Balta1701

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ May 11, 2006 -> 09:23 AM) Hey, look at it this way: we are 4-1 against FREAKIN ANAHEIM thus far. Until the ALCS last year, people forget, playing them was like a GUARANTEED loss. Like with Oakland. Not only did we SWEEP them OUT THERE--!!!--but if we take this series, I'd say things are looking pretty damn good. Fixed that for you.

The DOJ has reportedly begun investigating Rep. Jerry Lewis (R, CA), head of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, in connection with the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal. If someone like that, with that much power over appropriations, was open to taking bribes, then basically we might as well just assume the entire budget came about through bribes.

So if they are calling this the "Terrorist surveillance program" and it's intercepting every call in the U.S., does that mean that everyone in the U.S. is a terrorist? It's also worth noting I think that USA Today is strongly suggesting that the government is basically bribing the telecom companies to go along with this, and even the government itself is unwilling to let this be seen in court because they know it'll lose.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 11, 2006 -> 06:34 AM) Al Gore's biggest mistake was for whatever reason, not utilizing Bill Clinton at all. Love him or hate him, the guy has drawing power. Al Gore made a f***ing ton of mistakes in 2000. That was one of them. Flip-flopping on which personality he wanted to show every 2 weeks was another one. Listening to too many different advisors and refusing to be himself was another one. I wouldn't mind it terribly if he did run for the nomination again, but I'm not sure yet whether I'd vote for him or not. He's done a bang-up job of pissing off conservative commentors since about 2002 or so by giving some really good speeches, but I've still got a bad sour taste in my mouth from 2000 that he'd have to overcome.

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 11, 2006 -> 07:37 AM) We have established a small fund to send a deserving Scout to camp. We are hoping to raise $500. If you were to say, create a method by which folks online could contribute a small amount via paypal...well let's say you wouldn't wind up with 0 contributions.

The Sox and Angels both have offdays on May 25th, July 27th, and August 7th. In case anyone was wondering.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ May 10, 2006 -> 09:07 PM) .000 winning percentage = f***ing brutal Although, I actually place more blame on the dude who started the game thread. You see, he named himself after Timo Perez. That's just bad karma. Timo went 3-5 with 2 home runs on Monday.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 11, 2006 -> 08:40 AM) See Kyle Farnsworth Go look at his walks/innings pitched numbers and see how they correlate with his ERA.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ May 11, 2006 -> 08:36 AM) Who keeps perpetuating the delusion that one day Chicago will become a "Sox" town? The Cubs will always outdraw us and will always be the "Chicago" team. Because: they're more of a cultural phenom than a sports one. Plus the whole "Wrigley" experience/location. And you know what? That's fine with me. One of the bonuses of being a Sox fan is not being one of the herd. Yeah, because fan-staged protests, daily bad press, and 100 year anniversaries of world series victories are exactly the way to motivate a fanbase. You may be right or you may be wrong. But let's stop trying to jump to conclusions based on 1 year. Let the Sox win and the scrubs lose for 3-4 more years, and we'll see what happens, ok?

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ May 11, 2006 -> 08:29 AM) Jenks I love but I worry that everybody's figured him out and we've got our '06 version of Takatsu. You do not simply "Figure out" a 97 mph plus fastball if it's thrown for strikes. You just can't. Jenks has a changeup and a slider. He had them back when he was starting. Now, he doesn't need it. He's a reliever, he's not pitching to an entire lineup. Thornton pitched after Jenks, btw. Here's the real worry with Jenks's fastball...if he's not hitting 97+, then people aren't out ahead enough on his curveball. That pitch dominates because of his fastball. Bobby gets that fastball back up a little bit more and this conversation ends.

It'd still be nice to see Bobby touch 100 mph again.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 10, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) It's not a problem really. You just have to play and let things take care of themselves. Rookie pitchers don't get close calls against proven MLB hitters. And umps get crossed up by knuckleballers just as much as catchers. Who the hell cares. If we lose this, we lose it because our offense has 0 hits.

Man, BA does have a good throwing arm. Yipes. Nice throw.

Come on Charlie, no friggin walks this inning

Come on Charlie, let's get through these first few guys with no walks this time.

Konerko = not fast.

Paul had a bit of a lean-back there! Woo-hoo!

QUOTE(beautox @ May 10, 2006 -> 06:11 PM) cancel the post-game show Still a no hitter.

D'OH

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 10, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) Yeesh, it's his first time pitching in the bigs with a knuckler and a bunch of family in attendance. Give him this game and then see what he has in the next. And 4 runs thus far is really not terrible. He gets through a couple more innings unscathed and this turns into a decent game. He gives up another run or two, and he's about where every rookie pitcher winds up.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 10, 2006 -> 06:02 PM) Yep, he gave up the cycle in the first inning. Of course, he was facing the Indians. Our offense scored more runs in April of 06 than ANY team in the AL did in April 05.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 10, 2006 -> 05:57 PM) I'm just more irritated that our minor leaguers continue to suck whenever they get called up to the majors. Ervin Santana gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in his ML debut.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 10, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) Another White Sox pitching prospect wets itself. I'm really tired of watching this. This is the part where he's demoted, and never regains the numbers he had before being called up. Were you seriously expecting a shutout from the kid tonight? I was hoping for 6 innings and 4 runs as about the best we should expect.

Strikeout #1 of many for Charlie. Great inning kid.

3 walks, 0 hits, 0 runs. Not the best line ever, but the only one that counts is still round