Chisoxfn

Is this on WGN or something?

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 10:04 PM) Did a search.... it was a Mr. Rogers chat on BA... More velocity...NO...overhyped YES. I think Rogers was believing some of the hyped radar readings that a lot of prospect places use. I remember BA was saying he was throwing as high as 94 in the minors his first year and the first time I saw him pitch (which was basically his rookie year), he never got past 90 and he was consistently in the upper 80's. Thats not a problem, but you better be have pinpoint command of that fastball and knuckle curve. He had pretty good command at that time, but he made some sort of mechanical adjustment and than just SUCKED (I think that was 2 or 3 years ago now). It was when he went to AA and made like 1 appearance.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 05:44 PM) I think this year will show whether Honel will be a prospect for the Sox once again or not. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to agree with Jason's long time view on Honel and that is he's just not going to pan out. As Cheat said, don't count on him this year. In fact, I'm not counting on him ever reaching the bigs with the Sox. Another first round bust IMO. It was just a bad pick. He was really damn good in highschool but his stuff just didn't project. Awesome knuckle curve but didn't have much secondary stuff. Thats not the type of guy you take that early, imo. I feel the same way about Broadway. I think both will be mistakes.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 10:02 AM) I'd give up Broadway in a heartbeat. Broadway can't be dealt quite yet.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 12:48 PM) When I talked to him last year he said he felt really good, and was actually pretty dominant for two months. He faltered late in the year, but I think he'll be fine. I could have sworn there was a blurb about him having Tommy John, but after doing a google search, I can't find anything on it. He should be 100% healthy. Some people here said he had tommy john, but than JD said he was working out and throwing (he knows his stuff), which tells me it was a lesser surgery.

To one of the better posters. Happy Birthday to you and Caruso

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 10:21 PM) You really need to interview me. Got any plans this weekend? Ya, not interviewing you Monday I'll be back with Mario. This was more a way for me to get some practice and work on improving, but hopefully whoever listened to it enjoyed it.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 07:09 PM) Good show. But, what the hell was with the break? I liked the solo aspect of it, but, it wouldn't work all the time. So, hurry back Mario. I got tired of talking for a bit and needed some rest.

Test

Sox Pen A Cause for Concern By Alex Bozich Senior Writer, Soxtalk.com What was part of the staple that held together a 2005 championship run for the Chicago White Sox is now the biggest question mark heading into a season where they are being picked by many to at least repeat as Central Division champions if not challenge for another World Title...MORE

Link to Our PodCast Feed Direct Link To Download Just Today's Show For those that want to use our direct feed in Itunes or another feature, you can either click on the very top link and read those instructions or follow mine. Go into your Itunes player (or whatever podcast) and if you are using Itunes go to podcasts and than hit the advanced tab and than subscribe to podcasts. Enter in this URL http://www.soxtalk.com/frontpage/html/modules.php?name=Podcast&func=rss&id=&user=&pass= This week I decided to do a midweek show all by myself. Plus its a little more practice for the start of the season. As usual I appreicate any feedback, comments, and suggestions. Oh and tell me about the sound quality because this was the first time I controlled the podcast. If anyone has any trouble with our feed, please tell me and we'll take care of it. Also if your prefer to listen to the show streaming (where it doesn't download). Go to http://www.soxtalk.com/frontpage/html/podc...xtalk_show3.mp3

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 12:07 PM) Your expectations weren't too high. We were there for 7 days and drove back to Pheonix 5 of them. My dad and I aren't much fans of Tuscon. We go there once and than spend the rest of the time in the Phoenix area.

QUOTE(JimH @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 11:59 AM) Interesting article in the Phoenix Business Journal: http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/sto.../06/story2.html Says that west valley Phoenix suburb Goodyear and Casa Grande (which sits between Phoenix and Tucson) are negotiating to build facilities and get teams. From quickman's contact at the Rangers/Royals facility in Surprise AZ, the White Sox are definitely interested in a partnership (shared facility) with the Dodgers, who are apparantly finally ready to pull out of Vero Beach FL after all these years. According to that contact, Phoenix area cities under consideration are Goodyear and Glendale. The Indians would then move to Tucson and take the White Sox' place with the Dbacks. The White Sox lease at TEP extends to 2012 so they'd need to find a replacement team if they move to the Phoenix area. This article indicates there could be some announcements in as soon as 2-3 months. Goodyear seems logical since they have plenty of land and recently went through the funding approval process when Arte Moreno (Angels) wanted to move from Tempe Diablo. Supposedly the city of Glendale recently signed an exclusive contract with MLB to negotiate with any team. They want to build a new stadium near the new football stadium and basketball facilities (right off the 101 and the 10). It would be sweet if the Sox moved down there and my dad would be excited as hell if the Dodgers were who they shared it with.

QUOTE(spataro51 @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 11:39 AM) i made the thread because what i was told i believed to be true........i was told other info in the past which happened to be true. so i was under the impression that this was true. anyways i apologize to everyone here if any warm was caused. i allready sent an email to jason explaining things. I think most of us know you heard something from a valid source and we are very appreciative of that fact that you shared that inside knowledge with us.

Sox Look Bolstered, But Questions Still Loom By Mike Matha There is no such thing as a “paper champion.” Coming off a heroic-like championship run, the 2006 Chicago White Sox will be the first to tell you this. Though the additions of Jim Thome, Javier Vazquez, Rob Mackowiak and Alex Cintron give the White Sox a paper champion feel, many have overlooked the subtractions of a team formerly built on pitching and defense. Regulars Carl Everett, Aaron Rowand, Damaso Marte, Luis Vizcaino and bench players Timo Perez and Willie Harris have all seen the exit. And though it appears the Sox now have an added “swagger” in their line-up, they still have to answer questions of bullpen depth and defense...MORE

Free...but I'm stuck with my folks.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) Jim just about busted his pants when he read that...

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 04:30 PM) We talked about this when you were here for the last home series.... I'm obviously completely retarded. But it didn't take this post for ya to figure this out.

Maybe I'm way off, but wouldn't every other source and place that mentioned these rumors be in the same boat as us?

Hot or Not: 3rd Week of Spring Training By Tyler James It is time for the second issue of Who’s Hot? Who’s Not?. This week is our second Spring Training Edition. Here we will list off players or roles that have been very hot or not so hot. In fact, our list is so good, that Seattle insisted on acquiring Joe Borchard for Matt Thornton...MORE

My take is we never did anything wrong. This is an avenue for posters to make there opinions heard. In some instances we will remove posts, but in no way did we feel one poster sharing what he called a source, being innapropriate. In fact, aside from that thread this site has been always very careful when it comes to labeling players with steroids. And that thread did have fire, considering all the news outlets reporting the news simultaneous with Soxtalk.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 02:44 PM) On this topic of Chicago Media members lifting material from Soxtalk, there's one person--perhaps the most well known in this city--whose raised my attention in the past. When Mariotti was on ESPN 1000, I recall several instances it was almost eerie how similar his comments were to posts on Soxtalk. I don't believe I posted on the issue, but someone--believe it was SS2k5--said something one morning about the Sox which Mariotti repeated WORD for WORD. It wasn't "Sox are terrible," but an assessment I recall ssk25 mentioning which struck me as familar after Mariotti said it. I hope this SI article doesn't change our website. And by change, I mean a WSI scenario where we're more concerned about appeasing the media than serving our own members. I doubt this would happen, but just want to throw it out there and hope it's shunned upon. Its shunned upon. We are who we are and we continue to build and we'd like to think aim this site toward what the vast majority of the users want. We will always be free to members and popup free as well. That said we do hope to continue to grow and see our network continue to grow. We hope our new sites can turn into the success that is Soxtalk.com. It couldn't have been done without all of you.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 02:38 PM) Today. I just went to Barnes and Noble and coudln't even find a Sports Illustrated issue there. They told me it would be there tomorrow though.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) It's spring J... when have you known a spring to go by without some rampant rumors...? And with RC not starting the season.. watch if (when) he come back in July and is doing well. Holy hell will break loose on the subject. Are you implying its not a done issue?

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 02:29 PM) No worries.. I'm sure that story will be surfacing soon. Do you know something I don't Steff? Well you know a lot I don't, but in regards to this subject