MiddleCoastBias

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 11:33 AM) Must be the calm before the storm, Soxtalk seems dead today. And yesterday. There were like 7 posts yesterday. Yankees/Phillies today if you need a quick fix.

For the Irish fans out there-

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 10:24 PM) Just in case anyone was wondering, here is Dunn's OPS vs AL teams BAL 51 AB .850 BOS 24 AB .906 CWS 23 AB .170 CLE 129 AB .894 DET 23 AB 1.230 KC 22 AB 1.059 LAA 24 AB .798 NYY 29 AB .604 OAK 28 AB .604 SEA 28 AB .721 TB 35 AB .589 TEX 31 AB 1.848 TOR 35 AB 1.026 Yahoo doesn't list any stats against the Twins. Um, is that OPS against us for real? Do we know what his OPS is at the Cell? I hope this is just a result of our pitchers careering their nuts off against Dunn.

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) Hey, Bacon man! I hope that you see this posting. I found something. The "ORIGINAL" Bacon ater. Don't know what his number was, but he was in the Sox farm system from 1961-1963 and manged as well. I saw this picture and couldn't resist posting it under your quote, His name...."DON BACON!!!" NEW.FAVORITE.PLAYER.

Start the day off with some Jerry Blowens. Full disclosure: I was a sucker for JO. Always wanted him to be something good. Alas, Ozzie and I feel victim to his speed

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 06:39 PM) Buehrle starting opening day against Cleveland = bad memories. Honestly, (if I doesn't cost us the division) I'll sacrifice one game of the year for a year's worth of exposure that we got last year with the daily Buerhlemeter on Baseball Tonight. The first game won't make or break this season; the rotation always gets rotated around that it rarely ends up 1 v. 1 anyway.

I had my first Four Loko tonight. And second. And third. I've heard of these mystical beings for months while I was away on a Senate campaign but I never saw them. And they are glorious.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) LInk Good story. Maybe I'm a rook in this sense but does one-half to one-full season really count as a 'veteran'? In the sense that he's gone through a spring training before, sure. But I feel like we can all agree that Santos is not a veteran in terms of production at this point; lot of things that need to be proven ie consistency over a season.

Jeremy Reed. I know we've got a few big Reed fans here- the jersey is for sale on ebay.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) Drink every time Hawk says "Stretch!" As long as it's followed by "Yeees!", I'm ok with getting hammered every night.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 16, 2011 -> 11:30 AM) http://cgi.ebay.com/Harold-Baines-1987-gam...7#ht_500wt_1156 I've never seen these before. You should send that over to UniWatch, they love posting that kind of stuff. Actually, I'm positive they would be interested in that given that it's ST gear to boot.

We were paying Scott Linebrink $5M.

What is the Twins' non-mlb.com message board? I want to see if they have a similar thread to see their projections.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) If Rios is hitting 3rd and getting on in front of Dunn all year, he better not steal 40 bases. He really shouldn't even be trying to steal that much in that situation. Dunn does not hit for average, so if he gets on base, it's, more often than not, going to by by a walk or a home run. If he walks, Rios is going to advance no matter what. If he hits a homer, Rios is going to score no matter what. Agreed. If Rios is standing on second after a steal, that may take the bat out of Dunn's hands on an IBB.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 04:02 AM) I thought MLB.TV shows all of them.. Speaking of which, has anyone seen their annual deal pop up? Normally they have a deal up for like 3 days where you can get the whole season for $30.

Best to wear the jersey EVER.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 12, 2011 -> 11:16 AM) So what is Cowley's new job at Suntimes? I thought he was their beat writer now? That was my interpretation a few months ago.

Earlier on Baseball Tonight, Olney said they were prepared to trade him perhaps as soon as spring training starts.

Ha, yeah it was very uneventful. Olney just talked about how Peavy is important for our success. Hmm, go figure.

Baseball Tonight on ESPN is going to discuss Peavy in this episode, 6th item on the docket (so i assume around 2:45 CT).

Does anyone know the new Sun Times' beat writer's twitter name? Daryl van Schouwen is the new guy, right?