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Is it Ozzie Guillen's goal to use all of his relievers in one game? I am still baffled by the removal of Jon Garland in only the 6th inning! Garland basically had one bad inning that whole game, especially with that tight strike zone. My goodness, I am still pissed as hell by Ozzie removing Garland and replacing him with Sisco. Did Ozzie not see how Garland handled Sizemore for the whole game? To the top 3 hitters, Garland gave up only 1 hit in 6 AB's to them, and walked Hafner 3 times. I honestly don't see how you could take out Garland in that situation! It was his game to win or lose. I guarantee that if Ozzie left Garland in, we would be celebrating a victory right now. And please fir Greg Walker. This guy is a complete bum.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 10:57 PM) If you really wanted to judge teams based on 1 game, then why in the blue hell are the Red Sox number one? they looked as bad as anyone on Opening Day. At least the White Sox offense was able to produce against a top pitcher... I still find it hilarious that the Red Sox offense, which is also said to be one of the top offenses in all of baseball, get owned by Gil Meche!

I find it funny how Curt Schilling got slapped around by the Royals offense, and that Gil Meche mad the Red Sox's "top offense" his b****es, yet they stay at 1st place.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 10:03 PM) Sure you were the one dude who wanted that. If I remember correctly, we had El duque getting decked start after start, and then Bmac mopping up looking like Cy Young. Everyone was wanting Bmac on the team in the playoffs. Well, I wasn't here during 05, but I was on a different board back then. If you don't believe, fine. But experience and prior domination in playoffs > "young stud" with no playoff experience.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 08:40 PM) Mosaic is actually working today and is simply amazing. The player tracker is fantastic it's just too bad you can only input 30 players. Do you have the premium package? Does the 700k really make a huge difference in quality? I can't wait until I re-work my subscription with mlb.tv to get the premium package...

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 11:04 PM) Does CSN still not have an HD channel for DirecTV? edit: nvm, I just spoke with my brother, and it isn't... F! I am so pissed right now.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 09:37 PM) I am not a fan of baseball prospectus. In fact, I think it is one of the most over-rated publications out there. You have no idea how much I like you right now...

whoa whoa whoa.... leave Timo out of this! QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 08:27 PM) Orlando Hernandez getting the roster spot in the 05 playoffs over BMac. Granted it turned out to be the right choice...but it sure didn't look like it coming in. The Chris Young/Javier Vazquez trade fits well with that even if it was KW pulling the trigger. Blocked McCarthy & picked up one of Ozzie's golfing buddies. That one was a no-brainer to me... El Duque has the experience in the playoffs and had been a beast in the playoffs for his whole career.

Baseball prospectus and PECOTA are the devil.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 09:30 PM) Zell bought the entire Tribune Company. The Tribune owns the Cubs - they are an operating unit of TribCo, if you will. Zell necessarily want the Cubs - he bought TribCo and got the Cubs with it. Now he is selling the Cubs. Oh, okay. Now it makes more sense for me...

Okay, so what is going on? Zell bought the Cubs, but not knowing that he couldn't own portions of two franchises, he has to sell his stock in one, and he choose to keep the Sox's stock. So now Zell has to sell the Cubs? Can someone clarify this for me... My head is starting to hurt. Also, what are the chances that the Sox get the majority of the games on WGN now? Or will the Cubs might just get their own station like YES? I for one have hoped that JA would get a station like YES for the Sox and the Bulls, but we all knew that would never happen.

It works for a couple of days, but then it figures it out after a while. But you can repeat the process. But I don't know if it is gonna be like this next year. Oh yeah, change your profile information, not your billing address... at least that is how I did it.

Gil Meche pwns... and who said he he wasn't worth 5 years 55 mil?

okay, thanks for moving this... wasnt sure where to put this thread. Thanks for the info so far... anyone else with something they'd like to add?

Okay, previously for MLB.tv, I used to get the regular premium package that included games for all teams, gameday audio, and etc. But here comes my question... How do I get the new premium package? My previous subscription to mlb.tv gets re-newed automatically before every season. If I purchase the premium package, will I be charged twice? Anyone know about this? If so, thanks.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 06:07 PM) Hate is a strong word. I dont hate him, I just dont like the approach of the team. Its not just Greg, its an organizational viewpoint that has happened for the last 3 hitting coaches that were pretty much the same person. I would like to see our organization start in the minors with more line drive approach, and teaching the fundamentals of a solid swing. Work on the batters eye, what is a strike, what isnt. Situational hitting. We have too many prospects coming up with the same low and away hole in their swing. We need to start to take advantage of our talent. Stewart is a perfect example. Greg didnt really work with him, only our minor league guys did for the most part. Look at what a ST does with a good hitting coach. He won the backup spot on the Rangers. He looked like a different hitter. Let me re-phrase that, I think Greg Walker sucks ass as a hitting coach, and shouldn't even be a minor league hitting coach. I agree with you are saying and all, but it starts at the top, IMO. A great MLB hitting coach will help fix any faults that a youngster comes up with, as well as the guys already on the team or brought in via. free agency or trade.

Besides the fact that Jose's splitter wasn't splitting and he was hitting his spots with the fastball, JC looked great! I am actually not too worried about it, as JC seems to be in great shape and he did have some decent stuff at some points today. I am looking and hoping for him to rebound next week.

I hate Greg Walker...

f*** this sucks.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 02:33 AM) In honor of Opening Day and the signings of yesterday I updated and improved the look of my Player Salary Sheet. thats really nice.... it will come in handy when I do my usual arm-chair gm thing in the offseason

Does CSN still not have an HD channel for DirecTV?

QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 10:14 PM) Toby Hall was interviewed today at the Sox run through at the Cell. It was just run on Sportsnite (on Comcast). He is very optimistic that he will be back in May. He and KW both seemed very positive about how things look to be coming along. I saw that too... They think it might be something he has always had actually, and they first realized it now. Hopefully he will be back by may.

Well, I won't be able to watch the game live and wont get home until about 5:30, but I will be tivoing the game. Hopefully some a-hole doesn't blow the score/result for me.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 05:32 PM) Someone better talk to Ozzie about this, he seems to think Pods needs a platoon partner. 2004: .224 BA, .294 OBP vs lefties So 2003-2005 while excluding 2004 and ignoring 2006. Podsednik hit .300 vs. lefties in 05, and .270 vs. them in 03. And his .224 in 04 and .216 last year is still better then Dellucci's average vs. lefties the past several years, but yes, Dellucci is strictly a platoon player. All I am trying to say is, an 03/05 version of Pods is way more valueable then Dellucci and his low average but high power numbers.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 05:29 PM) Because Podsednik isn't a platoon player? not in 03 through 05.