aboz56
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QUOTE(danman31 @ May 9, 2007 -> 09:20 PM)f*** Torii. He faked an injury to make his catch look better, what a b****.
Yeah, right. Dude landed right on his hip. That's a dumb comment.
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Great catch by Hunter as usual. If he's out there, he'll get to it.
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QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 8, 2007 -> 08:53 PM)Devin Ebanks (2008 *****) will be visiting with IU this weekend, as he is in town for an AAU tournament.
Right now his top 2 are us and Miami (FL), Rutgers is 3rd and Texas has stopped recruiting him at this point. I think once KS shows him the place where 17,000 will be on their feet cheering as opposed to 5,000 fans who are ready for spring football practice, this kid could be ours. I'd really like to finish with a 2008 class of Ebanks, Mackey, Jones and Garcia.
I also heard that we still have a legitimate shot at Beas Hamga for 2007 (Holman could go to prep school or Jordan Crawford could be redshirted).
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QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 8, 2007 -> 02:13 PM)Of Illinois interest, Darius Miller at #29
Darius Miller has a short list and here are the schools: Duke, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisville.
Source: Me
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How can Liriano be on this list?
He's out this season and there's no guarantee he'll ever be as effective as he was before his injury.
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He's one of our growing list of problems...
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Scarlett and Ashlee are my top 2 I'd like to, as Top Notch put it, "bang".
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Not surprising. He has zero confidence at this point.
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Good move, now it's only about a foot short of where it should be.
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Wow, Ozzie, you are a complete moron.
Am I the only one who wouldn't have a problem if he quit tomorrow?
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QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 10:26 PM)That would make sense. He said this weekend he is currently most interested in Kentucky and they likely have a scholarship to give. Anyone know how many they have available? I know they are pursuing Jai Lucas and Patrick Patterson as well.
That could be an interesting late haul.
They have 3 available (I believe) and are pursuing Lucas, Patterson, Hamga and Michael Sanchez.
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I think if Hamga graduates early, he's UK bound. At least that is what I'm hearing.
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I'll root for him, but he was overrated by many on this board. We got the better end of the deal IMO.
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Shelby off to a shaky start thus far at Kanny:
.224 avg in 20 games, 67 AB's
1 HR, 3RBI, 11K, 4 2B, 1 SB, .316 OBP, .328 SLG -
Sucks that the Sox are handling BA like this, but I hope he gets a chance to play with another club. He still has a shot at being a good big league player.
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You cannot share accounts anymore, if two people try to login in at the same time, it kicks one person out.
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I will not be there.
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Since he's playing tonight, this thread is no longer needed.
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We now have evidence...
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From today's Sun Times:
No longer a gone-slingerOdds aren't that great, but at least Buehrle's departure doesn't seem inevitable anymore
April 27, 2007
BY JOE COWLEY Staff Reporter
There's a memorable scene at the end of ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' in which ''Blondie,'' played by Clint Eastwood, lets everyone know who's holding all the cards.
Pointing a gun at Eli Wallach's ''Tuco,'' he tells him, ''You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend -- those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.''
That scene was enough to make me want to move out west when I was a kid and grow up to be an outlaw. At least until I saw ''Fletch'' and wanted to be a journalist.
A similar scene played out this spring in the dry desert of Tucson, Ariz. -- the perfect setting for Mark Buehrle's ''Blondie'' moment.
The White Sox left-hander was bombarded with questions about his pending free agency after this season, and when he admitted that he turned down a three-year, $30 million deal last July, he was asked if he had any regrets.
''None,'' he said without hesitation. ''Not at all.''
Buehrle knew he was holding all the cards.
As for the Sox -- ''You dig.''
That no longer appears to be the case, however. Call it a no-hitter hangover, Buehrle simply mellowing as the season goes on -- or maybe team chairman Jerry Reinsdorf really can sell a PlayStation 3 to an Amish man -- but Buehrle's stance on returning to the Sox next season seems softer, and for the first time, a deal looks doable.
Buehrle confessed this week that he and Reinsdorf had a heart-to-heart at the end of spring training, and his seemingly inevitable departure for more money is no longer set in stone.
''Yeah, that's definitely a possibility now,'' Buehrle said, when asked if there was a scenario that would bring him back. ''People think I don't want to stay here, but I do want to stay. Hopefully, in the offseason, something will be done before I even go out there and start visiting other teams. That would be the best-case scenario.
'Jerry basically told me, 'Just give us a chance to match it.' I promised him that I will. Jerry told me he had no problem with me going out there and seeing what I'm worth, what I'm offered, and then said, 'Come back to us and see if we can match it or come close to it, see if we have a chance and go from there.'''
Buehrle is willing to do that, to take the ''Paul Konerko route.'' Not out of duty, but because he actually wants to stay.
''It's a personal thing,'' Buehrle said. ''Some guys just leave. They don't like the manager or the ballpark they play in. Or they don't like the direction the team is going in. It's a personal decision, and mine is to give [the Sox] every chance that I can to get me back here.''
Make no mistake, the odds of Buehrle returning are still slim.
But one aspect has changed since spring training: No one is being forced to dig.
Some good quotes in there and probably the most optimistic I've heard Mark about possibly returning to the Sox.
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White Sox vs. Twins, 5/9/07 (W)
in 2007 Season in Review
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Jenks is the man. He just wanted to make it interesting.