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**Imran Siddiqui** · October 20, 2005, 18:18

Links with stats and info = Imran
Opinions with no links = Sava

Thanks for playing, but you still lose.

**Sava** · October 20, 2005, 18:25

eh...

you can link all you want... doesn't matter if it is to a source that is not good...

and this isn't about the stats themselves... it is an author's interpretation of the stats...

I don't need to link to anything. My position is common sense.

and most of what I have said about Prior and Wood's injury is common knowledge here in Chicago... I am not going to be searching newspaper archives or going to bother to try and quote what I've heard from Chicago sports media outlets from beat reporters and EXPERTS... not online writers for some two-bit website who don't even cover the team (like the link you posted)... but CHICAGO MEDIA that follows the team, is at the games, has direct access to the players and coaches... basically... people who know what they are talking about...

so yes Imran, you have been pwned...

you are so far out of your league it is not even funny...

wait...

yes it is...

**-Jrabbit** · October 20, 2005, 18:25

Man I wish there was a subforum for you two to take your bickering to...

**Imran Siddiqui** · October 20, 2005, 18:36

That's ok... I just lead Sava out far enough that he makes a fool of himself. His constant backing of his arguments by "common sense" (of the Chicago Media no less!) has done it well enough, so I have no need to make him step further out on the ledge.

**Sava** · October 20, 2005, 18:42

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
That's ok... I just lead Sava out far enough that he makes a fool of himself. His constant backing of his arguments by "common sense" (of the Chicago Media no less!) has done it well enough, so I have no need to make him step further out on the ledge.

yes, what would the Chicago media know about the Chicago Cubs?

I admire your conviction Imran. I think it will serve you well as a lawyer. You definitely can make a somewhat convincing argument with what little scraps of fact you have.

But eventually, you need to learn when you are defeated. Strong conviction can often just be stubbornness.

**Ming** · October 20, 2005, 20:04

Hmmm... wasn't this supposed to be a thread on the World Series

**Sava** · October 20, 2005, 22:14

Originally posted by Ming
Hmmm... wasn't this supposed to be a thread on the World Series

well that doesn't start until Saturday (weather permitting)

gotta talk about some baseball!

**Brundlefly** · October 21, 2005, 08:38

This is going to be a great series because of the pitching.

Who is the underdog? Although Sox havent been to a series since 1919, Houston not only has never been to a series, but they barely got in as a wildcard. It is Houston. I'm rooting for them.

Back in August when the NL wildcard picture was amorphous, I knew even then that if Houston got the wildcard they would get to the series because of their awesome rotation.

I hope the Phillies acquire some decent starters this offseason.. That's the only way they will get to the postseason..

**Ming** · October 21, 2005, 08:53

The Sox have a pretty awesome rotation as well. Their performance against the Angeles prove that. They are peaking at the right time. Neither team is known for their hitting, so it should be a great match up.

I do hope that the umpires are less visible in this series than they were in the playoffs.

**Sava** · October 21, 2005, 11:39

Originally posted by Ming
The Sox have a pretty awesome rotation as well. Their performance against the Angeles prove that. They are peaking at the right time. Neither team is known for their hitting, so it should be a great match up.

I do hope that the umpires are less visible in this series than they were in the playoffs.

4 complete games in the ALCS!!!

the first time something like that happened since 1966 (IIRC)...

and that was a pitching era!!!

Oswalt and Clemens may be the two most dominant pitchers in the series...

but as a whole, I think the White Sox starting staff has the edge... they definitely have momentum on their side.

**Arrian** · October 21, 2005, 17:06

[moment of weakness posting]As a fan of an AL team (NYY), I would typically root for the AL team (CHISOX), but I just can't...

WHERE WERE THOSE BALLS WHEN YOU PITCHED FOR US, JOSE?!!? HUH?!?! HUH!??! BASTARDO!

Um, yeah. To hell with that former Yankee pitcher, I'll root for (one of) the other former Yankee pitcher - Andy Pettite.

Ugh. I get to see my rotation pitching in the wrong uniforms in the WS. I *may* be able to bring myself to watch a little of it.

-Arrian[/end moment of weakness]

**pchang** · October 21, 2005, 17:11

Live by the big free agency contract - die by the big free agency contract.

**Sava** · October 21, 2005, 18:22

okay, I am getting sick of that Journey song...

enough already...

**Imran Siddiqui** · October 21, 2005, 18:51

Originally posted by Arrian
[moment of weakness posting]As a fan of an AL team (NYY), I would typically root for the AL team (CHISOX), but I just can't...

WHERE WERE THOSE BALLS WHEN YOU PITCHED FOR US, JOSE?!!? HUH?!?! HUH!??! BASTARDO!

They came back when he started to pitch for a team that still had a soul

**-Jrabbit** · October 21, 2005, 20:23

Half the starters in this series are former Yankees. The now-Astros abandoned ship based on Clemens' "retirement" and the now-Chisox were rejected as inconsistent, old, and injury-prone. If Steinbrenner just kept the right pitchers, NYY would be in the series again. Don't blame Chicago and Houston for capitalizing on it.

and Arrian, as you consider your rooting interest in this series, remember -- the White Sox eliminated Boston.

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