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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 12:51 AM) Actually you can. Instead of burying yourself in the individual stats, you can realize that some times the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Some guys are winners. Joe Crede is a winner. I agree with you about the sum of parts and teamwork concept (and Joe Crede being a part of that) but to be dismissive of stats makes no sense. Stats are actual results of plays that tells you what a player did and how effective he is.

I don't know why this always ends up being one or the other with Crede, so the discussions border on ridiculous at times. The facts are that Crede carried this team in the second half of '05 and through the playoffs, cementing his place in White Sox history as a big reason for that championship. In his time with the Sox he was a monster of an all-around 3B for a period during 2005-2006 (note that I specified the time) until his back started becoming a problem, having him on and off the DL and in varying states of effectiveness (usually bad) which led to us having to let him go. Since he's been with the Twins he's been an average hitter at best and letting him go was the right thing to do. Yet we still end up somehow having 2 camps, one that says "bow in deference to Crede" and the other saying "Joe Crede sucks." Or at least that's how the 2 camps perceive each other.

Is it just me or do we have this exact same series of posts with the exact same posters participating, reaching the exact same conclusion about once every month?

Free pass? For Dotel? What are you talking about? Are we posting on the same site? Dotel catches just as much s*** from us than anyone else. The only reliever who doesn't is Thornton but he'll inevitably hit a rough patch and he'll start hearing it too.

The 2009 Joe Crede sucks, yes he does. Not sure how anyone can argue otherwise with a straight face.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 10:47 PM) Test a North Korean one. They're small and liable to fizzle. I want to be sure it'll actually get rid of it though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 10:46 PM) You know it would get so overused... Well, this is Soxtalk after all. There have been times where I was worried someone would start a thread organizing a mass suicide after losses.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 09:32 PM) The Twins need to hold a charity auction for pushing the button to implode the Metrodome. I know there would be some White Sox players open their pocketbooks for it. I just noticed this post after I put it on your Facebook status. lol. I started saying this last year. Do we have any nuclear weapons our government can test or anything? Too bad it's in a populated area or it'd be perfect.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 10:41 PM) Perfect usage of that smilie. We need to add this one to the control panel so I don't have to always go and find the URL first.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 10:35 PM) I can't believe we still have seven games up there this year...

I think FOB is meant to be read aloud as eff-oh-bee but people tend to say it the way it would rhyme with "bob."

I don't know what to hate more, the Twins, or the Sox for pushing their testicles back in every time they go to Minnesota.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 10:21 PM) You're always just getting in. Are we talking about Soxtalk or women?

Just getting in, I see Crede homered. I don't get it. Crede blows this year, except against us. Typical Twin bulls***.

Radke was a f***in warrior though.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 06:19 PM) Something like that? That was the first thing that came to mind but it was just too easy.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 01:11 PM) No, I just couldn't think of a funny way to phrase it. Yeah you'd think it would be easy but I was kind of at a loss.

Kucinich has said and done many things, if he's anything he's consistent.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 6, 2009 -> 10:54 PM) Not only do I not watch women's sports, I don't watch college sports either. If you're gonna watch sports, watch them at the best level. A friend of mine and I always get into this discussion. We're in the minority. I don't give a s*** about college sports. Nobody understands it, I've stopped bothering to explain.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) Anybody notice Dotel has sucked on the road lately? Last night he got the loss. At KC, at Cleveland, and two games at Cincy, all outings he gave up runs, multi hits in all but one of the games. His overall road numbers aren't good with 11 walks and 17 hits in 16 innings with 17 strikouts and an 0-3 record. Must be nice when you can make 6 mill a year and be a set up man. If he was doing that as a closer, he'd be crucified in the media and by fans. Now he's still considered good. He's not a closer so that point is completely moot. Granted Dotel's WHIP is 1.50 right now which isn't good at all but Dotel is not just some nobody.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 11:51 AM) Getz is a real good looking player IMO. I think he plays good defense and is contributing offensively and shows speed. Plus he is a homegrown player. I like that fact a lot. ROY candidate maybe? I'm a Chris Getz fan, but the end of this statement makes it the most homerific post I've ever seen.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) Constituent services are more like using your staff to help constituents with bureaucracy, in addition to stuff like sponsoring students for military academies and the like. His bureaucracy seems to be pretty efficient, his staff got back to me in like 3 days or however long my letter sat in the queue. I was very surprised, I expected to be treated like a number and expected a half-assed acknowledgment a couple weeks later. They even followed up and the results were above and beyond what I expected. I was left with the impression that he honestly cares about his job. Granted, yes, it was just his staff, but they still represent him.

There is a lot of high horse riding in this thread.

Balta, read this post for a laugh. He's never had much ability to think for himself.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 10, 2009 -> 09:05 PM) His defensive value at 2B means nothing if Getz is the primary 2B vs. lefties. His role is as a utility player, value has means nothing, at least right now. Of course he is at maximum value at 2B defensively, but he'll only play 2B if Getz is injured and vs. lefties. All I'm saying is that if Nix could hit better (like .265, keep the slugging, and a OBP of about .330) then I would like him much better as the everyday 2B and I'd like Getz in the utility role. For now I like Getz there.