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  1. Andy
    Whenever a white man wears a 'do-rag, it is a sure sign of comedy gold.
  2. Andy
    Nobody is saying that the pitching wasn't much better in 2005 than it was in 2004. That certainly was necessary to accomplish what they did. But if you were to put the Sox's 2004 offense on the 2005 team, I don't think they win the division, let alone the World Series. I say this because the 2005 offense was much more consistent from night to night than 2004's higher-scoring offense that was often all-or-nothing. Didn't the White Sox win like fifteen 1-0 games this year? The only way the 2005 offense was consistent was in their mediocrity. edit - The Sox won 17 games this year in which they scored 2 runs or fewer. If they end up going 10-7 in those games rather than 17-0, they're not in the playoffs.
  3. Andy

    Andy replied to DivineBovine's topic in Other Sports

    In a manner of speaking, we do. We can trade 1st-round picks with the Knicks in the 2007 draft if they end up with a higher pick than we do. Also part of the Curry trade. IMO if we use those draft picks well and Sweets keeps playing well, we could end up making out like bandits in that deal.
  4. Andy
    I can't believe that: (A) this joke wasn't made before (B) I didn't think of that joke before you made it :lol:
  5. Andy
    Dontrelle had more wins, and I thought that was the only important statistic. *sarcasm* Considering Carpenter pitched for the St. Louis Pujols and D-Train pitched for the Florida Fighting Lo Ducas that's even more impressive. He also had a lower ERA.
  6. Andy
    This debate begins and ends with Mike Fetters. http://espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/4396.jpg http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/05/sports/artb.jpg http://www.subkorea.com/sports/baseball/chanho/2001/hu/p07ap2.jpg
  7. Andy
    Agreed. Where would the Chargers be right now if Phil Rivers hadn't held out? After all, it was pretty much Rivers's job if he had just shown up.
  8. Andy
    If Hendry knows we can get Bradley for little more than a mid-level prospect and maybe a Rule 5 arm, then he'd be absurdly dumb not to jump on it.
  9. Andy
    Why is this good news? Cedeno might hit like Neifi and Furcal will be hard pressed to outproduce what Walker did last year. Since Neifi had a good year at short, on a net basis the Cubs will be no better off. If you sign Furcal, leave Walker at second, Neifi on the bench and Cedeno at Iowa. If I'm not mistaken, Furcal hit 15 homers last season and had an OBP as good or better than Walker. IMO it won't be all that difficult for Furcal to surpass Todd's rate of production from 04-05. Edit - It should be noted that I want a Furcal/Walker middle infield for next year. I just don't see it happening anymore. :(
  10. Andy
    Good deal for both teams. Rowand could hit 30 homers in Colorado, the Rockies probably couldn't afford Helton going into his next contract anyway, and the Sox end up paying less to Helton than they would for Konerko for similar production.
  11. Andy
    That's not terrible. Probably more than what Furcal is worth, but it's not grossly overpaying. I'll take it.
  12. Andy
    How old is Pierre? I thought they have done many studies on "speedster single hitters" and how their production falls after a certain age. Pierre turned 28 in August, and is a free agent after this season. This should make him pretty cheap for the Cubs player wise...right? Cuse, they've been speculating all morning on the Score (take with a grain of salt) that they're talking up a straight swap of Patterson for Pierre. I'm not high on Pierre, but I would do that deal in half a second and walk away from the bargaining table laughing my head off.
  13. Andy
    It seems inNeiffable :D that the Cubs will sign Furcal. I like the move if we don't give him TOO much money, but I expect a deal done by the end of next week at the latest.
  14. Andy
    I'd like: Mackowiak, Wigginton, Helms, or Branyan I still think we're going to end up with: Macias/Neifi
  15. Andy
    Good luck with that, Florida. I'm sure Hendry wanted Miguel Tejada for Sammy Sosa, too, but in a salary dump you can't expect to get back equal value, and Pie has a HIGHER trade value than Pierre. I don't blame them for throwing his name out there but they're foolish if they think we're throwing Felix at them.
  16. Andy
    Pathetic. Dontrelle Willis and Roger Clemens were both better than Carpenter this season.
  17. Andy
    Instant nominee for greatest sig ever.
  18. Andy
    Boras keeps his mouth shut (most of the time), so I like him more.
  19. Andy
    HUGE free throws by Sweets at the end of the game. I'm really liking his impact on the team right now...obesity or no obesity. HUGE game by Hinrich, 23 points. And, for once, good defense by Tyson at the end. He knew the Bulls had a foul to give, he used it with 2 seconds left, and then he played great D on J-Rich to preserve the win, nice going!
  20. Andy
    Bulls up 1 with 2:25 left.
  21. Andy
    The Bulls probably won't go very far if they trail at the half of all 82 of their games.
  22. Andy
    I hear you. I had the same thoughts in Aug/Sep that Dusty was denying the rookies playing time after the Cubs had been virtually eliminated from the playoffs because of his own personal goal of managing another .500 team. Remember that quote he had down the stretch where he said something like, "I've only managed two teams that didn't finish .500 or better." Dusty has this inferiority complex--maybe justified because the media could have been pressuring him--that makes him sound childish. Take the Subway sandwich "competition" of 2004. When a reporter jokingly informed Dusty that Ozzie's sub is a better seller than Dusty's, Dusty said something like, "Hey dude, Subway originally only wanted me to do that promotion. The only reason Ozzie has a sandwich is because I told Subway that the only way I'll do the promotion is if you include Ozzie too." In fairness to Dusty, I remember hearing about the subs they had picked, and the Ozzie sub sounded better-tasting to me. :lol:
  23. Andy
    Come on Dusty. At least give him some ABs before you start batting Macias in LF. :wink:
  24. Andy
    KILL ME NOW. If you want to give Ozzie MOY, fine. He's deserving, that's probably not arguable. But the whole smartball is crap. The Sox won because their entire pitching staff basically had the years of their lives and the Sox were one of the most homer-happy teams in the AL, with seven (SEVEN) 15-HR hitters in their lineup. Was Guillen great this year? Yes. Was it "smartball" that got them there? Absolutely not. And thanks for the laugh, Ryan. :lol:
  25. Andy
    Duhon is out, and evidently Eric Piatkowski will be starting in his place. Jason Richardson and/or Baron Davis may score 100 points tonight...
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