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QUOTE (iamshack @ May 22, 2012 -> 07:19 PM) I don't know what you're talking about...I couldn't even tell you what Erin Andrews looks like. I get that ESPN's target demographic is almost exclusively male. But seriously, who tunes in to ESPN to satisfy their dongs? That's just weird. If you want sports information, tune into a sports channel. If you want hot women, fire up the old Intarwebz machine. Why must your 24-7 Tebow coverage be interspersed with boner induction? Compartmentalize, people!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 22, 2012 -> 07:16 PM) Apparently he hasn't covered the Twins the past 200 games. I heard the segment, he wasn't talking about baseball playing ability. He was saying that O-Dawg is intolerably annoying and that everyone in the Twins organization was thrilled to see him leave.

QUOTE (rowand's rowdies @ May 22, 2012 -> 07:08 PM) Be careful what you wish for... ESPN got rid of a lot of old timers and replaced them with what....women! Is anyone else tired of watching sports shows on ESPN networks that are 33%-67% women? They even have women commentators on basketball and college football. I'm not talking sideline reporters. I'm talking color commentators and lead journalists. Now there are some great women sports journalists that earned it. Jackie mcmullen, jamelle parker, and lauren cohn come to mind, but the equal rights bs has to go. There is no way most these young women sports journalists have earned to be where they are at. But they have a better chance being attractive women. Totally unfair and total selling out by ESPN. Anyway I know were not going to replace hawk with a woman but still I agree that unless the replacement is a rare talent, were better off with hawk. No. I admit it sounds weird, but only because it's so unusual. Try to judge them on content alone and it's fine. EDIT: The attractiveness rule is incredibly irritating, too, though. It makes the company look like cavemen and essentially undermines what little progress they've made.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 22, 2012 -> 06:25 PM) Ugh on the GM lovefest. I don't think there are more than a handful of people on this board that really love the job KW has done recently. We just look like we do because a certain duo on Soxtalk appear to have axes to grind, forcing us to defend someone we'd otherwise be fairly critical of.

I've had MLB.tv for years now, too, so I've heard plenty of broadcasters. I hate almost all of them. I've been a Sox fan for years now, and while I used to enjoy Hawk (somewhat as a mascot), I'm very over his brand of announcing right now, too. Verdict: everyone is bad. I'd rather take the devil I know, though. Keep Hawk on, because boring announcers are worse than bizarre old codgers.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 22, 2012 -> 01:25 AM) Never seen the movie but that sure does look like me from a few years ago http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/6...1_1358992_n.jpg I'm in the Green....This was 3 years ago, Ive since played a few years of rugby and am 60lbs smaller "Stephen Furst as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman: An overweight, clumsy legacy pledge, later a sensitivity trainer in Cleveland." So since you didnt previously know I was overweight why am I earning the nickname of this guy. Because of the quote in the clip, I suppose

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 21, 2012 -> 08:10 PM) "I am especially pleased that I had a chance to show them Soldier Field. I regret that I was not able to take in one of the Crosstown Classics, although I will note that my teams did okay. (Laughter.) Now -- White Sox fan in the back. (Laughter.) Right on." I heard that and can't fathom why he made it plural. Misspoke?

QUOTE (Special K @ May 21, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) The bench players play about as much as they should. Ozzie played the bench way too much. There's a reason we all came to know Ozzie's sunday lineup where the Sox literally rolled over for about 10 losses per year because the bench guys needed to stay fresh. I like that our guys get to get into a groove and play everyday and not sit out every 3 or 4 games. Except Juan Pierre, who got to start 154 games. Awesome! I'm with you, I don't want to see our bench players play that much more, particularly since what we really need is the emergence of our youngsters. No reason to find ABs for Fukudome unless he earns it. None of our bench players have earned anything, except Eduardo Escobar earned playing time by not being Brent Morel.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2012 -> 07:07 PM) So far the Chicago cops have made better contact than the Cubs...

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 21, 2012 -> 06:10 PM) I understand that...I just thought he could have articulated it in a way that would have been a bit more gracious in defeat, considering how badly we kicked their ass all over the field. I mean, the point of the statement was that they were about as low as they could get, so in that respect it's kind of acknowledging that the Sox destroyed them. I guess it kind of depends on what he was asked, too. I'm not sure what question he was answering, I just heard the clip on The Score. Did you happen to catch that part of the equation?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 21, 2012 -> 03:43 PM) Probably not the right thread for this, but did anyone catch Sveum's postgame conference yesterday? He said something to the effect of "We were getting it together for a week, and then this last week...we haven't won a game...and then we get swept by the White Sox at home...I mean how much lower can it get than that?" I found that to be mildly offensive, honestly. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was just referring to it being a rivalry and the team was disappointed to get swept by their cross-town mates...but it sure sounded as though he was saying we sucked to me... That's how I interpreted it. Both Chicago managers seem intently focused on maintaining and even keel, and I don't see Sveum taking the backhand to the Sox. He's got other things to worry about.

QUOTE (OilCan @ May 20, 2012 -> 09:35 PM) Adam Dunn's numbers for the month of May: .266 BA/.415 OBP/.672 SLG/1.087 OPS According to Baseball Reference Dot Com, they have a stat for GAME OUTCOME FOR TEAM. What a split. When the White Sox win: .323/.506/.813/1.321 When the White Sox lose: .182/.273/.390/.662 Wow. Here's something else. Adam Dunn when.... he's a first baseman (I know this is a small sample size, but STILL): 15 games played, .300/.478/.680/1.158 he's a DH: 25 games played, .225/.346/.551/.896 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...p;year=&t=b On top of the usual sample size fun, there's some selection bias in that stat: if an opposing pitcher is bad, we're likely to win the game, AND it's likely to inflate Dunn's stats (and everyone else's). It doesn't mean we're dependent on Dunn, necessarily (though it could).

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 21, 2012 -> 12:01 AM) http://www.suntimes.com/sports/12643100-41...with-pitch.html This is all such bulls***. I wish Samarj would take a lie detector test. He hit Konerko on purpose. Cmon. He just sounds like a guy trying to get away with it. Greg...c'mon, buddy. The only thing you have going for you is the Heyward thing and that's very circumstantial. Nobody in baseball or out agrees with you, except the most meatbally of meatballs that call Ranger. Even Jake f***ing Peavy (different from JFP) said he didn't think it was intentional and decided not to bean anyone. If he's the calm, rational one, you are on the wrong side of the issue, my friend. It was not the pitch you throw when you want to hit someone (why would you throw a pitch with movement if you want to be sure it hits someone?), it was not the situation in which you'd hit someone, and nobody aims for the head, even the so-called "headhunters" you mentioned. A lie detector test? Really? It seems like trolling at this point, but I'm biting because I somehow think you truly believe these things.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 20, 2012 -> 09:06 PM) Yup and yup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_expectation Wikipedia, what would we do without you? Some really interesting stuff in there for statheads.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 20, 2012 -> 09:03 PM) Pythagorean W-L has us at 22-20 after today's game. If I'm not mistaken, that is the best in the division as well. It's based on runs scored vs. runs against, right? Someone has posted in other threads that we're the only team in the central with a positive run differential so you must be right, we must have the best Pythagorean in the division

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 20, 2012 -> 12:42 PM) April: .434 OPS May: .743 OPS And that's while scalding the ball right at people (sporting a May BABIP of .263) May OPS would be .811 without that Wells home run robbery. Fun with sample sizes and arbitrary dates!

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 19, 2012 -> 11:31 PM) And by Peavy you mean one pitch (maybe two) and then we'll bring in the bullpen. THROW AT EVERYONE EDIT: Greenness added for clarity.

Where is all this Zack Stewart hate coming from? Dude had a 2.21 ERA before today. He had a 7-0 lead so he threw only strikes. He made the "White Sox Winner" thread last week and essentially won us a game against a division rival. Listen to Balta.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 19, 2012 -> 09:20 PM) So all of you who listed excuses all last season for Adam turn out to be correct. Whether it was being DH the first time or a family matter or him adjusting to the new league (or my reason, being fat) ... he's officially a good to great player again. Amazing. Congrats to you who didn't bury Dunn. Takes a gracious person to openly admit they were wrong. I salute you, sir!

ADIA#3H

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 18, 2012 -> 10:57 PM) And yet like somebody said, if that's DeAza dropping it, the fans would have turned on DeAza big time. Rios for some reason gets the benefit of the doubt. That's...way not true. The only reason someone suggested that De Aza would hear it is because Marty has it in for De Aza. Nobody else would get on De Aza more than usual, and this is the last place in the world Rios would get a free pass.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 18, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) Any way you plot it, Vlad Guerrero he isn't. That's an odd standard. I know you're just responding to people comparing his play style to Vlad's (really, that's just because of aggressiveness, and he's changed his approach since then), but while we're on the subject of standards...what are yours? What level of performance is acceptable? You have not stated a standard for any player to live up to in any of your crusades against them, you've just said they're bad and you don't like them.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ May 18, 2012 -> 05:03 PM) The good guy with the last name Reed strikes out the bad guy with the first name Reed And the good guy with the first name Addison saves the game at the bad ballpark which is on Addison Street The surname always wins!

Liked this game. Glad we found a way to win it. Also...GB!

Reed's just happy he got a chance to end it on a K instead of a popup. Maybe he'll buy RIOS dinner.