Steve9347

I miss getting sloshed at the Saturday draft party.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 03:50 PM) Paul George gets MIP. As he should.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 03:38 PM) Chicago White Sox ‏@whitesox 1m Any fans with tickets for tonight’s #DogDay festivities will be contacted by the @whitesox ticket office. It shouldn't take too long to place those 15 phone calls.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 03:10 PM) I don't mean that rose can screw off, but I'm tired of the only thing we talk about being either pissing all over Rose or debating his comeback. He's not coming back this year. Meanwhile, the team that is playing is giving their all to bring home some playoff wins. There was a 8 minute stretch in the 3rd yesterday where Brooklyn couldn't get a shot off. We were swarming and jumping all over any drive and pushing them to the corners and baselines and then swatting them. It was vicious D. I appreciate that effort. And I appreciate the coaching changes, and execution by the team. We may not win this series, but as long as we don't lay down, I don't have a bad word to say about any of the players actually playing on that team right now. Ah understood. Great post. Love it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 02:47 PM) I don't really care about rose anymore. This team, despite all odds, has actually been entertaining this year (after Jan 1). Nazr Muhammed was giving great minutes in the f***ing playoffs. Joakim Noah, with two (basically) broken feet, is outhustling other teams big men (lopez rebounding not withstanding) all over the court. f*** rose man, team with no hope is at least giving us some fun s*** to watch. You aren't gonna win it every year. I know most here wish Bulls tanked this year, but they didn't. And they are here in the playoffs. Might as well enjoy them giving the other teams hell, and the other teams fans hell, as they scream "HOW THE HELL IS A TEAM WITH KIRK HINRICH AT THE POINT AND NAZR MUHAMMED AT CENTER BEATING US" F*ck Rose? Not yet. As for the team - yes, it's one of my favoritist teams in all the land in the playoffs going into Brooklyn and winning. Game 1 was a travesty, Game 2 made me proud. It's an incredibly awkward situation to see the key to the team being a legitimate championship contender jumping up and down and super-duper excited about other injured players giving their all on the court.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) I agree, which is why I respond to unrealistic and absurd with unrealistic and absurd. Ah. Well played.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 01:49 PM) So you'd leave him 8th if he hit .300 with 50 homers the rest of the year? There's no reason to discuss something so unrealistic.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 12:55 PM) This is the K-Dub plan. You people need to embrace it. Jared Mitchell > Mike Trout Courtney Hawkins has 34 strikeouts in 57 plate appearances on the Single A level. EMBRACE IT I won't complain about a very raw prospect like Hawkins.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 10:18 AM) Will Jordan give him permission to come back? WIN

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) I think Marvel is spacing all of their movies 5-6 months apart to keep the storyline continuous ...and keep that glorious money pouring in - for sure. I don't really understand the summer/christmas movies concept. If you release a Blockbuster in October or February it's going to KILL with the lack of selection. I'm hoping this Mark Wahlberg movie coming out Friday gets a decent enough review that we can go see it Saturday!

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 11:24 AM) It's coming out in November That trailer said October.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/reddits-boston-bombe...-225823288.html Shocking, Reddit now admitting that starting witch hunt not very smart. Welcome to the 18th century? This is kind of inaccurate, as Reddit was not responsible for the subreddit nor did any Reddit representative start it. That's like blaming Facebook for Facebook Pages' content.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 11:26 AM) Here's the transcript of Dzokhar's bedside arraignment http://gawker.com/tsarnaev-brothers-acted-...amerl-477804884 I'm glad we're doing it the right way. Fascinating, and agreed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 10:30 AM) Out of respect to guys like Jo, Taj, and Kirk, he needs to either shut himself down, or man up and play. If he won't do it, someone in the Bulls organization needs to do it for him. I don't care if it is Thibs, Gar, Pax, or even Stacey King. Shut his ass down. But you can't shut him down. What if the Bulls make it to the 2nd round and Rose wants to play against the Heat?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 09:06 AM) Would only apply if they explained how they'll deal with the radiation problem. Have not done so. Get your ass to Mahz.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 08:13 AM) Not as an absolute. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/tag/...me/derrick-rose Yeah, I guess the window is open. Watching the game last night was just strange. It seems like Rose doesn't care, then you see how into the game he is and excited. WHY ISN'T HE PLAYING!?

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 06:39 AM) FWIW, The Cleve announcers said the Sox lead the majors in swings and misses. Because they do. They have no patience and bad talent on the MLB squad. I swear the opposition is ALWAYS batting, because the Sox go 1-2-3 so often and when they do get runners on they don't work the count.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 10:26 PM) Awesome.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 10:16 AM) I'm still waiting for you to stand behind that statement about the team seeing no improvement. I think my continual posting pretty much says that, but if I must. This offense sucks and expecting it to be much better is asinine.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 08:23 AM) of course, because you handwaved it away when it didn't work your way. Sigh. Fine. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 05:31 PM) Since apparently google doesn't work for my stalker, here you go. De Aza .649 OPS vs .693 career PK .766 vs .858 (or even .857 last year) Gordo .649 vs .693 Dunn .421 vs .865 (or even .801 LY, or .569 in 2011 by far his worst year ever), not to mention his .100 RISP Viciedo .646 vs .737, plus .200 RISP Keppinger .315 vs .722, plus .091 with RISP Ramirez even with his .316 average is .788 vs his career .721. While he is hitting for average, he isn't hitting for much power yet. So there isn't a lot of regression to the means to be had there. Rios is .984 vs .771, so plenty of regression room there, though much less if you look at his LY of .850 with any faith Flowers is at .794, with a small sample .710 career. His minor league numbers career out to .876, with .814 in his triple A time, so even a reasonable growth with playing full time puts him pretty close to where he is now. Yes, there is plenty of room for movement even to the norms, let alone anyone actually having a "good" year versus their career norms. Also common sense will state that a movement from even .170 with RISP to .250 with RISP is an extra hit with RISP every 12 ABs or so, working out to about a run a game extra. That alone wins many games. Since apparently Google doesn't work with you to find accurate numbers, here are my responses (in red) De Aza .649 OPS vs .693 career He's actually at .742, well above his career OPS and just under last season's outlier. PK .766 vs .858 (or even .857 last year) I stated we could expect improvement from PK in my post - you've added nothign Gordo .649 vs .693 Gordon Beckham had a batting average over .300. Your career OPS with him doesn't matter as he's proven he's nothing like his rookie season which carries a lot of weight in that career OPS. A .649 OPS from Gordon is what you should expect. You added nothing here, either Dunn .421 vs .865 (or even .801 LY, or .569 in 2011 by far his worst year ever), not to mention his .100 RISP Dunn is brutal. As long as he's in the lineup, the Sox will suck. Viciedo .646 vs .737, plus .200 RISP He's not getting strikes because he swings at everything. Keppinger .315 vs .722, plus .091 with RISP I'd already said he should improve. Ramirez even with his .316 average is .788 vs his career .721. While he is hitting for average, he isn't hitting for much power yet. So there isn't a lot of regression to the means to be had there. When Alexei hits for .200 in May, you'll understand why regression to the mean exists. Rios is .984 vs .771, so plenty of regression room there, though much less if you look at his LY of .850 with any faith More repeating what I'd already said by adding easily googled numbers. Flowers is at .794, with a small sample .710 career. His minor league numbers career out to .876, with .814 in his triple A time, so even a reasonable growth with playing full time puts him pretty close to where he is now. I didn't say that Flowers would drop. I said to expect anything more out of him was asinine. It is. So we're back to where I started - you didn't provide anything there. Yes, the Sox could hit better with RISP. But our slow players standing on second doesn't necessarily mean scoring position like it does for most teams. The White Sox have a horrific offense this year - I said it before the season started and I'm saying it now. They are not going to contend for ANYTHING in 2013.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 08:11 AM) One number was wrong. The rest of it was your conjecture, which you totally ignored once they proved you wrong. I found a run a game with improvement only in one area. You found s***.

Game of Thrones is so f***ing great.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 09:18 PM) Great post. You wanted numbers and then just ignored them. You provided incorrect numbers. Your first number was incorrect. Also, I don't really know what your point was - you repeated what I did with numbers. There's not a lot of room to grow from your very post.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 06:24 AM) I know. Just wish someone with the organization would say it. Thibs already said it.

Joakim's playing like a man... Big shot Nate drains it. Go Bulls.