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Game 88: Gamethread #2

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BA with the 2-run HR! Solos for Swisher and the Cuban Missile!!

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JD es en fuego!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 8:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Baseball Genius

Never trust a big butt and a smile.
Sox Machine

by Sox Machine on Jul 5, 2008 8:19 PM CDT   0 recs

Hahaha

Yeah that came out much creepier than I expected

by 3E8 on Jul 5, 2008 8:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't know

my taste in men runs to the extreme

by 3E8 on Jul 5, 2008 8:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I can't support this in a financial sense

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 5, 2008 9:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

if you had put this on a dog's face...

...i would have wet my pants in fright

by IceColdFalstaff on Jul 5, 2008 8:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 8:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

working on Masset theory

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

general theory of masseticity

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 8:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Energy = Masset times the speed of light squared

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

A Masset at rest

tends to stay at rest

by 3E8 on Jul 5, 2008 8:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

While a Masset in motion

strikes bitches out

He was banned for today partly because he uses bad words (in a mean way; unlike everyone else who only use them when absolutely necessary in order to fight the terrorists)

by whitesoxmatt on Jul 6, 2008 2:00 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It's gonna be pretty weird when as the season goes on...

opposing managers take out a righty to bring in a lefty for Crede.

by stanchar on Jul 5, 2008 8:20 PM CDT   0 recs

Crede

Overrated

Bloggin'

http://bierjournal.blogspot.com/

by Six Pack on Jul 5, 2008 8:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

is sizemore hitting like 10 more times?

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If the Twins win,

They’ll be

31 – 18 (49 games) at home,
18 – 20 (38 games) on road.

Pitching, defense, health.

by ballyb on Jul 5, 2008 8:25 PM CDT   0 recs

Nice job Gavin

Without having looked it up, I feel like Gavin has stopped multiple losing streaks. Though I don’t know if you say 2 losses in a row constitutes a streak

by 3E8 on Jul 5, 2008 8:29 PM CDT   0 recs

Good job by Ozzie letting Floyd start the inning

and then walk off to the ovation.

Pitching, defense, health.

by ballyb on Jul 5, 2008 8:30 PM CDT   0 recs

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hawk humped his way through the '60s, didn't he?

fuck you, that's my name!! you know why, mister? 'cause you drove a hyundai to get here tonight, I drove a eighty thousand dollar bmw. that's my name!!

by MarketMaker on Jul 6, 2008 12:33 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hawk has humped his way

through parts of six decades

by 3E8 on Jul 6, 2008 12:40 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Baseball Genius!

Never trust a big butt and a smile.
Sox Machine

by Sox Machine on Jul 5, 2008 8:37 PM CDT   0 recs

E=MC2!!!!

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Golly hawkaroo hearts alexei

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:37 PM CDT   0 recs

light it up!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 8:37 PM CDT   0 recs

Its a Cuban Missile Crisis

suck it aramis, there can be only one

by IceColdFalstaff on Jul 5, 2008 8:37 PM CDT   0 recs

whats wrong with linebrink?

sweeney has the shitty swing and all…

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:46 PM CDT   0 recs

If even Hawk and DJ mention from the booth he can't hit the inside fastball

may as well not give him anything where he can extend

by 3E8 on Jul 5, 2008 8:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

home team!

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by thecip on Jul 5, 2008 8:50 PM CDT   0 recs

and this ballgame is ovah!

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 8:50 PM CDT   0 recs

damn MLB Scoreboard

shows cle with 3 on the 7th

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/scoreboard/20080705.html

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 8:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

aw, JD and toby Bdazzled BA in the Azzle

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 5, 2008 8:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Just took a look at the Sox-Twins respective schedules..(actually beginning

at the completion of this weekend’s series)

Minnesota: 74 games (43 ROAD, 31 HOME)
Chicago: 74 games (39 ROAD, 35 HOME)

Who’s got the advantage? Well, the Twins.

Tough road series for MIN: BOS, TB, LAA, OAK, NYY, DET, BAL, TOR *TB, DET, LAA, OAK are 4 game sets

Tough road series for CHI: BOS, OAK, NYY, DET, TEX, MINN, MINN, BAL *4 at NYY, 4 AT BAL (incl suspended game), 7 against MINN)

Tough home series for MIN: DET, TEX, NYY, OAK, CHW (7)
for CHI: BOS (4), DET (6), TEX, LAA, TOR (4), TB (3)

I don’t know what to draw from this….what I do know is that the teams are fairly evenly matched (obviously)....I’ll give the Twins the edge though because of the 7 at home against us

by stanchar on Jul 5, 2008 8:59 PM CDT   0 recs

man, you are obsessed with scoreboard watching.

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 5, 2008 9:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

We have the advantage

Something like 30% of our remaining games are against KC, Cleveland (who may be CC/Lee-less when we play them), and Seattle, the three-worst AL teams. Also a couple series with Texas/Baltimore who you have classified as ‘tough’ but I don’t think are above-average clubs. We have more home games left as well.

by 3E8 on Jul 5, 2008 9:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think he meant tough at home

But even then, I still don’t buy that Texas/Baltimore/Detroit are going to be gangbusters.

by Ozzie Montana on Jul 5, 2008 9:22 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't understand why are the brewers willing to trade laporta for 4 month of CC


http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/latest-sabathia.html

Johan didn’t bring back a laporta yes? why CC?

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 9:08 PM CDT   0 recs

b/c they'll either sign CC or get a compensation pick...

and CC might get them to the WS….and they have a very deep pool of prospects

by stanchar on Jul 5, 2008 9:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

so, where's the difference?

and they have a very deep pool of prospects

is there a rule they have to trade them? did they hire kenny’s brother?

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 5, 2008 9:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

desperation or intelligent risk-taking, wiz.

take your pick. a team like the brewers can’t really take on a santana, even for a year, at the start of the season. too much money and prospects to commit for too much uncertainty. but could they take on a sabathia for half a season when they’re clearly in the hunt? most definitely. and their window of opportunity is arguably now. a top two of sheets and santana? that you don’t care if you wear out? sounds like the 01 dbacks formula.

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 5, 2008 9:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

to expand a bit upon the "market" aspect

there’s almost always different dynamics in these situations. a big thing that was driving the santana situation was his NTC and his supposed demands attached to that. the market for santana was rather limited; the market for sabathia is not nearly as limited. should sabathia return as much as santana? probably not. but i don’t think the calculus should be that sabathia gets you roughly half of what santana did.

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 5, 2008 11:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Right - Santana had maybe 2-3 legit bidders

CC has at least 1/2 dozen in the mix, all legit, all with good reasons to bring him in. Good analysis.

OT – So where’s the effin’ recap?

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 6, 2008 6:42 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The Art of the Recap has died!

I though Cheat brought on a bunch of fill-ins this season, no?

gonna out-energy a lot of guys, simply by over-attituding them

by defensive indifference on Jul 6, 2008 11:53 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

the picks and possible signing and getting them to the world series is no different than santana.

the brewers are trading from strength. their strength is guys like laporta. comparing prospect packages is treacherous. the twins got four players. the indians may be getting 2 or 3. probably would need to wait to evaluate the whole package.

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 5, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice sig - did not know you were a "Princess Bride" fan

Also, can a brother get a rtecap? I mean,the first Sox win in 3 games and NO ONE posts “Sox Win”?

WTF? Ho-hum?

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 5, 2008 10:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweet game

Just got home to Rockford from the game… lots of fun

by 815Sox on Jul 5, 2008 10:39 PM CDT   0 recs

Athletics Nation Gets a great recap

And we get the shaft. Seriously, I luv ya Cheat, but this place ain’t exactly tearing it up as of late.

by madvillian on Jul 5, 2008 11:10 PM CDT   0 recs

Summertime - and the livin' is easy

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 6, 2008 6:39 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

"shaft"?

a not so subtle jab at non-contributing author shaftr?

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 6, 2008 11:08 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's a complicated man

No one understands him but his woman.

I believe in Harvey, Illinois

by Hazymania on Jul 6, 2008 11:29 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 6, 2008 12:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Chris R.

Sounded like an idiot on the post game… to the point where he just put on drunks for the last few calls of the show to make himself sound smart

by 815Sox on Jul 5, 2008 11:22 PM CDT   0 recs

sports talk radio sucks?

Next I’ll be hearing that MSM is bad.

by madvillian on Jul 5, 2008 11:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

we were driving home

yeah it sucks but whatever…

plus I still like Boers and Bernstein

by 815Sox on Jul 6, 2008 8:14 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Main problem he has is

he fields questions (15 – 20 seconds each), then he gives a 10 minute answer to EVERY SINGLE question. 2 – 3 call-in comments per hour.

Pitching, defense, health.

by ballyb on Jul 6, 2008 7:00 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah

Well basically this guy had a legit statement about Paulie and Thome and Chris went off about how they are a better offense and we need them to pull away from the pack (fair point, I may not agree)

But

The guy said sometimes defense wins games and Chris looked stupid so then he puts on wasteoids to make himself sound smart

by 815Sox on Jul 6, 2008 8:15 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Um..that's every postgame.

White Sox postgame is the absolute worst call-in period on radio.

gonna out-energy a lot of guys, simply by over-attituding them

by defensive indifference on Jul 6, 2008 11:56 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Over at BCB

They are arguing if last nights loss was “painful” or not.

I thought they were the experts on “loving” losing teams?

by 815Sox on Jul 6, 2008 9:46 AM CDT   0 recs

Big, big, big

game today for the Sox and Danks (vs. Harden). Gotta beat the good ones to be a good one, IMHO.

Off to the golf course.

Got my $$$$$ on Danks.

Did I say

Big?

Big?

Big?

Pitching, defense, health.

by ballyb on Jul 6, 2008 10:41 AM CDT   0 recs

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IF THE SUX LOSE THIS GAME ITS OVVVVVVVVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 6, 2008 11:34 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

We can't win. No one has beaten Harden this year.

He’s indefatiguable. Why watch? Hell, why play?

And we’re sure to be tied for first at the end of the day. A fate worse than death. An insurmountable mountaintop.

I’m going to find the tallest building in Orlando and fling myself from it. Hopefully I’ll hit a Cubs fan.

Regards.

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 6, 2008 12:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

no high points in my basement...

now what?

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 12:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=manly_suicide

regards

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 6, 2008 12:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

  1. Eat a tub full of beans:

Manliness: 8 Style: 4 Awesomeness: 8 Mess: 5

What you need: a tub, enough beans to fill said tub.

How to do it: just dig in, you chunky son of a bitch! Keep eating until you can’t possibly eat anymore, then eat some more. Your gut will rupture and you will shit yourself. The cool thing about this method is that it’s not only disgusting to clean up, but you’ll probably be so bloated from the beans (choose Van Camp’s by the way, not Bush’s baked beans unless you like the taste of beans pickled in ball sweat) that you probably won’t fit in the casket without some serious reconstructive surgery. Guess who’s footing the bill for that one? That’s right: friends and family. Just kidding. You have no friends.

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 6, 2008 12:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Maddox = Awesome

How do you fuck a nut?!

by omnipotent grab on Jul 6, 2008 1:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I learn so much from you

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jul 6, 2008 4:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Tip the hat

And move on to the next game.

I believe in Harvey, Illinois

by Hazymania on Jul 6, 2008 12:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hopefully the 3rd floor is high enough to get the job done.

fuck you, that's my name!! you know why, mister? 'cause you drove a hyundai to get here tonight, I drove a eighty thousand dollar bmw. that's my name!!

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