LittleHurt05

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 05:33 PM) It was Girl Scout Day. I think that helped pad the figures.but it was surprisingly crowded at the park today. I was very confused when there were no empty seats in the outfield or corners by the foul poles. Nice showing Sox fans.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 12, 2014 -> 09:07 PM) Calling Nieto dead weight is hilarious. Seriously. I'd imagine the backup catcher on most MLB rosters is "dead weight" but your starter can't play every day.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 09:05 AM) Chet! You hack! Gotta protect the assets when you are a Hollywood star or something like that. Solid episode though, think it will be a great season, the random draw into the elimination is a game changer.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 10:25 AM) Balta is a Bills fan too. Pretty sure we are the only two human beings on the planet to be fans of the Chicago White Sox and the Buffalo Bills. Up until 2005, there were not many team combinations worse to cheer for. 4 straight Super Bowl appearances is much better than anything the Lions and Browns have ever done.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 01:21 PM) Well, Phil is seeing lots of sand and trees today, and seems to be ticketed for a Friday night flight home. Him & Zach Johnson doing major damage in my Masters pool.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 07:36 PM) Michael Pineda's hand: I'm sure the Red Sox are keeping their mouth shut because their pitchers do the same and don't want to be scrutinized either.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 07:58 AM) I watch a lot of MLB Network. I haven't seen much buzz. Granted, I wasn't watching last night when he hit two more. But let's face it, if Abreu was on the Yankees, he'd already be getting daily coverage. Typical stuff, but I'll take it as long as Abreu is putting up league leading numbers. Ignore him. Of course it's different if he was on NYY or BOS, but that's they way of the world. Last night when he hit the two homers, there was a lot of buzz about it online, pretty good for a team as insignificant as the Sox.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 07:47 AM) 10 games in, look at all of the Sox players on the offensive categories. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/...g-leaders.shtml By the way, when does the national media start giving Abreu the Puig Treatment? Ever? Or do you have be on a coast or the Cubs? Really? I've seen multiple articles written about him already and tweets about him as well. People are talking about him. Puig is just more boisterous and loud, while Abreu just handles his business, so naturally there will be a tad less hype.

Ovechkin has 7 more goals and 70(!) more shots than any other player in the league, but also has the second worst +/- and the Caps are golfing on Monday. I wonder if anyone has ever won the Richard Trophy with the league worst plus/minus. Maybe the Hawks can knock him into first tonight.

Double holy f*** at the Minnesota goal, amazing. Colorado wins again, Hawks clinch the 3 seed. St. Louis continues their downward spiral, now the 2 seed.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 04:52 PM) Abreu is batting clean up. That's where you want him. Eaton and Semien on 1st and 2nd, Gillaspie moves them to 2nd and 3rd and Abreu knocks them in. In a perfectly executed world of course. On a good team, the #3 hitter is expected to knock runners in, not move runners over.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 01:56 PM) What hitters have successfully recovered from this injury? I saw Matt Kemp had labrum surgery a few years ago. IMO this is a long-term concern for Garcia, not just 2014.

Um, Zach Johnson, WTF?

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 01:14 PM) I love Justified but not so sure about the second comment. Final season should bring everything full circle. Wish it would start sooner. Nothing about the big season premiere tonight?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 10:09 AM) Not sure where else to put this: John Dewan ‏@FieldingBible 18h Stat of the Day: Nyjer Morgan, Avisail Garcia, and Mark Trumbo have each cost their teams 5 runs on defense so far this year, worst in MLB. Sounds like a perfect tidbit for the catch-all thread. Oh, wait a second...

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 09:56 AM) Philosophically I prefer solutions where the NBA and the NCAA decisions are distinct from each other. Any collusion seems wrong. I have a hard time restricting the job opportunities of an 18 year old. The job opportunities of all 18 year olds are restricted, other than the super geniuses who finish college by that age.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 08:51 AM) In previous seasons, Salazar would equal 3 hits and 15 strikeouts through 6 innings. Not so with this club. Instead it will be 5 hits, 1 run, and 10 strikeouts. Yay for improvement!

In 3 series they have faced two awful pitching staffs, one in the biggest hitters Park in the league. Not exactly time to praise any coaching staff yet

3 guarantees in this country: Death, Taxes, & Goldschmidt homering off Lincecum

It only took 80 games for the Hawks to score an OT goal on a knuckle puck deflected off the goalie's stick. Ha.

Personally I think Avilo is better than Avisail.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 11:01 AM) The offense is gonna have to score at least 8 to win this game. I guess eight is not enough

No Tulo for the Rockies

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) Elrock is supposed to make these threads First he posts tweets before ss2k5, then he takes over the out-of-town threads. Jeez.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 10:57 AM) How is his beer? Very strong