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QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 02:33 AM) Kalapse could one up this thread without even trying. All kalapse would have to do is go into detail about a recent s*** of his that he just got done examining... and that puppy would end up at least double the length of this one. Kalapse could convince some of you that the sky is purple, and that the grass is red, with zero questions asked. Kalapse threw a cyanide party. Everybody died.

Haven't been able to spend much time with Val because he has spent a ton of time preparing for his presentations. Will Forte made a bit of a surprise appearance to introduce Val for his presentation, and had less going on, so we've been able to hang out with him quite a bit more. That was just fine by me. He has been an absolute blast to hang out with and even gave me $20. It's been an incredible weekend, to say the least, and doesn't really end until like 3-4 PM tomorrow.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 02:26 PM) Thanks Dr. Phil. Here's a dime. Thanks, now I can buy a gumball Seriously, this team won 88 games last year and they were 9 under at one point in time. The team this year is better and they have had some struggles early on, just like several other teams. They'll be fine.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) Don Cooper should thank his lucky stars nobody who's a sox fan (except me) or anybody in Chicago criticizes him because he's done a horrid job overall, dude gets WAY too much credit and not enough blame This team is never going to please you, so you may as well turn your TV off. Regardless of whether they win or lose, you are going to be pissed off and someone is going to be doing something wrong, so not watching them will make you happier.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 11:35 AM) What do Rios, Peavy, and Dunn have in common? They all play baseball for the Chicago White Sox.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 08:02 AM) Why is everyone so worried? The season is so young. We will right the ship. I agree completely, regardless of whether you were making this comment facetiously. Anybody who is worried is overreacting at this point.

Val was not a happy camper tonight. Hopefully tomorrow is better.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 11:46 PM) Lost, who is that in your avy? I'm kinda buzzed. I can't make out who it is. Eazy-E dude

suck a d, Indiana

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 02:06 PM) If I had to make a prediction right now I'd say Kenny will acquire Brandon League. Just a feeling. Seems like a Kenny target, and League should be available. Make the deal and then extend him as a closer. Otherwise I think it'll be Frank Francisco or K-Rod. I could see Hanrahan too, he's another typical Kenny target. Kenny will get a reliever. Probably June at the earliest, but at this point in time, Ozzie may as well anoint the next person who successfully completes a save as the closer and just stick with him.

Wow.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 01:12 PM) Those have nothing to do with each other. You might be right, but unless you heard from an inside source, you're just making an assumption based on your disdain for the player. Amen

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) Too bad we can't have flexible start times so we could throw out the 1st pitch exactly 2 hours before a storm arrives. That would give us enough time to make the game official. I must work faster on my weather control device.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:54 AM) Link Yeah, Friday. Or December when they traded for him.

I think Santos becomes damn near unhittable when he starts using his fastball a bit more when he gets ahead. It's good enough that he can blow people away with it and it leaves the hitter extremely uncomfortable when he gets ahead. And, as the complete opposite of that, I think he needs to come with his offspeed pitches a bit more when he gets behind. Throughout his short career, he's led with the fastball, and when he gets ahead he comes with the offspeed, and when he gets behind (even 2-1), he comes with the fastball. I tend to think that makes him a bit too predictable to close. Naturally, when pitchers get behind in the count, they are going to get hit more often. What Santos has to be able to do is minimize how hard he is hit when he gets behind, and when he is that predictable, it will lead to him getting hit more often.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 10:12 PM) Umm, Tyler Flowers came out of tonight's game after one at bat. Wasn't hit by a pitch, doesn't say he was replaced due to injury. Traded? Very, very unlikely

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 08:50 PM) 1987. The year that time forgot. Thankfully, it didn't forget wite

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 08:48 PM) Perhaps the Mets could toss in 10 mil if it vests. Or they just wouldn't deal him because then they'd end up paying him more than they would have normally, or the Sox would have to trade someone they really don't want to. Rodriguez makes no sense for the Sox.

Haha, Twins got 1 in the top of the 10th and Damon just walked it off with a 2-run blast in the bottom Awesome

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) I'd go for that if the Mets give some money in return and don't expect much from the Sox. They could be desperate to cut payroll due to the ownership situation. Francisco Rodriguez is scary due to his contract vesting with 55 games finished. It's a $3.5 mill buyout as is, but would guarantee him $17.5 million. I want nothing to do with Rodriguez simply because of that. Then, at the end of the season, when he's at 52 games finished in the middle of September, you have to decide whether you actually want him pitching in those games and potentially guaranteeing an addition $17.5 million or whether you go with a worse option to close out games. It's just an issue that the Sox shouldn't want to deal with.

Nathan gave up a 2-run double to Matt Joyce. Twins and Rays tied 2-2

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 05:37 PM) 22 homers in his last 40 games? I'd have to agree with you. That's like an 89 homer pace. That'd be some kind of record.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) Michael Restovich is going on the DL to make room for Lastings Milledge in Charlotte. That is not surprising.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 08:07 AM) I don't have any recent information, but I know some people who worked with him on projects some time ago... he had a reputation, at least when he was a bigger star, of being one of the biggest pricks to work with in Hollywood. And that's saying something. Hopefully he's come back to earth in recent years. Oooh joy. I have read that he is very detailed and meticulous in his preparatino of stuff, so perhaps he's different outside of a studio. And hopefully his former assistant is there too - the connection we actually have with him - so that he may not be as big of a prick as usual (if he is one).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 01:17 AM) Damn you yelling baby quit being the voice of reason. Its so much easier to proclaim that a baseball season is over. It's just ridiculous. I've honestly never seen this board so polarized before. Personally, the bullpen is a very legitimate concern for me right now, but I'm pretty sure it will sort itself out over time. It's just so early that I can't get worked up about it. It's weird. In years' past, I would have been stressed and freaked over losses like the Sox have had this year, but this year I'm...I don't know...content. You can't let wins get you too far up, nor losses too far down. It's a long season. I think, come July, we won't even be thinking about those games. Come mid to late August, we will look back and realize that if the Sox had won 2 of those games, they'd be 6 or 7 games up instead of 4 or 5. And come late September, when the Sox clinch, we'll be pissed that they didn't win them because they don't have homefield in the ALCS or some s***. It sucks, but this lack of bullpen success is completely unsustainable. It will get better, the sun will rise tomorrow, and they'll play baseball again.