StrangeSox

I hate this country.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 09:04 PM) FIRE EVERYONE FIRE SOME PEOPLE, RETAIN OTHERS!

EVERYTHING'S FINE FIRE NO ONE

this team, uggg

China?

jesus christ

Under KW's tenure the Sox are 857-781, not sure why I shifted to Ozzie. That's a .523 average or about 85 games still. here's an article from 2009 with GM winning percentages going back to 1989 http://www.realclearsports.com/blognetwork...--part-one.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 03:46 PM) Most places won't care if you're not regularly posting the entire article...if that all you do they'll get annoyed...but the most important thing for them is a link, since the Google crawler will see the link and it'll push them upwards. I'm pretty sure it's still a violation of Fair Use and subject to copyright infringement, but it generally isn't worth prosecuting. I think you're only supposed to post the first and maybe second summary paragraphs, unedited, and with a link.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 10:44 AM) For the most part people include links in their posts, so we don't really have a problem with that. The things that can get Soxtalk into legal trouble, we do follow up on. The rest of it is definately different. FWIW I'm pretty sure the copyright rules are broken here (and just about everywhere) frequently, you're only supposed to post a paragraph or two, not an entire article.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) Before anyone askes, Gardenhire checks in at 88.8. I would venture a guess that a 89 will get you into the playoffs a lot more frequently than 85.

The Sox have the fifth highest win percentage in the AL since 2004 behind the yankees, red sox, angels and twins.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) Yes it is. That's why the overall record is 335-331 in the initial post. He dumped off all of the best years. No, it absolutely is not left out of this post which I was replying to: QUOTE (Anderson Cooper's Quivering @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) Removing the outlier of 2007 and looking at the W/L since Ozzie has been manager, the Sox record is 528-445. That's 83 games over 500. That's an average season of 88-74. Fire Ozzie. Here's the record under ozzie. 2004 83-79 2005 99-63 2006 90-72 2007 72-90 2008 89-74 2009 79-83 2010 88-74 2011 7-10 Which leads to this: QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 01:59 PM) No it hasn't. The Sox are 607-545 (.527) under Guillen including this year. Removing both 2007 and 2005, they're 436-392 (.527). Removing only 2007 they're 535-455 (.540). I included 2011, he didn't, which is why we have slightly different numbers, but Anderson took every year 2004-2010 except 2007.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 01:20 PM) 2005-2006? That's already been removed. No it hasn't. The Sox are 607-545 (.527) under Guillen including this year. Removing both 2007 and 2005, they're 436-392 (.527). Removing only 2007 they're 535-455 (.540).

QUOTE (Anderson Cooper's Quivering @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) Removing the outlier of 2007 and looking at the W/L since Ozzie has been manager, the Sox record is 528-445. That's 83 games over 500. That's an average season of 88-74. Fire Ozzie. If you're removing the low-side outlier, you gotta remove the high side outlier as well.

Texas is burning "border to border" http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0420/Tex...ont-lifts-hopes

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:16 PM) See, I'm on my ipad most of the time if I am sitting somewhere. My phone is just there for calls and texts and the occasional read on the internet. To be honest, I am making a conscious effort to try and look at my phone less, especially after I went into a bar the other day and literally saw everyone staring down at their phones instead of talking and I realized how ridiculous it is. I may downgrade to pager/pay phone. My favorite is when that happens at a concert or a movie.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) Animated wallpaper is useless but there are some great customized home screens in that thread. There is probably some value for some people to having the only version of something on their phone to be different and I can respect that. It still comes down to the hardware being able to function as an ipod as well as with ipod docks and car connectors that will keep me from moving over, but I can see some value in the customization. the ipod's network effects are huge in that regard

And every fanbase is going to have a meltdown when it happens. Sox winning some games will shut some people up as it always does.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:12 AM) Worst fans in hockey. You would think an expansion team with no Cup wins would be a little less irritating. And BTW, the Hawks didnt actually beat them last night, the refs did. The refs missed almost 50 calls against the Hawks in case you were wondering. http://forum.canucks.com/forum/24-canucks-talk/ They were just as bad last year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:46 AM) ARGH

Steve, you see this yet?!? http://www.nba.com/bulls/stacey-king-soundboard.html

BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS

Go Sox! My biggest problem right now is that I was really excited for this season to start, so I'm even more disappointed with the current record. I'm not writing this team off, though.

People have been b****ing about KW and Ozzie since at least the end of the 2006 season. It's an annual SoxTalk tradition, just like the FIRE WALKER!, BLOW THIS TEAM UP! and WE'RE NOT DEAD YET! threads

LOL we should get the mods to make a sub forum for all of the EVERYTHINGS FINE NO ONE SHOULD EVER BE REPLACED EVEN AFTER YEARS OF FAILURE AND THE SAME MISTAKES posts. Could probably even run a script to catch all the blue sky garbage posts and not waste mods' time!