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Was it last year that Buehrle thought he broke his ankle or whatever it was? Or was that before the 2005 season?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 1, 2007 -> 01:58 AM) yes, tricep not bicep. Hey, what's one cep more or less between friends? And this whole thread has gotten rather silly. To Rowand and everybody else on the opposite side of thinking here, I believe the original comment that set this all off was J4Life innocently saying "I hope he gets [#500] against us" Then all of the silly scenario playing came out, with Rowand saying "no you don't" and others saying 'well what if it resulted in a loss that cost us a playoff berth?'. . . yada yada. . . Focking-A. No, there isn't anybody on this site that cheers over a Sox loss, or puts a former player ahead of the current team. But get some perspective. It's going to touch a lot of us to see Frank get #500, and if it happened at the Cell where thousands of lifelong Sox fans who grew up watching the man play could feel they were a part of it, that seems kinda cool to me. But for the record, I promise I only want to see it happen if: A ) it doesn't cost us the game, or B ) it costs us the game but doesn't affect the standings and/or C ) it doesn't eliminate our playoff chances or D ) it doesn't occur in post-season competition or E ) it doesn't result in so much excessive cheering that it shakes the rivets out of the stadium and we all fall to our untimely deaths Given all of those conditions, yes, it would be cool to be there if it happened in Chicago. My Cousin talks about seeing Denny McLain pitch at Comiskey in April of 1968, beating us in the second game of a double-header in a year where the Sox didn't win their first game until almost the end of that month. He doesn't dwell on the fact that the Sox lost the game (and they did that 95 times that year). Instead he talks about being there to see a pitcher who grew up on the South Side and went to Mt. Carmel win one game during his historic 31-win season. That's a pretty cool memory to have. If I was lucky enough to see Frank hit #500 at the Cell – even with a (*gasp*) Sox loss (so long as it didn't knock us out of playoff contention or somehow otherwise instantaneously cause us to lose every game for the rest of eternity) then, yeah, I think in 20 years I'd remember being at the game where Frank Thomas cemented his spot as a first-ballot HOFer a bit more than the fact that we dropped a game to the Blue Jays that day. That wouldn't count anyway.

Who got the Gooch?

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It might just be my computer, but the times of posts are all wrong. I noticed the site wasn't working earlier for me, so maybe something got screwed up?

Happy Birthday!

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 06:30 AM) Saw in the Trib notes section that Geoff Jenkins may be traded. Seems Brewers want to platoon him with Mench, he wants to play everyday. Can he play LF? I know he wouldn't leadoff, but if Pods is going to be Pods Circa 2006, then they can figure something else out. I just looked at his stats, and I thought he was much worse than he really is. The guy can definitely take a walk.

I'm actually starting to think that Erstad starts the season off as the LF and never loses the job.

OK, just sitting around and watching anything on tv to pass the time. And now I'm wondering, how the hell did The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen get made?

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 05:44 PM) Ah, c-mon you guys it ain't so bad! Wow, that looks like a guy I went to high school with.

Extremely glad he came to camp in shape.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 02:13 PM) You get free drinks as well, so that's probably why, but still 50 bucks works for me. You'd be proud Milkman, our team name was actually 'The Perfect Team' after Mr. Perfect because we were just playing Smackdown vs. Raw. You just jumped up a few notches in my book.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 02:31 AM) I just won 50 bucks by winning a 32 team beer pong tournament tonight. I love college. 32 teams, and the payout was only $50?

Maybe after having his minor league system criticized for so long, KW is now determined to prove how good it is by making sure he finds these minor leaguers spots on the team.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 02:23 PM) It's acceptable when he makes the difference he did in 05. The White Sox were simply BETTER when Pods was out there in 05. Or at least they played like it. Yea, that must be it. So how did we do last year with this awesome plate production and adequate defense of Mackowack platooning? Oh, thats right...3rd place. The year before, with Pods...how'd we do? Mackowiak actually produced well offensively last year. Unfortunately, he was placed in CF, a position he's not very good at. He is miles ahead of Pods defensively in LF, though.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 02:20 PM) Ya know, I like Mackowack...but he just didn't do it for me in a Sox uniform, even considering where he's from. I felt more comfortable with an in jured Pods out there than I ever did with Mack. Not really sure why, either. You must not like your LF's to produce at the plate or provide adequate defense.

Happy Birthday!

QUOTE(Tmar @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) http://www.bigblueball.com/im/aim/aim-f2trick.php Thanks a lot.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 01:51 PM) I've got a better idea.

My only problem with Dye is that he's clearly losing a step out in RF. BUT, all of our problems would be solved if, say, we move him to LF in 2008 and sign a leadoff type hitter for RF. I wonder who that could be, though...

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 11:54 AM) Sure I know how to use the invisible font. Thew details are provided below: Did you get all that? You suck. I've already mastered the green font.

Funny thing is that I actually believe Dye, whereas I wouldn't believe basically any other professional baseball players.

I really don't know where to ask this question, so I'll do it here. Does anyone know how to use invisible font on AIM? I've tried making the color of the words and the background white, but it just comes out grey.

My thoughts: It's not that hard to clean with a normal vacuum every once in a while. We are extremely lazy.