq did. I'm with you 100 percent on this. Allstar game or not this was clearly a stupid marketing ploy that seems very scripted.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 3, 2009 -> 02:16 AM) I'm still down on those drinking bets FYI wite, sonix, and rowand. Any time my friend. A little Soxtalk drinking contest would be fun. Out of the 4 people mentioned, I'm guaranteeing wite for last place.

I could really kinda go for a grilled cheese sandwich right now.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 01:59 AM) If hes paying around that then I should be in carbondale. It is very tough to find a 3 bedroom around here for less than 400. I got a solid 3 bedroom here for 250. The price of living in Carbondale is incredibly cheap. I lived in one of the nicer places you can find down here last school year(4 bedroom) for 400 a month.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 01:27 AM) Me and two other guys are living at Creekside (east building, closest to the creek). We could've waited until April but we decided to get it done now and not have to worry about it. Pretty excited to be 50 yards away from Picks, Pinch, Cali's and Copper. Honestly can't beat that location and Creekside has some very solid apartments. You guys paying 280 or around that per month?

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 10, 2009 -> 01:14 AM) how many keystones are you in? On my 17th right now. Boring night, and I was watching highlights from the WSOBP and decided I want to win next year(and no, I wouldn't win but it'd be a good time).

So I'm currently sitting here drinking a 30 of keystone by myself and I've decided that I'm going to win the World Series of Beer Pong next year. I just thought you guys should know.

This is the first time I've been actually sad to hear about a player testing positive for roids. I was really hoping ARod wasn't a user.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 10:21 AM) You go to polar bear or a different bar? What a great day yesterday was, started drinking at 11 in the morning and stopped at 6 this morning. BTW, Vodka and Redbull must be the worst hangover ever. I'm having one hell of a time typing right now cause my whole body is pretty much tweaking. LOL, my bad guys, apparently my computer is tweaking as well.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 12:10 PM) Polar Bear is today. I'm going to get pretty hammered. You go to polar bear or a different bar? What a great day yesterday was, started drinking at 11 in the morning and stopped at 6 this morning. BTW, Vodka and Redbull must be the worst hangover ever. I'm having one hell of a time typing right now cause my whole body is pretty much tweaking.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Feb 5, 2009 -> 01:22 PM) I don't think so. It's as risky as hell, but I'd have done it. At the least, he should've stopped at the line until someone got close then stepped over, just to kill a little bit more time. He was way out in front of everyone. Wow.

I waited a whole 25 minutes to get my free grand slam on Tuesday. Well worth it.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 11:52 AM) what is there, 31 teams? So assuming a random distribution you'd expect every team to have a least 3 guys in the top 100. So Sox are just average there. anyways, I put very little stock in Law's observations. He goes and watches a player once or twice than passes judgment. He basically admits as much in the article. Not my idea of proper scouting, which should be a mix of DETAILED and SUSTAINED observation and statistical analysis. 30. And like others said, it's just one mans opinion but overall I can't put much stock in Law's opinion when he said we had a bad draft this year. He's just not paying any attention if he really believes that.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 11:09 AM) Apparently you didn't read my earlier post about the timing of other international events. Once again, comparing baseball to any other sport just doesn't work.

Any random baseball tournament is just a whole lot different than any other sport because of the aspect of pitching. It's that simple really, you can't get true results unless you pretty much cancel two major league seasons because of the way managers have to manage in this stupid thing. The best players in the world are supposed to be getting ready for the season, not playing competitively, and you got pitchers no where near full strength trying to pitch in this. IMO that's what makes this event dumb, you can't ever get a true result because of the timing and the way you have to manage around this thing.

Stacked? Ya, I don't think so. The SIU game last night was absolute garbage basketball, we looked pretty bad but hopefully it's another confidence booster as any road win is huge. Like Kyyle said, Dillard is a freakin stud, so thank god for him. I'm also starting to fall in love with Ryan Hare, he's by far the most aggressive guy on this team and it's starting to pay off big time. We've come a long way in the last few weeks but the team is definitely still a work in progress. I'm actually starting to have some faith in this squad though, the game @ Ill State on Saturday should tell us a lot on where we're at.

No, the fact is, pitching any amount of competitive innings when your arm isn't ready, is a lot different and a lot more stressful than just getting ready for the season by pitching spring training. I hate having any of our pitchers in this stupid thing(yes, I think it's stupid) especially a guy who is as important to our team as John Danks.

I absolutely hate the fact that Danks is going to pitch.