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QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 17, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) Go ahead, us FS guys have had to deal with him for a while. On a side note, this is really before I started following the Sox minors, Jason, but didn't we sign Bounds? Ya, my bad. Bounds was definately on the team. Hell dasox24 was always a big time Bounds fan.

Damn right he is. He's an exceptional hitting coach, regardless of the fact that the Sox have a few hitters struggling. I love Walker's approach and I think he did an oustanding job last year and he's slowly getting the Sox bats going again.

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ May 17, 2005 -> 11:03 AM) Can you belive it was Honel: One of those games we shouldn't have won but Jacksonville was in a giving mood and helped Honel through 5 innings by chasing bad pitches and hitting little pop-ups Thats right, wasn't that the game where Honel gave up pretty much nothing, but he also walked a million guys and I remember you telling us he was flat brutal despite getting the win. On a sidenote, have you heard anything about Kris? I know his velocity has been a tad bit better this year (into the mid 80's) and even when he was at his best he pretty much was an 87-89 MPH pitcher. Right now I think he's got a huge mental block and he has just zero confidence in himself. The Kris I remember was almost overly cocky.

Article has been updated with a list of all of the 2000 draft picks, including those that signed. If anyone notices an error in who signed please inform me and I'll correct the changes. I may of missed one or two players.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 17, 2005 -> 04:53 AM) Interesting, I know lots of people (White Sox and other teams scouts) were watching him closely in Arizona this spring. He does have a live arm, no doubt. I was mildly surprised when they put him on the 40 man roster but they must've felt this guy was primed for a breakout year, and here it is. 3B Josh Fields in a slump ... down to .248, 0-4 last nite with 3 K's. I was one of those in shock cause it meant Ryan Wing got away. Of course I remember Wilder and a few others mentioned that Reynoso just had a killer arm. He's a converted ss if I recall and any lefty that can throw in the upper 90's has some value.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 17, 2005 -> 04:16 AM) http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...bufaaa_chraaa_1 It's good to see Felix Diaz is back to doing what he does best -- giving up the long ball. Oh ya, cause aside from that he's actually pitched quite well since coming off from an injury. Why don't you stop ripping on guys so much and start enjoying the season.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 17, 2005 -> 08:32 AM) This is very encouraging from our source close to the scene. Thanks as always for your insights. 100 MPH ... wow. If he can control the curve, look out. Funny thing is multiple scouts have in the past said his curveball is even better than his fastball (which was once advertised as the best in the entire minor leagues). They compare his hook to Roger Clemens. Hell people said he has the stuff of the Rocket. Of course Rocket also is one hell of a battler and is a workout warrior. Still Jenks has one hell of an arm and I was so pumped when the Sox claimed him.

Ya, he's got a knuckler and throws some other stuff. I've got a little write up about him in the 2001 draft review thats going to be up tonight or tomorrow. Its done I just have some minor edits to make.

Much appreciated. It looks on the most part that they have faired pretty good. With the exception being some of the Dodgers farmhands have really kicked but. Ik now Billingsly has pretty much dominated them in two starts. Although I think Tracey or someone out dueled him in one outing.

There has been two different Damaso's this year. He started off the year brilliantly but the past 7-10 days hasn't had the command. Early in the year he was pitching inside again and was looking much more like the Damaso of old.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:49 PM) Rescue Me rocks, Denis Leary is f***ing awesome. period.

QUOTE(Cali @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) Might be for at least one of the 4 games. But, making a weekend of it for the San Diego series however. Cool...and I'm sure your gonna drive through riverside county just to bypass the OC Hell I've probably used that joke before.

Yahtzee The original name is back!!!!

Personally I think that looks lightyears better than the Xbox.

2000 Draft in Review By Jason Gage May 16, 2005 FutureSox.com From the very get go the success of the 2000 draft would hinge on the White Sox first round pick, Joe Borchard. The former Stanford Cardinal quarterback and outfielder received a record $5.3 million signing bonus. Immediately after signing, Borchard was compared with some of the all time greats...MORE Note: Early tomorrow afternoon the article will include a minor notes section as well as a list of all the 2000 picks. I left that part of the article at work. The 2001 review will be put up on Wednesday (and its actually already done).

Cali...are you going to make it out to the dreaded OC at all next week?

Soxtalk.com FutureSox.com Bearstalk.com Espn.com chicagosports.com yahoo.com gmail.com Thats about it and 98% of the time I spend on the net is spent here.

Freaking awesome.

I still can't figure out who he is. I've asked all my buddies that played baseball with me in Irvine and I know he's from Irvine (cause I remember being shocked when a hometown player was drafted by the Sox). None of us have a clue who he is, but can't complain as he's kicking ass.

Heath is a Buehrle clone, just bigger. Of course he doesn't have the command Buehrle has but he's long been compared. I wouldn't count Heath out though.

QUOTE(UofIChiSox @ May 16, 2005 -> 09:20 AM) I didn't either, I was so confused all offseason how Cubs fans and media people thought that even after losing Sosa, Alou, and Clement the Cubs were the best team around. I mean, Gammons picked them to go to the world series, right? It's easy to say now, but I didn't ever really think they would be able to replace Sosa's and Alou's bats in the middle of their lineup or Clement's quality innings. Oh well, I don't mind watching the Cubs suffer!! I can see why, they still had a hell of a starting rotation (when healthy). Biggest mistake the Cubs made was not addressing the hole that clocked them the past year (ie the bullpen). There offense was plenty good anyway so I didn't think the loss of Sosa/Alou would have much of an effect. Of course St. Louis is vastly superior anyway and I think Florida/Atlanta are going to be the division winner/wild card teams.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 16, 2005 -> 11:15 AM) He can read English. I'm sure he can read it very well. You don't live in the U.S. as long as he has and get hired as a major league manager without being able to read English. I'd have to hear it from Oz himself to believe it. Maybe he's pressed for time and needs help to read them all, or maybe he's using the slight language barrier as an excuse, which sometimes is done, but I highly doubt an e-mail from a fan would be so indecipherable for him that he would need assistance. There was a quote about this in the tribune article where the email addie was listed.

Jenks was the player who was pretty much illiterate and an alcoholic. He didn't graduate from high school if I recall and just got himself into total trouble. The talk about a year or two ago was that Jenks had cleaned up his image but he definately needed and still needs help to keep him in check and there is nothing wrong with that. And he has dynamite stuff. Prior to his injury he had the best stuff in the entire minors, he just hasn't exactly had command of it. From what I hear, he's getting a lot of that stuff back.

there's also myspace. I'm assuming this is kind of similar? On a random note, every freaking Cal State school but mine is on there.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 16, 2005 -> 10:46 AM) Thank god Arrested Developement is comming back it is one of the best shows on TV and should never have been ended so abruptly to begin with. One show that I love is Scrubs. I've been watching it since the first episode and can't get enough of it. However I don't know how next season is going to work out with Elliot moving to a new Hospital. (Scrubs Season 1 comes out on DVD tomorrow f***ing awesome). I'm also glad to see that Fox is bringing back House, I think it's a great show and I was worried it would be cancelled, because it's Fox and they like cancelling the shows I love. Amen on House and Fox does like to cancel the shows I like. House is probably my favorite new show of the season. To go along with my other favorites like 24, the Shield and of course Family Guy, King of the Hill, Simpsons, ER, Law and ORder and CSI. The last group I don't follow near as much although I finally started dvr'ing ER again (after not watching it in a year or two).