Balta1701

Prove me wrong, Edwin.

Portugal officially asks for their bailout.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 06:40 PM) Not to mention no baseball talent. It was not a lack of talent that doomed him. It was entirely mental.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 06:32 PM) Indeed. After watching what looked like a team giving up down the stretch two years ago, it was refreshing to watch these guys claw back tooth-and-nail today. A team that wants it more can overcome holes in their roster. This team has fewer holes on the roster than how they're playing right now. This bullpen and the starting pitching is better than what we've seen. Most of the league can say the same thing though

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 06:30 PM) Potential government shutdown could ruin my trip to the Everglades in early May! I'd be impressed if it lasted that long. "The Republican Party has kept you from getting your Social Security checks for 4 weeks now!" /winning.

Nice to see we finished off the comeback while I was gone.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 06:15 PM) Brent looks like a slap hitter so far, which is totally opposite of what he showed last year. It's fine for me if he hits 9th and plays good D at 3B though. I'd much rather have him start off as a slap hitter making a lot of contact and grow into the power than start off with a lot of power but little contact. If he's making contact, the ball will fly off his bat soon enough.

Take em down MT.

Texas has scored 35 runs through 5 games. The Chicago White Sox have scored 38. This team is dead.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:47 PM) Wow, Lillibridge to pinch run? Pickoff. You have to PR there, even with a depleted bench. Konerko or Lillibridge as the lead run at 3b? No contest. Lilli scores on a 2b.

The White Sox have scored more runs through 5 games than Texas.

The White Sox have scored as many runs through 5 games as Texas.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:34 PM) That doesn't even come close to comparing to the debacle of the Swisher trade for and then trade away. Away? You wanted to keep him?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:33 PM) Drafting, signing, and calling up Gordon Beckham and Chris Sale? Signing Adam Dunn? Signing Jesse Crain? Not signing Jenks to the deal that Boston did? Those don't count as moves.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:32 PM) What happened? Did Teahen miss a flyball? What did Ozzie do? Teahen flat out dropped one.

Well, that should quickly take this thread from complaining about Ohman and Walker to complaining about Teahen.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:25 PM) link? Here's a version of that article from a business mag.

Teahen getting an AB as the tying run.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) Butler's only problem offensively is he doesn't hit for enough power. He's been a good hitter for a couple years now. Gordon looks like he finally might be figuring it out. He is, after all, only 27. A little scary considering the pending arrivals of Montgomery, Hosmer, Myers, ect. What you should remember about Butler and Power is that the SOB turns 25 in 2 weeks.

That's 3 runs now... Fire Greg Walker. We shouldn't score on HR.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:14 PM) Anger at Greg Walker isn't based on 2011, hope that helps. And getting mad at this game because of what happened in 2007 is smart because?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 04:13 PM) Assuming the 2 runs holds up, the Sox are averaging ~6.5 runs per game with a ~5.5 runs per game deviation. Just to illustrate why pointing to total runs scored 5 games in with one game accounting for almost 50% of your runs isn't exactly a good metric. You're totally missing the point.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) A what is the criteria? 5 games? Needless to say we should have scored plenty more so fat. Oh, so 5 games is not a significant enough standard to judge whether or not runs scored per game is useful, but it's absolutely enough time to judge that there's clearly something wrong with the offense and the whole coaching staff needs removed ASAP. RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:55 PM) In terms of what? And by what statistics? Who is worse fundamentally? Outs on the basepaths, overswinging, leaving guys on and not scoring on 0 outs and guys on third... lol. Sox hitting .409 on the season with RISP, tops in the league, coming into today.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:55 PM) In terms of what? And by what statistics? Who is worse fundamentally? Outs on the basepaths, overswinging, leaving guys on and not scoring on 0 outs and guys on third... lol. By what statistics? "RUNS" are a statistic.