southsider2k5

Congrats to two awesome posters, a couple of cornerstones on Soxtalk

Happy Birthday guys

Started with "Yellow Submarine" Got "Its Raining Men" for a practical joke Now its Steam, "Kiss Him Good-bye", like any good Sox fan should have.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 07:47 AM) See my post above. Don't be fooled, SS! That's the great thing about living in Indiana... I have no idea what time it is, and it is always happy hour!!! Look out chickens here we come!!!

QUOTE(winodj @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 07:42 AM) Wanna know what I think? I think its Friday and happy hour is at 4. And that, my friend, is no crap

QUOTE(winodj @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 05:43 PM) No, you misunderstood him. He said that we are doing some unacceptable things and simply quoted an FBI interrogator to make his point. Karl Rove insulted the 48.5% of the population that voted for the Democrats in 2004. He lied too. There was absolute bipartisan support immediately following 9/11. Of course *I* have to be wrong... God forbid these two racist idiots are both blathering partisian morons who will indict any group and imply any lie possible to try to pander to the radicals of their parties... I know crap when I hear it. It doesn't matter if it is my party that saids it or not, its still crap.

If anyone wants a good laugh, try to find the Shawn Bradley show from Bob and Tom on line somewhere. It was probably the best thing about Shawn Bradleys career.

QUOTE(DMoneyIsMine @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 02:57 PM) Bull? Jim Bullard, Sox minor league pitcher, and Soxtalk resident stud.

Wow, Glendon Rusch is putting the move on you all...

It might be temporary, but hopefully it leads to good things. I have seen his numbers lately, is it safe to assume his back is still bugging him? It hasn't been pretty.

That'll be firebombed in a heartbeat... and it will probably be George Bush's fault.

History Channel, by far.

QUOTE(Jimenez4MVP @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 01:29 PM) :headshake Nice comeback Lets see somemore of that line of logic. A batter should never sacrifice. It is stupid to make an out intentionally. (who cares if it moves a runner into scoring position) A pitcher should never pitch out. It is stupid to intentionally a ball, why would a pitcher every do that? (nevermind if it gets the catcher in position to throw out a runner trying to steal) A fielder should never throw to a cutoff man. how are you going to get a guy out if you aren't throwing to the correct base? (nevermind that two strong short throws can be better than one long weak, inaccurate one) Look a little deeper at the situation. The big picture is what is important here. The cash considerations were a major part of the deal, and because of them, the talent levels in the trade were altered.

QUOTE(Jimenez4MVP @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 01:20 PM) Yes but you like others do NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SAYING.. Um duh, I know money matters.. but what I was talking about was what we got inreturn for Lee.. I was looking at it that way, NOT talking about the money, I was talking bout what we got in return.. understand? That's funny, you seem to have no clue what I am saying. Maybe I should type slower? Refer back to the Soriano for Arod deal. Why would Texas trade the best player in baseball at a premium position for Soriano? Is the GM of Texas just stupid? It IS about the money. We got essentially $7 million in return to go with those players. If we had demanded all of these other players from Milwaukee to get a talent package equivelant to Carlos Lee, Milwaukee would have never accepted the deal. One major component of the deal was Milwaukee absorbing $7 million in payroll costs that would would have had to meet. That allowed us to get all of those other players. How can you not consider that a part of the trade? What you are saying it is equal to saying that it is stupid to put on just one shoe... well no kidding, but you can't put them both on at the sametime, so you have to put them on one at a time, and that is exactly what they did with the Lee trade.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 01:15 PM) Lee wasnt the reason we didnt won, thats kind of dumb to think that. Here is the reason we never won in the past.... Idonno maybe no 5th starter El Duque since he is our worse starter can be considered it and he is what 7-2... that has to be more wins from our 5th starter in the last 2-3 years alone. This year we are winning because we 5 good starters... up until lately our offense has been kind of pathetic for most of the season. And why do we have 5 good starting pitchers? Because we gained $7 million in payroll flexibility by trading Carlos Lee.

QUOTE(Jimenez4MVP @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) With Pods leading off and stealing 36 bases you would imagine hed have a ton of more runs scored than someone batting 4th, which isnt the case here.. Too many people on here are in love with Pods.. Like I said earlier THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FREE'D UP MONEY, that doesnt matter.. the fact is we should have gotten Pods, Viz, and a good prospect not some throw in nobody like we got.. In MLB salary has EVERYTHING to do with a trade. Do you think in the real world the Rangers would have accepted just Alfonzo Soriano for Alex Rodriguez? You are kidding yourself if you leave out the $7 million in payroll the Sox freed up, because that is why the deal was done. They knew they need to fill depth and didn't have the money to do it. If they don't do this deal, you are looking at another year of Ben Davis on the roster, Felix Diaz and company in the 5th starter spot, and some 2 more AAA pitchers in the pen in place of Vizcaino, and Hermanson. The money DOES matter. In fact to this team it was critical. If we don't make the Carlos Lee trade, this team is floundering in 3rd place, yet again, sucking wind to the Twins.

Boy this is the dream of some of our posters...

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 09:53 AM) touche' people are ejected for reasons other than being a fan of another team though. Opposing fans are given a lot less leeway here than Sox fans are FWIW.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 12:46 PM) Sometimes he lurks.. but he does not post here. He always lurks... until he recalls a favor

I am sure he is just misunderstood, or didn't really *mean* what he said. It was probably just a poor choice of words. Did I hit all of the Durbin excuses yet?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 11:23 AM) Carlos is a f***ing beast, he owns Milwaukee right now. Good for him, I will always love El Caballo. I am glad to see Carlos getting his.

QUOTE(farmteam @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 12:29 PM) Alright, I've read this on the boards for months now, is this just some random Jim steff is married to, or JimH, as in the poster? Different Jim. JimH is a completely different person, I can vouch for I have met them both

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) Can you believe it? I would have never dreamed after 71 games we would be in the spot we are. Not a chance. Not even my most optimistic guess would have had us 10 games in first place and at a 69% winning percentage.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 12:18 PM) :o I thought you were married to Jim! I would imagine you can get singles when they do their credit releases pretty easy (case in point, huh?) One of these years I just need to plan on it and bring Mrs. Kap to see a real baseball rivalry. We are still pounding on Amie to do the shower in October, that way we will have baseball and a shower to go to That dope wants to do it in August or September.

Yellow Submarine Help Hard Day's Night... Well you get the idea