Milkman delivers

Do they announce the results of the poll at some point? The Sox are winning by 2 percentage points, and I didn't see anything about it.

When does the poll end?

Is this like all time or just right now? I already know the answer, but I just wanted to say this: RON KARKOVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 22, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) you are a little girl! NUH UH! NUH UH! UR TEH LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL!!!111! TAKES OEN TO NO ONE!

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Aug 22, 2005 -> 03:33 PM) i was at the game as well. Mark DID NOT balk, the umpire made the wrong call that was huge in the game. being a left handed pitcher myself i think i would know if that was a balk or not, and marks pickoff move WAS NOT a balk. period Ha, I'm sure being a left-handed pitcher makes you more qualified to call a balk over an umpire I'm not saying you're wrong, but that wasn't a very good argument. And can the both of you start using better comebacks instead of "little girl" and "little man" in this thread? These are some cheesy comebacks and you sound like little kids. Use some curses and spice this argument up. Be a man!

QUOTE(Ozzie Montana @ Aug 22, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) Burnett is a good power pitcher who can shut down an offense and K's allot which is good if he were to pitch in the Cell. Which he will...as a Tiger.

I am. Hey, is anyone here one of those conspiracy theorist potheads that thinks doctors let you die instead of working on you if they want your organs for someone else?

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Aug 22, 2005 -> 09:35 AM) They are blocking Soriano the hitter not the secondbaseman. Let me ask a question here, if they claim him can there be a trade? Doesn't he have to clear for the Twins to be able to trade him? The Twins can pick him up for the remaining salary and then non-tender him. I thought he had to clear though to be traded. The Rangers can pull him back but then he can't be traded. By Minnesota claiming him, they are now taking all of his salary and not responsible for compensating Texas. Am I correct????? If the Rangers really want to get rid of him for some reason, they can just let the Twins take all of his contract. If they want something for him, they can work out a trade with only the Twins now because they were the worst team to claim him. Not to be a prick, but there have been like 5 threads explaining this type of thing.

Ha, at first I was thinking it said Jared Weaver...and I wondered why we would invest so much money into him. Then, I realized it was Jarrod Washburn...and I wondered why we would invest so much money into him.

Kind of weird that someone didn't know that song.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 04:51 PM) No, but his imminent return will give the organization, people on this board, and Hawk a reason to feel good about standing pat for the waiver deadline. QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 04:55 PM) Yes, I am already prepared for the "if you look at it, we added Scott Podsednik at the deadline" speech come September 1. There is no guarantee that he will be 100% healthy, and last Sept. with MIL, he stole 18 bases, but hit .228. I am also concerned about the continuing back problems the Sox seem to be having. I wonder if its just coincidence a lot of these guys are having problems with their backs, or if there is a flaw in the training program.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) I do know also we have been in just about every game this year. If we get beat in the playoffs it will be close. I'll be just as disappointed if we just barely lose in the first round as I would be if we got our asses handed to us.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 07:25 PM) We did not beat any playoff teams from April to July? I find that hard to believe. Have you seen out record against teams like Boston, A's, Angels, and now the Yankees if you consider them a playoff team? We even played the Angels when they had no Vlad and weren't very good.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 07:12 PM) All I know, is we won From April to July with our current team. When we were hot not many teams would have beat us. We were hot on numerous occasions this year. We can get hot In October. Who is to Say, Paulie, Dye and Arow can't heat up in the playoffs? Like I said. We were fine for 4 months with our current team. We were beating bad to slightly above average teams. We're not beating playoff teams.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 07:17 PM) Sorry, spataro, but what you did was repeat a rumor that two very prominent players would be suspended for steroid use, and you named names. That post you made was spread throughout the Internet (I've seen the links to Soxtalk) and may very well have been the source for further reports on radio, etc. Roger Clemens is one of the three greatest pitchers in the history of the Major Leagues. If you were a journalist making that report, you'd be subject to a libel claim - that's not the "littlest thing." Well, then I guess it's a good thing that he's not a journalist, isn't it?

Didn't all of those teams have at least one key offensive player having a career year?

Yeah, Gload would be great to have. I'm so glad we never got Aubrey Huff or Griffey. I mean, how crappy would that be, right?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 05:13 PM) I've gone to enough games this season. Im not going to waste my time watching our O not being able to get a hit off of RJ, and wait for Jose to pitch the ball. I'll spend my 4 hours else where. Gee, why do you even bother watching games if you don't think they'll win? Sorry, I figured I should say it since nobody else has said it yet.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 04:47 PM) Podsednik returning isn't going to suddenly give this team 3 or 4 more runs a game. No, but his imminent return will give the organization, people on this board, and Hawk a reason to feel good about standing pat for the waiver deadline.

The day they bring up Borchard is the day I realize that this year is no different than any of the past 4 years.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 04:09 PM) Works both ways Greasy. Until just recently, every time someone said something negatiave, the responses would be the lame ass "best record in baseball" or "we're XX games up" or "look at our record vs the al central" or "nothing matters until the playoffs." ZERO of which are good reasons to make someone who thinks the team is done think differently. None of those facts do anything, and that's all i saw here for a while, as well as flaming those who said anything negative. Very nice OT: Doesn't that little smiley piss everyone else off?

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 04:00 PM) Yeah, you're right, that was tough, you must be out east. Not easy to be a White Sox fan there. I'm right in Sawks nation. I wanted to disappear for a week when they won the Series. Trust me, anyone would like the Yankees more than the Red Sox if they had to live there (but the opposite might be true if you lived in NY).

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 03:52 PM) Milkman, where do you go to school, Downer University? I'm just kidding :fyou I love being at school, but I'll kill myself if I have to watch the other Sox win the WS again. Seeing them win last year was like getting kicked in the balls repeatedly.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 03:35 PM) Then stop watching, if you already know the outcome. Do us all a favor. Don't worry, I'll be going back to school on the 1st. I don't get the games out there, so I won't be able to watch any. You'll have to deal with me for a few more days, so get used to it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 03:27 PM) This isn't just one player who has tanked, it's a full organizational collapse. It's eerily similar to the collapse of the Orioles earlier. They were looking great, then they choked out of nowhere. Welcome to another White Sox season, Chicago. Build up your hopes and spit in your face.