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In less than an hr all of the sides will be slightly upgraded in looks thanks to Goldy.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 08:46 AM) Agree. And Cold Stone is gross, IMO. I agree...everyone seems to love it, but its so freaking sweet I can't have but two bites. I'm more of a soft serve guy. I like strawberry and chocolate. but if I get a cone its all about vanilla dipped in Chocolate.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) Unsure, but it wasn't me. Looks like I made it with that kind of spelling.

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QUOTE(Al Lopez's Ghost @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 01:11 PM) I just checked MLB.com and Doug Eddings is on the roster of ML umpires. Number 88 on the roster, number one in your heart. Great, your access is working again. I was checking through my email and it looked as if you had a problem and I don't remember if I got back to your email or not.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 29, 2006 -> 02:02 PM) He also has put together a damn good recruiting class this year and is off to a great start for the class of 2007. Floyd sucked in the NBA, but he's a proven good coach at the collegiate level. I wouldn't say ending up with Floyd rather than big boy Majerus is "settling". Floyd was a better hire than Sampson. Call me crazy, but Floyd coached and suceeded at every stop of the way including a non powerhouse like ISU. He is now at USC and so far has done an oustanding job recruiting and he's a very good collegiate X's and O's guy. To make things better USC finally got there own arena on campus (opened up late this past season). I expect them to become a power in the Pac 10 (along with UCLA, Washington and Arizona).

Happy bday Kap 33, no wonder your starting to feel old Hope its a good one

If he lasts this is a tremendous hire.

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QUOTE(aboz56 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) Recruiting Juco players won't work at IU. He'll have to stop that immediately. Also, he'll have to run a squeaky clean operation and better hope to hell he doesn't bring any of his problems at OU to IU. I am going to give him a fair chance and see what happens. I think he is a great coach, but he has to recruit the state VERY well and cut off recruiting Juco players. As far as Jason's comments about Alford, why the hell do you think Alford is a better hire? Alford has had a chance to win at Iowa and he has proven nothing. He's won ONE NCAA tournament game and had a cute little run at Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) that got him the Iowa job. There is a reason we didn't want the guy. He can't win when it counts. It's not like Oklahoma is a basketball rich school. Sampson has taken them to an Elite 8 and a Final Four and has 9 straight 20 win seasons. Alford has done none of that. All he has done is disappoint time and time again in the tournament and come up with a worse Big 10 record than Mike Davis. The Alford would be a fan favorite at IU reason for hiring is crap. To say he (Sampson) is not better than Davis, which is what you basically said, is just plain retarded. Have fun with your hack of a coach at Iowa for the next few years. That is, until you fire him. Alford at IU >>> Sampson at IU Contrary to popular belief Alford is a pretty good coach and a lousy recruiter. However at Indiana he would be able to do a very good job recruiting thanks to the connections he has via his dad and being a part of that program. Alford at IU = GOOD Coach, Good Recruiter and while Iowa will have a down year next year, considering its a lot harder coaching iowa than IU, I actually think we'll be just fine when compared to Sampson's Hoosiers. In fact I think the rest of the big 10 smiled today cause they realize how dangerous how could have been had they made the right hire.

I don't see it. This is a horrid move by IU. This guy is a loser when it comes to recruiting and isn't a very good head coach. I don't see him being better than Alford and at least Alford is a fan favorite. If your going to get rid of Davis you should have gotten someone better (Alford wouldn't have been that guy, but he'd have been better than Sampson). Just wait till you guys get sanctioned after a few years of his crap.

QUOTE(Randar68 @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 11:29 AM) A mistake? Come on. The guy is a raw kid in A ball and you don't hand out 40-man roster spots to kids like that who aren't the top prospects. Jenks wasn't a mistake. The Angels knew exactly what they were doing. The Sox were the recipients of the luck of the dice in that move and the Angels just wanted to wash their hands of him. Santana I will give you. Any lefty with that type of stuff should be protected, especially considering the lack of depth this system has. I'd much rather have protected him than some of the other bums we ended up putting on the 40. However, I understand trying to sneak him through because you can keep him off your 40 and not start up his clock (I think it starts up when your on the 40, but I may be wrong). I will also admit our system was a lot different looking at the time we had to protect him, but considering some of the guys that we had on the 40, Castro would have been a far wiser choice. Often times these picks don't work out, but no one is going to tell me the org wouldn't want Castro at this point. He's probably a better option than Thornton (well at least the Thornton thats pitching right now). I just wish Thornton had an option left so he could work on the things Coop is teaching him at the minor league level. I don't like the idea of him making adjustments (serious adjustments) at the major league level.

QUOTE(T R U @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 11:24 AM) True, I can understand on Bobby Jenks but I doubt at the time anyone knew Santana was going to become what he has today.. How did they let this happen? Just werent payin attention or are what? Usually you figure a guy in low A ball isn't going to make the majors or be able to stick so teams will oftne chance keeping that guy off the 40 man while keeping another player that would be eligible (whose at a higher level and more likely to stick for a full season) on the 40 man. Heck just look at Majewski. The Sox lost him once and got him back and than eventually dealt him to the Nats where he panned out. I was dissapointed we didn't protect Castro though. A lefty with his type of stuff (regardless of how young he was and the level he was out) should have been protected. However, at the time we had a much different looking farm system and team.

QUOTE(T R U @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 11:04 AM) Thats what I was just going to ask.. If Castro is so great and has all this potential why wasnt he protected? It was a mistake the White Sox made. A big mistake. The same reason guys like Bobby Jenks got released by the Angels or how Johan Santana got away from the Astros.

And you guys didn't want Alford BAHAHAA...best coaching job in the country and you get Sampson. Sorry Hoosier fans, but I need some sort of way to blow off my steam from losing to Northwestern State.

Not an amazing hire.

I didn't think the Michaels move was a big move and we did mention Mota going to the Indians. The problem is they aren't getting the Mota of a few years ago with the Dodgers, they are gettnig the one whose been injury riddled the past few years who inititially didn't pass his physical. I'll be the first to admit I wasn't clear on Batista or not, but I remembered Hudson was dealt. However, Troy Glaus will provide a lot of pop for that team, plus they have Catalanto who can play 2nd (not that he is a good defensive 2nd baseman). I'd agree with you that its a definate downgrade defensively. On a sidenote, thanks for the feedback. Its the only way we are going to get better.

I think its the VP. I just know one thing, my favorite character has to be Aaron (Secret Service Guy).

QUOTE(Nokona @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 07:43 PM) Definately was, that was the same jacket and hat he had on. Is that Bobby Valentine?

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 09:24 PM) By the way, anyone know what number Cintron will be wearing? I assume 8. Thats what he's been wearing this spring.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 08:13 PM) Excuse me, meant to say by Midseason.

He has lapses on routine plays, but he's a very good hitter and in general a solid player. I expect him to be our starting 2nd baseman by mid-season.

Call me crazy, but after listening through it in its entirity just now, I think this was by far our best show.

Direct Download of the Show Streaming Version of the Show Instructions of How to Put the Feed of the Show on Itunes (Plus an archive of all our shows) Below is the URL of our Feed (You can subscribe via your podcasting system or Itunes using this feed (or by following the instructions of the above link) http://www.soxtalk.com/frontpage/html/modules.php?name=Podcast&func=rss&id=&user=&pass= This week we talk about the bullpen, Tadahito Iguchi, and our major league predictions. As always, please tell us any comments, feedback or ideas you have.