Andy

I looked up midway through the replay, but the little I saw looked like they made the right call. It shouldn't have been close though, you have to be pretty stupid to venture that far off second on a line drive to left. The super slo-mo replay right after the play actually happened showed that Crede was out. Cub-esque baserunning there. By the way, a quick word about the umpiring in this series...it has been fantastic. Consistent strike zones, all the close calls in the basepaths being called correctly...rarely do these guys get recognition for doing things right but in this instance they deserve it.

Wow...channel 55 at Ball State is the campus movie channel. In the entire year-plus that I've been enrolled here the channel has never worked. So what happens? Channel 55 is FX for Delaware County, and today the movie channel shows The Longest Yard. This is my life.

Goes down as the 8,452,936th reason not to like the White Sox.

I wish we would have kept Farnsy. He's really no better or worse than Roberto Novoa is so why not keep Kyle and still have the potential for a ridiculously funny body slamming incident on your team? I guess Hendry doesn't think about these things.

This is an excellent point. For all the talk about how Hendry 'lets the dust settle' before he does anything, it's worth noting that, at least last season, he had little choice but to wait until Sammy's giant contract was moved to see what he could do.

I'd make that deal in a second. Hendry should give Cashman a call right now to see if he's willing.

I disagree. We had three pitchers get injured by line drives this year (Borowski, Fox, Prior). Did the other 29 teams combined have three pitchers miss time because of line drives? The only one I can think of is Halladay. (Clement doesn't count, he didn't miss any time.) Injuries may have been a convenient excuse, but there's a reason it is convenient. I doubt anyone can deny the Cubs have been the most injured team in baseball the last two seasons. In that span we have seen every important player on the team except for Zambrano, Lee, and (2004) Alou spend time (often significant time) on the DL. Just off the top of my head: Borowski, Wood, Prior, Sosa, Ramirez, Nomar, Walker have all missed sinificant time over the last two years in Cub uniforms. I don't disagree that the Cubs make too many excuses for their failures, but the injury argument is entirely valid in this case.

This isn't hard to believe at all. Even if you throw in all the bandwagon Sox fans that have sprung up around Chicago there are still not that many White Sox fans around. Such things come when you have the second most popular team in the city.

I never thought I'd say this ever...but...Go Irish :-\ I hate ND more than USC, but I'm so tired of hearing about them, and I want a new Champion this year...so...Go Irish... I'll be at the game too. Do you know where Gameday is setting up? The last time they were there it was infront of the Library (touchdown Jesus). You going up for the Pep Rally on Friday night? Montana is the speaker, and it will be aired on ESPNEWS. Charlie has been wearing a USC OWNS ND hat all week, and is expected to wear it at the pep rally as well. I really can't wait for this weekend. I also like ND being 13 point dogs. So far as I can figure out, I can't imagine where a better spot to set up for the Gameday set would be than in front of TD Jesus, so I imagine that's where they'll be. I can't wait to hear everyone booing the crap out of Corso every time he speaks. I'm getting sick of Lee. As to what I think of Weis: I love the guy. Finally, ND hires someone with a no-nonsense attitude that truly believes that ND can win every game they play in. You got the sense toward the end of his tenure that Ty didn't even think the Irish could compete in games like FSU and USC and naturally ND was spanked in those games. I really do not see Weis leaving until he retires entirely. Charlie knows as well and probably better than just about anyone that if you can succeed as coach at Notre Dame then you are more beloved than anyone in your entire profession. And considering that he is already having success and pulling in a top-10 recruiting class for next year (yes Bob and Tyrone, ND CAN still recruit with the big boys), I really do not see why Charlie would leave. He loves the place too much.

Byrd plunks Rowand. That didn't look good for the control issue. Alright I'll ask...what the hell is with those stupid things that look like high school letter jackets that the managers are wearing?

Well here he is. Hope for the best.

Scioscia pitches out and one of the Super Molina Brothers nails Scotty Pod stealing. Have I mentioned that I want Scioscia managing the Cubs?

Aw crap. 3-2. Pierzynski, one of the 15 players on the Sox having the best year of their lives, with another 2 out hit.

Lackey is hurt too? Ok, best REGULAR SEASON pitcher. :wink: I stand corrected.

Somewhere there's a liberal dying to make a Bush joke in there somewhere...:wink:

Heck of a catch by Erstad there to bail Byrd out with a 3-1 lead.

I guess they did have Chuck Knoblauch highlights in Japan. I thought Iguchi must have learned second base from somewhere. :lol:

You can put it on the booooaaarddd, YES! Halos up 1-0 on a Garret HR!

If the Sox win this series I probably won't watch the World Series. It's too depressing to watch a so-called 'small ball' team with 7 15-HR hitters continue to watch Graffanino become the new Buckner, and the Halos' best pitcher go down for the series...aarrgghh.

How big a Cards fan can you be if you would dump them for the Cubs just because the Cubbies get an overrated overpaid center fielder?

Watch for me on ESPN College GameDay at ND this week. I am going to try to make a sign that makes fun of Leinart's ballroom dancing class. :lol:

He's been right twice all year with those stupid headgear picks and one of them was USC which doesn't count since it was an obvious pick. If he picks USC this week and they win I'll give him some credit (and he will pick USC...he hates the Irish), but he's sounding less credible every week.

K-State and IU both lost fairly decisively to the only decent teams they played this season (Oklahoma and Wisconsin respectively). I'd wager those games will both be routs.

I agree...as long as it's the Cubs or the Bulls. :wink:

Hatred by some. Healthy respect for most. Same is true for me and the Astros. I agree, Cubs/Cards 'hatred' is mostly a myth. There are some bitter fans on both sides but mostly it is a healthy, friendly rivalry. I would rather have the Cards win than the Astros or the Sox because a) their fans aren't obnoxious and b) they're probably the best team remaining and they deserve to win.