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QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 04:37 PM) 2nd problem with the law in less than 4 years? Hmmm...I know what I think should happen, but I wonder how he'll actually be punished... transfer to Iowa?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 05:40 PM) Alright I'll bite, did he get busted for Roids or something or is this just speculation based on the power he had a year ago. Remember, until now I've been away from almost all sports news for about 2 weeks. Roberts was supposedly named in the Grimsley affidavit as "having used anabolic steroids"

this is nothing. firefox is messed up again, and I need to type some s*** in these little boxes and hit submit to fix it.

QUOTE(3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Oct 1, 2006 -> 12:07 AM) HGH Or even 'only' greenies. I've said in the past that clemens looks like he's tweeking every time he's on the mound.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Sep 30, 2006 -> 11:21 PM) Get Iguchi lower in the order, don't put him at the very top. Why do we need another sub 800 OPS guy hitting 6-7? We've already got AJ, who's pretty poor at driving in runs. I'd prefer a lineup that goes something like this 285/350/425 Iggy 300/350/450 Fictional 800 OPS LFer 310/375/575 Dye 275/400/600 Thome 300/360/540 Kong 285/330/525 Crede 275/330/425 Pierz 260/325/425 Anderson 250/300/440 Uribe to one that goes 295/330/395 Pierre/Roberts 285/350/425 Iggy 310/375/575 Dye 275/400/600 Thome 300/360/540 Kong 285/330/525 Crede 275/330/425 Pierz 260/325/425 Anderson 250/300/440 Uribe or even 295/330/395 Pierre/Roberts ???/???/??? replacement SS/CF 310/375/575 Dye 275/400/600 Thome 300/360/540 Kong 285/330/525 Crede 285/350/425 Iggy 275/330/425 Pierz 260/325/425 or 250/300/440 Anderson/Uribe Moving Iguchi from the top of the order makes more holes than it fills.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 30, 2006 -> 11:13 PM) None of those names surprise me, however. Even Pettitte's steroids use -- if these accusations are to be believed -- was likely to help assist his recovery from injury while on the Yankees. I think the wording is key here. if it doesn't say 'anabolic steroids' and simply performance enhancing drugs, I think we have to suppose that it's some other banned substance.

Blacked out names coming out.... http://www.newsday.com/sports/la-sp-clemen...ports-headlines Clemens, Pettitte, Tejada, Brian Roberts, Jay Gibbons...

In case you didn't get the connection, they're all dark movies.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Sep 30, 2006 -> 02:49 PM) Oh no, Illini are leaving my guys(UNC) behind now. I need to find some Temple fans to sulk with. There's got to be a Michigan State of the ACC. A team with tons of talent that can hang with the big boys, but is always pissing away winnable games against the JV.

I agree with Keith. I'd use Iguchi as the leadoff hitter, and look to acquire a near 800 OPS #2 hitter. That will upgrade the offense more than acquiring speed and slotting him into the #1 spot because it upgrades two spots with just one move. Now, Crawford or Crisp might be those #2 hitters, but I don't really like either as leadoff guys. Crawford is a year or two away from developing into a prototypical #3 guy, and I think a healthy Crisp will rebound to post numbers near his final two seasons in Cleveland.

So what does AGon bring to the table that Uribe doesn't? Low OBP? Check Good Glove? Check Power? disappearing... wonder why? How is he an upgrade? Uribe had a terrible year, and he's still arguably better than AGon. I fail to see how an OLDER player with a lower career OBP and less power and a less range than Uribe is an upgrade. Spin this season's numbers anyway you want, but Uribe is better bet to be a more effective offensive and defensive player than Gonzalez in '07.

Gonzalez hates Uribe.

This has been bugging me all night... What the heck was Jerome Bettis doing at a paper products convention in Philadelphia? He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, not the Eagles. And, I don't know if you guys know this, but, Jerome Bettis is from Detroit. /anxiously awaiting Bettis showing up in the antics of Camden County.

Pales in comparison = strikingly similar?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 27, 2006 -> 05:43 PM) And we're still not totally certain about his defense...if he keeps carrying his struggles with the bat into the field, there's no reason to expect that he'll go back to his late 2005 form. The other part of that issue is that Uribe's cost also goes up by $1 m a year each of the next 2 years, to the point that he costs over $5 million in 2008. Honestly, I can't totally object to keeping him, because he does have the potential to do some really great things with the bat and on defense. If we plug the hole in LF and Anderson continues to improve and Rob Mackowiak is traded, Uribe is not the worst option in the world at that spot. But he's not the best, and he's not guaranteed to improve either. How are we unsure about his defense? He can sleepwalk his way to better defense than half the SS in the league. Why are we worried about his contract? This team will have a $100M payroll next year. We don't really have much need to shed players who are still productive (yes Uribe is productive) and relatively cheap. Uribe has walked 13 times this season, one was intentional. He's been brutal, and hasn't responded to coaching. BUT...Uribe walked 15 times in September and October last year, which just happened to correspond to the addition of a leg kick at the prompting of Frank Thomas and Walt Hriniak. I think the Sox bear some responsibility for not attempting to get Uribe the coaching that he apparently responds to. Whatever salary, or pride that has to be swallowed, to hire on Mr. Hriniak will end up being less of a cost than finding a replacement for Uribe, and trading him when his value is at it's lowest.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Sep 27, 2006 -> 05:23 PM) The sox could go for a strictly defensive SS, someone who could make better contact and be more consistent at the plate than Juan, though-an 8, 9 hitter with some speed. You mean like Alex Gonzalez? Maybe Royce Clayton. Look, a .250 OBP is unacceptable. There's no arguing that... but our best chance at having an upgrade, both offensively and defensively, over '06 Uribe, is probably by understanding that Uribe can't possibly be as bad next season... and hiring Walt Hriniak as a consultant.

I don't see how Crawford's presence suddenly changes Cintron into an everyday SS. Does Crawford have super powers?

Oh yeah... Let's go White Sox?

No. I don't want to be in Minnesota when they clinch their playoff spot.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 05:28 PM) No, I haven't been there. Did they tear a newly-built stadium down and build a smaller stadium afterwards? It's called Turner Field now.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 09:35 AM) Wow, even dumber. A disposable stadium? Genius. Have you been to the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta? Beautiful.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 01:44 AM) Notre Dame is amazing. Nah. Michigan State is Michigan State.

They're 1-7 in their last 8, and have won just 2 of their last 12 series.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 07:07 PM) 'Fields is starting at 3b tonight. Ozzie is probably sick of watching Crede roll into DPs. If that was true, Fields would have started yesterday. A day after Crede's 3 DPs. And would have started him against the AAA lefty. You know, like the ones that he put up a 1.000+ OPS against in Charlotte.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 08:10 PM) I'm convinced he has the most infield hits on the team this season. QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 03:55 PM) I think Konerko must have more infield hits than Pods. Infield hits: Konerko - 6 Gload - 6 Podsednik - 9 Ozuna - 8 Dye - 12 Crede - 8 Thome - 3 Pierzynski - 7 Iguchi - 16