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QUOTE(shipps @ Apr 15, 2007 -> 08:30 PM) Have you ever took like a pound of cheese melted in the microwave and ate it alone?Oh how I love the bachelors life. Yet you gave up meat.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Apr 16, 2007 -> 04:01 PM) Whatever happened to this list, not 2 be demanding because you guys are doing this on your free time.... but you put out 25-21 or whatevr and nothing since. We actually made a change to the rankings and I haven't gotten a couple of the new writeups done.

WILLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the first two games of the season (vs. the Indians) White Sox fans were ready to pack in the season. The starters looked terrible and the offense was non-existent, but now a week later the Sox are around .500 and while the offense has been hideous the starting pitching has come around strong. So check out this week's show as Jason & Mario banter about a couple key members of the rotation and bullpen and one Juan Uribe. Gage than kicks Scalise out of the studio to perform a FutureSox segment with Ernst where the two breakdown the early performers down at the minor league level before Mario is brought back in to discuss the AL Central. Download the Show Streaming Version of the Show Our Free PodCast Feed

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 04:13 PM) Extremly small complaint, but any chance that the Chat link could be added to the default skin? Greasy is already on it. He asked us and either Heads or I will get around to it as soon as possible. My guess is it will be Heads because he's productive....I'm lazy.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 08:10 PM) You're talking about a prospect here, not a starting pitcher who has already established himself. Excuse me if I'm not encouraged by a start where Floyd is giving up two baserunners per inning. But I think he had given up 6 hits and 3 walks in 2 innings so after that it was a bit better. BUt now, it wasn't a good start and he still struggles with his command. He's good command away from being pretty darn good (Because from what I saw in spring and have heard so far his stuff is pretty much back to what it was when he was one of the top prospects in the game). The thing is a lot of guys have not succeeded due to a lack of command, in fact thats probably the case out of most pitching prospects.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 04:32 PM) To be honest, after how hard Mackowiak made it seem last year, any jump at all seems good to me. Need to avoid the double play against his sinker tonight. I've been surprised...Erstad's speed wasn't something I questioned it was how well he'd make the adjustment back to CF in terms of getting reads (because in Anaheim last year he wasn't meh out there, but I figured it was just due to rust and he'd pick it back up). So far he's been smooth out there...silky smooth.

Brandon Donnelly JT Snow (retired) Pudge Rodriguez Garrett Anderson David Eckstein (true story...I hated him in Anaheim...my fellow season seat holders in my section used to ask me all the time why I would consistently boo him every time he came to the plate and finally at the end of the season this old lady asked me how I could boo such a nice young man). Brandon Donnelly Sammy Sosa Scott Podsednik Kenny Rogers

Sweet, you are awesome Kalapse. QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 04:22 PM) Ugh....terrible feel to this game. I'll be thrilled if we keep them to less than 3 runs this inning. Have they already scored?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 03:43 PM) Good news for IU, bad news for Gage, Peegs is reporting today that by all accounts Hamga is considered an IU lean and could be the next IU verbal for the '08 class... All a rumor at this point but still considered good news. Also, Devin Ebanks, Rivals No. 11 player in the 2008 class, has cut his list of schools to a final 4: Indiana, Miami-FL, Rutgers and Texas. I like our chances with this 6'7" wing out of Connecticut. ehhhh....the bad news is he's gone from Iowa for sure, but your right I'd hate to see him do good for that Hoosier team I hate on so much. Damn that state of Indiana (first the Colts beat my Bears...now the Hoosiers take Iowa's one top notch prospect).

For those with the MLB package, does anyone have a clue what channel this game is on (my package says MLB 14 but I have absolutely no idea where that channel is on my cable guide). Anyone???

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 12:22 PM) Kind of confused here...if the Sox were looking to cut back payroll, Vazquez would be one of the first to go. If they're looking to keep the payroll where it is, he'll be around, put up solid numbers, and be a great market value player. Unless Vazquez gets hurt - and that risk holds true for every MLB player period - it's a great deal because it allows so much flexibility for the Sox. He's implying that the Vazquez signing would not have been a good one had the Sox been in a budget cut mode. However, with the payroll being steady at 100 million and it looks like that will be the case over the next couple of years the move ends up making a lot of sense.

The Giants had originally tried trading for him and I'd imagine they'd be the front-runners to land him. I'd also be a fan of picking up Wilson because I think the Bears need to do all they can to provide themselves with some insurance for this whole Briggs situation (and if the Bears feel they have that guy on the roster already, than Wilson is a good guy to bring in while the Bears work on developing that young LB already on the roster or the one they draft).

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 12:13 PM) or maybe... Walt. The Ben flashbacks could tell us what was truly special about Walt. I kept thinking they were going to show back up (Walt and his dad) but I guess that isn't the case.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 10:46 AM) Suzuki? Which Suzuki did we pass up? I personally think Lucy has a shot to do well still (why I picked him up as an AAP), especially with Wiki and Gustav as the only people ahead of him. Nevermind, found him - Kurt Suzuki. His offensive numbers look similar to Lucy's, but Lucy's defensive numbers look better. I don't see anything in the few scouting blurbs I can find that are anything special. Why would Suzuki have been a better choice? Suzuki was all world coming out of Cal State Fullerton. Offensively he had the tools and defensively he did an excellent job with some very good Fullerton pitching staffs and the guy was a true leader on what IIRC was the national championship Titans squad. Attitude was plus Offensive ability was a plus Very good speed for a catcher. Lucy on the other hand didn't have that good of collegiate numbers, but from a tools perspective was a better physical athlete than Suzuki (whose no slouch himself, but Lucy had the ability to be a gold glover).

Probably just something with your settings on Mozilla (maybe something changed) because we haven't made any changes and I'm running the latest version of Mozilla at home and IE at work and have no problems accessing the site on either.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Apr 13, 2007 -> 04:59 AM) I heard he's actually all Iowas to lose. Ya, I had heard he wasn't a fan of McDermott and because of that people are thinking he'll land in Iowa City.

We are still working on the rotation but it will likely be Mario and I involved in 2 out of every 4 shows, with Alex coming in and working with one of Mario and I for a show and than somewhere in that mix we'll run in hopefully one or two consistent guest hosts (ocassionally that may be someone to come in for FutureSox or Soxtalk pieces and other times it will be bloggers or other podcasters from other baseball sites/casts

QUOTE(Spiff @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 09:39 PM) I want in on this. I need in on this. Good news...we are going to start having some guest hosts throughout the season so let me know Spiffster and we'll plan on getting you on for a few shows this year.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 09:33 PM) Is there a jpeg of this logo floating around somewhere? Or would said banner maker have to rip it from the current banner? I'd shoot Glen something and see if he has a .jpg of it. (and by Glenn I mean goldy)

Well I've finally fixed the podcast feed so people can now go back and subscribe via itunes. Oh and as far as Jose goes, I was simply sick of hearing so many people call him an ace because of what he did in the first half of last season. I am the type of person that thinks that guys need to have a proven track record before I start throwing around the "ace" term.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 07:48 PM) Hey Jason... I probably asked you this before, but I forget. Why are you a fan of Chicago Sports? Are you from here? Have family here? I find it kinda odd... maybe a fan of 1 or 2, but the big 3? Half of my family (mom's side) is originally from the Southside of Chicago so somehow I ended up becoming a fan of all the Chicago teams (even though the only other real big sports fan in the family is my old man who is a diehard Dodger & Laker fan).

Thank god.

QUOTE(Cali @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 03:32 PM) Jas, I'm driving to Irvine tomorrow night haha I gotta get get all my rich kid douche bag shots before I go, hopefully I can go to the doctor today. Don't want to catch nothing... Bahaha....what in gods name is going on in Irvine (Improv or something??) that is so great or terrible that it is forcing you to enter your terror zone. And more importantly, is it safe to say that your going to make a pitstop in Laguna Beach where you can see the sights of that infamous tv series