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QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 09:58 PM) This city bashing is immature and pointless. Comparing Detroit to Chicago's South Side is an inaccurate statement that needs to be corrected.

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 09:32 PM) Chicago is Chicago...... OK I'll play along...Speck was from the South Side. Anyway, the only reason I evven went there is fools dogging Detroit, not the Tigers, but the City. Why? Cause they cant dog the Tigers... Back to baseball. That's a backpedeling attempt. You specifically "dogged" Chicago's South Side when you stated: “Just like the South Side. All cities have their despair.” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463747/posts "Urban decay."

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 09:26 PM) Your correct it's nicer.. Back to baseball.. Judging from your grammar, Detroit's school system is not.

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 09:24 PM) Metro Detroit...not Detroit. Would you compare Naperville to the South Side? No! I'm sick of fools resorting to the image of Detroit whenever they are behind in the standings. It's weak and an old bit. Back to baseball....the Tiger win again. Hawkitis warned of the sickening, dreadful city of Detroit, saying, “…let's just say you better get out of the area ASAP. It's like Resident Evil with zombies, except they are bums in this case.” To which you responded: “Just like the South Side. All cities have their despair.” Which is an inaccurate description of Chicago’s South Side.

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:47 PM) Bobby Abreu Lynn Henning (Det News) on 1270 here in Detroit said he would be shocked if Detroit didnt land Bobby, or a similar type talent. He certainly thinks Gillick and Dombrowski are working on the Abreu deal. He said Sanchez and Monroe could get it done, but Philly wants Sanchez and Thames.. It's on fella's Any acquisition the Tigers make doesn't necessarily translante to a better team. In 2003, the White Sox made a couple mid-season trades to bring in better players and it did not even translate into a division victory. The Twins--who didn't make a mentionable mid-season trade--still won the division that season. The Twins were experienced in winning division races by that season, and the 2006 White Sox obviously know how to win a pennant race.

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 08:36 PM) Just like the South Side. All cities have their despair. Metro Detroit is great. Think Naperville with lakes. BTW Rodney has struck out all 4 batters he has faced. Incorrect; Detroit is nothing like the South Side of Chicago.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 04:05 PM) Well, one problem can be where the gun is aimed. You'll get three drastically different readings if you're measuring the speed right out of the pitcher's hand, when the pitch is on it's way to the plate, and when it crosses the plate. That could easily be a 6 MPH difference from one end of the spectrum to the other. The other problem is that it's a precision instrument that's going to need to be calibrated fairly regularly, and it probably isn't. I'm not exactly a science major, but that's the way I always understood it. Interesting, I did not know that.

Why are radar guns inconsistent and often inaccurate? What can be done to make them precise?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:29 AM) That wasn't the point people were making, he's had more than one bad start so that wouldn't even make any sense. Re-read SoxAce's posts. My first interpretation of the posters' analysis was correct. SoxAce defended Vazquez by saying posters shouldn't criticize Vazquez for one bad start because it ballooned his ERA to a level uncharacteristic of his season-long performance: Don't give me that s*** cause comming into this game his era was like 4.52 or so. If he have a 6+ 0-1R game this thread wouldn't even be up here. That is my point. DickAllen countered that opinion by using showing that Vazquez’s ERA is even higher when his starts against KC aren’t included. Kalapse, you responded to DickAllen saying, “Cherry picking is the height of lame,” to which I responded with, “Then there goes the Vazquez defense of having one bad start. Current non-cherry picked era: 5.00,” taking the discussion full-circle.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:23 AM) Cherry picking is the height of lame. Then there goes the Vazquez defense of having one bad start. Current non-cherry picked era: 5.00

QUOTE(zoomzoomK @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:03 AM) I understand that we have to talk trash to each other to make it seem like we're true fans, but can't we just appreciate the fact that the AL Central has the best two teams (irregardless of who is best and who is second) in the ENTIRE major leagues at this moment. As a Tigers fan, I would love to win the division but after watching the losingest franchise over the past 10 years, I wouldn't cry too hard if we managed the wild card either. It's impossible to speak for all other Tiger fans, but I'm pretty sure we're all feeling the same here. Imagine this scenario: A cop pulls you over on a Friday night at 3:00 am for going 20 over, decides that you are drunk, tells you that DUIs are expensive, and then lets you go without giving you even a ticket for speeding. That feeling that you get when you pull (I'm assuming, lol) into your driveway realizing that you aren't in jail: That is what I have felt like for the last 2 months. Go Tigers, I hope this race goes down to the wire. It seems to be way more fun this way. May the best team win, and may the second best team whip up on the AL East in the first round of the playoffs. LOL @ "Irregardless." QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:09 AM) You're so hung up on our positional setups, I figured you'd enjoy this. This is an honest

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:15 AM) For a while ey... And yet you guys waited all this time to finally say that he's awful doesn't speak volumes for itself? Hmmmm :lol: Don't give me that s*** cause comming into this game his era was like 4.52 or so. If he have a 6+ 0-1R game this thread wouldn't even be up here. That is my point. That is a good point.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:13 AM) For a while ey... And yet you guys waited all this time to finally say that he's awful doesn't speak volumes for itself? Hmmmm And the fact that you still don't think he's bad means...

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 26, 2006 -> 12:03 AM) Boy this is soxtalk for ya. Make one bad start and your in the doghouse. I wonder when Buehrle gives up like 10 runs will people jump him too? I would expect alot of posters here who are jumping on Vasquez (except Aboz who will never bash Buehrle) to do the same with Buehrle. A 5.00 era on June 26th equals one bad start?

QUOTE(juddling @ Jun 23, 2006 -> 10:45 PM) is it me...or did Tori Spelling just get that much more attractive???? Aaron Spelling has had some bad shows: Sunset Beach, Models, Inc., but Tori Spelling is by far the worst thing he's produced.

Position by position comparisions are so Mariotti.

QUOTE(zygoat @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) i was wondering with all his actions with him as a manager- the magglio incident, the thomas incident, the marrioti incident- if this was affecting the team they are playing great now and i hope it continues Only if Mike Piazza were on the team.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) Man, the rotation is gonna look way different next year without Garcia, Garland and Vazquez. Great point, but it might not be a long-term situation. The performances of Garcia, Garland and Vazquez have one wondering what their roles with the Sox will be this season. D-Train plz.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 11:35 PM) You're the most annoying poster I've seen on this board...and that's hard to FATHOM. Excuse me for being positive and expecting big heroics on a night when the Sox come back from an 8-run deficit.

When I said "Uribe up with 2 outs. Game Over." I meant game over as in walk off home run. You are pessimists.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 11:32 PM) To me it would be one of the hardest. THat's a once in awhile type of comeback and to blow it after you come back is a real downer. Agreed. It's the infrequent blowout losses that I don't mind much.

Uribe up with 2 outs. Game over.

QUOTE(soxunited @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 11:22 PM) Would it have been a triple if he let it drop in front of him? I'm really hoping for a rally here, but I think the Sox had their chance and unfortunately Cintron and Pods couldn't get Uribe home. It happens One poster said Dye would have had it; I disagreed reasoning that Dye frequently allows fly balls to drop in front of him. Your point about Dye not allowing a triple is not germane to either point.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 11:17 PM) You try too hard... Too bad Dye doesn't.

QUOTE(soxunited @ Jun 25, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) Dye would have had that No. He lets everything drop in front of him.