MiddleCoastBias

Lame, BBTN just got to the Web Gems and I get nothing for 2 minutes. Killin me, smalls

You know what, I don't want to sound like an attention whore but I never got a "welcome to..." response on my first posts. I was looking forward to it after the long wait to finally break the seal of posting a response and then I got no love. Sincerely, Drunk and Jealous

5 posts into an already drunk night, I feel obliged to at least visit this thread. But I have nothing important to add. Bacardi fans? Eh, f*** it.

No matter what happens tomorrow, we need to remember that we just took two series against the 2 best teams in the AL, both 20+ games over .500. And we took it from Tampa. That's a seriously good run for us, setting us up well for the rest of the season. Now let's go get that sweep!

QUOTE (UGABrandon @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 10:18 PM) Open the Grill and CRACK THE KEGS!! Beckham shotguns kegs

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 02:26 AM) So we got javy for young, and flowers for javy. Will Flowers be better then Young? Another one of those "questionable" series of Kenny trades... It seems like we're getting rawed, then we see later what he saw in the first place: we flip garbage for talent, flip said talent for a payroll drop, turn that payroll cut into a (potentially) awesome prospect. Use what you can, get more from what you used. Hopefully Flowers shows up, even of 75% of what we expect of him will be worth it considering the transaction trail. Good observation. Hopefully it works out, long-haul.

Is anyone else getting a jazzed up ESPN feed? For the past two days ESPN has been dodging out on me. I don't know where else to post this, still a virgin poster, and I'm drunk. Answer me this, TV gods. WTF? I need my national sports fix without the effort of reading so BBTN is my best bet, and right now they keep blanking every 5 seconds. Anyone else getting this?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 11:28 PM) It's about his image, not the nickname. I don't think he cares about the nickname, it's the fact that the media keeps asking him what that means in reference to women. My guess is his agent and he have a pretty good idea of how big he is about to get, not only in this town, but nationally. Not a good idea to be called a nickname that implies he is a womanizer. I think you've made the best point thus far. He probably is talking long-term affects here, and being known as some shallow womanizer isn't the best for his image. Having said this, I'm probably not going to stop calling him any of the aforementioned nicknames. Nicknames don't have to be something that everyone accepts; I know I have friends that hate their nicknames but they aren't going away. While he may be concerned about his image long-term, it's still fun and innocent to nickname that we can share, although I feel like it was more fun when it was just a Soxtalk thing.

That was a crazy-ass play all around

I haven't been able to see the game up until now, just turned it on. So far I've seen Richard give up three hard hit balls. How's he looked in previous innings tonight?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 09:55 AM) If they get knocked out of the race, I'd love to seem them move Beckham to SS and try Ramirez in CF for the remainder of the season, playing Fields at 3B... I don't want to watch the paltry baseball that would be required leading up to this if we are in such a bad position in the standings that we make these moves. That would require a total collapse of all fundamentals.

Trivia question answer was the Indians, last one was in 1981

Fox question of the day was which team has gone the longest since their last no-hitter. My guess is either the Pirates or the Reds. Anyone else venture a guess?

Wise actually had a pretty good game at the plate today. Legging out a double, two good at-bats going deep in the count. His last two at-bats Verlander really reared dug deep for some extra gas and Wise kept up with him. In that last AB he fouled off a 99 mph pitch, followed by 100 mph, and then stuck with the 81 mph breaker on the next pitch. Sure he ground out both times but still good ABs for him and his confidence.

QUOTE (bighurt574 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 10:33 AM) You guys have it all wrong. Wise should buy MB something. Without MB's performance today, no one outside Chicago would even know Wise existed. Yeah, even after all the exposure and attention yesterday, the "1st Sox Fan" Obama STILL mispronounced Wise's name in his press conference, calling him "Wice".

Season tickets for the Sox so he can at least see the games after he gets sent down.

Buster Olney just dropped the stat that Mark was on the mound for a total of only 32 minutes in the game today. That is an impressive pace, even for the quickest worker in the game.

I was talking with Karko's Throatskin earlier and we found it ironic that Buehrle had a no-hitter going against Joe Maddon after Joe's joke phone call to Mark before the All-Star game saying that he wasn't invited anymore following a poor start. Maybe he shouldn't have said anything at all to Mark... Way to go Burls!

QUOTE (Karko's Throat Skin @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:40 PM) Seriously...Anderson would have caught that without falling ... but he didn't... because he's in AAA. In the post game Ozzie said "We keep him for a reason". Right there.

Forgotten, no more!

Mark Buehrle's press conference: He said AJ told him (yesterday) to throw a perfect game. He's now fielding a call from President Obama, conference interrupted.

I myself wouldn't participate in booing and I wouldn't encourage others. But, like others, I do understand where they are coming from. My justification for this is that Sox fans are all a 'family'. You can talk about your own family all you want because you still support them, no matter what happens. We can call out a player for not performing and criticize them, but at the end of the day we still love them (exception for D Wise). But if someone else talks trash about your family (i.e. a Cubs fan says Bobby sucks) you WILL defend them.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 04:30 PM) Spoken like a true stalker. I do what I can. One of my buddies has Rashaam Salaam as his donor witness on his ID. Tell me that isn't a conversation starter (and subsequent ender)...

QUOTE (JoeCredeYes @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 03:50 PM) Just act like I'm coming in for a cut, pull out a baseball and act like I carry one with me at all times, then abruptly sprint out of the place. You don't even need a ball... just walk in and ask him to sign your driver's license as the donor witness on the back. Easy thing to do and it always makes for a good story when you take your ID out.

QUOTE (Jeremy @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 12:38 PM) Was there something else he needed to do defensively to distinguish himself from a guy who makes blooper reel plays in CF? "Blooper reel"? Wise has a career .991 fielding% with only 3 errors with 322 PO, And in CF it's .993%. Brian is also a career .991% with 5 E to 540 PO. I'm not saying Wise is a great fielder or that he even deserves to be in the majors at all, but you make him sound like a bumbling fool.