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Does anyone know when the Conference Finals games will start? I assume game 1 will be Saturday (maybe Sunday?)

Is there a place I can download individual MLB statistics so far the season? Ideally I would want to download them in a excel or text file.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 02:07 PM) The t-shirts from the Chevy Pride Crew are some of the worst ever. It is not worth getting injured or injuring someone else over. never understood why people get all excited for the chevy pride crew. I personally think it needs to go and the shirts are horrible

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 28, 2009 -> 01:40 PM) Right Field corner roast beef sandwiches. Enough said. ^^^

Have to beat up on the Twins without Mauer.

does jenks get a save for that?

Just wondering if anyone knew if people used win probability to create a measure of how clutch a player is. It seems to me on first glance that looking at how much a player affects predicted win probabilities is a great way to measure how clutch a hitter is. (by win probability I mean something like this). It might make the most sense to look at what percent of the maximum change the hitter has on the win probability instead of just how much the player changes the win probability. For instance, if a hitter could change the probability of winning by 5% with the best possible outcome (ie. a home run) but raises the probability of winning by 2% (ie. with a double), then he got 40% of the gains to his at bat with respect to winning the game. Otherwise, you could look at the total change in win probability by a players at bats.

I didn't know about it beforehand, but according to Crede on the pre-game show today, BA used to sing that song on the team flights and in the locker room.

Not a big fan of twitter, but I thought this feed was interesting. It gives what happens in the Sox game and the probability the Sox will win. Sox currently have 98 % chance to beat twinkies. http://twitter.com/whitesox_fg

Plus MLB network cuts to the games as they are being played if something exciting is going on. Also it has excellent historical footage.

I'd be interested in seeing that too, I was hoping they would show it on TV

awesome, I have high expectations of him

atta boy

lets go danks, hopefully we can get a little offense

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Apr 8, 2009 -> 12:40 PM) The lines were crazy. I don't ever remember waiting that long to get in either. I'm not sure what the hold up was. Lupe Fiasco didn't sing. It was Matthew Santos. Santos, apparently is on Fiasco's record label - I'm not too familiar with either singer. Santos was average, really nothing special. The flyover was the best part of the anthem. Lupe Fiasco performed before the game with Santos, Santos did the anthem

The lines were mainly due to all the stuff that was being handed out. People were really slow handing out the flags and stuff and it caused a back up (at least at the gate I went in). Price seem to be a little up, but nothing ridiculous. The roast beef sandwich and a drink were the same price, but beer is a little higher. Lupe Fiasco was pretty good, although I didn't pay that much attention. I didn't go in the Gate 5 thing, but it looks like its just an easier way to get in with ramps and escalators.

Lets not be like Indian fans with Thome, that was embarrassing

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Apr 6, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) Sorry but I liked the old out-of-town scoreboard better. It was old-school and I liked that. It's not like there's a shortage of digital displays bombarding us every game at The Cell. Having said that, what's the deal with the Gate 5 thing? Did they finish? There's a bar there, right? And Jimbo's is officially goneski, right? I drove by USCF in March on a Sunday and they were working on the Gate 5 structure even on a Sunday... so is it done yet? I didnt mind the old scoreboard but it was always way behind and not updated often. Hopefully the new one will update close to real time.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 6, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) You can park for free. If you don't mind the walk. They also built the giant new gate 5 thing. I'm not sure what else it has going inside the building. Its pretty tall. Whats the deal with the new gate 5 thing, does anyone know?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 5, 2009 -> 12:21 PM) am i the only one who is under the impression that none of these things are new? cuz... i'm pretty damn sure i've seen them before... none of that stuff is new except the scoreboard

2008 was definitely more fun with the Minnesota win and the one TB win

2 great starts by Danks when we needed him most. Hats off!

Its a great insurance policy. I watch the 2005 games more than I thought I would. Highly recommend.

I liked the blackout, it provided a great atmosphere White towels would be interesting, I thought about that during the last game because you couldnt really see the black towels

got my black jersey ready!