witesoxfan

Best of luck Bull. Wish you nothing but the best. For s***s and giggles, sign with the Twins. Everyone here knows how transform players into gods.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 02:39 PM) My personal favorite was the Jesus avatar that Buehrle>Wood had before he adopted the choke avatar. Another favorite of mine is wite's evil baby avatar. yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss The group 4 thing was cool for a couple days until it got friggin destroyed...thanks KW!

When I first registered for the MLB boards, I thought I saw some guideline that the name had to be 10 letters long. I don't think it actually did, but whatever. I dropped the h instead of the i, and witesoxfan is formed. Ohhhh, almost forget to talk about the baby. It was actually a pic q\/\/3r+y showed me one time, and I loved it...so it instantly became my avatar. It's been my avatar since like February or March, because I remember CubKilla talking about it on Sox and Roll...hell, maybe even earlier than that. The "go sox" was added during the playoffs.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) But it's hard to say a guy can't coach when he won a National Title, no matter whose players they were. One thinks of Bruce Weber, no? Sure, it's different sports...same general philosophy though. Weber won with Self's players...does that mean he's a bad coach? Hell no, in fact, just the opposite, he's a great coach...he's just not a great recruiter.

QUOTE(Yoda @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 03:16 PM) I don’t think the Astros are that desperate. They saw Orlando pitch in the World Series and they saw him get himself into some jams. Everyone knows that El Duque is done. Unless someone needs a pitcher just to fill a hole in the 25-man roster, than that team would take him and that team are the D’Backs. El Duque will stay/end in the desert. No, I think the DBacks took Duque to get Chris Young. No way in hell KW gives up Chris Young if Zona doesnt take Duque.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 12:21 PM) Also, this is gonna sound bad, but how old is Boras? As soon as this guy dies, baseball will be a better sport. Until Drew Rosenhaus comes to the MLB. "What do you have to say about the allegations of your client using steroids?" "No comment."

You can never rule out New York. If they feel they need a reliever come ST, they'll undoubtedly take a flyer on Duque - they take a flyer on absolutely everone else they can, so why not?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 03:05 PM) And a few no-hitters on top of those strikeouts. A lot of it is hype. No-hitters are cool, but in the end should not have a huge effect on a player making or not making the Hall of Fame. I'm not going to argue that Ryan shouldn't be a HoFer. I will say he should never be considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time, and I will also say that if Ryan is a HoFer, than Blyleven should be too.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 01:19 PM) Maybe top 100...this game was overhyped, USC played 1 decent team all year as had Texas, then this game where 2 avg teams play each other, yet get all the hype.. Didn't live up to it. Two average teams? You're joking, right? Three players in the game are almost guaranteed to go in the top 5, and you're looking at potentially 6-7 combined first rounders this year alone. They're a little above average. And I consider Ohio State a little better than decent. They only won a BCS bowl, and thrashed a very solid and very well coached Notre Dame team.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 10:47 AM) They can get passed Carolina.. But they better pray that Washington beats Seattle otherwise.. NOPE.. The bears have a great defense and a pee-wee league offense.. The Bears have the best defense in the league. Remember the 2000 Ravens? Trent Dilfer? Qadry Ismail? Jamal Lewis as a rookie? They had a garbage offense too, but their defense did the job. And if you're wondering...yes, I'm comparing the 2005-06 Bears defense to the 2000-01 Ravens defense. I think the Bears control their own destiny.

Hawk would be happy. I just remember the Sox playing the Expos once upon a time and Hawk was raving about how Macias is such a solid ballplayer.

If Josh Byrnes somehow turns Duque around with Cintron and gets a good young starter, I will be extremely impressed. Or I will call the GM who traded for Duque and Cintron a dumbass.

Knight and I were talking about this on AIM the other night. I believe we came to the conclusion that the only argument against Blyleven was that he just played forever to amass those totals, and due to longevity, his stats are a little overrated. I don't think either of us agree with this at all...in fact, I know that...but what's interesting is to compare him to "one of the greatest pitchers of all time", Nolan Ryan. Maybe if by one of the greatest you mean one of the most overrated. Blyleven's career totals - 287-250, 685 GS, 242 CG's, 60 SOs, 3701 K's, 1322 BB(therefore, equating to a 2.8 K/BB ratio), 3.31 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, ERA+ of 118 Ryan's - 324-292, 773 GS, 222 CG, 61 SO's, 5714 K's, 2795 BBs(2.1 K/BB ratio, rounding up), 3.19 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, ERA+ of 112 Ryan played in 27 seasons...but he barely pitched in '68 for the Mets, and pitched half a season or so in 93 for the Rangers before hanging it up. So, I'll take out those two seasons and use 25 to do some very small math. Blyleven played in 22 seasons, but pitched 4 games for the Indians in 82...I will not take that out, because even without taking it out, Blyleven is superior to Ryan in his wins/season, if you want to go by that. Blyleven - 13.04, Ryan 12.96(if you use 27 for Ryan instead of 25, it turns out to be 12 exactly). Ryan had 20 fewer complete games, and 1 more shutout in 88 more games started...if Blyleven sticks around for 88 more games, I would not only guarantee he would win more games, but that he would also have thrown atleast 2 shutouts during that time. So why is Ryan in the HoF on the second ballot, but Blyleven still not in at all? This is also why I quietly fear Thomas will not be elected into the HoF. Those milestone stats...300 wins, 500 homers, 3000 hits...that guarantee you HoF status are just not there for Thomas. Perhaps the HoF voters will look past that and see that he was a very good hitter for 10 years of his career, and did actually play the field for the majority of his career, and that he is one of the best hitters of all time.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 01:18 PM) It probably doesn't mean anything considering he pitched in Arizona and had a 9.something ERA, but I wonder if Lopez's #'s were inflated due to pitching in Colorado? His numbers were effected because he sucked...not because of thin air. Personally...not a huge fan of Lopez...I just don't like him for some reason. And yet, for some reason, I do like Randolph. I am not sure why...probably the great stuff.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 04:23 PM) Hes also just hurting his stellar numbers like his BA, OBP, SLG, etc. Those are numbers that have really put him on the map IMO. His numbers in his prime were compared to Ted Williams among others, I dont want to see him hitting 210 and jacking 12 hr's then getting hurt again. Which is probably exactly what would happen. If Thomas plays 100 games in a season again, I'd be surprised as hell. I'm not sure if I've said it anywhere, but I personally see a David Justice type situation arising with Frank Thomas...a player who may have a year or two left in him, with teams who have interest in him, who just realizes it's time to go. Not sure why I see it...but I do.

January-February always sucks. I'm not an NBA/NHL guy, college hoops is not really something I follow closely until the conference tournies at the earliest, and the NFL is something that I kind of use as an afterthought. The day pitchers and catchers report is awesome though.

Just let Cooper work with him Depth can't hurt. Odds are, both are probably ST cuts and are either out of the organization, or are pitching in AAA, and in no way effecting the MLB team. Perhaps we catch lightning in a bottle and Randolph finds the switch labeled control in his head.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) But he made a lot of errors Of course, everyone knows errors are one of the worst ways to judge a player's fielding ability. Sox fans should know this since Luis Aparacio played for the Sox and all.

Gotta like any depth provided to replace Marte's void in the pen. Also gotta love Randolph's control...119 BB in 141.2 IP.

Did I ever mention how much I love the "Is Nascar a sport?" debate?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 03:56 PM) Is it too unrealistic to have thought that patterson could have produced as well as, or even a little better than Jaque Jones next year? In a Cubs uniform I truly think there was no chance of him doing much...not only because I don't think he likes playing for them, due to being uncomfortable, and poorly coached, and in Dusty's doghouse, but I don't think he was going to be on the MLB team, even at his salary...perhaps as a 4th OFer, but nothing more. The Grissom signing pretty much sealed that.

I say we change the wording to will and erase all votes. Before Saturday, could the Giants have made it to the Superbowl? Could the Jaguars, Bengals, Bucs? Yeah, cuz they're in the playoffs. Can the Bears make the Superbowl? Yeah, cuz they're in the playoffs.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 03:16 PM) Rap music made him do it! Rap music = oxymoron Eh, thats a pretty bold blanket statement, and I feel undeserved. Some of it just flat out sucks...most mainstream s*** comes to mind...but some of it is OK. That's a topic for a different forum in a different thread though. I figure if a thread is to be hijacked that it should atleast be the right subject.

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 03:03 PM) So why are you "closet cub fans" defending him? Because Sox fans with blinders on piss me off. Patterson does have amazing talent...he has shown flashes of power, he has showed off his speed many times, he has shown that he can be a solid hitter at times...being under Dusty has not helped him one iota.

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 11:20 AM) I don't understand why so many of you "posters" are so concerned with team finances. The Sox are making a FORTUNE! The season ticket base is almost double from last year to this year...they are making a ton of $. They can't "cry poor" anymore! That doesn't mean they'll be able to afford a $120 mill payroll which, with the moves you are suggesting, you think they will be able to.