Opening Day Lineups Quiz
by U-God on Oct 22, 2009 11:13 AM CDT
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PrintInspired by Lookout Landing, and since we needed a new thread for the day anyways, I went on to Sporcle and made a quiz about the Opening Day lineups for the White Sox over the past 10 seasons. Here is the link, try not to cheat. Post how you did in the comments.
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*cough* Alomar Jr doesn't work *cough*
73/100, 48/50 since 2005 (lulz), started watching baseball intently around 2004. Forgot a few obvious people which probably would’ve bumped me up to 90ish, and can’t believe Loaiza was never the opening day pitcher. Rob Mackowiak is an asshole.
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
Actual score with Alomar working and obvious people remembered = 90/100
Not too bad, albeit I do have an old 2000 baseball game for the N64.
"Awarding a difference maker on the field - and in the community at large - has always been baseball's version of a home run." ~Stephen A. Smith
i noticed the problem with sandy
it makes you enter his full name
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
should be fixed now
i went back and removed “Jr”
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
Buehrle gave Loaiza his last start so Loaiza could hit 200 strikeouts
Loaiza repaid the favor by giving Buehrle the opener.
i thought it was 20 wins, but yeah, class act by mb
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Oct 22, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
and class act in return by loaiza
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Oct 22, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
classy indeed.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA200309280.shtml
Last game of the season, had 199K, got 8 more, 21st win.
You got 86 out of 100 White Sox Opening Day Lineups.
forgot alomar anyway. forgot FNS.
89/100
Missed:
Mark Johnson (wow)
Sirotka
Herbert
Royce (x2)
David Wells
Lofton
D’Angelo
Pablo
Erstad
Contreras
99 out of 100
Couldn’t remember Pablo Ozuna in 2007. Or perhaps my mind blocked that out for self preservation, I don’t know.
ffff
call all the bs you want. I know I didn’t cheat.
94/100
started watching the sox on 2003, so i thought i did pretty well
missed, no chance of getting them
mark johnson
craig wilson
sirotka
maybe coudla had a chance to remember
lofton
wells
ozuna (probably wouldn’t realize he started that game)
all in all, i think thats pretty good, happy i remembered jimenes
Lurking since 2006
You guys have a lot of time on your hands.
CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. by BuehrleMan
hand, OPOS
hand
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
94/100
Missed:
Lofton
Wells
Willie Harris (who I loved at first so I’m mad I didn’t get him)
Herb Perry
Singleton
Jimenez
I nearly forgot Erstad, but I unblocked that memory just before I gave up
It also took me forever to get Sandy. I tried so many random catchers before then
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
I also find it interesting
That Paulie, Buehrle, JD and Thome have all been guessed more often than The Big Hurt. Especially considering Mark’s name can be tough to spell
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
i find it interesting
that (last time I checked) the legend and carlos lee were only remembered around half the time
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
duh
everyone must be just typing in “Legend” or “The Legend” :)
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
97 with 5 minutes remaining
I would have missed Swisher though without the pic… Guess I blocked him out of my memory…
missing the pre-Crede 3B and the ’02 2B
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OK officially I have a 98
I kept putting in “herbert perry”
Would have never gotten Wison or Jimenez, no matter how much time I was given.
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hey fucknut.
how about you quit playing sporcle and take some time in between your german scat porn masturbatory sessions to post the bill james projections that are in your inbox.
yeah yeah!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
The help is getting pretty uppity around here.
CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. by BuehrleMan
yeah, I was thinking mutiny....
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
69 unread messages
plus I’m actually “constructing a web scavenger hunt” right now
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He's got time to play horse$h!t games
and not to work. Site value down to $2500.
CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. by BuehrleMan
He used to hide gamethreads, now the whole site is one giant gt.
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
now the natives are getting restless.
Don’t make Cheat get the cloak out again….
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
91
i spent the last 5 minutes trying to remember who started in left field in 2008. i forgot swisher. seriously.
fuck nick swisher.
the suck is not just a river in ireland.
So
The Sox email me this sh*t yesterday….I can’t believe it. Thank god there are no bids:
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
how the fuck does that read nick swisher???
fns.
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
I'll do it anyway. /throat clearing
You da man, Bobby.
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Gd*mmit...
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
wow, 76/100 until i decided to cheat
just like carbiner i liked the sox, and preferred them, but i never really payed attention until late 2004.
dudes i didnt get were like singleton, perry, lofton, sirotka etc.
from 2004 on though, i was 58/60. i just forgot about the great pablo ozuna and willie harris.
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
I want to change the main photo. It's not even a pic of that dbag in a Sox uniform...which would make it only slightly relevant among the other hundred choices for a pic.
I’m feeling BuehrleMan-level hatred brewing when I see this picture.
So is making all of us look at FNS in a Yankees uniform for a thread devoted to a quiz on White Sox starters.
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd suggest a dual
5 steps, turn, fire.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
i'd see larry pulling an andrew jackson.
letting hsa shoot first, and then with a bullet in his body, steady his aim and kill her.
by soxshenanigans on Oct 22, 2009 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
just as likely she'd take the gun away from you and slap you silly with it.
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be -- Yogi Berra
I like the picture from Amelie, HSA
unless of course that picture is known from elsewhere as well
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
Thanks...that's the only place from where I know it too - one of my top 5 films. The painting aptly represents my off-season emotions. :)
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
miserable and can't lick your problems away?
awesome movie and Amelie is so damn lovable…goes in my top 10 list easily.
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
Pretty much. Plus, if you've ever seen an animal in one of those collars first-hand, it's amazing how they turn into these pathetic, hate-filled creatures...unable to get at that one area that they want so badly to scratch or lick!
And yeah, Amelie is mesmerizing.
The lovely spirit and story of that film just leaps off the screen in all the vibrant colors and the gorgeous mise-en-scene.
The visuals, on top of the beautiful score by Yann Tiersen and the very sound of French being spoken… it is one of my favorite films to fall asleep to, let alone watch fully conscious.
So stunning in every aspect of cinema, right down to the lead actress.
A very passionate professor I had in college – my “Aesthetics of Cinema” prof – used to say that the very best way to fill a frame, was with the face of a beautiful woman.
It don’t get much more beautiful than Audrey Tautou’s mug.
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
wow...mutiny from more than one subordinate...the ship is being overtaken!
Tonto and I are getting the canoe out….
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
HSA won't move...all in the hate of FNS!
Get out of the way….it isn’t that bigga deal!!!!!!!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
whoop de fuck you too, BSS. whoop de fuck this whole off-season!
I need something to storm.
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
hey hey!
we all need to relax! The only one who “whoop de fucks” me is Mrs. BSS.
Some of us are a little upset that Thomer is going home and FNS is probably going to be playing in the WS. This just gives FNS more opportunities to blow it and be chastised by New Yorker’s for years to come.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
You're gonna be the first person I drown.
by homesickalien on Oct 22, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
settle down, why dont you hit the spa?
In Minnesota, when 11,000 people are in the Dome, you feel like you are at an especially depressing demolition derby. -Joe Posnanski
I'll be in the back
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Oct 22, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
i'll make that one included with the 90s
and it’ll be up sometime tomorrow afternoon
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
Remembered Perry and Jimenez
Somehow blanked on Ozuna and Alomar.
the siwsh pic was to give a hint
but seeing as people out there missed frank, this works for me too
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
But he joined the Blues Brothers.
CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. by BuehrleMan
sweet
Jordan Danks singles and CJ Retherford homers in 1st inning off top pick Steven Strasburg as Javs take early lead in today’s AFL game
Dodgers first, for Jim Thome. If not them, then the Rockies for Todd Helton.
85/100
Missed Alomar, Lofton, D’Angelo Jiminez (wtf), and somehow completely forgot about the legendary trio of Aaron Rowand, Brian Anderson, and Darin Erstad.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
Darin's dirty totally was stuck in my memory, didn't miss him.
For some reason I thought we had Ryan Sweeney as opening day starter …
Lupe, release the balloons!
87/100
Totally forgot about FNS. Was killing myself to remember 07 starter, I could totally recall the conversation how it will not be MB etc etc, but couldn’t remember that it was Jose!
Totally don’t remember Craig Wilson and Mark Johnson, I typed in Sirotka, but Mark, not Mike.
And I knew about Darin … but couldn’t remember his name so just kept on bringing up this image of him covered in dirt and it worked!
Lupe, release the balloons!
96/100
Missed Wilson, Lofton, Harris, Ozuna.
Still had 10 min left, but wouldn’t have prob remembered any of those.
Cool thread.
92/100
forgot wilson, singleton, lofton, jimenez, wells, harris, ozuna, erstad. and most of them i’m glad to have forgotten. only remembered swisher and ocab at the last minute. those hired guns just don’t make that much of an impression, i guess.
93/100
I’m surprised, but pissed that I forgot Lofton, Mackowiak, Erstad, Swisher, and Pablo.
Well actually I’m only pissed because this quiz reminded me of them. I get the advantage of not following baseball until 2001, so it’s easy for me to go back to the first time watching White Sox baseball and remember the players.
87 after 5 minutes
and I quit after all the easy ones. Who the fuck is Herb Perry? And I can’t believe Pablo was the LF on opening day ’07. We should have known better.
2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing. - Trooper
also, i completely blanked on pre-AJ catchers
and thought i would have done much worse. i’ve always watched a lot of Sox baseball when able, but Moneyball sent me down the rabbit hole and got me investigating box scores and stats and all that again. i had stopped checking box scores when i moved out to San Diego.
2009 is just 2007 in 2008's clothing. - Trooper
The pre-AJ catchers were total whiteouts
I got Mark Johnson but only because I was guessing Charles.
99 out of 100
Missed Pablo. And i loved him. dammit. I knew Jimenez was at 2nd… and it took like 3 minutes for me to spell it right. i kept putting jiminez
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 22, 2009 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
no i should have.
half the team would have popped up. like a secret code
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 22, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is historic.
Good work, guys.
CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. by BuehrleMan
then you'll love tomorrow
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
I am pissed my brother got 100 percent!
fucker pulled craig wilson out of his ass with 30 seconds left.
Kenwo4life=ratings
I may have only gotten "98" but I didn't carpetbomb for answers
Norton was the only name I entered that wasn’t on the list.
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I entered norton too...
and Fordyce and Mackowiak… couldn’t think of the damn LF in 07… then i found out it was my beloved Pablo! I am ashamed.
Kenwo4life=ratings
He was the only guy who could hit CC.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
by Sox Machine on Oct 22, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
92
I was killing myself trying to remember Perry, I liked him at the time. I kept thinking “Herbert the Milkman…what. Milkman…what. Dammit!”
Outside of Perry I had trouble with the endless rotation of forgettable utility whifflebat wielders, such as Jimenez, Wilson, Clayton, Harris, Singleton, and Ozuna.
Question: Jose Valentin was our starting day CF in 2001? Really?
yah cuz they said he made too many errors in 2000
so they signed royce clayton. bad move.
Kenwo4life=ratings
That's an understatement.
I was convinced he was on the team because Jerry Manuel’s daughter said he was hot.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Oct 22, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Craig Wilson
my only miss. of course reading this thread first certainly helped my results. i wanted to leave myself ample time to get it done then flew right though it. I dint realize it would place them for you asap like that.
In Minnesota, when 11,000 people are in the Dome, you feel like you are at an especially depressing demolition derby. -Joe Posnanski
92 before the cheating began.
Durham was the only brutally inexcusable miss.
My God some of those lineups were depressing.
"I call Dotel, got his ass kick. I call Linebrink, got his ass kick. Everybody I call is the wrong guy. I guess it's my fault!"
Got 85.
Missed:
Erstad
Ozuna
Willie Harris (oops)
Royce Clayton
D’angleo Jimenez
Durham (oops again)
Wells
Lofton
Perry
Johnson
Sirotka
Wilson
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