iamshack

Alexei is just awesome

That divot is bigger than one of my 9-iron shots...

QUOTE (The Beast @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:46 AM) Does anyone else feel like Hawk is being a bit creepy when he's saying that? No. I think you are being a bit creepy for thinking he is though.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:43 AM) I wish this game was on espn3 so I could watch at work. /shakes fist If it weren't for you rotten kids!

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:43 AM) God dammit the game is on?!?! s***! Yeah, you missed your boy hitting a double over the center fielder's head...

Don't stop now booooyyys.....ok, even I am getting annoyed, Hawk.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:39 AM) That would sound weird out of context. Yes, bad punctuation on my part.

Juan has been very good lately. I hope you are savoring this Sqwert.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:35 AM) To be honest, I didn't expect a regression to this degree either. At this pace, he's going to be a .280 hitter if he's lucky. I thought he was at least going to hit .290. .280? more like .240!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) He must have the flu or something. Why isn't he swinging at every pitch? I just noticed your sig Sqwert...priceless how Mark is part of the movement to impeach himself...

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:30 AM) Regression to the mean at its finest. I think I had a discussion with Shack about this when he was hitting .330. Yes, you were right...he's been horrible..I saw a regression to some degree...but he's just completely fallen off the earth.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 12:14 PM) Time for a GIDP. Rack em' up!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 12:08 PM) I would definitely say ask her out.....if you're confident you can find another really good chiropractor (which is the point I assume Balta was getting at). Well, I have had a few other recommendations given to me, so yeah, I can find another chiropractor. There is also the allure of having free professional "adjustments" if it does work out...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) Here's the question shack...how often does one find a good chiropractor? I know! Hah...she's awesome too...she works on all these european chicks in the Cirque shows...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:35 AM) Awwwwwww....I want that puppy!

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:48 AM) maybe mark wants to have a few drinks during the night game? Mark can drink during the game he starts, for all I care. I just don't understand why you'd limit your roster for game 1 if you didn't have to.

I wish they would have started Torres for the first game and then promoted Sale for the second game. The order they are doing this in is silly.

Ok, I'll give you guys the situation so maybe you can understand more where I am coming from. I started going to this chiropractor a few weeks ago. She is a 30 year old woman from New Mexico, practicing in Las Vegas. She and her partner have what I can tell is going to be a very thriving practice. She is very good at what she does. She is also very nice and down to earth. So you see, I met her in a situation which was not a social situation, but in a professional one (well, at least for her). She is very natural..does not wear a lot of makeup, and obviously in her work, she is not exactly getting all dolled up like she might if she is going out. Anyways, at first, I was in so much pain, I was just happy that she was able to help relieve it. However, as I continued to go back for more treatment, we started talking more, telling eachother more about our personal lives, etc. I've also noticed that she seems to be gradually becoming more and more well put together each time I come in for an appointment. She seems to be dressed up nicer, her hair is more done up, a little makeup here or there, etc. It reached the point to where the appt I have yesterday, she was just talking and talking to me for the entire time, and she was sort of absentmindedly treating me, and actually ran over the time in my appointment. So I was thinking about asking her out. But I don't want to ask her out if I am just going to get bored of her after we do the deed. I do like her, and I do love talking to her, and she is a very nice person. So I was just wondering if maybe I have been focusing too much on physical attractiveness and not enough on other forms of attractiveness, such as how much I actually like her as a person, and not just how much I like her boobs or her ass. Maybe that will clear up what I was getting at.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:11 AM) I'm guessing the promise of a call up was worth knocking off some of his signing bonus. It was. His agent said that the reason they agreed to sign for what they did, and as early as they did, is because the White Sox were committed to moving Chris up quickly, and that player and agent agreed that was the best overall course of action for his future.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 10:35 PM) There has been and will continue to be discussion about Mad Men in this thread every Sunday night. Use your head Oh, sorry. To ask someone to put a spoiler on something like that inconveniences you too much. Only the sincerest apologies, for you once again getting involved in a discussion that had absolutely nothing to do with you.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:21 AM) Maybe Threets actually is hurt, as I'm fairly confident that KW and Ozzie wanted 3 lefty relievers in the pen. I think that Kenny just refuses to allow Ozzie to send Viciedo down.

QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) Threets to the DL with turf toe: Sale could be up for Tuesday's game per merk Hah...knew someone was going to magically come down with some ailment...was just hoping it would be Kots...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 08:35 AM) Well, first of all, he's striking people out like crazy. Secondly, he's left handed. Third...and here's the important one...we don't know for sure, but the Sox were immediately talking about calling him up after signing him. When Andrew Miller inked his contract, there was a clause requiring that he was called up by the Tigers in the year after he was drafted. Gives him more income, gets an option out of the way, gets him some early service time, puts him on the 40 man immediately. I get a strong impression that Sale has a similar clause, requiring a stint in the majors this year. The Sox got him pretty close to slot money IIRC. That may be what they had to part with to get a deal done. I don't know that there is a clause as much as this was an oral promise made to him...that he would be brought into the fold very quickly. I just hope this is more a function of Sale being that talented, as opposed to our options dwindling that much...

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) He does the M with his shoulders and elbows but that doesn't ensure injury. The dreaded M!

QUOTE (Ranger @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 12:16 AM) Shack, this isn't difficult to understand. Costing them = losing games. If they're not losing games, then nobody is costing them anything. That's the only measure of cost. But if they have the best record in baseball over the last two months of the season, I'm not sure how anyone could expect more from them. I don't have the numbers on this, but I would guarantee that he's not the worst violator on the team as far as stranding runners. I'd venture to say that AJ, at least, is as bad as it gets. I'm sorry, but I just don't see Kotsay as a larger contributor to their losing than anyone else on this team. That is, when they were losing. Well it's not like they've gone 46-0 since June 9th, I know that much. They have lost 11 games, which is measurable. Obviously the odds of them winning every game is almost statistically impossible, but hell, don't you want to increase your odds to the best that they could possibly be? Have you heard of the term "optimization" Chris? Should we not strive to optimize our roster because hey, we've won more games in the last 6 weeks than anyone else? At what point do you become satisfied? Is it when we have the best record in baseball over the course of the last 8 weeks but trail Minnesota in the standings because they have the 4th best record over that span? If you haven't noticed, AJ doesn't exactly have many fans around here right now other than Greg. Everyone's been pulling for Castro to get as many PAs as possible. So don't think AJ's ineptitude has gone unnoticed. But at least AJ serves a purpose defensively! Kotsay serves basically no purpose, other than to cheer up Gordo when he's feeling bad about only getting laid twice the day before.