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Jordan is easily the greatest player of all time and by far the best player I have seen play basketball (sorry Kobe and Lebron but you aren't even close) as well as by far my favorite basketball player of all time but the guy is an asshole. And comparing his speech to the other inductees just reminds everyone of that fact.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 06:44 PM) Have John Stockton or Jerry Sloan gone yet? I'm just tuning in. Stockton went

Anyone watching the NBA HoF ceremony right now? David Robinson is one of the all time class acts. Its too bad there aren't more athletes, and people in general that are like him.

It amazes me how many people who know nothing about baseball post on this board.

Illinois needs a new coaching staff. Just unbelievably poorly coached.

Typical Zook team, ton of talent move the ball and then shoot themselves in the foot.

Terrible play calling so far by the new offensive coordinator Schultz for Illinois. Power I on 3rd and 3 when you are loaded at WR and have Juice as your QB and are a spread team?

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 5, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) Try espn2 when Duke boy is done. Thanks, probably should have checked before b****ing about it.

Damn't why the hell is the Michigan game on TV rather than the Georgia-Oklahoma St. game. Nobody cares about this Michigan team outside of Ann Arbor. They are going to be awful.

Northern Iowa gets another shot. Holy crap

Brutal clock management by Northern Iowa there. And why the hell did they not rush up to the line and just run the ball into the middle before kicking the field goal. Absolutely terrible job by their coach who did a hell of a job the rest of the game. Oh and Iowa sucks, they are screwed on offense without Jewel Hampton.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Sep 4, 2009 -> 12:37 AM) He talked crap before the game and then couldn't handle it being thrown back in his face. I hope he's suspended for several games, but I'm not holding my breath. He almost went into the crowd when walking off the field as well, those two white kids looked terrified and then of course started talking s*** again once he was restrained. I wonder what said to set him off the second time. Edit: Btw, not that excuses Blount going after the fans, but I'm nearly positive that the one Boise fan in the white hat called him a n*****. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaswbYnf8Sc

Wow what a sucker punch from that Oregon player. He is going to be suspended for a long time.

And the Sox have run themselves into 3 outs already today. Unbelievable.

Nice job Alexei. 1-0 Sox

Pods is the worst base runner ever, and just an incredibly stupid play by Beckham. Unreal.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) that was one of those years that with the pitching the White Sox had they really could of had any type of line-up and went far Pitching and timely HRs won the White Sox the WS that year. The Ozzie Ball myth really needs to end.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 11:21 AM) I think most people go to polar opposites when they talk about lineup construction. The reaction to our issues with offense is that we need to abandon power hitters completely. its really about a balanced lineup. You need a power core in the middle of the lineup to provide high OBP, power, and the ability to drive in runs wrapped around with more pure hitters. Guys who can make solid contact, don't strike out and can hit doubles are the pure hitters that can augment your lineup. Having 9 guys who swing for the fences is dumb, as is having 9 singles hitters. Agreed, the problem with out lineup the past few years was missing a couple guys like Beckham who are going to hit line drives to put around the heart of the order of Dye, Thome, and Konerko (except for this year where the entire team just stopped hitting). But people would always complain about those guys rather than the fact our 1+2 hitters have done a terrible job getting on base or that the bottom of the order was a disaster. With a few exceptions, every good lineup is built around sluggers in the middle of the order.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 11:04 AM) I don't think with the Sox Park that you really need so called HR hitters anyway. Its easy to hit em out that you could have more line drive hitters and still be able to knock em out. The softball team s*** hasn't worked and won't work. Worked just fine in 2005. And worked in 2006 from an offensive standpoint, it was just too bad the pitching staff sucked. Softball team s*** got us to the playoffs last year.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 01:20 PM) So you just skipped the "Everett OR THOMAS" part? Nope, thought I edited my post to include that but accidentally created a subsequent post instead. Fixed now.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) You guys can disagree all you want, but I know I'd choose Everett or Thomas and Rowand over Thome and what ever trash we ran out there for the past 4 years. Thome had more extra base hits than Everett and Rowand combined in 2006 and Everett was out of baseball by 2007 (granted they both missed time that season, Rowand injury, not sure with Everett but it might have just been benching for sucking). Thome also walked more than Everett and Rowand combined, scored more runs, and drove in more runs. Everett at that point in his career was a below league average hitter and Rowand is basically a league average hitter for his career. So basically you are saying you would rather have Rowand over Thome because Thome outproduced both of them combined in 2006 and Everett was out of baseball after 2006. And Thome was a massive upgrade over Thomas as well. Thome OPS+ 2006 155 2007 150 2008 123 Thomas 140 125 97

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 10:09 AM) Found this on another site: "To me, Thome symbolizes KW giving right back in to the urge to have the same offense he had from 01-04. On the WS video, he brags about dumping Maggs, Carlos, and Jose to become more versatile. The next season we become station to station again. This team needed to dump Thome. It needs speed and non-pull hitters. Get back to pitching and defense. " The Sox scored 127 more runs in 2006 than they did in 2005. Thome was the major reason for that but I guess it was station to station baseball that did the Sox in that year rather than the fact that the pitching staff gave up about 150 more runs than the previous season. It is Thome's fault Politte became a terrible pitcher, Cotts sucked, Buehrle sucked, and Contreras got injured. If only we had more speed and a less productive hitter we would have won it all that year. And this myth that the Sox won with speed that year really needs to end. That lineup included Everett, AJ, Dye, Konerko, Crede, Uribe none of whom could really run. Rowand had above average but not great speed, Iguchi had decent speed but nothing more. Pods was the one guy who could really run on that team that was an everyday player. The Sox hit 200 HR, as already pointed out most of the big hits in the postseason were HR. The 2006 offense with the 2005 pitching staff wins 100+ games with ease and just about any year your pitching does what the 2005 Sox did in the playoffs you win the WS. When the other team doesn't score you win.

Contreras was fantastic in 2005, was a huge reason the Sox won the WS, and until he hurt his back he was lights out in 2006. I still wonder what might have been that year if he hadn't gotten hurt.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:36 PM) Dye DHing now, or Quentin? Tyler Flowers

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 09:07 PM) NOTHING? who replaced the competitiveness and confidence? interesting how Philly turned that corner. and now SF is doing the same. you folks may never understand how important the intangibles in life really are. Philly didn't win a playoff game in either of Rowand's years with the club and then won the WS immediately after he left. SF sucked last year with Rowand. They have improved dramatically this year because they have 2 starting pitchers who are among the best 5 in baseball and that never lose and then their bullpen has been outstanding. I'm sure Rowand contributing to the 3rd worst offense in the NL has had a lot more to do with SF's success this year than the fact that they have the 2nd lowest ERA in the NL and 2 Cy Young contenders. I'm sure Rowand's intangibles is what has led SF to drop their ERA by over 1 run per game this year. Yeah, that is exactly why they have improved so much.