Steff

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 18, 2005 -> 08:12 AM) When you have something you really want to do, but you know you shouldn't, what do you do? If it doesn't hurt or endanger or have detrimental effects on anyone.. do it.

Mike and Mike quote... "and now it's time to talk about the kid that is turning the baseball world upside down..... Jon Garland". :rolly

Off to another one.. hope it's a Jon winner and that you guys didn't jinx him..

I dream of this.... But it will never, ever, in a zillon, billion, trillion years happen.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 17, 2005 -> 04:13 PM) You think? There for a while they weren't getting in a whole lot of work. The last week, they've gotten busy. I hope Johnny and Mark can keep it up (eating up innings). Are you being sarcastic Kap...?? I think it's a good idea to move John or Mark in the middle of 3 & 4. At this point it makes no difference. I hope they keep eating as well.. any wagers one who hits 242 IP first...

QUOTE(UofIChiSox @ May 17, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) I see where you're coming from, but I wouldn't tinker with anything too much. Maybe at the All-Star break if everyone else is coming back rested go ahead and switch it up, have El Duque pitch 3 and Contreras 5, that would work. I wouldn't mess too much though during times when we don't have a few days off. If we wait till the break.. our pen might be shot.

The Sox site at MLB.Com has the Sox commercials.. perhaps they have bites from the games as well..?

QUOTE(quickman @ May 17, 2005 -> 01:53 PM) is steff still taking you on field trips? :headshake

We're going Friday and Saturday.

Rugby coach beaten unconscious at match Updated May 16, 2005, 3:36 p.m. ET ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (AP) — A girls rugby coach was beaten until he was bloody and unconscious during a weekend match, and police are seeking criminal charges against several adults. "I never saw them coming," said Craig Stewart, 55, who was kicked in the head and face by another coach and parents during a game Saturday, according to witnesses and police. The violence erupted during a tournament game between the Rohnert Park Girls Rugby Club and Stewart's team, the Alameda High School Riptide club team. The conflict began when referee Paul Berman, 33, ordered a spectator off the field. He was punched in the face three times by the brother of the coach of the Rohnert Park team, police Sgt. Art Sweeney said. Stewart intervened to help Berman and held the attacker on the ground until police arrived, detectives said. The Rohnert Park coach and up to eight spectators then descended on Stewart, Sweeney said................... http://www.courttv.com/news/2005/0516/coach_ap.html

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 17, 2005 -> 10:07 AM) I'm drinking koolaid. Anyone want some? Pass. There's 4 more months left.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-0...rip_x.htm?csp=1 Air travelers stripped bare with X-ray machine By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY The agency in charge of the nation's air security expects later this year to begin using a controversial X-ray machine that will show airport screeners a clear picture of what's under passengers' clothes — whether weapons or just bare skin. The new system makes it easy to see possibly dangerous devices. Rapiscan Systems Screeners plan to test the "backscatter" machines at several U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says. The refrigerator-sized machines are considered a breakthrough in scanning technology but have been labeled "a virtual strip search" by the American Civil Liberties Union. (Related story: Airports test 'futureworld' devices) Security workers using the machines can see through clothes and peer at whatever may be hidden in undergarments, shirts or pants. The images also paint a revealing picture of a person's nude body. The devices can potentially be used to screen hundreds of millions of air travelers each year, although TSA says more study is needed to determine how the devices may be used at U.S. airports. The agency declined to say when and where it expects to test the machines. Backscatter technology has been waiting on the sidelines for nearly four years but seems poised now to move to the forefront of aviation security. The machines are already used by U.S. Customs agents at 12 airports to screen passengers suspected of carrying drugs. They're also getting a test run at a terminal in London Heathrow Airport, the first major airport to use them. The ACLU says the scanners invade personal privacy. "This leads directly to a surveillance society," says Barry Steinhardt, who runs the group's technology program. But Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a Senate subcommittee last month that he wants to employ the technology and doesn't want an "endless debate" over privacy issues. Security consultant Douglas Laird says the machines are essential to spot explosives, which aren't detected by metal detectors. The $100,000 machines bounce low-radiation X-rays off a person's skin to produce photo-like computer images of metal, plastic and organic materials hidden under clothes, says American Science and Engineering. The TSA is testing its BodySearch machine.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 16, 2005 -> 10:55 PM) I didn't like this show.... Ditto.

We're going back again also..

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ May 17, 2005 -> 08:17 AM) After the Mench homerun that almost hit me in thehead, I felt it was over...eternally pessimisstic...what can I say? Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ May 17, 2005 -> 07:56 AM) The game last night had a great start and I was so excited...the stands were hopping....and then El Pukeee gives the runs right back....then Iguchi has a great at-bat with that opposite field homerun...sad.... ...then I left... You left the game early..??

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:54 PM) That works for me. It beats the hell out of MLBTV. Get your sorry butt to Chicago and ATTEND a game..

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:52 PM) My argument is that Sox fans are missing what the team is doing. They could see them live and rather sit on the couch and tell their wives/girlfriends to toss them another beer. Maybe they can't afford it..? Maybe that have to be up for work at 5am..? Maybe they don't live close by..??? My argument is WHO CARES They are playing awesome ball and every day it's another new thread b****ing about attendance.. Obviously some here care.. :rolly

QUOTE(UofIChiSox @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:48 PM) Well I was and I wasn't, I don't expect every game to sellout, I do wish we had better attendance though. Most of all I hope we continue to win 3 out of every 4 games! Which is why I thought you were being facetious. Sell outs are nice, but they are not the norm unless you are a Boston fan. Not even the Yanks sell out on a regular basis anymore.

Nice.. prepare for requests.

QUOTE(UofIChiSox @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:45 PM) I can only speak for myself, but I'm definitely most concerned about how the team does on the field. At the same time, ANY of the players will tell you that they love to play in front of a full house and play their best then. I'm interested in the players playing their best, so it's all related. When I turn on a game, I hate seeing blue seats, I still watch the whole game though. I assumed that you and Nuke were facetious in your replies.

QUOTE(flippedoutpunk @ May 16, 2005 -> 04:47 PM) Rock on! look for a dude with a sox t shirt with the logo in army camoflauge.. or if its cold, ill be wearing an Army Ranger hoodie! Bring the hoodie. I think we are going to the SC.

Nuke.. didn't you say a few weeks ago that Z would be next to go down...??

QUOTE(Fotop @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:18 PM) I agree, 100% Let the White Sox organization worry about the numbers and the finances and such. All of this stuff is peripheral (media, attendance, the CUBS, etc)...at least to me. Enjoy the team and their success, it'll make things a lot more fun for the time being.

I find it sad that some of you here are more interested in attendance that what the team is doing. :headshake