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First off, it's spelled "hustle" and 2nd, the shopping cart was a nice touch. I didn't think Greg would fall over though. And Gerry, there was no game to spit, unless, of course, you like them pleasantly plump. EDIT: Wow, I never noticed that the eyes move on the "wub" smiley!

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 08:04 PM) Well, it's the truth. Glad we got to have some fun today. I wish it wasn't so damn hot and humid though. And you were quite daredevilish when you walked on the batting cage net that was pretty much held up by red paper clips.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 07:59 PM) Remind me, Slav: what did I say, exactly, about gently caressing the water? Thats exactly what you said... "Gregory Pratt didn't run through the sprinkler, Gregory Pratt gently caressed the water."

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 07:48 PM) Both of them know that I can hit and field (made a web gem on Slavko's line drive.) I really enjoyed the time. Meeting fellow soxtalk posters is always a thrill and to know what you have basically in common, it's even better. I'm sure we are all tired as hell from playing baseball and soccer. We should definitely do this again, maybe with more posters here hopefully. BTW, Greg is a real daredevil. Didn't think he would climb the fence, or go in the sprinklers with me to cool off. Slavko is a real class act himself. He did suck in hitting today.. but he can pitch with that big 6+ foot frame of his. Both are cool brothas and hopefully we can do this again, or maybe go to a whitesox game in the near future. WEB GEM!?!?!? You caught a line drive right at you and fell. I didn not suck at hitting. I rocked you, then Greg came in throwing his junk at my ankles. I did hit a line drive off the bounce though. And he did not go into the sprinklers....he gently carressed the water!

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) Nah, that was Gerry. My pitches were below your knees, and just above the ankles, if not in the dirt. And you were swinging at it! That's how hard my curve breaks! Thats who I was referring to. And as far as swingin at eveything, it's because Gerry said he thought I'd be like Vlad Guerrero and just swing at everything. So I did...

By BOOM! he means, pop ups in the infield. Most everything he threw was about 4 above everyone's head. After I snapped my elbow throwing curveballs to Gerry, I actually pitched better and my velocity went up. I did have Mr. Pratt looking a bit silly though. At first, I was throwing a bunch of hanging curves a la Freddy Garcia then as I got more tired, I slowed down and starting hitting spots with my fastball. And when I threw an occasional curve, I made them look goofy. Greg ended up fouling one staright back and getting it stuck in the backstop and Gerry just missed. As far as hitting, when he did get it over the plate, I pretty much blasted them deep into the gap. I even pulled a Happy Gilmore and ran up to one. I got under quite a few then got my swing straight and started hitting some bombs. Gerry tried an Ichiro but missed horribly. Yeah, my Shingo impersonation didn't go so well this time. I tried throwing a submarine curveball and it was way up and in then kept dropping. It was about 1/2 inch from popping Greg in the noggin. I pretty muched owned you while you were taking PK's though. Overall, we had a great time, and now I am extremely tired. Me ->

I will say one thing in this thread and that's it: Just because someone thinks Anderson is or will be better than Rowand, does not mean that Hawk has persuaded them to think that, it simply means they agree. As do I. That is all.

Do not believe anything Gregory Pratt posts throughout the rest of this thread.

Technically, it's libel and defamation.

WTF. The banner size is not right. And the border around Blythe is screwed up. What happened Alex?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 13, 2006 -> 12:38 AM) What about now? Jes.

Ozzie Jr is one of the luckiest kids ever.

I still can't see the CrossCyed banner.

Yup, now they are considering taking the Golden Ball away from him.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Jul 12, 2006 -> 02:34 PM) In the end, I want my leadoff hitter to get on base consistently and hit for a high average. What is the best measure of this? If it's not OBP + AVG, then hit me up with an alternate method. Again, we're strictly talking leadoff hitters, and we're not taking about a method that takes steals into account. Check your PM's.

July 18th

Today, woke up at 12:30, fed my fish, ate some Rice Krispies cereal, filled a couple sig requests, worked out on my Total Gym for an hour, watched the Bulls summer league game, watched most of the All Star Game, ate dinner, browsed the internet for a while, then my dad came over, let him borrow some tools, then he left, then I continued browsing the internet, then I watched City Slam and the Funkmaster Flex show on ESPN, and now I'm here...and now I'm going to bed.

QUOTE(Drew @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 08:11 PM) well, this weekend, I installed a ceiling fan in my bedroom: No mirrors on the wings, I see. :headshake

QUOTE(Wanne @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 10:31 PM) I can actually say...this is the first time in my life I EVER got into an All Star game and actually gave a s***. And I think most of you would be lyin if you said otherwise. Huge hit by Paulie! Thank you Garner for bringing in Hoffman. Honestly, I wasn't really as in to this year's as I have in th year's before. The whole Red Sox/Yankees starting lineup was quite the turnoff, as were the 2 starting pitchers. And on top of that, the game was boring.

The most high-tech stuff I have is my 4 gb iPod nano and my Sony Ericsson phone that plays mp3's. Other than that, my computer is like 5 years old, the newest car we have is a 2001 Ford F-150, I don't have Tivo or HDTV, and the only other gadgety stuff is a 5.0 MP Kodak Digital Camera and an Xbox.

QUOTE(Goldmember @ Jul 11, 2006 -> 10:26 PM) that...chevy...dude...was...awesome... It was like listening to a commercial. "We're proud to give you a brand new....2007 Chevy Avalanche. The most flexible Chevy out there. Chevy...an American Revolution. Congratulations."

Blalock in 03, Young in 06.

Well, I don't like winning post-season series' on the road all the time, but I'll take it.