Milkman delivers

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 06:40 AM) Forget Uribe going into the stands, his play to end the World Series is above anything that has ever happened to me as a sports fan. That's what I was looking for, but I chose Wise's catch from the options.

QUOTE (NIUSox @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 12:40 AM) I found out today that I will be going to Omaha in June for 3 weeks to work for my company, Nike, at the College World Series!!! How sweet is that! I'm not sure I'd ever be excited about going to Omaha, no matter the occasion.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 12:30 AM) I figured someone would make a run at Sizemore as well, but I knew they would never trade him to us unless we basically gave them a package they knew no one else could touch...and I'm not even sure they would have dealt him to us then. Any team can get any player. It's just dependent upon what one team is willing to give up. In the immortal words of the Million Dollar Man, everybody's got a price.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:00 PM) He also had a batting stance where he crouched down but held the bat straight up. Also, funny looking goatees. Both clearly on steroids.

I recall that we had a series in NY in 2005 where an outfielder on the Sox completely stole the show. Eh? Eh?

I didn't get to see the end because of the Black Hawks. Sounds like I missed a fun inning.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 04:49 PM) Major League was far superior to Bull Durham, even if it had a sorta similar plot I agree.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 03:32 PM) Floyd's fastball is harder, his curveball bites more, and his change dives more. Floyd is a far superior talent. If the poise we've seen from Humber is a normal thing for him, then that's one thing I'd say he has on Floyd. It's just something about Gavin that makes me think he's constantly scared up there. And on another note, I don't think I'm ever going to get used to pronouncing both Humber and Morel's names correctly.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 03:23 PM) I am hoping that Peavy is back May 8th in Seattle where I will be watching in person I don't think they've given a time frame yet, but isn't it basically a sure thing that he won't be back that soon? I believe he has to start from scratch again while working his way up to being able to throw 100 pitches in consecutive starts before he gets a chance to play for the Sox.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) For the love of the game. FOR THE LOVE OF MY VOMIT That one that came out within the last few years, I think it was Mr. Brooks, wasn't that bad. But anything that involves Dane Cook being killed is alright in my book. I'm sure I'll get s*** for saying this, but Bull Durham wasn't even that great. It was a love story with the backdrop of a baseball movie, and all it's really done is provide douchey "baseball" quotes that will never go away.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) This. b****es love Royal Weddings. They don't need to be royal. b****es love weddings, period.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:02 PM) The guy hitting .400 w/ RISP this season. (I know, sample size, only 20 ABs) The guy who hit .301 w. RISP last year, .320 w/ 2 outs. That guy. Yep, that guy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:57 AM) hello Kevin Costner. Remind me to kick your ass for Waterworld. Thanks. Kevin Costner deserves to have his ass kicked for many other movies, not just Waterworld.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:46 AM) I was hoping for a nice ovation for Humber when he gave up his first hit, as is customary in most stadiums when an opposing pitcher has a fantastic game, but I didn't get the vibe that any of those cheers were for him. Yankee fans are notoriously narcissistic. Their team has won 27 World Series. It's annoying, but any fanbase would be that way if their team dominated the sport as the Yankees have.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 07:57 AM) A couple Sox fans had an awesome day at O'Hare. I really dislike seeing how people defend coaching staffs. Yes, it's somewhat unfair that they should be held accountable for the failures of the individual players, but that's how the game works. If that weren't the case, coaches would have their jobs for life unless they went on some unbelievable anti-Semitic diatribe on live television.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:07 AM) Toughens up the skin supposedly. Yeah, helps with blisters. It's stupid, though. Who rubs urine on themselves? It's gross. I just drink mine.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 01:48 AM) They are signs that it's atleast starting to turn around. If anything, Dunn looking better at the plate alone makes the offense quite a bit more dangerous on its own, and the bullpen has been roughly one million times better than it was through the first 10 or 11 games of the season. The starting pitching, for the most part, will be there, so it's a matter of getting the rest of the offense back on track. My two biggest concerns going forward in the lineup are Rios and Pierzynski. Rios has shown in the past that he can sustain this sort of ineptitude for pretty much the entirety of a season, so until he starts producing a bit more, I'm going to worry about him. And Pierzynski scares me because he didn't show anything until like the final 8 weeks of the year last year, and he has a ton of mileage. It just doesn't seem like he hits any balls hard anymore. I also worry a little bit about Pierre mainly because teams are playing their LF so far in against him that some of those shots he hits to LF are staying up just long enough that whoever is out there can get to it and because they are playing so shallow, no runner on earth has a chance to score when he does get one to LF. I've been saying that Pierzynski will be the black hole in the lineup since day one. You know that guy who seems to come up in a big situation almost every game and you just have to sigh and accept the fact that he's going to GIDP? That guy.

I was going to post in this thread solely to make a bad joke about dinosaurs in the Bible, but the only two other posts already took care of that.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:19 AM) There's as good a chance of that as there is for Peavy Wow, so you're saying there's no chance? I was hoping for some optimism.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) Sox have played horrible baseball the last 2-3 weeks, horrible, probably can't play any worse, and they're 3.5 behind Tigers and 1 behind the Twins and both those teams have flaws as well. I'm not quite ready for that firesale. Eek, we've heard that before.

Thankfully someone has finally stepped in as the closer. He has to do it a few more times to prove it, but it's nice to know he can get it done. Humber, what can you say? The guy has been way more than we should have ever reasonably expected. Is there any chance he can put together an entire season worth of good starts?

It's taken quite a few years, but it seems that the vast majority of posters here are finally in agreement that a member of the coaching staff and/or front office needs to hit the chopping block. QUOTE (Andrew @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) I don't see how. This isn't football when you can just cut someone who isn't playing satisfactorily. These guys have guaranteed contracts and if you're going to talk about "meaningful" than names like Beckham and Viciedo and Vizquel and Teahen better not be uttered next... But whatever - move some silly pieces around and willfully ignore the fact that no matter what the roster turn over, we go through ENTIRE TEAM slumps, get baffled by rookie pitchers, and it's always too cold in April-June to hit the f***ing ball consistently for now the 5th year in a row. - Walker is first to show/last to leave - "Small ball" our way to an inspired team - Players play, not coaches blahblahblah... In the name of the Kenny, the Ozzie, and the Walker......Allin.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 12:53 PM) Speaking of Best Picture, I saw King's Speech this weekend. It was solid, though definitely not my Best Picture of the year. I completely disagree. What is your choice, though? (Please don't say Inception)

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) Nobody's getting canned (yet). But the one on the hottest seat should be Kenny. It's kind of sad that our debates revolve around who deserves to be fire the most, not whether someone deserves to be fired

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) You sure it's not Sqwert's new avatar causing the 'problem'. Na, I see plenty of vaginas covered by Sox logos when I watch the games. It does nothing for me anymore.