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We just made some minor changes to the right side and have implemented a standings section as well as a little info on the upcoming series. We are doing our best to keep it well maintained and are always working and looking for ways to make it better. Hopefully you all enjoy the changes and if you got anymore suggestions, let us hear them. Up Next: We are thinking about implementing a countdown to the next game on the front page (it was suggested by a poster).

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:27 AM) He wants a major league contract and the Sox will not give that to him. Being a Boras client also kills his chance to be drafted by the Sox. Hey maggs...random sidenote, but are you up for working on the draft review with Dan and myself (kind of like how we did the top 25?). Also if your interested in writing any draft preview pieces shoot em my way

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 30, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) Question for anyone who feels "qualified" enough to answer: Now that the Sox have a little more money to play with, does that change their stance on drafting Boras clients? I ask this because it looks like Luke Hochevar will once again be in the draft. There's another guy with Top 15 talent, but who will fall for signability issues. Since the Sox don't have particularly good "positioning" in this draft, they could really make good by drafting some of the good players that fall for $$$ issues. Hochevar is an interesting situation. He had signed with the Dodgers after dropping Boras, but Boras said that was BS essentially (since Boras had done the negotiating) and than the talks with the Dodgers broke down. Hochevar wants one thing while Boras seems to want another, hwoever, he is the top pitcher in this years draft (I think he's better than anyone in this draft with the possible exception of Miller who has killer stuff) but I don't see him getting past a team like Anaheim or even someone like the Yanks or Boston (plus Arizona is one of those teams willing to spend money as well). In other words, I don't see him getting to the Sox.

2006 Draft Preview By Danny Santaromita FutureSox.com's Draft Coverage Begins The 2006 MLB Draft is approaching which means general managers and minor league directors are compiling the information their staff has gathered on all the top prospects in the land. This year’s draft takes place June 6th and 7th, making it exactly a week away. This year’s draft has been viewed as very weak by most draft experts and scouts. Many players who were considered first round prospects a year ago had down seasons and have fallen off the radar a bit. As a result it seems the players who will go in the first round will be the ones that survived a letdown this season...Click Here for the Rest of the Story

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 29, 2006 -> 11:59 PM) LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE!!! Are you implying that he isn't going to be on because of Tennis, cause I found that out when I went to Cold Pizza this morning and get Tennis instead.

If the Heat win one more game, I can't wait to hear woody Paige gloat. Paige is my favorite comedian.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ May 29, 2006 -> 08:22 PM) Let's not leave out Evansville, winner of the Missouri Valley for the first time. Evansville won the Valley regular season title by a half game over Missouri State. They proceeded to lose their first round game in the tournament to Bradley and then promptly run-ruled SIU and Wichita State and then beat Missouri St. twice to take the tournament title. This is, I believe Evansville's 3rd ever trip to the tourney. We went to Arizona State my sophomore year and beat the host Sun Devils before falling to UNLV (Donovan Osborne) and Central Michigan. A few years ago they went to Florida State and lost their first two, I believe. They win the Valley and draw South Carolina playing at Virginia this weekend. South Carolina is a good team, but anything can happen. One thing I do know is that USC will have about 50x more fans there than Evansville will. Did they make the tourney back in the day's of Andy Benes?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 29, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) Well, my Grandmother passed away last night, she was 94 and it was expected but that doesn't really seem to make me feel any better. I found out this morning at about 2 AM, I havn't slept since and probably won't be anytime soon. No matter how much you prepare yourself for these things, when it finally happens it's hard to not let it adversely affect you. Hey Kalapse Really sorry to hear about that. I know nothing I can say can make things better, but just know we are all pulling for you and wishing you and your family the best during this grieving period.

Good player with a couple GREAT seasons, so no.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ May 29, 2006 -> 05:55 PM) How come there were no Tigers vs Yankees threads? Bondy pitched good but the RJ and the rest of the Yanks were better.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 29, 2006 -> 05:22 PM) Draft & Follow deadline from last year is quickly approaching... Any word on some of our D&F's from last season? Working on an update on those guys. I finally have some time (till I go out of town Thursday for 2 days) to get a lot of draft stuff done and we will be trying to get as many draft related pieces up as possible before the draft (and than as many follow up pieces as possible).

The 2nd HR he hit was a total bomb to pretty much dead center.

QUOTE(BB2ZZ @ May 29, 2006 -> 12:09 PM) Been painful at times, lots of swings and misses, confidence was lacking. Popped a couple of homers in one game recently so let's think STREAK !!!! / Barons Thanks for hte update.

QUOTE(danman31 @ May 29, 2006 -> 11:04 AM) Mizzou got in as the 4 seed in the Pepperdine region. They'll be headed to Cali for the 2nd straight year. Apparently the committee views Missouri as a western state because last year Mizzou was sent to Fullerton. This year Mizzou is sent to Malibu and St. Louis is sent to Fullerton. Go figure. Either way, it's time to f*** up some west coast baseball. Pepperdine has to face Scherzer in the regional opener, good luck with that lol. Pepperdine can hit, but I'd hate facing a heatlhy Scherzer. That alone gives Mizzu a shot.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 29, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) Go Iowa State. They got in? On a sidenote, I am UCLA in MVP (just brought out the Xbox during finals week for the first time in a while) and they are horrid. I have so much trouble and my only good players just got hurt.

When does he leave the Hogs?

QUOTE(SnB @ May 29, 2006 -> 09:38 AM) I've always been confused about the selection rules. I assume if you win your conference tourney, you're automatically in, right? And then the rest is just a selection comitee like basketball? Ya, I think thats how it happens. And there are also certain requirements to be a host (IIRC). Especially when it comes to Super Regionals. Jeff Smardzta (who will be a guy the Sox could look at) will be on ESPN after the break. Here are a list of the host cities: REGIONAL HOST CONFERENCE Alabama Southeastern Arkansas Southeastern Cal State Fullerton Big West Clemson Atlantic Coast Georgia Southeastern Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Kentucky Southeastern Mississippi Southeastern Nebraska Big 12 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Oklahoma Big 12 Oregon State Pacific-10 Pepperdine West Coast Rice Conference USA Texas Big 12 Virginia Atlantic Coast

Selection show on right now. Clemson was the top seed with Rice and Texas following them. Alabama at 4 and Fullerton as a 5th top seed. Also for those that don't know the format: Regionals - 4 teams play here and you can lose once (double elim) Super Regional - Best of 3 College World Series - Again you have a few teams here and its double elim College World Series Championship - Best of 3 Good news for Dan. If LBSU was going ot make it, I figured they would have been in the Fullerton or Pepperdine Regional. Sucks cause LBSU has a lot of talent, they just waited a while to turn it on.

Just got back from seeing it and all I can say was dissapointing. Sure it was decent, but not near as good as the 2nd one and definately worse than the 1st (2nd was the best, imo). Now I guess the questions is if they have another one in store cause they left a lot of openings for a potential sequel. But bring back Bryan Singer.

QUOTE(danman31 @ May 28, 2006 -> 09:01 PM) The conference tourneys ended today. The brackets come out tomorrow. Mizzou is right on the bubble. They lost to Kansas by giving up a run in the bottom of the 8th on an infield hit and 2 errors on groundballs. They probably needed that win to get in the tournament, but we'll see. I was looking forward to Scherzer mowing some team down in a regional opener to pull an upset. Either way I'm still excited for the playoffs. College baseball is a lot of fun when played well. Yep, tomorrow at 9:30 on ESPN (or ESPN 2) they will have the selection show. Fullerton just finished off a double header sweep of arch nemesis Long Beach State and our coach moved in as the 2nd winningest coach in conference history (our prior head coach is kicking ass at Texas). Also, I would love to see them move to wood bats but people always cite cost. I've long said MLB should just step up to the plate and pay for the costs of the bats because these guys playing with wood bats for 3-4 years will make them more prepared for the adjustments to the professional level and scouts will be able to better evaluate guys since they won't have to make assumptions of how they will handle wood bats. I will be hitting up one of the games this weekend, now its just a matter of seeing who Fullerton will be hosting.

Damn, Garland had been doing so well too.

Fullerton, ranked #2 in the country, clinched the league title on Friday. Saturday's game was cancelled because of a light tower catching fire just before the game (odd eh). This week and weekend will be a great time for people to catch out the conference tourneys and see some of the collegiate level's best. I know I remember Josh Fields standing up for OSU a couple years back in the Big 12 tourney.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 27, 2006 -> 06:58 PM) Does Heath project in the majors? You really dont hear much about Phillips, yet he is having a great season.... I could definately see him in the majors. He is still working on improving his command. Like Buehrle he has no amazing pitches, but quite a few good ones, but he doesn't have the command Buehrle has and to be successful he will need exactly that. One other thing thats battled Heath is he did have some trouble being prepared for the start of the seasons. It seems this year that has been corrected. I know the Sox had to have him in extended spring (I think it was last year) so he could work his way into shape.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ May 28, 2006 -> 09:54 AM) McCarthy grew up a Sox fan? Frank Thomas was his favorite player growing up. He completely idolized him. As far as Bmac goes, I really wish the team had another reliever or two (that was legit) so we could send Brandon to Charlotte and get him in a groove. Right now he's off just a bit and he has been really for the whole year (aside from his hot start, which really came out of nowhere judging by the way he pitched during spring). Get him to Charlotte, let him start for a month to a month and a half there (build up his stamina) and than he should be able to get his kinks fixed and be effective for us for the latter half of the season out of the pen. RIght now I think he's totally lost and he's not able to get any consistent work to correct himself. I really would have no problem with Mac and Anderson going back for 4-6 weeks. In Mac's case we would need to trade for 2 quality relievers.