Felix

I can't lie. Today was the day that my hopes for this season took a huge hit. I don't know why, but this game just really, really hurt.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ May 30, 2007 -> 09:41 AM) anyone who doesnt have Jose Reyes on their list does not watch enough baseball. Hanley Ramirez > Jose Reyes

Sizemore Santana Pujols Cabrera Mauer Hanley Ramirez is next, along with Cole Hamels, Felix Hernandez, and Brian McCann (if I didn't take Mauer that is). Also, I'm shocked that I'm the first one to mention Hanley. He's one hell of a player, probably better than Reyes.

This was a horrible game to be at.

Minnesota's a three... not bad (you're going down CSF!)

QUOTE(zimne piwo @ May 29, 2007 -> 12:45 AM) The long and winding road There has to be a twist I rode my motorcycle in the rain. flirtin with disaster He's going the distance Gonna eat a lot of Peaches And I was standin' on the side of the road Standing in line, marking time, waiting for the welfare dime Then I saw her face The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Blinded me.....with SCIENCE She was the best damn woman I had ever seen Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds She ain't exactly small 42-39-56 BABY GOT BACK! She knows she got everything a woman needs to get a man, yeah. One Bourbon, one Scotch, one beer.I don't wanna touch you too much baby 'cuz making love to you might drive me crazy Cause southern belles are hell at night I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride Cowboy take me away Slob on my knob, like corn on the cob Lie back and let me unlock you I've got a brand new pair of roller skate, you've got a brand new key She's a super freak, a super freak, she's super freeeeakaaayyyyyy Why don't you come with me little girl, on a magic carpet ride? You aint seen nothing yet But with a magnifying glance, I just sort of look her over. Now I'm back in the ring to take another swing And I fell in to a burning ring of fire Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down, yoh! Yeah Im hot blooded, check it and see Feel the fever burning inside of me Lord amighty! I feel my temperature risin' I'm so hot for you and you're so cold Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart Let's get together Before we get much older. Because I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price For throwing the dice in the air. You're as cold as ice. You're willing to sacrifice our love I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango- Turned cartwheels cross the floor Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning. Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel spin. And it stoned me to my soul, stoned me just like Jellyroll Everybody must get stoned That Ain't no way to have fun, son Some people claim there's a woman to blame Young girl, get out of my mind My love for you is way out of line And they called it puppy love Tonight's the night for you to hit it doggie style If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends. If I knew, I might toss out my anchor. I just spent six months in a leaky boat, lucky just to keep afloat. Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home The captains tell they pay you well. But How ya gonna make some time when all you got is one thin dime? Time is on my side, yes it is. Time everlasting, time to play B-Sides. When they know they have you, they really have you. Haven't you noticed the days somehow keep getting longer. It won't be long 'til Summer comes, now that the boys are here again. And if you let me cool you one time, you'll be my regular stop. Oh the dashboard melted but we still have the radio. Hey mister DJ, I just wanna hear some rhythm & blues right now On the radio, on the radio, on, on the radio. Dancing in the moonlight, everybody's feelin' warm and right. Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance

I'll be there Hopefully, Danks' start is as good as his last one I saw in person.

I'll be at Zappa Plays Zappa again in August (saw it last October as well). I figure if I average one ZPZ show a year (assuming they keep touring, which looks probable), I'll be in good shape to make up for not being alive during Zappa's years

From 2004 to 2007, we've been 19-14 at the Metrodome, including tonights loss and the series win we had there earlier this year. I guess I'm sort of confused as to how this means we're "so bad in Minny."

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ May 28, 2007 -> 11:54 AM) It's a beautiful day in Minneapolis, mid to upper 70's and mostly sunny, and I'm on my way inside to see a baseball game. Oh, the pity. Go Sox! Get on top of Johan early. Lucky, I wanted to go today (despite the Johan factor), but have work. Will be at the next two though hopefully Lets start this series off right today

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 27, 2007 -> 02:20 PM) rotoworld seems to think Pablo's DTD DTD with a fractured fibula? That would be impressive.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ May 26, 2007 -> 03:55 AM) First of all, GG's nowadays are as much reputation as they are about actual defense. Derek Jeter is one of the worst defensive SS's in the game, yet he is a 2 time gold glove SS; does he really deserve that award over Juan Uribe? Torii Hunter, good as he may have been in CF last year, was not as good as Corey Patterson; people's eyes and stats will tell you that to be true, but Hunter won the GG while Patterson was left in the cold, and why is that? Eric Chavez won the award last year, and some would argue that there were 3 candiates who were more deserving of the award in the AL Central alone, let alone the other 8 teams in the AL. But you are going to use GG to justify defense with absolutely nothing else? From everything I've seen and read, Jones is still a good defensive CFer, but he's not longer an elite defender in CF, and he hasn't been for a few years. Him winning Gold Gloves is because his name is Andruw Jones. Secondly, Roberto Clemente, Ernie Banks, and Johnny Bench played in an entirely different era of baseball; you comparing raw slugging numbers against one another is completely ridiculous, and all of them have superior career OPS+'s higher than Jones does. On top of that, Clemente and Puckett were not a power hitters; Clemente hit .317 during a time when pitcher's dominated the game and hit .290 in the year of the pitcher when Yaz's .301 led the AL, Denny McClain won 30, and Bob Gibson put up the lowest ERA in like forever with 1.12. Puckett never hit lower than .288 in a season, while putting up averages of .310+ in 8 of his 12 years in the league. Comparing either to Andruw Jones is like comparing Carl Crawford to Andruw Jones, and in no regard does it work because they are completely different players all together. Next, the obvious difference between Jones and Manny, Ortiz, Thomas, and Sosa is the 100-200 points difference between the OPS's of the groups. Jones is considered a cleanup type hitter, yet his .900 OPS pales in comparison: Manny's career OPS is over 1.000 and the last time he had an OPS under .950 was 1994, Ortiz has hit 101 homers in his last two full seasons, Frank Thomas is a top 5 hitter over the past 25 years, and Sosa averaged 61 homers over the course of a 4 season span. Has Jones ever done anything CLOSE to that offensively? Now you are comparing Andruw Jones to 3 of the best hitters of the past 25 years, along with perhaps the best power hitter of the past 5 years; Thomas and Ortiz don't play defense because they don't have to, Manny plays LF which is the second least important position defensively, and Sosa played RF with is the third least important. Jones plays CF, and you're almost comparing apples to oranges, because those guys are paid for their bats while Jones is paid for his overall game. No one you will find is going to argue that Jones is a bad or mediocre player. What these people will argue is that he's not and never will be an elite player in this league, and I'm not sure there's any real argument against that. He has a career .850 OPS, his defense is diminishing in CF, and he hasn't stolen bases on a somewhat consistent basis since 2000, yet there are some who will make him into a demigod type figure because of the name. Andruw Jones is a great player, but he's not a player you'll build a franchise around, and he very well could be the 3rd or 4th best hitter on the Braves. I'm not sure there's an argument against the fact that at this moment - which is what Stark was suggesting - Andruw Jones isn't overrated. You took the words right out of my mouth Really, really good post.

QUOTE(rangercal @ May 26, 2007 -> 03:06 AM) 9 gold gloves in CF speak for themselves I stopped reading after this. Seriously, Jones was (is?) a great defensive CF, but gold gloves mean nothing. Sorry.

He's always been incredibly overrated. His defense is good (was amongst the best in the game in his youth, not sure about now), but he's not the overall stud that people perceive him as.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 12, 2007 -> 01:28 PM) Vazquez > Young Sweeney > Young lol

This thread is a fun read after today's game.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 20, 2007 -> 03:48 PM) You got number one wrong. It's: "Your an idiot."

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 19, 2007 -> 07:32 PM) People were more concerned about the radar gun when putting the bullpen together than effectiveness. A lot of people on this site bought it as well. They really shouldn't complain. It doesn't matter how fast you throw if you only throw one pitch. Thats something a lot of people here (especially when it comes to prospects) seem to forget. This is also why I have hope for people like Broadway, and like pitchers who rely on command as opposed to a 99 MPH fastball (Buehrle). Great post.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 16, 2007 -> 08:19 PM) Wow, that avatar is ridiculous. It was hilarious when I first watched the full video because I had no idea what was about to happen. Then I saw the baby.. and.. well.. yea.

He's so right about Pablo though

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ May 15, 2007 -> 06:19 PM) Zambrano vs. Contreras Hill vs. Vazquez lol

QUOTE(WHITESOXRANDY @ May 15, 2007 -> 01:46 PM) If the Sox swept the flubs, I would be talking about it for years. Years? You really need a life... Yankees, no doubt. Doesn't hurt that I'm from NJ, so I have an undying hatred of everything Yankee, but yea, the fact that they are in the AL and pose more of a threat to the Sox making the playoffs doesn't hurt either.

Two consecutive games I've been to.. two consecutive plus starts. Yay!

Another game I'm going to be at. Please win again, please. Seriously, please?