southsider2k5

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 08:19 AM) Well, I suppose this means there's some good news, and some bad news...... Yeah it means you are no longer the most incredible person here

Great job Jason. I know we have talked at length about this stuff, and I am glad to see that many other people agree with me. I used to believe that the established posters deserved a little more leeway than others. As I watched this board grow, I have come to realize that it may in fact be the opposite. Because new posters look to the regulars for examples of how to act, if the regulars get away with murder, that in fact sets the example that it is OK to act like an idiot. At that point it only builds upon itself if the mods and admins don't do something to show that this behavior is in fact NOT going to be tolerated, which was never really done. As a group the mods and admins hoped that this stuff would die down, by not harping on it. The problem is that it never really has. Some problems have festered beyond belief and brought all kinds of ugliness to the board. Well it ends today. What made this transition harder was the fact that many, many, people know each other outside of here very well and/or have been posting together for so long, that no one ever felt the need to police there own. That was another miscalculation. In fact that should make it easier to communicate change when there is a problem, and that was never really utilized until now either. I fully believe that the fact that many people know each other, can actually make cleaning this board up easier instead of harder. This will make it easier for people to realize that this is not a personal thing that is being done. The quality of what goes on here has deteriorated over this season, there is no denying that. As a matter of a fact you have to look no further than the wide spread approval throughout this thread, and the almost complete lack of dissension on the opposite end of the spectrum. Your voices have been heard, and now something is going to be done. As a matter of a fact know this from the start. There is now zero tolerance for personal attacks. No one is exempt from this either, and that actually makes it much more easy to enforce. If you saying something about someone, you will take a vacation, it is that simple. It also makes it easy to enforce, with absolutely no hint of favoritism. That's why there is also the fact that nothing that is in the past will be held against anyone anymore. If you are not banned already, you have no blackmarks against your record. Even if you have been suspended before or warned for something else before, you have a clean slate in the eyes of the mods and admins. So whether you are new or old, on the edge or clean, all acts are the same now. You will be judged on your posts and actions from here on out. And finally some of you may have guessed, or already know, but... I'm back. I really believe in this, and believe it is best for the site. I want to be a part of setting things right here, and making this place great again. There is no need for personal and player attacks in the context of enjoying the Chicago White Sox, and now there will not be any here. PM me if you have anything you want to discuss in private, or as always you can reply to this thread

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:55 PM) Minus Crede, Minus Adkins, minus Anderson, Plus Podz, Plus Baj equals 24 if I'm doing this right. So Crede would take up the empty spot, I think. McCarthy is #25

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:49 PM) for him to make the f***IN playoff roster, he would be taking the spot of someone better then him. Read through the thread again. Crede will come off of the DL and take Baj's place on the playoff roster. QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:50 PM) You have got to be s***ting me, did I just use the word "aloud"? I need hocked on phonics. I thought you did it on purpose

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:48 PM) I don't understand why we didn't keep Anderson here. We need an extra bat. I realize we got Blum, but I'd rather see Anderson on the Sox bench than at AAA........ Pods is back, and we need the extra arm just in case for the doubleheader tommorrow. We don't want to burn up our good arms in September before the playoffs.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:47 PM) Do we really need another pitcher? With a double header tomorrow against one of the best offenses in baseball, yes.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:42 PM) And is there a limit on how many times this can happen...? To be honest, I have no idea. I just know you can replace guys who are go onto the DL at the end of the year. Also guys like Crede who are on the DL on Sept 1st can be used as well, in place of guys who are on the 25 man roster. More than likely with the make up of the 25 man roster, Crede will replace Bajenaru for the playoffs, and it will pretty much look like it does now.

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) i dont want him on the playoff roster. period. So that advice you were freely giving out about not getting excited and giving him time was all BS, that you have no intention of following yourself? Nice.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:38 PM) Isn't anyone on the 25-man on Sept.1 eligible, or is that my head getting tied in a knot? If you are on the 25 man roster, or the DL you can be used for the post season roster, unless there is an injury replacement needed for a guy who was on the roster September 1st.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:37 PM) Appeared in nine games with the White Sox after his contract was purchased from Class AAA Charlotte on 9/3 ... went 0-1 with a 10.80 ERA (10 ER/8.1 IP) in nine relief appearances with the Sox ... opponents hit .405 (15-37), including a .526 (10-19) clip by right-handers ... :puke 8.1 innings you are going to judge his entire career potential by. Do I really need to say anything more than that? Should I judge you as a bad poster from one post?

I know we have people on here who would like to have jobs that are involved in sports, and this was a great blog post for those who want to go that route. http://whitesoxpride.mlblogs.com/inside_th...y_thoughts.html

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:34 PM) Just heard on the radio that the Griffey deal went through, we are paying 70 percent of his salary. Edit: Wait, no it didnt. Wah? Is that speculation over what will happen or what???

Virgina Military Academy thread???

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:15 PM) o s*** here's the start of everyone on this site getting a hard-on because Baj is with the sox and everyone loves him because he posts here...whipty f***en due, if he is on the post-season roster we are in some serious trouble QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:21 PM) I want niether on the post season roster they both suck, lets see how Baj does at the show b4 everyone is so happy to bring him up. theres a reason that adkins and jenks were called up before him So why not take your own advice and wait and see what happens before you get all wound up? Not only is Jeff a stand up person and a really nice guy, he also had a helluva year down in a notorious hitters park in AAA. He deserves his chance and now he is going to get it. Even if he didn't post here, after the year he has had, he deserves a chance to prove himself at the major league level. Maybe he will pitch great, maybe he will suck, no one knows. Until then don't be such a hypocrate about this. If you are going to tell people not to get all excited and overreact, why don't you do the samething yourself?

QUOTE(DePloderer @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:04 PM) I'd be happy to do it. Might take me a while though. Let me know if you can wait a while ( no more than a week). I can wait as long as needed for one of your awesome sigs.

It sounds like Gulfport and Buloxi MS are getting the worst of things. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/29/hurr...rina/index.html The last report I heard was 105 mph at a category 2 storm.

If anyone out there is interested, could I get a sig made? I'd like pics of Jeff Baj, Brandon McCarthy, Neal Cotts, and Jim Bullard (if possible), with the caption "The Soxtalk Arm's Race"

Jaime Navarro, no doubt about it. I have never seen a player sign a huge contract, suck incredibly bad, and then blame other people for their failures as much as JN did.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 02:19 PM) OK.. I'm way out of my league in this discussion. Now THIS stuff I deal with all day, or at least I am supposed to...

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) I'm sure we can scoot to 159... I'll give NC advance warning.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 02:15 PM) Weird.. didn't we just talk about this yesterday? Yeah... I am hoping to see him and Brandon at the patio party to give em a little bit of congrats

WELCOME BACK JEFF!!!! :headbang :headbang

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 02:12 PM) Uh.. thanks. Translation please..? Its a LOT of both. OPEC produced about 30 million barrels of oil a day, just for perspectives sake. The markets are MUCH more worried about the lost natural gas production, as the NG markets stayed way higher than the rest of the energies did on the day.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 01:54 PM) Equivalent to some 600K barrels a day... did I hear that right..??? CNBC flashed that 2.38 million bbp of crude and 8.3 million bcfd of natural gas production are shutdown right now.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 01:50 PM) 35% of domestic oil production is pumped out of the gulf of Mexico, and much of it is in this area. If the infastructure is destroyed down there, it will be a huge problem, to the tune of upto a million bbp per day. There are refineries down there, but by and large the biggest refinaries are not in that area of the country. To continue on this thought, they just showed a stat on CNBC that said 92% of crude oil production, and 83% of natural gas production out of the Gulf of Mexico is currently shut down.