I Believe that Today's Make-Up Game Against the Tigers is an Important Game for the White Sox to Win if They Want to Make the Playoffs in 2008.
by The Actual El Guapo on Sep 29, 2008 11:13 AM CDT
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PrintI know baseball has a 162 game season, and it's always dangerous to overemphasize the importance of a single game. However, without intending to be overly hyperbolic, I really do think that today's make-up game against the Tigers may be an important game for the Sox playoff chances in 2008 -- perhaps even in the top 20-25 of all of the games they will play this year.
Think about it: If the Sox win, they will have made a "statement" to their fans, the media and the rest of the league that they are serious about competing for a division title this year. What a confidence boost that would be! What a great message to send to the younger players! If they lose, on the other hand, the rest of the division will certainly gain confidence. They may even begin to think that the Sox may lack the heart to gut it out and win a relatively important game -- that they lack the discipline to want it bad enough, if you will.
Look, I know it's early and there is still 1/162nds of the season (nearly 1%) left. I'm sure a lot of you so-called "statheads" and "logic freaks" will disagree with this post. But to me (and I fully acknowledge that I speak only for myself here), this is just "one of those games" that it is important for the Sox to win if they want to make the playoffs in 2008.
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nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team
would?
You know you’re allowed to read it again.
I wish he was in my fantasy league. id bury that cocksucker- KenWo4Life
by Hawk is God on Sep 29, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
So you're the type of guy
that falls for those emails wanting credit info. in return for a stake in Saudi oil “reserves” huh? Always wondered where you people came from.
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
by Ugh It Live! on Sep 29, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
And,
whooooooooooooooooooooooooosh.
"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
Happy Felsch...
your sarcasm detector is broken.
"Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you"
Well done
This is why, even as a Twins fan I read SSS. Well done TAEG.
UPDATE: Happy Felsch doesn’t get jokes on the internets.
not even a little.
nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team
It took 162 games
to get the best SSS headline of the year. Well done. As a side note, I told my kids at the beginning of the year that it would be a good season for the Sox if they kept us interested late into the season. They’ve kind of done that….
I thought that as well
I just wanted them to contend into September….
by hitlesswonder on Sep 29, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
I thought it’d be cleveland, but yeah, just wanted it to be close down the stretch
by Crede's Crew on Sep 29, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
AEG, I think you don't understand statistics at all...
It’s one game. That’s practically the definition of “small sample size”. What we would need to do is have the game be played several hundred times and look at whether or not the Sox made the playoffs in each of those instances. At that point, we’d have enough data to at least start talking about correlation. But, given that the game is only going to played once, we just won’t know anything.
I see that I am with the majority on this vote....good to know everyone else is also delirious.
You really went out on a limb with this post here, AEG.
What you said hits home and hits the bat with a hand and breaks its wrist.
Nice work. I am saving this link to read again for better comprehension later.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
Brilliant as usual, El Guano.
Though your recaps were mostly pathetic during my hiatus.
In two weeks they will win 7 or 8 in a row and you all will have 10 inch boners.
you are his muse.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Sep 29, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe if you referred to him by his real name...
"you think i got kicked out because of just the aquarium? nah, it was the handjob. and you know what else? it was worth it."
by Toonderstrook on Sep 29, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
what the french? toast!
was this post meant to be a joke? was it supposed to say 09? are you insinuating they have a chance if they lose this game?
“I Believe that Today’s Make-Up Game Against the Tigers is an Important Game for the White Sox to Win if They Want to Make the Playoffs in 2008.”
No shit Shurlock…
by smarchitect on Sep 29, 2008 2:25 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
wow. just go away now.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Sep 29, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Whooooooooooooooosh.
"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
AEG YOU ARE RETARDED ROFLMFAOROFLROFLROFL
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term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz
by Where Triples Go to Die on Sep 29, 2008 2:50 PM CDT reply actions
what?
i dont understand this, shouldnt this be the most important game of the season unless they play tomorrow? which that would be the most important game of the season. I think it is important to win every game, but VERY important to win a game that continues your season.
are you talking about 2009? if not wow, worst post ever
by Chisox1705 on Sep 29, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Whoooooooooooooooooosh.
"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
I happened to catch the last minutes of the last game at MN
hawk on carlos gomez: ‘future superstar, the next rickey henderson’
when a player comes to bat, don’t they show his stats for the entire year? jeez…
The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.
when will they give cowley the pulitzer?
But if Nick Swisher and Orlando Cabrera were looking for a breast feeding on Friday, especially in the wake of some damaged egos over the three-day massacre in the Metrodome, well, your stays here will be short ones, either by your own design or the clubs.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/1188546,CST-SPT-joe27.article
The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.
"Jenks delivers what hitters can't hit"
like 0-2 fastmeatballs
The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.
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