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Am I the only one missing a banner for like say the last 12 hours?

QUOTE(fathom @ May 26, 2006 -> 08:21 PM) I mean this respectfully, but thankfully we didn't give Politte something dumb like a 3 yr extension after last season. No they gave him a dumb 2-year one, when they didn't need to following the '04 season. I would say that worked out though. That being said, Politte needs to be moved to the back of the pen now.

Why? Do you have the runs?

Flounder's a good guy. He know's he's not much of a catcher, and is basically a DH/back-up firstbaseman. If we didn't have Gload around, He'd be a good fit for us.

QUOTE(ROFLCOPTER @ May 25, 2006 -> 11:02 PM) Basically a rookie, who can count on that? Granderson, Verlander, & Zumaya say high. But since we all know how much better the Tigers farm system has been compared to crappy teams like the Indians and Braves, I'm POSITIVE these guys will continue to produce.

I just commented that Lumsden is one of the best in our minors at getting the ball on the ground. Harrell is a notch better than him in this regard.... Here's his start tonight, where he was a bit wild to start each inning, but carried a no-hitter into the 6th where lost his control and was pulled. Trevor Crowe is the 22 year old first round pick (14th overall) of the Indians last year. Harrell is significantly less heralded, and about 19 months younger. His outing tonight raised his ERA to 2.06. He's only allowed 23 hits this season in 48 innings pitched. He's struggled with his control in each of his last two outings, raising his walk rate to around 4.5 BB/9, which is too high. But he's also got 40Ks in his 48IP. At just 20 years old, with his GBing ways and the decent K-rate, he's flying up the White Sox prospect depth chart. He's definitely still raw, and I still don't realy have much of a scouting report on him, but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Harrell atop the White Sox top 10 prospects at this time next year.

Another good, though not spectacular start. He didn't allow a run in 6 innings. 4 hits, 3 walks, 3Ks.... Lumsden has been one of the best we've got in the minors at inducing groundballs, 10:4 GB/FB again tonight.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ May 25, 2006 -> 08:04 PM) The White Sox just have to take care of business and win at least 93 games. 90% of the time, that will make the playoffs. And in the playoffs, anything can happen. I don't feel like I'm stepping too far out on a limb when I say 93 wins will not make the playoff in the Sox situation. (It might work for one of the AL West teams, but that won't fly in the central or for the WC) Baseball Prospectus currently has 101 wins as the average wins needed to take the AL Central, and 94.7 (so let's say 95) wins to take the AL Wild Card.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 25, 2006 -> 04:26 PM) I feel bad for the royals announcers, how do you watch this everyday

down to about .1% now

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 25, 2006 -> 03:50 PM) 4 more outs. I give it a 50/50 chance that the Royals win. It's 40/60 with 4 outs. I'll give you 50/50 with 3 outs left

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ May 25, 2006 -> 03:34 PM) Anybody else having trouble with the fact that we're scoreboard watching Detroit in May?? Not because the Sox have played well. They're taking care of business, 30-11 in their last 41, but are still looking up at a team playing way over their heads. I'd like to be watching when the air comes out of that balloon.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 25, 2006 -> 12:50 AM) You guys have no f***ing clue how pissed I was today. It's the top of the 8th f***ing inning, the dream Politte is comming into the game and bam there's a s*** load of noise comming from the upper deck, look up and what do you know the f***ing wave has broken out. A guy gets on, Nelson comes in and bam the wave hits the lower bowl all along I'm threatening to kill anyone and everyone in the middle of section 157 who stands up, luckily once Bobby got into the game the damn things stopped. Doing the stupid ass wave in the 8th inning in a 1 run game just shows that the crowd isn't entirely into the game, no they're more worried about when they have to jump up and make an ass out of themselves. I was embarrassed beyond belief. Anyone who did the wave today should be ashamed of themselves. A.f***ing.Men /I'm very religious

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ May 25, 2006 -> 12:41 AM) Is it just me or does every semi-decent pitcher that has ever pitched in MLB baseball come across a time in his career where there are radio reports of him losing a ton of velocity? And every time it turns out to be BS. There are lots of reports, and I would say they are accurate more often than not. In this case, however, Carroll has a good contact within the Cubs organization. He's been right on the money with his reports on them, specifically Prior, so I'm inclined to believe him.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 24, 2006 -> 05:33 PM) Roger Clemens is currently on SC talking about his concerns about playing for the Rangers. :rolly He looks much older, and needs to see a dentist.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 24, 2006 -> 01:11 PM) Its hard to say that without knowing what the league averages look like. 2006 -- 4.74 5.12 2005 -- 4.35 4.73 2004 -- 4.64 5.04 2003 -- 4.52 4.92 2002 -- 4.46 4.85 2001 -- 4.47 4.90

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ May 24, 2006 -> 06:42 AM) There was a suggestion or 2 on here about the White Sox trading for Corey, but most people here (including myself) wanted to see what BA could do. I still wanted BA, I just wanted Patterson playing in Mackowiak's spot.

After we acquired Vazquez, and Garland had turned down a deal, I said that I would take Patterson off the Cubs hands if they tossed in a couple arms, with Sean Marshall and Ricky Nolasco being the arms in question. They're both in the majors right now, but for the White Sox, they'd be making the best farm team in baseball even better.

You're both right... http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...t=.jsp&c_id=cws http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...t=.jsp&c_id=cws

Holy Crap that was bad. It sounds like the theme song of a Power Rangers knockoff as played by four 34 year old car mechanics who don wigs on the weekends to play Def Leppard covers at a dive bar in front of packed crowds of 45 strong. Seriously, it sounds like Limozeen.

Just because some people think they can do no wrong....