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From Chicagosports.com: Anytime Borchard wants to cut down on that swing and put the ball in play (homers would be great, but right now contact would be better), I'll be happy.

Apparently he did well enough to earn another start: From Chicagosports.com:

I'd hang on to Crede for another year. Maybe he's the Konerko of 2004, and he has a breakout year in '05. If not, there could always be Josh Fields.

Congrats to all 3.

Hey! Whaddya know. Jose struck out.

German men told they can no longer stand and deliver By Kate Connolly (Filed: 18/08/2004) German men are being shamed into urinating while sitting down by a gadget which is saving millions of women from cleaning up in the bathroom after them. The WC ghost, a £6 voice-alarm, reprimands men for standing at the lavatory pan. It is triggered when the seat is lifted. The battery-operated devices are attached to the seats and deliver stern warnings to those who attempt to stand and urinate (known as "Stehpinkeln"). "Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don't want any trouble, you'd best sit down," one of the devices orders in a voice impersonating the German leader, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. Another has a voice similar to that of his predecessor, Helmut Kohl. The manufacturers of the WC ghost, Patentwert, say they are ready to direct their gadgets at the British market. Their prototype English-speaking WC ghost says in an American drawl: "Don't you go wetting this floor cowboy, you never know who's behind you. So sit down, get your water pistol in the bowl where it belongs. Ha, ha, ha." They also plan to copy the voices of Tony Blair and the Queen. So far 1.8 million WC ghosts have been sold in German supermarkets. But Klaus Schwerma, author of Standing Urinators: The Last Bastion of Masculinity? doubts whether it will ever be possible to convert all men. "Many insist on standing, even though it leads to much marital strife," he said. In German, the phrase for someone who sits and urinates, a "Sitzpinkler", is equivalent to "wimp".

That this board has a continual decline.

Classic Doc quote. Straight and to the point.

Dear God! Please don't have him do that either! I dealt with enough whiny-ass Bears fans last year on the Bears board to the point that I had to stop posting there. But I agree with what sideshowapu said: If you're sick and tired of watching this team and the way they play, then get the hell out. This bandwagon s*** belongs 8 miles north at Clark/Addison.

Kerry-Edwards in 2004. Works for me!

Thank you sir. B)

Okay, I'm gonna give this a shot. Maybe this could be luck. Garland's gonna get the job done tomorrow. And the hitting has gotta come around eventually. Tomorrow is the perfect time. LET'S GO SOX!

And who's Dayn Perry?

Good outing for Neal tonight. :

I found it on a Yahoo search. Originally registered here, posted for a little while, found WSI, posted there for a bit until I got tired of the negativity and all the b****ing, came back here, found practically all the posters to be far more even-keeled, and I've been back ever since. Soxtalk for the baseball needs, & NFL-Fans for the football ones. Is there a better combination?

I heard a blurb about Preston Wilson, but can't give you too much more detail beyond that.

Ewww........horrible, horrible nightmares. :puke

This can be for either this year or of years past. My choice was Buerhle. When I first saw the guy pitch in 2000 out of the 'pen, I didn't think he was gonna be anything more than a middle reliever, and it always looked like he got hit hard with every appearance. By the end of 2001, talk about doing a 180. Now, with all the pitching prospects the Sox had that year (Kip Wells, Garland, Fogg, Parque, Biddle) I wouldn't take any of them over Buerhle. I'm just hoping the same will happen with Neal Cotts. Maybe 2005 will work for Cotts the way 2001 did for Buerhle. Guess we'll wait and see.

Dude, the deal was done. No use pining over someone no longer in the organization. We needed another frontline starter, and we got one. And yes, I still think Borchard can pan out, despite his play since he's been back with the club.

I know he's in the 'pen this year, and has gotten "roughed up" a little bit, but I'm definitely not ready to give up on him yet. What I'm wondering is, despite the struggles this year, if he'll be given a shot at the rotation next year? Ever since the botched start in the Metrodome back in May, he really hasn't pitched the same. I was in favor of sending him down to Charlotte just for the premise of him gaining stamina for a possible return to the rotation. While that's not gonna happen this year, I'd still like to see it next year. Potential doesn't win games, but it's also very difficult to pass up.

GET WITH IT MAN! DON'T YOU REALIZE? OUR SEASON IS OVER! WE'RE DOOMED! DOOMED, I TELL YOU! DOOMED!!!!

I don't care if he tops out at 91 on his heater, as long as that curve still breaks 12-6, it's cool with me.

He gave up 4 runs in 7 innings, 2 on home runs, one also being unearned. No, this wasn't the Cy Young calibur Loaiza from last year, but at least he kept them in it. On a separate note, don't you think it's time to change the 'ole screenname? I mean, that player hasn't been with this team for over a year, nor is the player in your avatar. JMHO, that's all.

The Cubs have had the toughest schedule? For that, I truly am shocked. The Twins have had the easiest schedule? Again, truly shocked!

An interesting obversation of note. On the 6 pm news on NBC5, when they were interviewing Bears players in Bourbonnais, Mike Brown was wearing a Sox throwback cap (the old '83 logo). Maybe another Sox fan. Or maybe he just likes the hat.