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QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 03:29 PM) JDINPH I love this

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Works every time. 6-4-3. I know, it is like sex panther cologne

JDINAA

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 04:05 AM) Hope this plays out better than the Sirotka/David Wells deal and Santos isn't out for a significant period of time. At least he actually reported to the Blue Jays in shape (unlike Pineda) and pitched for the first 2-3 weeks, and demonstrated the same velocity and stuff he had last season with the Sox. The only similarity is the two teams conducting the deal. Santos was not dealt after finishing out the previous season on and off the DL. Sirotka(and pretty much the entire 2000 Sox staff) ended that season on fumes with all of them taking turns on the DL. And let's not forget, Wells wasn't exactly a steal, both teams received damaged goods, and neither team got a return from either pitcher. If Santos ends up hurt this season, I would attribute it to bad luck, not the Sox passing off an injured pitcher.

Does this mean that we have to admit you are older AND wiser?

So on thursday, all four chicago teams lost their games. Then last night, all four teams won their games. I know that the last time they all lost on the same day was a while ago, so I am guessing winning them all on the same day is probably not a common occurrence either. Either way, hell of a day in Chicago sports yesterday. Perfect game, playoff OT win, Bulls Magic number moves to 1, and Cubs snap a six game losing streak(snicker)

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 07:26 AM) It's kind of like, yeah, KW (more specifically, Hahn and Cooper) were very right on a player/pitcher because they saw him a couple of times pitching first-hand for the Royals against us late in 2011 and they took a flyer on him. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes, in this case, we might as well be making fun of the Twins, Royals and A's for all giving up on him...especially Beane and Dayton Moore, who can always use pitching, but Billy Smith (again) looks stupid. The same thing could probably be said if you mentioned the reaction when we picked up Gil Heredia and Esteban Loaiza before the 2003 season. Or Silverio, Gomes and Orlando, etc. Mitch Mustain, the ex Arkansas/USC QB. Did anyone in those threads predict he was going to amount to something? We had at this same debate over and over again about Rios, Dunn and Peavy when they were acquired. I guess it's probably easier for the last five years of KW's tenure to just predict that every single acquisition's going to be a disaster. Lillibridge and DeAza, for example. Did anyone predict 3 weeks ago that Kip Wells was going to return to the White Sox rotation this season? Are they idiots for having done so, or was that thread just filled with cynicism and scoffing? Same thing with Stewart and Molina...for all those betting against KW getting an impact pitcher, is KW going to send out letter congratulating us for being right when neither of them makes it (just an example)...or for posters being upset when Holmberg, Hudson, Gonzalez or Chris Young were traded? I remember fighting with numerous posters and admins for years about Brian Anderson being a bust. Does that mean I should go and dig up those posts? Kind of silly, because we've all been wrong more often than we've been right. If you take a controversial or lightning rod position to spark discussion like J4L often does with his player evaluations, you're always going to be wrong just as wrong as major league teams are often quite wrong drafting in the first round. It's not an exact science, nor will it ever be (see Moneyball). Or maybe there's an even more nuanced situation, like Yoenis Cespedes, where you not only have to consider talent/projectability/video displays against unreal competition, but also our budgetary restraints and those consequences. For right now, every team in the majors looks pretty silly for not having gone stronger after Cespedes. That doesn't mean someone should now spend $30-40 million on Soler, either. Any time a team gives a $100+ million dollar contract, it's easy to say "they're being crazy and responsible," that won't work out. Does that mean we're smarter than Epstein/Bill James/Cherington for being against the signing(s) of Dice-K, JD Drew, Lackey, Beckett or Carl Crawford? We all have our biases, too. I've always loved Cuban players, does that mean I'm wrong about Viciedo because he's been something of a bust so far this season? Well, time will tell on that one, just like Molina, Mitchell, doesn't matter what propect you're talking about. It reminds me of all those acquisitions like Hermanson, Politte, Cotts, Dye, AJ, Pods, Vizcaino, El Duque and Iguchi, Takatsu...none of us could predict that someone KW had only seen on video would make such a big difference to our team in 2005 and 2006, any more than that same person could have predicted similar players like Kaz Matsui or Nishioka last year with the Twins would be such big busts, respectively. And then there are the situations like Takatsu when you can be both right and wrong about a player. Good signing, low risk/high reward, but it won't work over the long-term. Like Fukudome, maybe. If any of us were so great at doing player evaluations, probably we'd all be working for major league teams by now, right? Good god, Caulfield

When are you going to publish your findings and get all of these pitching coaches fired? Nobody knows what they are doing in the MLB

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 11:44 AM) As soon as someone can conclusively prove that guys get hurt more often when they're throwing 130 pitches a game than when they're throwing 100 pitches a game, I'll be happy to agree, but I sure haven't seen it. Then it is obviously untrue and pitching counts don't matter.

Iirc he started slow in 08 and was back to his normal self after the ASB. I do believe that he is a freak of nature in the mold of Nolan Ryan, but Leyland really should stop playing with fire. I can't imagine that Verlander throwing 100mph on an arm that just went 130 pitches is good.

1. This thread will not be stickied. If it is popular, it will float and be towards the top regardless. 2. I don't think bucket of suck was starting this thread to specifically call people idiots, but if this thread gets to that point it will be stopped. 3. Last night adam dunn looked better in every at bat than he did for the entire season of 2011

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 11:07 PM) CSIAA. Too Early? No, right on the money

CSIAA

Lol, Amare returns, Knicks lose 98-90 to the Cavs

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 09:13 AM) I realize that Verlander's a machine, but 131 pitches in April can't be a good idea, right? Although, his fastball was hitting triple digits throughout that 9th inning. Verlander wouldnt be the first pitcher that Leyland destroyed. Livan Hernandez wasnt a junkballer when Leyland got a hold of him, but his arm fell off shortly thereafter

So, Treg Setty and Dantiel Daniels were denied release from their scholarships to make sure they fullfill their academic requirement. Does that just mean they have to wait a few months? http://dailyegyptian.com/2012/04/19/setty-...enied-releases/

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 09:49 AM) Wait...isn't it the case that the #3 seed in the conference is going to go to the division winner in the East (The Celtics)? Or have they re-edited this rule again? the brackets they showed last night had the Bulls playing philly, then the winner of ATL/BOS, and the Heat playing NYK, then the winner of IND/ORL

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 09:07 AM) Also, it's a game like last night that I really miss Kurt Thomas. Laying out Wade at some point in that game would have sent a message back, but Miami became the aggressor and that was basically the game. And it was absolutely ridiculous that Wade didn't get ejected. He didn't foul Hamilton, he purposefully body checked him onto the floor. And it happened RIGHT in front of the official. Flagrant 2 "is unnecessary and excessive contact committed by a player against an opponent." That play was pretty much the definition of the rule. Yes, especially after James Jones got ejected. That was a pretty bushleague game by the Heat

so this "chicago street brawl" that Punk and Jericho are having. Its going to be in the parking lot, right? Do you have to have a ticket to go watch it?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 09:02 AM) That can't happen. Bulls will play Sixers/Knicks (or long shot Bucks) and then either Boston or Atlanta. Bulls will get the Pacers in the Finals if both get there. It's interesting that both the #1 seed and the #2 seed have difficult and "easier" 1st and 2nd round matchups. In the first round the Sixers stink (easier) but the Knicks (harder) have the potential to pull off the upset. In the 2nd you'd have either Boston/Atlanta (harder) or the Pacers (easier). If the Bulls end up as the 2 seed, it will happen. Which is what Brian is saying

From your keyboard to KW's ears/eyes

One thing i read about the Avengers is dont bother with 3D, the post production conversion isnt worth the extra dough. But i have also read that it is awesome, non stop action

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) Vikings to the NFC West, Rams to the NFC North? Then again, the Cowboys are in the East, with NY/PHI/WAS, which makes little geographic sense either. Yeah that makes sense to switch them. It sucks to lose a historical rival like the Vikings for a dome team that nobody cares about

The Vikings are out of stadium options So theoretically, if the Vikings eventually do move to LA, what happens with the NFC North? I cannot imagine they keep the Vikings in the north, so are we looking at a mass realignment?

Dwight is going to destroy that team, and then bolt.