SHAFTR

he may sound angry, but he also sounds right.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 01:19 AM) I'm afraid we are going to have to play this hand out with the cards we've got. It's gotten this far. Hopefully, it will be good enough to win the pot. Edit: Just hope we don't get burned by the flop. by now we are at the Turn. To keep the poker analogy going, we got a decent set of pocket cards, enough to stay in to see the flop. The flop was incredibly good for us but the Turn was disappointing. Hopefully the River has something good in store for us.

i read somewhere that the team that scores more runs wins.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 12:37 PM) where would their pitchers be in our rotation? Perhaps Milwood & Lee.

Chicago White Sox: Losin' Ugly

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 25, 2005 -> 02:24 PM) did you like thriller last year and Koch? no, but Marte is much better than those two. His #s show that. You guys are complaining about a pitcher whose ERA is under 3.

i don't care what you guys say, I still like Marte. even though he just walked Morneau.

QUOTE(knightni @ Aug 25, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) Hold on Ozzie. Can't you wait through the next batter? I agree. Garland is cruising. Let Hermanson or someone come in during the 9th.

Apparently, Timo is a 4 tool player. The only thing he doesn't possess is great speed.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 25, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) Which Sox player would you most like to see appear on The Simpsons? What a dumb text question. Isn't the answer to all of these Carl Everett? He's like the Hellen Keller of golden answers.

This is a dumb suspension. What happened to the batboy has happened to rookies for decades and I'm sure batboys as well. I looked it up and it's not possible to drink a gallon of milk that fast without throwing up. The gallon of milk is more than your stomach can hold, plus the fact that dairy is extremely slow to digest.

QUOTE(GoSoxGo @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 11:17 PM) You can call Dolgin and ask yourself at (312) 322-3776. I'm thinking of calling and point out that our Starters ERA until Aug 1 was 3.83, since it is at 3.52. So, I don't think the slump occured because of bad pitching.

apparently we got AJ Burnett...according to this radio show, he is our backstop.

QUOTE(WinninUgly @ Aug 24, 2005 -> 06:36 PM) "We make Zack Greinke look good" - http://www.zackgreinke.net/ I still think Greinke is going to be a very good pitcher.

2005 White Sox: Both Hands Around the Throat

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 08:39 PM) this is going to be so f***ing humiliating if we get no hit by santana why? If you are going to get no hit....Santana isn't embarassing. At this point, I hope he gets the no hitter tonight. This offense has just been anemic and something needs to be done (either through acquisition, improvement or call ups). If this whole month hasn't been enough of a wake up call...perhaps this game will be enough cause for alarm.

Our White Flag comes with "Adkins" written on it.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 08:56 PM) Jenks has an absolutely nasty curveball, trust me he doesn't need to add a change. yeah, he should probably learn how to control his 2 pitches first before he decides to learn enitrely new pitches.

whoops... part of me hopes this serves as a wake up call that says that the Red Sox are the defending champions and the team to beat.

Just leave Jenks in....the value from this experience will be more important than what happens this inning.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 08:30 PM) Uribe leads off against Schilling. prediction: Uribe leads off the inning with a hit. I don't have any reason for saying that...just gut feeling.

This isn't an insult on just the Red Sox (b/c we do it too), but I'm not a big fan of constant switching of pitchers within an inning. It just makes boring baseball. Bill James had an idea that I agree with... Managers could only put in a new reliever if... a ) new inning b ) reliever gives up a run c ) one free mid-inning switch per game.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 02:45 AM) I've never disagreed with an opinion as much as I do here. EDIT: SHAFTR, please don't take this as me trying to be an ass, I respect your opinion just I completely disagree with it. I'll attempt to explain... Lets say a young prospect has a k/9 of 10 and lets say that # is conistent through his career. This means that out of 27 outs in a game, he is able to get 10 on his own. This takes park effects, defense, etc out of the equation. It's really the only stat that only concentrates on batter vs pitcher. Furthemore, Bill James did a study on starting pitchers and found that pitchers who strike more guys out last longer in the league. Pitchers that strike out 6 per 9 will have longer careers than pitchers who strike out 5 per 9, and in fact, if you study it closely enough, pitchers who stike out 5.8 per 9 innings will last longer as a group than pitchers who strike out 5.7 per 9 innings. The relationship is that strong. Obviously there are exceptions to this rule, but I still think it's very valuable (especially for FA, Trades & Prospects). I understand you disagree, I'd like to know why.

Hitters: Most Important: OPS+ Overated: BA w/ RISP this will suffer due to sacrfices plus with a large sample size over 95% of players will have a BA w/ RISP that will be within a 95% confidence Interval of their BA. http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/009154.php Pitchers: Most Important: K/9 It's not the tell all obviously but it definitely is the pitching stat that says what Pitcher can do on his own (outside of the defense). Overated: Wins, obviously

too bad there was a net