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QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 09:28 AM) You can get video clips, right? I think so?!?! I just got a new verizon LG vx6100 camera phone last weekend. (We finally dropped Cingular) I am not completely familar with what this thing does yet.

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 09:25 AM) Mike.. have your phone charged and nearby.. I have it ready to go.

Wow, they have really given up on Morneau QUICK.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) My coworkers have been warned. I will be useless to the company after 3 today lol. Before that I will be antsy and on edge lol. And that is different how?

QUOTE(The Critic @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 08:53 AM) Out. I actually get to leave work at 1:30 today ( started at 5, UGH ) so I'll be home for the first pitch! You can put me on the traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiinnnn.....YES! QUOTE(mreye @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) I forgot my walkman (so I could listen on the train), so I decided to just drive up so I could listen on the way home. I get off at 2:30. I hate you both

QUOTE(Antonio Osuna @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 04:09 PM) Only fools underestimate Wakefield. Historically (and this has been less true in 2005 than before, but still is) there are two types of pitchers that give us fits: 1) guys making their MLB debut or who we haven't seen before 2) older guys who throw junk We beat Wakefield at home this season, but he's given us fits before. And he absolutely is a "big game pitcher" in that he's better when it counts. Also, Clement's postseason ERA is, iirc, entirely from 2003. He's improved since then. Actually the thing that intreagues me about Clement is his second half fades. This year he was 1-3 with an era of 6 in September. Last year he was 0-1 in Sept with a 7.36 era and was dropped from the rotation by the Cubs. 2003 he was 2-1 in Sept with a 4.45 era, but got murdered in the playoffs. His last 4 years totaled up he was 4-8 with an era of almost 6. It almost makes me wonder if that heavy slider he throws beats up his arm worse than we know, and he doesn't have anything left by the time he gets over 200 innings pitched.

BUMP Who is in???

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 08:21 PM) If your leaving that late I would park in the city and take the "L" to the park This is the best suggestion that I have heard. Drive into downtown, park in the west loop or financial district and then walk over the Red Line and take that down to the park.

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 02:16 AM) Not trying to rain on anyone's parade - but wouldn't Mayor Daley have been a logical choice? QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) Nope. He was jockin the Cubs 2 years ago. Frank is the perfect choice. Thank you. I am glad I am not the only one who remembers Hizzonar in Atlanta for the 2003 playoffs sporting a Cubs hat. Screw him. There are plenty of people I would rather see throw out the first pitch, and Frank Thomas is way up the list.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 4, 2005 -> 01:37 AM) bump again. Dude what is your problem? Is there really a need to repeatedly bump something just because someone isn't on line to read it? But noooooooo you don't look for trouble, it just miraculously happens to find you doesn't it? Crap like that is exactly why no one buys this whole poor little guy who gets picked on because he is different BS. And since you just had to pee yourself waiting in antipaction for an answer here it is. Basically you warped the arguement. I never said that Cleveland didn't have an offense outside of Hafner. You pulled that one out of your ass looking to inflame the arguement like usual. What I said was that Boston has a second offensive superstar in their line up, where as Cleveland does not. I would have to say that Manny Ramirez provides a little more protection than does Victor Martinez, considering that the differences between Ramirez and Martinez power numbers probably could have been the #3 hitter for the White Sox, I don't think there is much of an arguement there... If you would like to look at the teams offensive numbers though, I think you will lose out there as well anyway. The Red Sox scored 900 runs to the Indians 789, if you want to look at the final output of any offense. Other than that Boston hit 8 points higher, was 21 points higher in OBP, and was 22 points higher in OPS. The only big categories Cleveland won was SLG by one point, and they hit 9 more HRs in scoring those 111 less runs. There isn't much of an arguement that Cleveland has a better or even equal offense to Boston at all. And finally this is a friendly warning. If you are going to keep getting into arguements with everyone in sight on here, you aren't going to last here. Take that FWIW.

Good bye and good riddance. This is a great move for the Bulls as this would have only caused trouble this year for them.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 05:13 PM) simple solution, don't go out where there is excessive second hand smoke... it's a fairly simple concept. Remember, you are going to someone else's establishment. You don't own it, it's not like people are coming into your home and smoking. YOU are going to THEIR property, not the other way around. Smoking is legal and if a bar owner wants to allow smoking in THEIR bar YOU should avoid THEIR bar. But i'm sure you feel you have the right to decide what everyone else does in their own home or enterprise. idiot Using this specific logic here, why are you and I paying to rebuild New Orleans? THEY went into an enviornment that THEY knew was below sea level, and was only a matter of time before the perfect storm came along and destroyed it. No one MADE them live there, they could have lived anywhere. THEY went where they knew it was dangerous, not ME, why should I have to suffer? THEY are the idiots here, not ME, right?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 04:34 PM) I thought Shannon Stewart was the MVP in 2003. His numbers weren't close to that of ARod or anyone else up for MVP consideration. MVP = most valuable player. You take Hafner out of the Indians lineup, and I would venture to guess that there is a chance they don't win 85, perhaps 80. You take Ortiz out of the Boston lineup, and they'll still win 90. ARods gonna win it anyways, so this entire argument seems to be moot. And I wish more consideration would be given to this when looking at the MVP. This isn't the offensive player of the year we are talking about, its the most valuable player. Take David Ortiz off of the Red Sox and you still have Manny Ramirez behind him. Take Travis Hafner off of the Indians and what do you have? Hafner almost singlehandedly got the Indians back into the race, while Ortiz and Ramirez had big second halves and to some extent protected each other. Hafner didn't have the luxury of a second superstar behind him, and when you combine that with the 2nd half that the Indians had vs the 2nd half the Red Sox had, I think Hafners contribution becomes all of the larger. The Indians won 75% of their games over the final two months of the reason, the Red Sox didn't do anything near that, meanwhile it was all Hafner pushing that run. Heck with the fall from grace the Red Sox had, I think you could make a better case for ARod who had just as good of offensive numbers, to go along with a huge resergence of the Yankees. The Red Sox coughed up a big lead to the Yankees and had to back their way into the playoffs because of the White Sox sweeping the Indians on the final weekend of the season, averting their own choke job. My personal MVP ballot would look something like Hafner ARod Ortiz Jose Contreras Manny Ramirez

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 02:50 PM) William Kristol: http://news.yahoo.com/s/weeklystandard/200...danddemoralized LMFAO. I wish people would make up there minds... first Bush sucks because he won't listen to anyone else, then we he listens to other people and backs down a bit, he is a wimp like his father. Priceless.

Screw all you guys, I am going to be rich!!!

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051003-122623-2136r.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/03/oklahoma....n.ap/index.html

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 01:09 PM) Happy Birthday Brian. Hopefully we'll all be tailgating in a few weeks at the world series And dbaho...take note of the name I used in this post Wow that has to be embarassing... corrected by Jason

I don't get off until 3:30 FWIW, so I won't be down until at least 3:40 or so.

Ozuna, Everett, and Harris all can play OF if needed.

Final standings for Pick to Click, contest was won by Yoda who won an autographed mini-helment signed by an assortment of White Sox players. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38522 Mathew won League One, Latino Heat won League Five, Rancheros won League Eight... Still waiting to hear about the other leagues. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=40810

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/10/03/ohare...n.ap/index.html

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 12:55 PM) I get lucky once and awhile... Maybe if you got lucky a little less often, you'd have more time for Soxtalk... like me and Gage

QUOTE(BDavisFutureHOF @ Oct 3, 2005 -> 12:18 PM) Just got off the phone with Alcock's -- The woman told me that they normally dont reserve tables but that she didnt think we would have an issue. I pressed and tried to get her to set something aside for us and she said that she would talk to the powers that be and get back to me ASAP. Good deal. Thanks for the update