ThunderBolt

I know this kind of complaining is old hat, but my god do i hate Chris Berman. His antics make everything he's in unwatchable if i have to hear him scream f***ing, "WHOOP!" everytime a player dodges a f***ing defender, i'm going to freak out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 12:01 PM) Seriously, people are still talking about Brandon Wood? He's been putting up great numbers in AAA and bad numbers in the big leagues since I had like 50 posts on this board. Those numbers are still too hard to ignore. It's clear he's never going to get a decent shot on the Angels, but a guy who could hit 30 Bombs, and play 3B-SS is too much potential to write off just yet. Especilly, as a buy-low type guy at this point.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 09:56 AM) I'm embarrassed for him. http://pitchfork.com/news/36686-rivers-cuo...ins-iraditudei/ It seems like every year Weezer gets more and more pretentious, and their music gets worse.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) Just as long as it's not for prospects. You still have to replace the set up guy. The worst scenario for that is Pena. You absolutely trade Jenks for prospects if the haul is right. It’s not out of the question to have a go with Hudson in a set-up role

We sent an interesting group of pitchers this years. Seems like a lot of these guys have a lot to prove this fall.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 10:23 AM) I guess I dont understand why Thornton is perceived as the closer in waiting. I just dont see him translating well to the closers role, why mess with success of where he is today? I'm just scared about what will happen when we move our best relief pitcher into the closers role without a viable replacement. Who the hell is going to get the game into the 9th? Pena, Linebrink, Nunez? There's no real trust here. That's why i'd be willing to risk putting Pena in the closers role, if it meant getting Thornton for two innings in the 7th and 8th.

If i'm trading for any "prospect" it's Brandon Wood, and there's no way in hell i'm giving up our future #1 starter for him.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 8, 2009 -> 01:39 AM) I wouldn't touch Wuertz with a 10 foot pole. And Soriano has filthy good stuff, but he's too injury prone. Wuertz had the best pitch in all of baseball last year. His slider was almost literally unhittable.

Abreu would be a nice add to the team. Very well-rounded player, i'd be happy to have him here.

Is Peavy up for ROY too? No?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 10:08 AM) How so? What did we gain from that? T-Pain is the ultimate distraction. We should send him to a party before every big series. "Hello, Mr. Sizemore? I got two bottles of jack with your name on it!" "Yo, Texiera! What's up? Tony Pena here and i'm bringing the booze!"

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 09:45 AM) There's the key to the answer to this poll. Unless you're a Sox or Twins fan, no one was biting their nails in last year's playoff game. Hence last night's game would poll ahead if asked across the nation. Why not? 0-0 going into the bottom 7. Two young pitchers battlling it out. Two different styles of play. Jim Thome hitting a bomb, BA catching a sinking liner. It has everything that you could want from a good baseball game.

QUOTE (maki @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 10:00 AM) Host from a Detroit station was on Mully and Handley this morning. They kept prodding him until he gave the names he heard for the Sox players that were out. Sources said Freddy and Pena, Freddy certainly could have been guessed and Pena may be out every night the way he pitches. T-Pain pays his dividends!

M-Cab showed up to the park with a hangover the day of one of the biggest games of his life. A game his team lost and set-up game #163. I don't think there's any coming back from that.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 09:19 AM) I think if you polled non-White Sox fans, a huge majority would say last night's game was better. There was a lot more action on the field. I think a lot of that can be attributed be the freshness of the game. Remember, last year immediately following the Super Bowl how it was suddenly, unquestionably the “Best GAME EVER PLAYED!!!” I think it’s just a reaction to the adrenaline rush that a great game can bring. I’m biased as hell, but I like to think that if I was impartial, I’d still take the Thome Bomb, the BA catch, and the feverish week of baseball the White Sox played just to get to 163.

What's great about this game 163 is that it wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the White Sox playing their asses off against the Tigers. We battled when we had no reason to battle. The Twinkies owe us a hell of a lot.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 12:19 AM) I like NBA Live 10, but I really miss 09. I hate how the Bulls are ranked in 09. I've updated the rosters as well as i can, and a team sans Johnson and Gibson is at #67. I can take most people with a Rose-Salmons-Deng-Thomas-Noah set, but it's impossible to play from behind with the team.

I'm just partial to the Danks-Blackburn duel. Their was such an amazing energy that day, even on TV, the Cell was buzzing. I didn't get that feeling from the Dome. Probably, becasue i'm biased, but still.

I hate the Yankees, i just hate the Twins more. "Small ball" is about to be destroyed by "hit the living s*** out of the ball."

Really? Is this an actual question> Tigers-Twins was ugly. White Sox-Twins was near perfection.

I'm pretty confident that Mario is Nunez. Not sure where Torres is though.

Can D-Wise play the organ?

The Twins are going to have their souls eaten by the Yankees, and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.

James Johnson hits a buzzer beater in London. Bulls rookies looking competent.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 6, 2009 -> 02:54 PM) Because I was just picking names as I went and spaced him. I apologize. Feel free to vote other if you want. It's all good. I voted for Mauer anyway.