MiddleCoastBias

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 11:16 PM) Willingham just finished his first arb-eligible year, I believe he has 2 more. Nyjer Morgan is still at least 1 year pre-arbitration, and would be a league minimum guy next season. Has less than 2 years of service time. Note to self: talk of the Nats is an apparent thread killer. Sorry to be the buzz kill, it's probably never a positive thing saying that we could benefit by raiding the Nats.

Reprising my role as a good Chicagolander in my last nights in Chicago. After spending two months in DC looking for work and housing, it feels good to come back and get drunk in the Central time zone one last time and have an extra hour to work with. Salutations Chicago, I will continue to drink in your honor... every night of the week.

How about a couple Nats? I would love to see Nyjer Morgan or Josh Willingham. Anyone know what their contract situations look like?

Dude, eat MY boogers

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 14, 2009 -> 04:45 PM) Pedro wasn't even healthy is April IIRC I thought Pedro pitched in the WBC...? And I thought he pitched quite well but still no one picked him up? I was under the impression that the issue was that he was just asking for too much money from everyone.

QUOTE (jhonnydanks @ Sep 14, 2009 -> 09:40 PM) don't stop believing get it get it Jhonny's back for good luck! I'm buying my playoff tickets.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 10, 2009 -> 07:43 PM) The Rockies did it two years ago. They won their last 14-15 games or so, tied San Diego, beat Peavy in a one game playoff, went the the WS. My immediate response to that was "yeah, but they were in the super weak NL West"... and then I thought about the Central...

What erp, figured I should reprise my role of drunkenness.

Still looking... I moved out to DC 1 month ago in search of a job in politics. I've handed out or submitted over 100 resumes. Everyone I talk to out here for informational interviews says I'm "more than qualified for such and such" and to keep looking.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 06:19 PM) Can anyone think of anything that has happened on the Sox this year that has cost the starters wins? There might have been a couple games lost in the 9th inning, I can't really remember...

Hey remember when I said we would take 3, maybe sweep Boston? Because Boston was 'off' and their pitching was slacking? Well, looks like our face was the spring board they needed. Yeah, that prediction sucked. Maybe I should pay more attention to the doom-and-gloomers...

Thankfully JD got some love on this month's wallpaper because it looks like he was thrown into this pic as an afterthought. It's like they tried to hide the black guy behind the whitest players we can put on the field.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 10:19 PM) Viciedo is the 1st base prospect of the future. It is why Allen was much more expendable than some would have liked. Beckham is the 3b of the present and future. Ramirez the SS of the present and future. I think that prediction is going to upset a lot of people on the board but I imagine it is the most likely, barring a big move for a big 1B

I love how Hawk was JUST talking about how we can come back when they get out to an early lead. You can almost hear the period at the end of his last sentence right before the crack of the bat from Kubel.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 05:45 PM) ASSHOLE THANKS FOR MAKING THE WHITE SOX LOSE What made that so much funnier was that I envisioned the baby in your avy yelling that phrase. Perfect.

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 07:46 PM) At least something involving Linebrink would have a happy ending... Simply awesome. On the topic of getting rid of Javy and Swish, can someone remind me: did we have an opportunity to not bring Jose back this past off-season?

Anyone else have little faith in Nix's at-bat right now? I admit I love seeing him at the plate, just not with RISP and 2 out. Based on absolutely no stats but it feels like he never comes through in the clutch Edit: It's looking up, Hughes is a first pitch fastballer and Nix is Nix... Edit2: Lame.

Looked like Gordo had a beat on that the whole way, wonder what happened...

Already a better offensive and defensive day than yesterday. And then there's Freddy...

Good thing Scott legged that out for 3. Had he stayed at 2nd, we would've squandered a lead-off double again.

That's the way to start this game off! Now assuming Scotty doesn't get picked off, we have 3 chances. To get him in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 06:41 PM) The La Canada fire is probably 10 miles from me. Closest wildfire to me since I've been here. I'm assuming that webcam shows some sort of view but is just obscured by all the smoke? I've got some friends in various regions of California and they all say the air is so smokey and they're not even close to the fires. Kind of crazy, those forest fires are always just a news blurb that don't mean much to me but then I realize that a lot of people are actually affected by them every year.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 29, 2009 -> 11:47 PM) For the Fire Walker thread also Is that Barry Bonds in a Chuck Norris film?

Nick Cage is turning into the new Jean-Claude Van Damme. And for those getting upset with this thread, I believe the intent was to make fun of all of the threads that are "FIRE SO AND SO". At least that's how I interpreted it. Either way, Nicolas Cage has made an appearance.

Illi sighting at second base