southsider2k5

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 11:35 AM) I paid $1.68 in April. My low was $1.61.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 11:28 AM) I wonder how much the kids heading back to school had to do with the prices rising? Maybe nothing at all but I know when I was still commuting into Chicago everyday, I hated this time of the year because my commute time always went up with more traffic/buses on the road slowing everything down. Don't know about anywhere else but my kids started back yesterday. Nothing. A spike like this is all about suppressing demand until supply can rebound.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 11:47 AM) I could be wrong, but I think there are non-reviewable plays, like a ball hit down the line that is called foul, for just that reason. If the ump says the play is dead, then it's dead. Some shoulda's: Last night's play is in the same boat as the above example and should never have even been reviewed. Even if they knew they were in the wrong, the crew should have ejected Scioscia the second he stepped out of the dugout again. That was some horses*** and he knew exactly what he was doing, not to mention it's explicitly against the rules. Even if he was goaded into it, Robertson should not have called it out to the media. Now teams know this sort of thing bothers him. No big deal, but something to watch. The other side is it also forces the thought into umps heads, so Mike is less likely to do it in the future. If he does, umpires are more likely to drill him for it.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) It really is exciting. The system has made huge strides, but hopefully it can come even farther. Oh I know we have work to do, but the system has always lacked depth. Seeing all of this young competition come in is just great for our future. Even if it only means one or two additional guys make the majors, it is huge for us.

Again, great to see waves of Latin American signings start to find their way into the system. The system is going to be so much deeper because of it.

Honestly the entire pen was great last night. Even Robertson got screwed because of his defense. Realistically the pen didn't give up a run from the 8th to the 13th inning if Abreu makes the right choice.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) 2.28 Mike...oh man, I'm even sadder now. Can one of you guys bring me out a big gas truck at those prices and park it in an abandoned lot so I can use it as my own personal pump. I swear, in Cali, every 3 months a refinery blows up or is shut down and prices immediately skyrocket 50 cents and then take ages to come back down. I am convinced it is people just milking the whole process. Whole reason oil was ever as high as it was had more to do with the hedge fun money / speculators than anything else, imo. HA! For you, anytime. The big problem is that no is really building new refinery's so all of this equipment is decades old.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:52 AM) IU has lots of players that don't have Big 10 talent. To be fully honest, even as a fully biased observer, he wouldn't be the first guy I would pick out of his conference. He wouldn't be second either. Those other two guys don't have any major offers either.

He did the same thing earlier in the game/series when he lost an appeal as well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) Booo Hooo...gas out here has been tailspinning down and I just paid 3.39. Uggh stupid California. Seriously...gas at 2.50, I can only dream. The spike was what got everyone. I paid $2.28 Tuesday morning. TUE afternoon prices spiked to $2.59. By Wed afternoon prices were $3.19 in my home town, and $3.39 where I work. Then by the evening they had dropped back to $2.99 and $3.09 respectively. I honestly can't remember any other time since 9/11 when prices moved THAT much THAT quick.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:00 PM) Nice catch. Wasn't listed in the AZL Transactions. Sneaky. I don't know about anyone else, but I think I am more excited by seeing some of the signings from the DSL start to hit the states, and not only a guy like Micker who was a big time signing, but guys who didn't get seven figure bonuses. What a huge shot in the arm for the system to have these guys start filling up our minor league system when we went for a period of years with literally no talent coming from Latin America.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:40 AM) I don't watch Angels games for the last 25 years. I really have no opinion of Sciosa. I guess I'm supposed to make conclusions about the Angels from one game. If you have been watching for 25 years, you have seen plenty of games where the other team makes lots of stupid mistakes.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:25 AM) Makes a thread to complain about the coaching staff and then makes a post contradicting that by acknowledging that managers have little effect on the outcome. Make up your f***ing mind would ya? What Abreu did was just a brain fart. It happens even to the best players. It has nothing to do with Ventura or the coaching staff. The constant complaints about Ventura every time a Sox player makes a fundamental error that is taught in little league gets a little annoying. If a bunch of schlubs on a message board know that a play was made incorrectly do you really think that a Major Leaguer doesn't understand that as well? I don't think you can coach instincts, you either have them or you don't. Especially in a game where you have a team who is supposed to have one of the best managers in the league and his team making more stupid mistakes to blow a key game for them.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:23 AM) Are you talking about Connor out on the line drive? That's the only play I can remember. Trout was thrown out at home as well.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:13 AM) The Angels had two runners thrown out on the bases last night for starters. Another worth noting is the Angels had runners on 3rd and less than two outs once last night in extra innings, and didn't score. They had a runner on 3rd base 3 times in extra innings and didn't score.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 08:54 AM) I don't really remember any could you name a few? Not saying you are wrong. The Angels had two runners thrown out on the bases last night for starters.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 08:57 AM) Big time refinery outage at Whiting. Could last up to a month. It literally came the exact same day news reports of gas going under $2 soon were happening. Detailed write up. https://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Trouble-In-...21923-3222.aspx

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:24 PM) What was the allegation or charge with Wil Cordero (pre-dating) when he played for the Sox? Can't think of many similar examples, other than Belle and D'Angelo Jimenez. Steroids/peds use can't really be equated here, although some fans are equally offended I suppose. What did Jimenez do, besides being a lazy moron? And for the record, I couldn't stand Belle or Cordero.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 08:15 AM) yeah what the heck happened Big time refinery outage at Whiting. Could last up to a month. It literally came the exact same day news reports of gas going under $2 soon were happening.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 01:25 AM) I wonder if deep down Ozzie cares about how his career ended. He did get a WS ring as a manager and unless he's a moron with his money he should be set financially and his offspring are set forever financially. I mean it's pretty weird to have your mouth cost you your career. But that was it. If Ozzie shut up like Robin does he'd have managed forever. Not with the Sox probably, but he'd have the WS ring thus would have been employed til 70. I wonder if he cares or if he's glad he was the Mouth that Roared. Ozzie's ego won't let him not care. It is why he can't walk away.

Watching this game, it was actually the Angels who made a lot more mistakes than the White Sox, even with the legendary Mike Scioscia on the bench. They looked nothing like a first place team, not only in that game, but in that series.

Considering they called up Saladino to play 3B instead, I'd say no.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 08:37 PM) You're more obsessed with me than Glenn Close was with Michael Douglass in Fatal Attraction. First step - admit you have a problem. Second - get help! Which is still less of an obsession then you have with the Cubs...

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 07:31 PM) Sounds like he only had mid-major offers, until today. Yeah, his list of offers until IU was much more like I expected based on what I had seen of him. The ones I had seen were Western MI, UIC, IUPUI, Toledo, Iona, and a couple of others in that league. The IU offer made me scratch me head. He's a good kid from what I understand. He plays hard and has some talent, but I don't see it as Big 10 talent. The last two big timers to come out of our conference were Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III. Gelon isn't in that league from what I have seen. Hopefully for him and Indiana, he has made a big leap.

I am impressed. Nice work.