YASNY

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 10, 2008 -> 01:17 PM) Who is the only pitcher in Major League history to never win another game after pitching a no-hitter? Bo Belinski

OC stole 3rd on an 0-1 pitch which gives Dye an RBI chance with just a fly ball. That would piss me off too.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) Exactly. I believe it was the manager of the California Angels at the time (Doug Radar?) who mentioned the Sox were "winning ugly" for all the different ways they found to pull games out (they floundered until taking over first lace around the ASB and then went on a ridiculous tear to win the division by 20 games or so). It wasn't about ugly wins, it was how many ways they did it - HR, balks, stolen bases, defense, sac flies, suicide squeezes, pitching, you name it. It was a lot of fun to watch that team. Too bad Baltimore had their number all season and kept it up in the playoffs. Plus the Dibber forgot how to run the bases. I believe it was Radar, but he was the manager of the Rangers. I'm going off memory here, and lately when I've done that I've been wrong. So take it with a grain of salt.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jul 9, 2008 -> 11:46 AM) One thing though... that team didnt get tons better from beginning of year to end. It was just steadily very good with a blip late in the year. This team has that potential. Better pen, lineup being worse than its history so far.... and a few starters learning as they go but still near All-Star level. Also, '08 has more win-by-8 potential than '05. But other things not done nearly as well. But the '05 team was very damn good at winning by 1 or 2. That is much more exciting. That's playing baseball.

In first place from wire to wire and 11-1 in the post season. It doesn't get any better than that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 05:47 PM) When you are talking about middle infielders on the bench, defense is a huge key. Possibly #1 on your list. And Uribe is far, far better than Pablo in that department. Amen to that. And if one of our starters at 2b or SS goes down, I'd MUCH rather have Uribe than Pablo. This move was a no brainer in my opinion. Uribe is the more valuable of the two to this team at this time.

QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) I have a good story for that game...The batter before Pablo was AJ...and he lined a shot down the 1st base line, foul...hitting a guy in section 114 (I sit in 113) square in the nose...blood is gushing everywhere....chaos ensues...and then Pablo hits a home run, as people are attending to this guy. Game goes into the 10th, and the 10th is spent smelling bleach, as the attendants try and get all his blood up. And then we won. Yay! By the way, the girlfriend of the guy got the ball, after it bounced off his face.[b/] Now that is definition of taking one for the team.

Pablo did a good job for the Sox, but his time had passed.

If the Sox can't trade Uribe for what they feel is decent value, I think Pablo is the odd man out.

I think it's good deal for both teams. The Tribe is out of it so they restocked at no real cost, since they'd lose CC after the season. The Brew Crew have a legit shot at the brass ring for the first time in along time, and they sent their fans a huge message with this deal. When you are a small market team, you don't let opps like this pass.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 7, 2008 -> 09:13 PM) Boy it feels dirty rooting for Boston. Ah well, they got it done tonight, hopefully they keep it up. Just think of it as rooting against Minnesota. The opposing teams uniform doesn't matter.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 08:28 AM) Steve Stone said on the radio that he thinks the PTBN is going to be J.J. Hardy at the end of the season.I hope that isnt the case. I don't think they can wait that long. I believe they have to complete the deal within 30 days or so. EDIT: I was wrong. It's 6 months.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 04:12 AM) At the time of that deal the Cubs still believed they were dealing from a position of strength. They had a lot of young arms in the minors (in Iowa alone they were high on Bobby Brownlie, Rich Hill, Jon Leicester, Todd Wellemeyer and Mitre - none of them over 26 years of age in '05), and subsequently Mitre had been okay but not great in his stints with the big club (4-9 total W-L with an ERA around 4.40). Nolasco had been okay in AA in 2004, but got slapped around in AAA (9.22 ERA in 22 appearances). It was a decent gamble at the time for a veteran basestealer (albeit a guy with a terrible arm and not that patient at the plate - 55 walks being his single-season high), but as all teams experience, sometimes you win the trade, sometimes you lose. Love the avatar.

QUOTE (wallyburger @ Jul 7, 2008 -> 06:28 AM) Okay, but I don't care to do that. Just wondering why this thread was allowed to go 5 pages deep and my anti political question got "flagged"? Maybe I am on the wrong side of the ledger. I don't care which side of the ledger you are on. We try to keep the politics to a minimum in this forum, and have a forum specifically designated for politics. It's that simple.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 10:47 PM) What day was his last appearance? Not sure. He's missed 7 games though. He'd be eligible coming off the break.

They'll activate Paulie and put Jenks on the DL and go to the break a man short in the pen.

Nice post. You summed it up very well, imo.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 04:29 AM) If only teams could regularly hit .310+ with runners in scoring position. Don't get me wrong, it's a talented offense, but it's a down year in the AL and they, honestly, have been lucky as f***. I imagine even benchjim would tell you that. They have a shot to compete with Liriano potentially coming up at some point and by acquiring a bat, but I don't think they have a chance at being the best team in the division with the roster they currently have. Lucky or not, the Twins aren't going away.

QUOTE (wallyburger @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 08:37 PM) Have no idea what that means. Sorry. We have a political forum called the filibuster, therefore the 'buster is sort of a nickname for it. Plenty of political chatter going on in that forum. Feel free to jump into the fray over there.

YES!

QUOTE (Jim Spencer @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) Joe over JD and AJ a true crime. Varitek over AJ is the crime. Don't see how Joe compares to an outfielder and a catcher.

QUOTE (wallyburger @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 07:33 AM) Is there a sense of irony in the celebration of July 4th, Independence Day, while the military is engaged in an occupation as the culmination of an invasion? Independence Day is in recognition of a colonial land establishing self rule via the last resort, a revolution against the Colonial system. Maybe the camo uniforms have nothing to do with this circumstance, but it would seem to be a legitimate question. Is the 4th distorted for politics? Can we limit the politics to the 'Buster please?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 6, 2008 -> 01:25 PM) ITS ON WGN!?!?!??! Yes

Hawk's got it right. That was a productive inning.

That'll work. I wanted see Swish here anyway.