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QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 11:38 AM) Where is Tadahito? If anyone else was given a day off, I'd be able to justify it. But come on, it's motherf***ing Tadahito. We need that dude in the field every day. Or am I wrong? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ichiro Suzuki tailed off at the end of his first year...leason learned....give the guy some rest...

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Jun 25, 2005 -> 09:08 PM) I know you were joking but I had to look it up, this yr 3-1 5.60 ERA in day games this season. Career 21-20 5.10 ERA in day games!!! Career vs the Cubs 2-3 6.48 ERA. Prior career vs the Sox is 2-0 3.79 ERA <{POST_SNAPBACK}> noticed the 6.48 era but this garland is confident this year.... Wash pitcher has no hitter thru 4... whitesox score 12 runs in game one, 2 in game 2, and are perhaps due to score 1 in todays game...15 runs 3 games=5 per game...that is the average for the year...it may not happen...but...just my silly logic...i hate it when we blow a team out i really like the 1/2 run victories! cubs are 12:1 to win the NL interesting World Series matchups: Sox vs Cubs Sox vs Florida Red Sox vs Cubs Nats vs Angels

QUOTE(wsox08 @ Jun 25, 2005 -> 01:49 PM) HELL YEAH!q!!!!!!!!!!! LETS MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ehhhhhhhhhhhh!

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 25, 2005 -> 01:48 PM) HOT CARL DELIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!! 4-1 now <{POST_SNAPBACK}> nice...!

man that was a teaser!

reitsma just got the win...oh boy...

more glove! man iguchi is having a special season this far!

QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 25, 2005 -> 01:40 PM) Contreras has to be TOLD to work the forkball off the fastball vs. the other way around. And he needs to work faster. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> isn't AJ calling the game?

atl reitsma just gives up 5 hits and a walk to blow the save & now he will win the game if ATL scores in their half of the ninth....something needs to be done about that...? does that deserve a win? iguchi and the sox have sure been throwin the leather around this year eh?

the only good thing about a cubs fan is that he/she is also a bulls/bears fan!

if you are going to upgrade, do you pull the trigger first? or wait to see what the competition is doing? are we good enough now to win the world series? definitely...what if no other club makes a real formidable deal? problem is that more than likely NY, BALT, BOS are going to be major buyers, so that always pushes the envelope....

back to the schmidt to the sox thing...well i want to know more on the status of el duque b4 i make any kind of pitching move...to me the sox starters are as strong as any team in the majors. i have already said that i think the sox are a lock on the division and that adding schmidt would be sketchy because his fastball could get rocked by good fastball hitting teams in the playoffs. a bene is the cold could help him... and he has been there b4 and done well as an ace. his attitude or character have never come into question, but i am very leary of the move and would rather just keep rollin right along without him. the only butt biter would be if some other team lands him and then he steam rolls us....that is something we don't know right now, but for sure is eatin at KW's

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 10:37 AM) so so so stupid... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well i think STUPID goes a little further than that...perhaps Rasheed leaving Horry open for an uncontested in rhythm roll out the red carpet here you go buddy 3 to lose game 5....was well pretty silly.....or maybe larussa & macquire the year he was injured in the playoffs came out to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth with a runner on second and first base open trailing by a run? or perhaps Ditka not giving walter the ball for the TD? comments can be taken for what they are worth, actions can be well....... pretty questionable sometimes! i for one would really hate to call someone or somebodys opinion as stupid, but sure comes easily to some. after all you are talking down on your "got your back" white sox bro any time of the day or night! do you have any idea what it is like to be surrounded at a game with just dodgers or angels or A's or Padres fans sporting the jerz and calling em all out? just coming into this forum was to bring the love...? look guys i might bring some weird stuff to the table but if you want me to bap myself on the head to make it in here...well here you go....

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 10:21 AM) Ummm, no? The Astros aren't in contention. They want to get younger, not older. Why in the hell would they ever want Everett? Answer: they wouldn't. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> perhaps a multi-team deal could prompt the move? no offense but the key is not necessarily "get younger, not older", instead it should be "get better, not worse". look at jim parque, dan wright, kip wells, gary glover we sure got younger but where did that get us?

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 10:05 AM) I agree with you 100%. It is utterly ridiculous. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well a trade is a trade isn't it? i would like to see baseball shorten the season a month so the playoffs aren't played in extreme cold & add a best of five game all-star week to determine the worldseries home team! The AL vs NL allstars just isn't played out enough IMO.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 09:53 AM) that is just so wrong :puke and not because it would help the cubs but because just doing that is wrong <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There is no doubt that it is totally and completely against the integrity of the game, but aren't the teams with money doing it already?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 09:47 AM) You are debating the value of an Ace, vs. a #4 guy. Come on, Schmidt is an Ace, could make our rotation the best in the league, Lilly is no better than anyone on our staff. I dont buy it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well the same could've been said last year when the rumors were flying that Garland & Konerko were going to Arizona for RJ?

you know this might sound utterly rediculous but i can never understand why the Cubs & Sox don't help each other over the hump especially when one is making a run and the other isn't...the cubs season is by no means over, but in the past couldn't these two teams just rent each others talent and then after the postseason just return to sender? i mean what is the mayor doing? as much as i would hate to see the cubs win...it would have been cool to see MB on the Cubs the year they gave away the WS to the Marlins, & how nice it would be to see prior for cubs fans this year pitching for the sox? there are guys out there that could break legs if the player wasn't returned...no?

it is still premature, but it does appear that the sox are getting close to wrapping up the division, so a starting pitcher acquisition would really be targeted to help the playoff run. remember the playoffs are usually pitched in much cooler if not cold weather and that would definitely help a fastball pitcher like Schmidt? who wants to hit a 95er in 45 degree temps? as of today 92 games remain...if the sox go 46-46 then minnesota would need to go 56-36 just to tie...pretty unlikely to assume the sox to play .500 ball for one and i can't see minne doing it this year.

Does anyone have the complete stats on JS when he pitches against the AL? I am thinking that Boston, NY, Angels & Minn all are good fastball hitting teams...? I would rather have El Duque go as the #4 starter in the playoffs due to the movement on his ball, his experience, & his playoff record. If he is not healthy then that is another question...Perhaps by playoffs the Sox will be able to move either Contreras or El Duque to bullpen. As for Marte, I didn't like the way Jerry Manuel utilized him, he should have made him the man and had his back the way that Torre had Rivera. The guy I am worried about the most is Dustin...I know he is having a stellar year and hope he continues, but if & when we get to the Series this year...the NL pretty much has owned him in the past....?

Personally I thought that Jeff Torborg was absolutely awesome as SOX manager....I was very sad to see him leave for NY. That guy did an awesome pre & post game show, managed very well, and had every guys heart & back! He really managed the best in my years... For what its worth OZ has done an A+ job this year...I am extremely surprised with the outcome thus far...!

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 01:13 PM) yes, this might be true... but if he gives up zero earned runs, he is more likely to break out and not "revert back to the norm" which I believe is the theory that you are going for. Let's say its the last game of the year, and Buehrle has a 2.65 ERA. Do you want him to give up 14 or 15 earned runs so he can get back to his norm? That's stupid. That's like saying, well, Garland has 12 wins, I hope he doesnt win anymore games, so he can get back to his norm. You're an idiot whitesoxmanager <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not an idiot...but thanks for trying to beat me down! I remember last year when the game was way outta reach the whitesox would then proceed to score another 5 runs to make the score something like 13-4 or something like that...and then it almost always followed that we would score only 1 run in each of the next two games...you must remember as baseball fans that the averages over the year for all teams is to score and give up 4-5 runs per game. the team that wins the one & two run games is usually the team with the best record at the end of the year. that is what has been so impressive about this team and reason to believe that it should continue...the padres went to colorado and scored a zillion runs earlier in the season and then didn't hit for a week...the dodgers started the season hotter than the sox but they were killing teams....the math caught up with them too!

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) But you said you wouldn't mind if Buehrle got an earned run. That IS stupid. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> to be serious it is not stupid as you may think...a pitcher that gives up no runs in one game is likely to give up 6 runs in another.....assuming 18 innings pitched and a 3.00 era...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 12:58 PM) It took you that long to type that???? I will edit your post for you. As far as being a lifelong sox fan, sure maybe you are, but you have nothing of value to say on this board as of yet, and your loyalty does not change that fact. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> when you say "value" did you mean that someone might pay for what i say? oh cool! look jack in all seriousness i love tim raines....get a kick out of how he runs to first base during warmups before each inning and then just barely runs past first safely and jokes with the opposition first baseman...that to me is fun but what are you trying to do? kill the sox fan?