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He does his job, but I also see upside in having another lefty that can really throw innings or a righty in Almonte. I don't think Almonte can make the team out of spring unless one of the righties gets injured or if the Sox decide to carry an extra reliever. With Marte as the set up man with Flash, the Sox will need a second lefty whether its Munoz, Sanders or Wunsch. As long as Wunsch doesn't suck, I think he'll keep the job, but it will be interesting if Sanders and Munoz put up stats similar to winterball, cause if thats the case one of them will be getting a job, imo.

How far is that from Sioux Falls? My dads side of the family lives in a very very small town in Iowa, about 20 minutes outside of Sioux Falls. If I remember correctly....about 210 or 220 miles or so. Thing that is funny about all of this is that I live in a good-sized town for SoDak.....15,000 live in Pierre....and a huge amount of people live in Sioux Falls(about 125,000)....SoDak's total population is about 700,000...and that is nothing compared to some cities in Cali and is nothing compared to Chicago. I live in small-town America...and it seems big here. A decent-sized city is one that is about 3000-5000 in population....talk about small town America....cities suburbs have more waaay more than that. My city is like 150,000 and its a decent size city in California, but nothing huge.

Doesn't Grohl write all their stuff? I wonder how good they are without him.

I think it will be the Braves.

I'm with you 100%. First off I don't see much interest in an offensive minded first baseman that doesn't really want to play first, although he says he would like a bit more time this year. He's also aging and has been too inconsistent the past couple years for anyone to give him a long term contract worth a lot of money. I seriously believe his best bet is the contract he has with the Sox and it is why Carlos Lee is playing his final season on the southside.

I always like beating a team when they are 100%, but I'm not against seeing him not able to pitch, but I never root for any type of injury.

I wasn't too familiar with all the minor leaguers until this past year, so I'm not sure on this guy. Was he one of the two catchers we signed during the offseason along with Burke? I thought he was, but I'm not sure on that. I don't have a clue about his ability though.

This team is similar to last years team in the sense a lot of rookies are going to be key to how good they do. They are going to be good, but if the rookies/young players step up, they are going to be amazing. This rotation is better. The bullpen on paper is better at least entering the season and the lineup has the potential to be better.

And on Marte when he inherits baserunners. Last season it was lights out if no one was on base when Damaso was brought in. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed that if Damaso was brought in with baserunners, especially with RISP, he was atrocious. I'm not a stat-head..... I admit that..... and I am not even sure that they keep stats on the above. But I think a look at the aforementioned, if kept, would be an eye-opener to most Sox fans..... or maybe just me if I'm wrong on this. I remember when Baggs brought it up when the site was on the really older boards he had all the stats and they proved exactly what you said Cubkilla. Still, I think that is something that evens out. Marte limits opponents to a low average and I think he should improve with runners in scoring position and I think he did as the season went on. I also remember him giving up a lot of tough luck inherited runs.

That happens in October...and I hope we can be there....but odds are we won't be....all you have to do is look at the past 45 years and see how many Chicago teams have made it to the World Series....you're answer should be a whole number between 0 and 2. If we make it to the series, I will be flying out to Chicago to watch at least one game

I think he will. If he doesn't, then the Sox should look for a guy that can play outfield, so they could take Nunez over Harris. Lofton would look really good in a backup role. He plays good defense, can run, bunt, and is a great alternative if Jimenez falters in the leadoff slot.

We also have Nunez. I like that guy quite a bit as a utility player. I'm surprised not as many have mentioned him. He could really take a job away from Harris. The only reason I think we carry Harris is because he can play center. If he couldn't, I think we'd have Nunez up here.

I'm gonna bring my dads digital camera as well as a regular camera so I can get a ton of photos.

Logan, I'm with you, I can't wait to get out and watch the Sox play the Dodgers and Angels I think all the Sox fans in California were at that 19-0 whooping.

24 bombs for Ordonez? I think hell have more than that... I was thinking he meant 42

Maggs will win a batting title at least once in his career, mark my words on that. He'll also get at least on MVP.

Commentary: Highlights of 2003 Schedule By Logan Hard Febuary 14, 2003

To me thats whats so amazing. Thomas had that bad of a season, yet his OBP was still rather impressive and you can't laugh at his homer or rbi totals. This guy was absolutely horrible, yet he still did all that. This guy is capable of having his best year of his career right now, kind of a Bonds like type season. If there was any player in the majors that I think could do something like that, it would be Thomas because of his great batting eye, his great power, and the fact that he can really hit for avg. I'm starting to think he could hit 50 hr's this year, especially since Comiskey is more of a hitters park than it ever was when he was having his MVP seasons.

Marte is awesome. I remember the first times I saw him pitch and I was like why did Pittsburght not have room for this guy. The guy has really impressive control and I love how he can throw 2 different sliders and he's great at spotting that nice fastball.

Right now this is what I got off the top of my head Jimenez Manos Thomas Ordonez Konerko Lee Crede Rowand Olivo Bench: Alomar Daubach Rios Graffy Harris Rotation Colon Buerhle Garland Wright Rauch/Loiaza (It will eventually be Rauch full time, I'm confident in that) Bullpen White Flash Marte Glover Wunsch/Sanders/Munoz (Likely Wunshc, but we'll see what happens) Koch

Rob that was a great article and I sure hope that Rauch wins the 5th starter slot and if he doesn't, it better only be because the Sox aren't planning on using a 5th starter so instead they carry someone like Loiaza so Rauch can get more work in down in AAA until they need a full time 5th man. Rauch is going to be really good.

Commentary: Rookies Take Aim in Tuscon By Rob Knowles Febuary 16, 2003

I'll second that. Happy BDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pitchers and Catchers report and its your bday

welcome aboard whitesoxpride good point clujer, the #1 guy will probably face the pedros, the zitos, the freddy garcias, the whoever twins ace is, and the #2 guy will probably get the easier guys. so yes i think the #2 guy will probably get a bit more wins, but colon and buerhles talents are sure close i'd say 21 for each Its all good, the Sox will beat the Pedros, Zito's, etc

I like Wunsch out of the lefty slot. I agree with what everyone else says, him and Marte both compliment eachother as well. Still, Sanders and Munoz are really talented as well, but I think for them to earn the slot they'd have to pitch absolutely fantastic while Wunsch struggled. One thing if we had Sanders or Munoz, we'd have guys that could probably throw more innings.