BigEdWalsh

That was priceless and oh my goodness...how prophetic. Go Diamondbacks! :fthecubs

This is from a Yahoo article on the Cubs Curse. "The Arizona Diamondbacks, of course, don't mind all the negativity surrounding their opponent. Said impish outfielder Eric Byrnes: "Bartman and the Billy Goat, I consider them teammates."" Stupid Cubs.

That was cool, Tex. I enjoyed watching it.

YAY for the Diamondbacks!!! That's one...two to go.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/ar...b&fext=.jsp Pretty good overall review and a nice photo gallery, too.

"The Perfect Wave" Neil Norman "Pipeline" The Chantays "Ride the Wild Surf" Jan and Dean "Let's Go Trippin'" Dick Dale "The Breeze and I" The Fentones http://www.geocities.com/shanefentonuk/media/breezeandi.mp3 Even better version of "The Breeze and I" by the Vibrants complete with surf sound effects and sea gulls. not to mention some killer guitar. You can find it on a cd called American Surf Treasures Vol. 2

I voted YES. Jenks had a great year and it shouldn't matter that he did this with a team that sucked. He deserves some votes just to recognize what he did. With 40 Saves on this team, just imagine what he might have done with a good team.

Lance Broadway: A++

Mark Buehrle: A- Javier Vazquez: A Jose Contreras: D Jon Garland: C Jon Danks: D Gavin Floyd: C Bobby Jenks: A Mike MacDougal: F David Aardsma: D Boone Logan: C Ehren Wasserman: A Mike Myers: D Matt Thornton: D AJP: C Paul Konerko: C Jim Thome: A- Iguchi: D Richar: C+ Juan Uribe: D+ Josh Fields: B- Scott Pods: D Erstad: C Jermaine Dye: C Jerry Owens: B- Toby Hall: F Andy Gonzalez: F Ozzie Guillen: D Kenny Williams: D The Fans: A

QUOTE(StatManDu @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 01:27 AM) SEPTEMBER 19TH 1984: Steve Christmas’ three-run pinch-homer in the seventh made the White Sox merry in a 7-3 win at Minnesota. Christmas’ blast came with the scored tied at three and with Greg Walker and Roy Smalley on base with two outs. Hmmm. The only homer Steve Christmas ever hit.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 17, 2007 -> 07:35 PM) His OPS is up to .726 I honestly want them to lose, but I can't help being happy as ever when they win, or as in this case are winning. It's depressing as hell when they lose, as much as I think it would be for the better.

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QUOTE(SoxAce @ Sep 12, 2007 -> 08:44 PM) Game currently in progress GF is losing 5-2 in the 6th. Final: Great Falls 5 Orem 7 http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

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Great Falls won 4-3, improving their overall record to 50-23 (26-9 in the second half). Retherford (.316): 2-5, 2 solo HRs (One leading off the game and the other snapping a 3-3 9th inning tie.) Gallagher (.332): 3-3, RBI, 2 BB Lowe: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Mabee (W, 3-2, 1.88): 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 10:01 PM) GF won 8-1 Gallagher, Paiml, and Inouye with nights. Paiml has been on an absolute tear the second half (.366 in August and 10-15 so far in Sept.).

QUOTE(29andPoplar @ Sep 4, 2007 -> 11:02 AM) Actually tonight is not the first playoff game, the playoffs open this coming Sat. night in Great Falls vs. the Helena Brewers. The GF White Sox have three games remaining in their reg. season schedule. Oooops, my bad.

Projected starters are Kyle Lotzkar for Billings and Anthony Carter for GF. Carter (4-3, 4.15) has gotten better and better as this season progressed. June: 9.00 ERA in 3 starts. July: 4.56 ERA in 5 starts. August: 2.08 ERA in 6 starts.

QUOTE(Calderon @ Aug 31, 2007 -> 11:10 AM) Gio currently leads the Minors with 185 strikeouts, 12 clear of Montgomery Biscuits' starter Jacob McGee. Nobody has more than one start left, but will the playoffs count towards the MiLB strikeout crown? (Not that I think there's an actual award, it'd just be a nice distinction for Gio). That is pretty awesome for a 21 year old in AA. BTW, Egbert is pretty high up on the K-leader list too with 162.

Current stats on this years new farmhands: Link: 12 G, 14.1 IP, 14 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 16 K, 3 SV, 3.14 ERA, .264 BAA (at Winston-Salem) Dubee: 7 G, 5 GS 2 W, 0 L, 28 IP, 26 H, 13 ER, 11 BB, 32 K, 4.18 ERA, .252 BAA (at Kannapolis)

QUOTE(The Critic @ Aug 31, 2007 -> 10:40 AM) The next insightful thing Mariotti says will be his first. He's a newspaper "shock jock", whose only intent is to rile someone up. Praise comes from him like frozen glue, while complaints/criticism/stupid nicknames flow from him like diarrhea. He is to be ignored and avoided. Well put.

(Expletive) Jay Mariotti! He's a (expletive) (expletive) (expletive)!

Greg Walker, plain and simple. Whereas a part of me wouldn't mind seeing each and every one of 'em fired, Walker leads the way for me due to the fact that all the others have their good points. With the Sox batting a mlb dead-last .243, next-to-last in runs scored, tied for last in OBP, etc., etc., the hitting coach has got to pay the price. With a 7th best HR total, how can we be 2 or 3 from the bottm in RBIs? Greg Walker, be gone!

Jim Gallagher continues to tear it up at Great Falls. Now batting .335 with a .421 OBP. He's walked 31 times and has just 33 Ks in 224 ABs. Also, he remains error-free in the outfield. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=518706

I know that picked as high as he was (95th overall), more has been expected of Brooks. But at least he has quietly done pretty well as a reliever in high-A ball. G 15, IP 18.2, H 21, ER 4, HR 0, BB 7, K 14, ERA: 1.93. I'm sure as a starter he's done, but maybe he'll have a future in the White Sox bullpen.