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Buehrle's BAA is no surprise, that numbers is usually high for him, ESPECIALLY among 15 game winners (which is almost always is of course). He simply has the kind of stuff that allows hits, but he normally does well to keep guys in the park and walks nobody along with a modest amount of K's, so the ERA stays low. His issue this year is falling behind hitters, so as a result he has less K's and more hits allowed. As for Oswalt and Webb, their BAA's are probably high since they are really "bad ass" personality types who challenge hitters with the fastball, sometimes too much, and catch some of the plate. However their stuff is so damn good that they get a ton of k's and keep the ERA down anyways, plus get run support due to the hitters parks they play in (also a factor in the BAA for Webb, Oswalt, and Buehrle...look at their home parks).

Question: Who the hell is pitching on Saturday for the Cubs? Based on days off and such, it won't be Maddux (pitches Friday), or Marshall (pitches Wednesday), or Zambrano (pitches Sunday), or Wood (pitches Thursday), or Prior (lol), or Guzman (in the pen). I'm guessing it will be Rich Hill then, or Rusch? Haha either way, they have both sucked and Freddy is going for us, so HOPEFULLY I'll see a win, as I'll be there in attendance.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 16, 2006 -> 03:22 PM) The Mets are kicking themselves in the ass for trading Kazmir for Victor Zambrano. Especially since it was announced today Zambrano has a career threatening injury. That trade might go down as one of the all time worst ones period one day, Kazmir could be that good. I think B-Mac and the pen will get it done against the struggling Rays bats tonight, but we will have to figure out a way to get a few off Kazmir, which won't be easy. GO SOX!! QUOTE(beautox @ May 16, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) Most likely, but wasn't that ESPN's own Steve Phillips who made the call? when i was watching the Cards Rockies game a while back i recall everyone in the booth ripping him for that. I thought it was Phillps too, but the trade was actually made after he was fired. I can't remember who the GM was, but it was a guy that was GM for a short time in between Phillips and Minaya IIRC.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 16, 2006 -> 03:08 PM) Derek Lowe splits: Home: (4.10 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, .252 BAA) Road: (1.80 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, .180 BAA) But yeah, Tomko has been a monster at home (1.44 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, .191 BAA) But pitching in a friendly environment doesn't explain everything. If it did, Odalis Perez and Jae Seo would be putting up nice stats as well, correct? Hmm interesting on Lowe. As for the 2nd comment, a great pitching park doesn't help everybody, but it sure does help a lot of people, that's all I'm saying.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 16, 2006 -> 01:29 PM) Minimum: 40 IP 1. Pedro Martinez 0.86 WHIP 2. Jose Contreras 0.87 WHIP 3. Mike Mussina 1.01 WHIP 4. Roy Halladay 1.01 WHIP 5. Bronson Arroyo 1.01 WHIP 6. Tom Glavine 1.03 WHIP 7. Jeremy Bonderman 1.03 WHIP 8. Javier Vazquez 1.04 WHIP 9. Chris Capuano 1.04 WHIP 10. Jason Schmidt 1.05 WHIP 11. Jarrod Washburn 1.06 WHIP 12. Curt Schilling 1.08 WHIP 13. John Lackey 1.09 WHIP 14. David Bush 1.09 WHIP 15. Josh Beckett 1.10 WHIP 16. Greg Maddux 1.11 WHIP 17. John Smoltz 1.11 WHIP 18. Brett Tomko 1.12 WHIP 19. Tony Armas 1.12 WHIP 20. Jake Peavy 1.13 WHIP 20. Kenny Rogers 1.13 WHIP 20. Derek Lowe 1.13 WHIP Nice bounceback year for Mike Mussina. The HOF three-man from the 90s Braves are all here. Nobody has surprised me more than Tom Glavine, given his numbers over the past few seasons. Brad Penny, LA's best starter, fell from 0.97 to 1.23, and now two of his teammates are in the Top 20: Brett Tomko and Derek Lowe. I don't know how they're doing it. And again, nobody confuses me more than Bronson Arroyo. That guy gets s***ted on constantly, and meanwhile, there he is with the 3rd best WHIP ratio while pitching at arguably the most favorable park for hitters in the MLB. Mark Buehrle fell from 0.89 to 1.33. He went from #3 in the league to barely being able to crack the Top 50. Chris Capuano walked 91 batters in 219 IP last year (4BB/9IP), and so far in 2006, he has walked 13 batters in 54 IP (2BB/9IP). If he can continue to keep the walks down, then he should be good to go for the long term. He had a 1.50 WHIP on the season against right-handed hitters in 2005. Thus far, he's sporting a 1.12 WHIP against RH, which is a dramatic improvement. Again, it all has to do with walks, which are the biggest killer in baseball IMO and the reason he sucked so hard in 4 our of 6 months last season. If Tony Armas can stay healthy, you're looking at a stud. 4 straight road victories in Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cincinatti, and Atlanta? That is beautiful. And Jarrod Washburn will continue to go unclaimed in fantasy leagues. Nobody trusts that dude. 3 things: 1. Bronson Arroyo is not going away. His ERA might go up a little, but his win total will continue to head towards 20 due to the run support. 2. Washburn is going to be solid as well, however I drafted too well in my fantasy leagues to need him. I rather have Cole Hamels and now Liriano than him, however if I sucked at drafting I'd have picked up Washburn long ago. 3. Dodgers Stadium tends to help out pitchers .

QUOTE(MHizzle85 @ May 16, 2006 -> 01:59 PM) and with the sox luck we'll get him and johan in the same series next time around That's one of the "perks" of being The Champs, everybody gives and sends their best at you (ie Kazmir tonight for Tampa), just gotta deal with it and win anyways, since we're that damn good .

Same expectations I have every season: Let's make the playoffs and see what happens. Asking for a World Title is too much due to the elements of luck, who's healthy, and who's hot that come into play. However this team is more than capable and SHOULD make the playoffs, and hey as long as we do that (which is my expectation), anything can happen. And my expectations are that especially now that we did make the playoffs and anything DID happen last year (aka we won it all ).

QUOTE(jphat007 @ May 16, 2006 -> 09:10 AM) If that's as soon as next year, who would be our leadoff hitter? I don't think it will be as soon as next year, but if it were, that's a great question.

Be very kind to her and make offers involving specific things she really enjoys. Just be very nice about it and don't force the subject, and it should work. The only issue here is she is pregnant, so she may just not want to go, and it's hard to blame her, being pregnant must suck.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 16, 2006 -> 12:28 AM) Dallas Most of soxtalk was positive the spurs were winning the championship this year. Not me, I picked the Mavs to win it all . The Spurs defense is (and always has) been built on shot blocking and bigs on defense, but the Mavs have so many guys that are too athletic for that style, so the Spurs are forced to play the Mavs uptempo style and this is what happens as a result. This roster the Mavs have is built to beat the Spurs, and Avery Johnson is doing a great job as coach.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ May 16, 2006 -> 07:41 AM) So is the thinking within the organization that Fields is best suited for LF? Yes sir, that is correct. He's showing he can really hit, he has that QB arm, more than strong enough to play LF, and he has adequate speed. Plus we want to move him, since we think he has MLB potential but we have that Crede guy over at 3rd .

Ugh, not good news. Johan 2.0 is going to make a great starter.

What's the team record for a single season, didn't Belle hit 52? I'll take 1 over whatever the team record is, so I think 53.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ May 15, 2006 -> 11:12 PM) 1. Mazzone 2. Coop Top two pitching coaches in the AL, possibly MLB. I might switch the 2. Coop has done more with less than Mazzone, has just as many rings, and hasn't had nearly as much time to bulid up a resume. Plus, check out the numbers in Baltimore right now.

Welp we have ourselves another hazing scandal, and with a local flavor as the thread title makes obvious. But the fun part about this is we have a link with pictures from the scene of the crime!! http://www.badjocks.com/archive/2006/north...ccer-hazing.htm (scroll down, and to be safe I'll give this the dreaded NSFW tag, even though it might be) Now based on these pictures, I don't see too much out of the ordinary for a college night of fun: underage drinking, people drawn on in marker, girl on girl making out and drunken humping, lap dances. Now the tying up and blindfolded thing is a bit of concern, but this thing IMO will turn into some big scandal as soccer games are already canceled for a while, but based on those pics, I don't see a whole lot abnormal stuff going on. But hazing in general I will say needs to be stopped, so I guess you gotta go after this.

That flagrant call was stupid seeing as Snow was actually going for the ball. The contact was exaggerated by the fact that both were going full speed at the point of contact, but Snow was going for the ball and in reality didn't hit him any harder than you'll see on a typical foul. That call was an embarassment, however fortunately it didn't affect the outcome of the game.

Well Plesac has the most annoying voice I've ever heard, thought the Cubs would be better than the Sox this year, is a blind Cubs homer and talks like a Tribune employee, and acts like a know it all and ends up looking s***faced when the Cubs lose every day. Other than that, I like him too.

Maroth doesn't strike enough people out for his ERA to stay that low, and Rogers will regress to his typical poor 2nd half. That and Todd Jones sucks ass, so the Tigers will come back to the pack a bit, but they will be in the race all year IMO.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ May 14, 2006 -> 05:55 PM) I'd be shocked if the Heat won more than one game against the Pistons. So the Cavs are better than the Heat? I don't agree, and we still aren't sure who the Heat will be playing yet. QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 15, 2006 -> 08:48 PM) 3-13 shooting with 3 turnovers CLUTCH SHEED, CLUTCH!

at Rasheed, what a dumbass. Better win game 5 big talker, else your in a big steaming pile of s***. We got a series on our hands. QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ May 15, 2006 -> 08:26 AM) They're like 4-0 when he makes those guarantees. Not anymore, acting like an arrogant ass finally caught up with him.

Freddy is done, here comes Cotts. Get this guy and keep it a QS for Freddy Neal.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 15, 2006 -> 02:36 PM) Just remember your west side survival kit. That shouldn't be in green. f***, Stewart jams one just in front of Pods and it's 6-3, RBI single with 2 outs in the 7th.

Nice play by Cintron to get Punto, and 2 outs. Ford to 3rd.

Ford steals 2nd, 4th steal on Freddy today. At least that one was somewhat close, but even so it wasn't THAT close. Here comes Ozzie to chat with Freddy, and he's leaving him in.

Cincinnati is just a great place. So much great stuff to do and see, and it's actually nice that it's a big city, but not like a giant megalopolis like Chicago is. Not a bad thing when it comes to going on a trip, and Reds games are a great time, even if the Sox aren't playing them. Rodriguez with a high high popup, Pods has it, 1 out.