southsider2k5

Howdy all, don't forget to make your Picks to Click and YNOT picks for the weekend... And most of all :fthecubs

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 11:33 PM) Fact: No team that has had a 10 game lead at any point in the month of June has ever failed to make the playoffs. Fact: On June 22nd, 2005, the White Sox owned a 10 game lead over the Twins. Fact: on October 1, 2004 no team had ever blown a 3-0 lead in a best of seven series in the MLB playoffs. Fact: on November 1, 2004 one team had blown a 3-0 lead in a best of seven series in the MLB playoffs. Lesson: Records can be broken.

Great work Balta. Nice thread.

QUOTE(That funky motion @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 06:14 PM) I cant wait to see Southpaw! No is should not be green! Ribbie and Rubarb should beat you down

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 03:57 PM) Wait, Lee says he doesn't want to be back on Chicago because he's overshadowed by Frank, Paulie, etc? But he enjoys Milwaukee because he's looked up to? EGO alert, WAKE THE f*** UP NED YOST! Enjoy trying to hit 10 run homers, El Caballo, we don't miss you. I am glad someone else caught that... He was traded because he had ego problems supposedly, then talks about how playing behind superstar sucked, but he doesn't have an ego... Way to prove the point 'Los.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 04:55 AM) Been caught stealing 9 times and picked off at least seven if not eight times this season. I mean he was picked off twice in one damn game, that is ridiculous. You are duping some of your stats there. The plays where Pods gets picked off and tries to go to second count as CSs. I remember specifically the game you are referring to and both of those pick offs against Chen counted as CSs, because he tried to go to 2nd base.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 07:01 AM) Did you know his sister goes to ISU? She plays Volleyball there IIRC. He has got one proud papa too. Actually Brandon's whole family is really good people.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 06:13 PM) I grew up in PF Flyers and Chuck Taylors. Now that Chucks ar back in style, my son won't let me buy them because he's wearing them. Damn kid stealing all the things that were cool when I was a kid. Why can't he rebel and piss me off like a normal teenager? Now we know why you love SLaP so much... its the rebellious kid that you never had

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...