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QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 12:12 PM) SS, you seeing the game? Yes I am

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 11:39 AM) Im in on that. Im at 200 s wacker, I look at the sears tower. Anywhere it good for me. If I remember right, you work about 5 blocks away Yeah, more like 3 blocks actually. I pass your building on the way to work and back everyday.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 11:30 AM) LaSalle & Van Buren Jackson and Canal. I won't be able to do lunch, but if we do have day games coming up here, we should all meet after work to watch them. We should all pick one bar and meet there.

I wonder if it came down to me and Wino, who would Bush have picked?

QUOTE(rudylaw @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 10:24 AM) What is the point of the 1 game playoff if the Sox and Indians finish with the same record. Everything I am seeing is that if we both finish with the same record we win because of the head to head numbers. Why did mlb have a coin toss to decide that there would be a playoff game held at Cleveland if the Sox and Indians tie. The playoff coin flip was for a game if one team was only going to go to the playoffs, and the other was going home. If both teams are in the playoffs, and only positioning is to be deterimined, then they use the head to head record. You are mixing up two different scenarios.

QUOTE(heavyduty @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 10:16 AM) My fault, I meant if the Sox ended up with 96 too. Easy Boston wins the ALE, Sox and Indians tie for the ALC and Wild Card, Sox get the division by virtue of their head to head record, Indians get the Wild Card, Yankees go home at 93-69 completely out of the playoffs.

QUOTE(heavyduty @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 10:10 AM) What would happen if Cleveland won out, giving them 96 wins, Boston did the same, and the Sox drop their last four, leaving them with 96? The Sox have 95 wins right now.

All righty, I added an annoucement to the top of the page here, hopefully that will clear up the confusion a little bit for now.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 09:51 AM) *EDIT* So if the Sox win today they win the Division, correct? All there is to it? If we win one more game at all this year, we win the division PERIOD.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 09:18 AM) I usually shortened it to dj in my mind. I wonder how many shortened it to wino? I shortened it to Wino. Or dirty Frenchy... either one works.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 09:23 AM) Being an ESPN national game, you may be blacked out. Have you confirmed? No way around a national blackut. Plan B is radio, so I am covered.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) To me every season is a failure unless you bring home the hardware.. Ladies and Gentlemen what you are observing here is one of the more peculiar traits exhibited by the homo sapians and that is what we like to call "posturing". It is most widely observed when a failure takes place, and the homo sapien is forced to stand in front of his peers after failing at a stated objective. Now lets stand back and watch how the rest of his tribe takes in his attempts to cover up for his shortfalls.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 11:38 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings/spring It would seem that the better teams cruised. I forgot hoe much we sucked in ST You don't remember all of the b****ing about Ozzie's line ups? He played the minor leagues kids a lot. Turns out that was pretty smart in retrospect, as it got guys like Jenks, McCarthy, and Anderson some valuable experience that is probably helping them out now.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 09:22 PM) Scott Podsednik had 2 stolen bases. This may be all he needs to get his confidence back, and with Podsednik rolling and turning singles into doubles and triples with his stolen bases... we might be able to do some postseason damage. Scott Podsednik.... yes. I think he is either getting some confidence back, or he is healing up... maybe both. When he started bunting again, it made me feel really good about Pods well being. The two steals only seals the deal IMO.

This is exacting why the Yankees and Red Sox got into a bidding war over this guy. What an arm! Now that the Sox finally got him mentally straight you are seeing what scouts saw in this guy.

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 08:44 AM) If the Yanks win their final four games they have 96 wins. There are NO head-to-head tiebreakers in Baseball. Our magic number is 2! All we clinch with a win today is a tie for the division. We need Cleveland to lose tonight to clinch the division. If the Yankees win out, that means the Red Sox lose their last 3 games, and are knocked out of the wild card race with the Yankees winning the east. The Yankees winning the East also removes the Yankees from WC consideration leaving just us and Cleveland for the WC. And if we end up tied for the division and the wild card, it has already been well documented that the head to head record comes into play when both teams are guarenteed a playoff spot. Hopefully that makes sense.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 08:40 AM) WH and I were discussing this earlier. What happens if we win today, and then they go back to their hotels to watch the Clev game. Clev ends up losing, and we officialy win the division. Does the team go back to Comerica to celebrate? They celebrate anyway if they win. Because of the tiebreakers, the Sox would clinch at least a tie for the division/Wild Card with Cleveland, which would give them the division title by default. If the Sox win they are AL Central champs and they go nuts.

I'll be watching on MLB.tv at work. Grill Grilli!!!

QUOTE(qwerty @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 01:22 AM) If we are going by what he did last week his routes/ reads suck. Prior to that? As good as anyone in the league. I will save this thread for whenever the time comes that anderson has a starting job in the majors period. Sox are anti steroids more than maybe any other team in baseball. That is why i did not understand the point of signing jeremy giambi. He has the same agent as Frank Thomas. If I had to guess, that has something to do with it. It was a favor to Tellum.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 07:53 AM) I totally agree. I have stated on more than one occasion that all 3 levels of government failed miserably throughout that whole mess. But the instititution that likes to fashion itself as the 4th pillar of our government really screwed up here, and they deserve to be taken to task for their screw ups, just as much as anyone else did.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 04:39 PM) http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1001181569 more at link That is just wrong after all of the misreporting and out right lies that got reported as facts during Katrina, and the lack of verification that was put into them. I'd still bet that if you asked a layperson how many people died in the Superdome, they wouldn't tell you anything like 6 or 10. They would probably list something in the hundreds or thousands that they heard while everything was happening. Much of those rapes, murders, and lawlessness have also had issues when trying to be verified. It was also the media who was telling people in NO that things were going to be nearly as bad as they thought, directly contradicting the politicians who were telling them to leave town at the critical hours of evactuation. The media failed BIG TIME in Katrina. They were too worried about ratings, and not nearly worried enough about the facts.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 05:42 PM) :rolly What we have here in this thread is a lynch mob mentality. These are just allegations. They are NOT crimes. There needs to be sufficient evidence before they can be called that. But I'm not surprised at all this mentality exists at SOXTALK. Actually the church NOT reporting crimes against children to the proper authorities IS a crime. As is aiding and abetting a felony by sending them somewhere else to avoid potentially facing a procecution/investigation. But then again why let facts start getting in the way now :rolly.

I guess the Blum thread 10 posts down wasn't good enough to rant in, huh?

If at first you don't succeed... sky diving is probably not for you.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 28, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) The White Sox in August and September of 2005. THAT'S NOT A GOOD JOKE!!! BAD KID!!!